sir - sathi was glorified with the motive of projecting how a woman sacrifices her life instead of compromising with her chastity. this does not mean all women should commit sati after their husbands die!!!
if dalits, muslims suffered so much, why is it that fathers of indian constitution gave caste quotas only for 10 yrs, that too only in some select govt. jobs & educational spheres,that too only for sc/st and not for muslims? if the 'sufferings' of 'dalits' and muslims were so horrible, i am sure the founders & fathers of indian constitution would have been much much more liberal in awarding quotas. the very fact that they have been so strict in quota allocation, shows that even they did not subcribe to the viewpoint of 'rationalists'! at least they did not agree that a revenge should be taken by govt.!!!
whatever christians have achieved is because of govt.support by ways of quotas & various other concessions, whereas whatever brahmins have achieved is without any govt. support. you cannot compare both of them! christians are like beggar depending on govt. support, whereas brahmins are standing on their own feet inspite of governmental oppression!!
in other religions , explanation for suffering is that god is 'testing' the devotee! as Dr. arun shourie has said , what sort of god is he who having created man, is busy 'testing' him with sufferings??? in orthodox hinduism, explanatio for suffering is that it is not testing, but punishment for sins committed in this & previous births!! the punishment will be reduced if you repent! but it cannot be waived totally! even god is helpess in this matter! this 'lollipop' is common to all castes- including brahmins!!!
untouchability is banned in public life only. in private life, nobody can force 'rationalism' on you. can anybody say for example that a brahmin boy should marry only a girl of other caste & not a brahmin??? impossible!!!
sir - the main reason why the so called 'oppressed' castes are struggling to get govt. jobs & educational seats on merit is because of english usage! most of these 'oppressed' castes are not well versed in english and naturally are kept of out jobs & educational seats which require english knowledge! switching over to mother tongue education is only way to abolish caste quotas perhaps! why not also declare Hindi in roman script as official language of india???
a person wanted her wife to deliver a male child. but his wife delivered a female! what should he do?should he go for a sex change operation on his child and change the sex of the child??!! will it not look absurd if he tries to do so? like that, if you are born as a non bramin , you should not go for a caste change! you should think it is god's will that you are born in this varna in this birth! in your previous birth, you may well have been a brahmin! or in your next birth you could well be a bramin!!!
abrahamic religions like islam and christianity say even if a person is evil, if he belongs to our religion, or converts to our religion, then it is ok! but even a mahatma of other religions is an infidel for us!! but in brahminism, you can be a brahmin only by birth! there is no scope for conversion from other faiths to brahminism, and because of this, brahmins have never altered demography of any country in the world! bramins have also not tampered with beliefs of other faiths, because generally bramins do not worship gods of other faiths!
brahmins are normally non violent, tolerant & peace loving because of being pure vegetarians!!!