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From: jis1@mtgzz.UUCP (j.mukerji)
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Subject: Re: Some Ideas from India: Laws of Manu: Duties of Sudras
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 16:12:14 EST
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> Can any Indian deny the psychological security that he/she
> enjoys by accepting some of the rules of his/her own caste?
> 
> 	-Ramamohan Paturi
> 	paturi@harvard.HARVARD.EDU.ARPA

Allow me this opportunity to present to you one Indian who denies
completely that he enjoys any psychological security whatsoever by
accepting some of the rules of his/her own caste. I am sure there are a
large number of Indians for whom that is true, but you did go somewhat
overboard in your generalization.

>>** FLAME ON + Afterburners engaged **<<

What makes you think that one has to believe in the caste system to be an
Indian? Or is it the case that you believe that if one does not subscribe to
at least some aspect of the caste system one cannot be deemed to be an
Indian? What about the people who are not Hindus but are Indians? Or do you
consider them to be a mistake?

>>** FALME OFF - Afterburners disengaged **<<

Seriously, shouldn't the word "Indian" in the above statement be replaced by
something like "Hindu who believes in the caste system" or such?

Jishnu Mukerji
AT&T Information Systems Labs.
Middletown NJ