tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post8228679040626730567..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Scorn" by Bama Faustina -leading woman Dalit Tamil AuthorMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-243800208610496822014-02-04T18:16:14.550+08:002014-02-04T18:16:14.550+08:00all the communities are ready to accept or feel pr...all the communities are ready to accept or feel proud to be theirs caste. except the dalit. dalit may say ' we are the sufferes' but they don't know that suffer should take the solution<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-27723575056387866982013-07-23T08:33:47.685+08:002013-07-23T08:33:47.685+08:00It is so sad that caste discrimination would be pr...It is so sad that caste discrimination would be practiced by Christians even though it directly goes against what Christ thought us. Now if it were only Hindus only doing it I would not be too surprised (since traditional Hinduism mandates such discrimination). This system is simply a "tradition of men" that should has no place in the Church (or just about anywhere else).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-90281198433561981292011-05-08T02:11:19.014+08:002011-05-08T02:11:19.014+08:00Thanks for the background about Dalit. I had heard...Thanks for the background about Dalit. I had heard of "untouchables" but didn't realise some form of this is still current. <br /><br />I'll have a look at the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-23495708719929241042011-05-08T00:49:37.305+08:002011-05-08T00:49:37.305+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707280327803432082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-25834162060127015602011-05-08T00:49:10.297+08:002011-05-08T00:49:10.297+08:00Thank you so much for this, Mel. I live here, and ...Thank you so much for this, Mel. I live here, and still I am not very aware of the writers who write in the regional languages. I'm glad I've been introduced to atleast one of them here. <br /><br />As regards the caste issue...it's really complicated. On paper castesicsm might be illegal, but it is practiced even in the government. Every single person, when filling in official forms, have to write down the caste they belong to.... However, the government as, what is called a quota system, for all 'backward and tribal castes' (the Dalits also fall under this)...so that these castes get a good education in schools AND in colleges. <br /><br />Caste is an evil in our country that's so deeply rooted in the culture and people that it's proving very hard to eradicate...but it's being done slowly and surely.:D<br /><br />BTW, our former president, Dr Abdul Kalim, is a Dalit. He's been an incredible inspiration to Dalits and non-Dalits alike.:)Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707280327803432082noreply@blogger.com