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--- Cip Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It appears that Dr. Santosh Helekar is a Hindu not >by conviction but by birth, inheriting so-called >Saraswat Brahmin caste, which is very close to >his heart. > Now, either Cipriano does not know what he is talking about or he is deliberately trying to insult me by calling me a Saraswat Brahmin, and by making an outrageous charge that my so-called Saraswat Brahmin caste is very close to my heart. The truth is Cipriano knows nothing about me and my attitude towards my caste. He has also not bothered to find out before making baseless accusations. > >However, he believes in his inherited so-called >Saraswat Brahmin caste and he is holding tight to it. > Not content with using a casteist slur against me, he continues to lie about me. Does he deliberately misunderstand me when I state that I do not hold the convictions of the religion of my ancestors? I challenge him to show us how he knows that I believe in my caste. > >Now, as he is the most intelligent liberal Hindu (by >birth only) Goanetter why is he reluctant to denounce >publicly his so-called inherited Saraswat >Brahmin caste on Goanet? > What a joke! Does Cipriano just want me to say that I denounce my so-called inherited Saraswat Brahmin caste on Goanet? Well, Folks on Goanet, here I go. I denounce my so-called inherited saraswat brahmin caste on Goanet. Or is he confusing "denounce" with "renounce"? If he is then would he believe me if I told him that I have already renounced my caste and the practices of casteism in my own life many years ago? That is exactly what I have done. That is why calling me a saraswat brahmin or any such name is an insult to me. I know, this post and any number of others like it would make no difference to Cipriano as regards his attitude towards me. In all likelihood he would continue to believe what he wants to believe. After all, ironically, those who wrongly accuse others of discrimination and prejudice by definition suffer from prejudice themselves. Cheers, Santosh