Indian Caste system horrors

some cultures are worst than others

Pkiernan wrote: »

Left silent as usual, but this is utterly despicable.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48265387

Is there a "left" website where we might note the absence of this incident?

mikemac2 wrote: »

I learned Calcutta and Bombay in school and I ain't for changing

So its Kingstown for Dun Laoghaire and Queenstown for Cork with you so? Cop on.

India has what you could only call a veneer of democracy, local rule in all its medieval ways is what affects people's daily lives. Like so many other countries it is too big to be a nation, it should be maybe 10 countries, I mean the people of the Punjab have about as much in common with Tamil Nadu as we have with Cyprus or Bulgaria - some common ground but such that would be more suitable to a Commonwealth or Common Trade area.

Yeh its more interesting to criticise what Trump does. Apparently his opinions are more damaging and discriminatory.

Sonics2k wrote: »

OP started this thread purely to get a little jab in at "the left", rather than to actually discuss the rampaging ****-hole that India is.

Deleted User wrote: »

OP starts a thread, always confident 'left' will feature. Never disappointed.

Search his posting history just for the word "left", 55 mentions he is literally obsessed. Some highlights of just the last month

Multiple previous convictions. Premeditated lengthy crime carried out on multiple desperate victims. Only the rabid far left could call this sentence excessive in my opinion

Here we go. The far left telling us we all need to cram ourselves into dirty, polluted, crime ridden cities. No thanks

McVerry is as far hard ultra left as you can get without renouncing God.

It's a disgrace that this young woman died to satisfy the moronic "All my rivers run free" fantasy of these unemployed hard left Marxist assholes and the unemployed idiots who support them

We know he runs as a democrat, but his voting history makes Trump look far left.

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Jamiekelly wrote: »

We should start calling the caste system what it actually is, Neo-Feudalism.

I dated a guy who moved to Ireland he was a 'Dalit' which is the lowest caste.

I actually thought he was Jamaican when i first met him. He's very dark and some hindu have dreads which i didn't know.

He said that if you touch something as a dalit that is from an upper class caste you can't give it back ...they have to keep it or throw it away ...its polluted now.

He said they are terrified of the upper castes. And the women from their caste are terribly exploited. Even if dalits have third level education it still follows them.

My ex had lived in Ireland for 6 yrs though. He was never going back.

The upper castes don't want to let them own things even if they have paid for them. And often people will charge them extra.

Dalits have extra taxes put on them and historically a lot of these taxes where aimed at Dalit women. There used to be this thing called 'The Breast Tax'. Women who were of the lower castes WERE NOT ALLOWED cover their breasts unless they paid the breast tax. It was highly humiliating.

One woman refused ..and covered herself without paying ....so a policeman came to her house and ordered her to pay or cut off her breasts. So she cut off her breasts. She died of blood loss. The king was forced to roll back the tax though.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36891356

Traditionally higher castes have tried to IMPOSE prostitution on lower caste women.

https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/caste-and-prostitution-in-india-politics-of-shame-and-of-exclusion-2332-0915-1000160.php?aid=69301

My ex used to say the attitude towards lower caste women still exists that they are there only for one thing. And also that this is some form of social ritual.
When you point out this though. You can never do so in a way to further racism. If you do you are just as bad as the caste system you are a part of it. Feudalism is bad anywhere.

White people often take offense at innocuous things Asians do because they are Asian. Random attacks etc. Its the same thing.

up for anything wrote: »

I'm not sure how neo you think it is considering it's older than the French or English feudal systems.

It exists now and has evolved.

Varik wrote: »

Whatever about those 2, it's Madras that matters to most.

I mean "there once was a man from Chennai" doesn't have the same ring to it.

True. I’d never get my head around calling it a chicken Chennai with rice either. Madras all the way.

I always think education is the cure to things like this. The caste system is a
The upper and lower classes in India are no different. To me a class system has no basis in reality anyway. The Indian system just takes it to psychotic levels.

Sonics2k wrote: »

OP started this thread purely to get a little jab in at "the left", rather than to actually discuss the rampaging ****-hole that India is.

I mention india here all the time. mainly when people have a go at muslims. The islamaphobic crowd never ask to ban hindu's. The right wing hindu's are horrible. They're also anti islam so that might be why the right wingers here tend not to include them when they call for a ban on muslims. Sexual harassment and sexual assault is on the rise.

There are plenty of moderates though. In this election Dalit community leaders are asking people to vote against Modi. And this is the first election where women voters outnumber men.

But yeah, this whole thread is just an excuse by someone to vent against the "left" with no actual evidence.