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| -The caste system in India |
NNN0LHI |
Jan-03-05 06:16 AM |
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Thanks Nnnholhi. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-03-05 06:23 AM |
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Your welcome. If you know is the caste system based solely on... |
NNN0LHI |
Jan-03-05 06:32 AM |
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Maybe an Indian DUer can clear this up, but I'll share what I know. |
theorist |
Jan-03-05 06:42 AM |
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I learned it was on your birth record. |
izzie |
Jan-03-05 06:47 AM |
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Caste is based on one's physical heritage. |
MXMLLN |
Jan-03-05 08:30 AM |
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OK, one big thing to consider... |
manic expression |
Jan-04-05 08:55 PM |
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dude... |
2plus2 |
Jan-06-05 04:58 PM |
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I don't know if color is an issue in India. But I do know education is. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-04-05 07:33 AM |
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Heritage, ethnicity, religion, etc, etc, etc. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:22 PM |
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Wow what a rude answer to a great DUer |
Must_B_Free |
Jan-05-05 10:42 PM |
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Don't worry about it Must_B_Free. It takes all kinds |
NNN0LHI |
Jan-06-05 06:11 AM |
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That is not the caste system, per se but the pervasive lack of |
KlatooBNikto |
Jan-03-05 06:46 AM |
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And all muslims are uncivilized |
LynnTheDem |
Jan-03-05 07:55 AM |
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Thanks for saying that Lynn |
burythehatchet |
Jan-03-05 09:40 AM |
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You have missed the gist of my posts by a mile. |
KlatooBNikto |
Jan-03-05 11:17 AM |
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Well, I'm glad to live in the perfect society! |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-03-05 08:20 AM |
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That's a pretty ridiculous post |
fujiyama |
Jan-03-05 08:55 AM |
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I don't know what Indians you're talking to |
fujiyama |
Jan-03-05 06:55 AM |
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yes, it doesn't have to do with caste but mostly about money |
JI7 |
Jan-03-05 07:11 AM |
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How they know... |
JackintheGreen |
Jan-03-05 08:10 AM |
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Yeah you have a pretty good idea |
fujiyama |
Jan-03-05 08:48 AM |
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Pretty close to my understanding of it. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:25 PM |
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that's true.. |
2plus2 |
Jan-06-05 05:08 PM |
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More redneck than redneck? Oh the irony. |
Democracy Died 2004 |
Jan-03-05 08:14 AM |
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I have an Indian student. |
LWolf |
Jan-03-05 08:29 AM |
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My doctor is Indian |
NNN0LHI |
Jan-03-05 08:44 AM |
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thanks for that story |
burythehatchet |
Jan-03-05 09:44 AM |
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You say that as if it's impossible to find an American black or hispanic |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-04-05 07:44 AM |
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Actually, I do NOT say that "as if it's impossible" |
LWolf |
Jan-04-05 08:29 AM |
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"Indians that I've encountered" is not broad-brush. It specifically |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-04-05 10:08 AM |
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I'm Indian. And you've encountered me. |
MsTryska |
Jan-04-05 10:38 AM |
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You're kidding, right? |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-04-05 06:03 PM |
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You seem to harbor some racist tendancies |
fujiyama |
Jan-04-05 09:44 PM |
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I would never impose my beliefs on anyone else. I'm just expressing |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-05-05 09:08 AM |
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I know I specifically believe |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 08:48 AM |
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Jan-05-05 11:59 AM |
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You've got issues and |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 12:05 PM |
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If you were right, the south wouldn't have gone for Bush. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-05-05 05:08 PM |
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Substitute "African American" for "your race" in your post , |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:32 PM |
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I hope I will be able to word this in a way that the moderators accept. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-06-05 08:15 AM |
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Perhaps you should start from a place beyond stereotyping. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-06-05 03:58 PM |
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We will agree to disagree. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-06-05 04:40 PM |
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Why Indians would find english hard? |
AngryAmish |
Jan-05-05 12:32 PM |
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yes - Sanskrit is the mother of the Indo-European languages |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 12:51 PM |
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English is difficult for Spanish speakers because Spanish has a |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-05-05 05:14 PM |
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so we should not conduct business in English because it's a difficult |
MsTryska |
Jan-06-05 08:34 AM |
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Now it's you that are stereotyping. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-06-05 04:44 PM |
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Good. Because saying it is impossible, |
MsTryska |
Jan-07-05 08:07 AM |
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That's what you call a straw man argument. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-07-05 08:24 AM |
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then what exactly are you arguing? |
MsTryska |
Jan-07-05 08:41 AM |
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No. That's not what I said at all. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-07-05 10:56 AM |
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to quote you from post #98 |
MsTryska |
Jan-07-05 11:03 AM |
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To quote Spangle from the Florida forum: |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-07-05 04:58 PM |
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Sanskrit is the mother of the Indic branch of the Indo-European family. |
ZombieNixon |
Jan-05-05 06:32 PM |
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I think you know much more than I on this topic |
AngryAmish |
Jan-05-05 08:19 PM |
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Hindi is Indo-European. |
ZombieNixon |
Jan-05-05 06:36 PM |
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This post was unnecessary |
bloodyjack |
Jan-05-05 10:10 PM |
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May I be the first to complement you on your skill |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:29 PM |
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I work with many Indians, and that's not my experience |
orangepeel68 |
Jan-03-05 11:36 AM |
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Jan-04-05 07:52 AM |
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you are so right,,,the 3 indians you know are exactly the |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-04-05 10:42 AM |
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Three? There were four, and apparently it was enough to upset |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-04-05 06:04 PM |
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being racist upsets progressives...its just who we are... |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-04-05 06:19 PM |
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I don't recall saying that you did alert the moderator. And it wouldn't |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-05-05 09:05 AM |
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and apparantly racism towards indians comes from latinos as well |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-05-05 12:15 PM |
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Never, never did I put it all together until I came on this newsgroup |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-05-05 05:16 PM |
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Would like to expand on that point: |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-05-05 07:49 PM |
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well since the moderators keep removing your posts |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-06-05 10:10 AM |
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Never said it was an Indian neighborhood. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jan-06-05 04:46 PM |
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Why, lioness, the utter NERVE of you. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:40 PM |
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i know...can you imagine that? |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-06-05 10:14 AM |
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Thank you. My husband is South Asian, and he's the most respectful |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:37 PM |
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the best thing is to avoid "them"? |
orangepeel68 |
Jan-04-05 11:29 AM |
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Jan-04-05 06:22 PM |
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You obviously don't get it |
fujiyama |
Jan-04-05 09:57 PM |
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especially since they voted for a Party headed by a minority |
JI7 |
Jan-04-05 11:28 PM |
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I've noticed that too |
Magic Rat |
Jan-03-05 11:40 AM |
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That's probably because |
billyskank |
Jan-03-05 11:58 AM |
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Perhaps it is because many Indians speak very correct English. |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-04-05 07:54 AM |
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My limited experience with Jews and other white people |
fujiyama |
Jan-04-05 02:33 PM |
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Not all of them, not by a long shot. I'm married to a Punjab. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:07 PM |
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those would be the rich Republican ones |
IronLionZion |
Jan-06-05 10:26 AM |
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The caste system is a working union classification |
jmatthan |
Jan-03-05 08:44 AM |
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the caste system works in india much like the race/class system works |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-03-05 08:57 AM |
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The Caste System or Varnashram as it is properly known |
billyskank |
Jan-03-05 11:53 AM |
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Thank you |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 12:20 AM |
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You know one good thing i can say about the caste system? |
MsTryska |
Jan-04-05 10:42 AM |
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"bear in mind, i'm of indian descent"... |
ChairOne |
Jan-04-05 10:48 AM |
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What? |
MsTryska |
Jan-04-05 10:50 AM |
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If she's descended from Christians who had converted to escape |
bloodyjack |
Jan-05-05 12:32 AM |
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Thanks. |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 08:54 AM |
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What she really demonstrates is that |
Must_B_Free |
Jan-04-05 06:35 PM |
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And they'll also put out a pamphlet about.... |
ChairOne |
Jan-04-05 06:54 PM |
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Israel/Palestine isn't the only bloody I/P hell in the world. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:52 PM |
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Jan-05-05 11:14 AM |
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Jan-05-05 11:55 AM |
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And defending one's lack of linguistic ability is the hallmark of what? |
ChairOne |
Jan-05-05 12:13 PM |
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Jan-05-05 12:18 PM |
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Wow - holy false alternatives batman! |
ChairOne |
Jan-05-05 12:45 PM |
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Jan-05-05 12:48 PM |
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lol - and what, pray tell, is falling back on post count a hallmark of? |
ChairOne |
Jan-05-05 01:27 PM |
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Jan-05-05 01:57 PM |
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Typing is a low-caste accomplishment. |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-05-05 02:08 PM |
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You're acting quite the Ugly American right now. |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 02:21 PM |
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Very uncool to correct another's grammar on DU. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:55 PM |
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I have read that both sides have oppressed the other |
Must_B_Free |
Jan-04-05 06:50 PM |
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Indian DUer to the rescue! |
ZombieNixon |
Jan-04-05 07:26 PM |
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Thank you. My minimal recollection from high school was that it was... |
NNN0LHI |
Jan-04-05 08:18 PM |
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Keep in mind as well how textbooks reflected the world betyond our borders |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 06:00 PM |
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From what I know... |
manic expression |
Jan-04-05 09:05 PM |
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The "Aryan Invasion" is officially a "disputed theory" |
ZombieNixon |
Jan-04-05 09:37 PM |
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Jan-05-05 10:36 PM |
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You don't need a system to tell you the color of someone's skin |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 12:34 AM |
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So--you're proposing an American caste system.... |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-05-05 08:54 AM |
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I'm not "proposing" anything |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 11:27 AM |
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heh. Demwing.... |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 11:59 AM |
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Namaste, Mataji |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 02:51 PM |
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Namaste! |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 02:55 PM |
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We probably made the error |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 03:07 PM |
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*lol*! |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 03:11 PM |
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Holy crap - you guys really *do* believe in BNW societies... |
ChairOne |
Jan-05-05 01:35 PM |
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Obviously, certain castes have less spelling "apptitude"! |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-05-05 01:39 PM |
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lol - I haven't gotten to use "sic" so much since... |
ChairOne |
Jan-05-05 01:45 PM |
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Which explains why you've used it incorrectly... |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 03:30 PM |
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Oh please, a spelling Nazi? |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 02:38 PM |
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No. You don't understand it |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 02:31 PM |
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as i've been saying in going back and forth with this one... |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 02:37 PM |
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I have no idea what I said to touch this off |
demwing |
Jan-05-05 03:00 PM |
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I know it. |
MsTryska |
Jan-05-05 03:09 PM |
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We do not have a caste system in the USA |
Bridget Burke |
Jan-06-05 07:27 AM |
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Lets take a step back before we go forward |
demwing |
Jan-06-05 11:02 AM |
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Skin color was the basis for Varna |
Must_B_Free |
Jan-05-05 10:38 PM |
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Etymology of "Varnish" |
demwing |
Jan-06-05 12:39 AM |
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Do you know what vernix is? |
Must_B_Free |
Jan-06-05 05:28 PM |
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Yep |
demwing |
Jan-06-05 06:43 PM |
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the holier than thou attitude to the caste system is amusing |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-05-05 01:40 PM |
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And far less understood. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 06:04 PM |
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Pity we couldn't have had your wisdom earlier, but thanks for offering it. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 05:58 PM |
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Re : The caste system in India |
gorky |
Jan-05-05 05:04 PM |
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Welcome to DU, and I hope everyone will read your excellent links. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 06:11 PM |
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DUers, the RW media doesn't exist solely in the US. |
blondeatlast |
Jan-05-05 06:13 PM |
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OK I didn't read the article but I read an excellent article about |
sistersofmercy |
Jan-05-05 09:23 PM |
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The former president was an "untouchable" |
IronLionZion |
Jan-06-05 10:19 AM |
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As it happens, the Bollywood "event movie" of the season making rounds |
pandorasox |
Jan-07-05 05:18 PM |
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