-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am not usually sentimental and give as good as I get, but the article below brought tears. what could have been.....
> > At its height, tens of families of various castes > and creed renounced > it in an attempt to abolish that system and bury > inhuman > discrimination. Among them were also Brahmins. The > new community > described itself as Ajaat (ones without any caste) > and called their > new religion Manavta. > > Inter-caste marriages then became an easy norm and > gender parity a > must. The families, proud of their new casteless > status, heralded the > Indian independence with a dream of a society based > on equality. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1st Young Goans International Essay contest 2005 | | | | Theme: WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOA | | More details at | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034190.html | --------------------------------------------------------------------------