Guest guest Posted October 30, 1995 Report Share Posted October 30, 1995 The only justification as I see it in the discussions fo rpro-caste is that many of the group must be brahmins. The society has progressed compared to the ancient times of Manu to Ramanuja. The concepts of equal rights, rights of women, and children etc. are modern ones, to a large extent what we owe to the Western civilization. It is very nice to proclaim about division of labor, if one does not have to come down. It is the same a Repubican concepts of free socity. When Goldwater was presidial candidate there was a cartoon about "why can't you inherit your own department stor?". What shocks me is the attidue that some how all the ancient books are answers. Devotion is like a walking stick. You need it if you can't manage your life otherwise. There is nothing wrong about it. All of us have handicaps and try to live the best way we can. The problem arises when some how trires to argue that his own stick is the most comfortable of all. Caste as practiced was shameful, so was and to some extent the status of women in India. Many of our ancestors among the women were child brides. But then, people felt it was natural. Krish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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