furyroad

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by furyroad 6y ago
> Education is a state subject in India This is not true anymore. Education used to be a state subject but it is now in concurrent list; which means the union govt. has a say in education. That's how the union govt. was able to
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by furyroad 6y ago
> This politicization and purification drive has made tamil to some extent less usable. Far from preserving tamil, many in the current generation can not read, write or understand tamil. Can you elaborate on how you concluded that Tamil
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by furyroad 6y ago
Thirukural[1] is a classic Tamil text on philosophy and secular ethics, which is considered to be at-least 1500 years old. Many verses of this text can be easily read and understood by anyone with intermediate level proficiency in Tamil. An
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by furyroad 6y ago
Lets keep aside trivial semantic nuances and get to the core point. When I say caste system, I mean the practice of segregation and discrimination of people based on birth, ancestry or profession. Are you denying the existence of such a sys
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by furyroad 6y ago
I have been following the discussions on caste here at HN and other forums. I noticed that whenever this topic comes up, there are some arguments brought up to either deny the existence of the caste system in modern India or to blame it ent
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by furyroad 6y ago
> Also, there is an implied assumption that every upper-caste, richer or poorer has a strong educational background. That assumption is valid, owing to the traditional jobs that were assigned to each group. Out of the five classes Brahmi
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by furyroad 6y ago
>> In your example if the son of a lightweight boxer happens to be a heavy weight boxer he will not be made to fight with a lightweight boxer right? I used that example to emphasize on the importance of having categories in the compet
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by furyroad 6y ago
>> I have personally seen examples of people completely uplifting their family from poverty by the chance they have gotten via reservation. I am one of the examples. I am from Tamil Nadu, which has 69% reservation and I benefited from
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by furyroad 6y ago
>> The problem is that a caste-based reservation did NOT eliminate caste-based bias. It is not the goal of the reservation system to eliminate caste-based bias. The goal is to eliminate unfair competition by ensuring candidates of equ
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by furyroad 6y ago
>> What's shocking is that this caste system is being continued in the US. As a low caste Hindu who grew up in India, it is not at all shocking to me. In-fact Dr.Ambedkar, the lead author of Indian Constitution, wrote "If Hi
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by furyroad 6y ago
I don't disagree. The powerful classes still dominate the lower classes. Caste system is deeply rooted in the culture for thousand of years. It will take a very long time and massive efforts to eradicate it. Self-respect movement was o
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by furyroad 6y ago
I feel your pain. This is the very reason for which Dr.Ambedkar converted himself, along with 380,000 followers to Buddhism. Having studied Hinduism for years and realizing that caste is the inseparable from the religion, he declared “I had
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by furyroad 6y ago
Reservation is not granted based on the last name. It is granted based on the caste marked in the documents. While it is true that the fourth candidate with 100% may not get a seat, the same is true in reserved seats as well. If there are 2
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by furyroad 6y ago
I am from the state of Tamil Nadu. Unlike other states, we don't use a last name. The official forms and documents of state government/schools will not have a last name field. If pressed for last name, we just use fathers name. Th