Dear MR. Nascy apologies for getting ur gender wrong...but i sure have got r mentality right.
U r without doubt one of the ignorant lot who like to pint fingers all around. Caste system is the truth, and it hurts everyone who opposes it. and so it does hurt me too..... I am not sure it hurts u though.... And u seemed to have completely (and conveniently) ignored my 2 comments: "it (Caste) is unfortunate that today it is used by political parties for divisive votebank poltics." "i agree that this system needs to be eradicated." But i dont think u squarely blaming the the RSS and BJP is justified.. NCP in maharashtra has always depended on the Maratha votes for survival. And dont forget the first "divisive politics" of free india, of ensuring caste based reservations was the ploy of the Congress. these links should further clarify my point (provided u have the open mind and rational thinking to consider them in an unbiased manner, which i highly doubt) http://janamejayan.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/the-scheduled-castes-a-political-tool-of-the-congress-survival/ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Congress-uses-EBC-card-ahead-of-Bihar-polls/articleshow/6207080.cms http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bihar-congress-flouts-sc-st-act-classifies-members-as-per-caste_1334104 All in all i belive almost all political parties have used / are using / will use caste for politics Its no point blaming them, cause they are feeding off the sentiments of the public. No political party can/will put an end to this. It is we INDIANS( all religions plagued by caste) who have to take the first step and reject anything and everything caste based and support those who take initiatives to bridge this divide through measures like Inter-caste marriages. In this initiative the Church should have taken a primary step a long time ago as , such Casteim has no place in Christianity and also because The Church has considerably more influence over its followers, as compared to the hindus who are divided by too many deities and shrines. The church should have pioneered even more, because of the substantially less population to convince. But it has failed / or rather not even tried. It is upto us to unite and fight this menace instead of pointing fingers at particular communities blaming them for the mess, or blaming political parties as they will always use the caste card , as long as we the electorate allow them to do so. if ur not a part of the solution u definitely are a part of the problem - Sam From: Nascy Caldeira To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" Subject: Re: [Goanet] reply to Nascy C : Caste system in Goa - Oh Sammeer. I know the TRUTH HURTS! U have just proved that U love to be a casteist/ racist and will never change. I hope U see 'the writing on the wall' and Reform. Read my response to Vasant Baliga, please, OK? then u will understand me. Thank you. Nascy (for Nasciment)
