Comments on: Untouchables in India

By: gl

gl — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:26:53 +0000

For all supporters of castism – especially upper cast.

Just for a change why dont you guys try switching your cast with a lower one...for a change let you children do the job Manju does and let her children do the job your children is planned to...

By: Sid

Sid — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:28:04 +0000

SHAHAB, stop barking about Islam here. Muslims like you are uneducated lots.. no better than those who oppress others.

By: brahmin a

brahmin a — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:03:08 +0000

The main problem is overpopulation and limited resources. We need 2 planets to sustain us now. Oil is going to be used up in 30 -40 years then what? Can we find another planet like earth so we could move there and sustain the current lifestyle?

By: brahmin a

brahmin a — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:58 +0000

I clean my toilet but I am a brahmin. I can't afford to pay anyone to clean. What is bad about cleaning a toilet? I clean my toilet by hand. My hand becomes dirty. So what? I am a brahmin. People in west clean their toilets big deal? There are castes everywhere. In west it is rich versus the poor, white vs the black, white vs the irientals, blacks vs the orientals and so on. It is like that everywhere.

By: Bob R

Bob R — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:08:35 +0000

If we are each responsible for our own actions (clean out your own toilet) we might realize that we are all the same and not view others as being less human that we are.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:32:40 +0000

Ashok Thakkar I believe the reporter made that point. Change is coming, this is just somebody that it hasn't reached yet. Did she not report that they are expanding the training center?

Why do we get upset someone reporting something. Did they report lies? This is a story about old world disappearing.

By: Anupam

Anupam — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:59:25 +0000

Stop all the religious nuts. Hail Family Guy. the new religion :) You guys are so funny. I love this soap opera. You just don't have to put on the TV anymore. Just look at the comments online. A brief sampling of the most delectable cuisine available on this blog : "Untouchability=Hinduism" ... wow that was insightful. " Indians are this arrogant group of people", fantabulous, folks a big hand for that one, he gets that from his years of IT experience. Anyways you guys are a true microcosm of the real world. One voice of reason amongst the hundred voices of sensationalism. Long live Family Guy and Calvin and Chacha Chowdhury, down with religiousism, communism,democracy, the human race and last but not the least, Charlie Sheen. Seriuosly, get a life. Help the unwanted if you can. Learn about conditions in India, if you want to. Otherwise stop groping around in the dark with malformed ideas of India, world religions, or at least come here slightly better informed; not with google please....

By: Girish

Girish — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:45:32 +0000

Dalits have always claimed to be mistreated and ignored. Then the govt came up with the reservation quota for Dalits in all PSU's and now look at the plight of the country because of this. 80% of our parliament is filled with them. Does anybody think that they are contributing to the progress of our country in any sense? All these dalit politicians care about is to rake in Moolah of money in the name of uplifting the dalits in their respective states.
Dalit CM rules UP and she openly supports castism.Does she understand anything the basic problems faced by the people there and the lack of basic amenities and infrastruture in the state and the entire country for that matter when she hints at becoming the PM of this vast country. Come on!! wake up..how do u think she will communicate with world leaders on different issues ? This country had already made the mistake of accepting a PM from the south who claimed to the 'Son of the soil' and ruled the country for 13 months and the first thing he did was to take his family on a world tour.

All I am trying to say is if the Dalits are capable of achieving something on their merit then they have to do it, not get undue advantage becuase of the ridiculous caste quota.

Wake up!! India needs intellectuals not somebody with Quota!!

By: Ashok Thakkar

Ashok Thakkar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:47:38 +0000

This is a poorly written journalistic piece. Make no mistake, we as current or former Indian citizens (settled outside of India) are truly ashamed of even a single incidence of this kind.

However, a journalist needs to look at the whole canvass rather than a corner of it. We cannot go to Mississipi or Arkansas, do a story on neglected Black neighborhoods and forget the fact that up until mid-sixties, almost all blacks lived like that. Now, a very small percentage of them are so disadvantaged. That, although not perfect, is progress.

Do not forget that a former untouchable is the Chief Minister of the largest Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is harboring ambitions of becoming the Prime Minister. And she is a woman. India already has had a President and a Prime Minister from the lower classes – not to mention a much larger proportion of mayors, county execs, ministers and members of parliament compared to the US African American community.

Get your facts right and do balanced reporting if you wish to be taken seriously. Otherwise, it's cheap sensationalism.

By: Old Blood-N-Guts

Old Blood-N-Guts — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:02:02 +0000

The Dalit plight is a byproduct of an over-crowded and ancient land. Notice that the dalit women in the story has 4 kids. Why? Why in the hell would you have 4 children when you are that poor? But all that aside, India will be third world until they drop the caste system altogether. It's not a race issue. It's something from the ancient times which needs to go away. (I love Indians bytheway, and work for an Indian company here in the usa). I know that when an Indian professional falls in love and marries an American, it pisses-off the whole family, lol.

The caste system has a pack mentality; Indians who come to America and get criticized for not doing anything to lift India up, are simply sick of running with the pack. The division between Indians who just work here and create a little india whereever they live, and those Indians who assimilate into American culture is bigger than caste discrimination. These two don't mix, lol.