UP and Bihar are rotting because the caste system drives the society. Eliminate the caste system and the UP/Bihari society will prosper. I know this from personal experience.
RE:End the caste system to bring the dead India alive.
by manoj kumar on Feb 22, 2008 12:20 AM Permalink
The most mysterious part of this caste system in Bihar is that it sees no boundaries based on region or language. A Kurmi in bihar feels as much proud of Shivaji or Sardar Patel as their counter parts in Maharashtra or Gujarat. Similarly a Kurmi in Bihar feels as much loyal to a Kurmi in Maharashtra or Gujarat as their Kurmi neighbor in their own town.
If India had just one caste, Biharis would fit best into it. It should be a caste based on nationalism which will make them forget all other caste loyalties. Sub-nationalism, which exists in many other States, keeps people of Bihar attached to this caste system to maintain their regional identity to some extent as there is no concept of sub-nationalism in Bihar.
RE:End the caste system to bring the dead India alive.
by Kumar on Feb 22, 2008 02:03 AM Permalink
I know. Incidents like these should theoritically wake up the Biharis against the caste system, but I know it's not going to happen.
RE:End the caste system to bring the dead India alive.
by shailendra on Feb 22, 2008 02:46 AM Permalink
Why Biharis and UP's ppl don't learn Marathi. Does nationalism only means speaking Hindi and giving less or no value to Kannad, Marathi, Tamil.... other official languages of india???
RE:End the caste system to bring the dead India alive.
by Kumar on Feb 22, 2008 05:24 AM Permalink
Why forcing languages is wrong?
Suppose an IT professional with kids works in Bangalore for 2 years. You will force the kid to learn Kannada. Next the IT person changes job and moves to Hyderabad for next 3 years, then you will force his kid to learn Telgu. Then he moves to Mumbai and Calcutta, so you will force the kid to learn Marathi and Bengali. When he moves to Delhi and Tamil Nadu next you expect him to learn Hindi and Tamil. This whole idea is a joke. How dare does anyone torture a poor kid? If people love their respective languages,they should go ahead and teach those languages to their OWN kids. How dare they force this on OTHER'S kids? This sounds like facism to me.
RE:End the caste system to bring the dead India alive.
by aatyeuka on Feb 22, 2008 10:27 AM Permalink
India was build as a nation based on cultural and lingual diversity.A 'resident' who's decided to settle there permanently has to protect it.So if u settle in a place which speaks regional language..it's ur moral responsibility to learn it...otherwise face music as outsider...
