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| Why Bhagavadgita high lighted the essence in equality? because it diasppeared by the time.
" SAMA DRUSHTI "
Posted by: Mr. Madhu kumar Nemalikanti At: 28, Jun 2004 8:23:01 PM IST
where you have seen the equality(sama drushti) --pl. quote adhyaa and sloka ?
Posted by: Mr. HAYAGREEVA MURTY Rachuri At: 29, Jun 2004 3:04:01 PM IST
CASTE = 'C'ustom (that) 'A'llows 'S'eperations 'T'o 'E'xist (forever) :P
Posted by: Malakpet Rowdy At: 29, Jun 2004 2:47:46 PM IST
:)
Posted by: Mrs. Aruna At: 29, Jun 2004 2:11:32 PM IST
''feeling....'':))
Posted by: Mr. manoopuli At: 29, Jun 2004 2:07:16 PM IST
nice postings Kay
Posted by: Mr. Kalyan Chakravarthy At: 29, Jun 2004 9:14:20 AM IST
Creed ;)
Posted by: Mr. Raj Raj At: 29, Jun 2004 0:08:27 AM IST
Nice thread, the way it was posted regarding the questions to be asked. Rally it's the first thread being so polite.
Some people ( let it be any nationality) with other nationality passports feel proud of it; Especially American passports. We feel great about something always either by:
1. Education
2. Wealth
3. Nationality
4. Color
5. Sex
Literally we are proud of something designated by the soceity. We have lost the senses in identifying the equality among diffrent creatures as well as mankind.
Why Bhagavadgita high lighted the essence in equality? because it diasppeared by the time.
" SAMA DRUSHTI "
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 28, Jun 2004 6:23:01 PM IST
Hi
I am just posting the same thing that I posted earlier in another thread. Just feel that it is pertinent to this discussion.
You dont find caste system anywhere in the world. That doesnt make caste system barbaric. In fact I look at it as the first economic system based on social stratification known to mankind, 100s of years before the people in West learnt to even wear clothes. Yes, the evils perpetrated in the name of caste system for some altruistic ends by despots in politics and religion, are indeed pathetic and disgusting.
Caste System helped the trades based on skill flourish. We had the finest Jewellers, Black smiths, Gold Smiths, etc. All these trades required people, therefore, inter-caste marriages were discouraged. People who worked in tanneries and buthchers were kept away from the residential areas, to keep the pollution caused at bay. Selfishness made these people untouchables!
Anyway, caste system was the only known economic model for us, and it worked well for us, until the English invaded us and other selfish elements used it to their benefit.
In the modern world, do we still need it, when we can find a barber from a Brahmin community, (may be with a more appealing nomenclature : Beautician) ?
Unfortunately when caste system prevailed education was kept with one caste. All vedic knowledge was hoarded. I am not blaming any one..but even now, if you want to study vedas in the vedic school near Tirupathi, you have to be a Brahmin.
In one of the foremost works on casteism by Gail Omvedt, 90% of the top beauracratic positions in the country are held by people belonging to a community that constitutes 8% of the population. I am not anti-anyone, nor am I spurring some other debate. The truth is, we continue to dominate and subjugate in the name of caste.
Look at TP, we have sychophants who start a thread in the name of caste "Kamma Community Exclusive"...do we need this??
Caste is a tool for political ends. It determines the vote bank. Take every political party in the country, it has atleast one prominant member from every caste. Do we really need highly qualified and educated people in the politics? I would say, no! We already have Chidambarams, TN Seshans, Manmohan Singhs... (educated abroad from fancy Harvards and Cambridges I guess)...all we need is people with some vision and will.
Just to end this: All the brahmins came from Brahma who is son of Vishnu, who in his incarnation as Krishna was a Yadav. Are Brahmins and Yadavs related !!??
Posted by: Mr. Rish M At: 28, Jun 2004 3:48:55 PM IST
Hello Raghu ji :) Great. How r u? I wish to see anything seriously discussed here. I am out to let the discussion go:)
Posted by: Saleem At: 27, Jun 2004 9:50:32 PM IST
Good thing , Now you seriously want to 'discuss' something atlast.
Posted by: Saleem At: 27, Jun 2004 9:26:27 PM IST
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