<quote> I have no issues with Hinduism. But I cannot accept that Brahmins are a superior race. Or that Sati is a good thing. </quote>
The author seems to be bigtime messed up. It's time Sengupta should leave the city and learn some Hindu stuff from scratch. Sati was never propagated in our texts. For example, if a bunch of street-hawkers start raping on name of religion, then the religion cannot be held responsible for it. Similarly, sati just started with lame-society attributes and had nothing to do with Hindu.
Nowhere the Hindu texts say that Brahmans (as per birth) are a superior race. Most stories deal with Brahman meaning knowledgable (or closer to Brahma) and not Brahman by birth.
There are enouch stories about paapi brahmans (by birth) who get punished or taught in their own way. I sincerely wish Sengupta writes what he knows of. And rediff should edit before posting these Brainless exercises.
