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A Sri Lankan encounter with Super Swamis
by Tissa Devendra To be absolutely honest, I never actually met the first of these swamis. Way back in 1953, I was a young field officer in Trincomalee Kachcheri, just a few months after leaving Unive… more »
A Zillion reasons to escape from India
The Good, the Bad and the Copperheads
donnatrussell wrote 2 days ago: Now that I’m halfway through the 2008 Sewanee Writers Conference, perhaps it’s time for … more »
My poetry, my politics
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Meena Kandasamy wrote 5 days ago: An interview with me in the Telugu daily Andhra Jyothy. Neelimaa, the journalist who interviewed me … more »
An "Untouchable" politician serves as an inspriation to others.
chrisjohn06 wrote 6 days ago: In India the caste system is still entrenched into the mindset. That being said, one mem … more »
Caste system
ologos wrote 1 week ago: How did the Caste System Begin? The Caste System is so deep rooted in the Indian psyche that there p … more »
Widening the Prism
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aputhebird wrote 1 week ago: A FEW DAYS AGO, when I thought about the conflict parents face when their daughters become “to … more »
Name leaves you without sponsorship.. in Indian Football
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clash wrote 1 week ago: Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1892 has a long lineage in Indian Football. The team, which has … more »
Scavengers As Models: Exploitation Chic or Empowering?
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Sharanya Manivannan wrote 2 weeks ago: I FOUND this news story about Indian “sanitation workers” (scavengers, if we avoid the e … more »
An Examination of the Southern Caste System
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southerngent wrote 2 weeks ago: Have a little fun, will ya? SNELLVILLE, GA - A local man was accosted today, after mistakenly referr … more »
Fair and Lovely
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Yousef AbuGharbieh wrote 2 weeks ago: “May we take a picture with you?” The question is innocuous enough, but the phenomenon i … more »
Selayang Pandang Pilkada Bali
Bali Studies wrote 2 weeks ago: Artikel dari The jakarta Post mengenai isu-isu yang berkembang dalam Pilkada Bali. Election more tha … more »
Vindictive Bitch
poetreearborist wrote 2 weeks ago: With what words can I claim that pure hearts - once caste in shame - can redeploy as pilgrims in a n … more »
America's next pot model
bellepoq wrote 2 weeks ago: OMG that was absolutely awful and tasteless and disrespectful but couldn’t be helped. Too temp … more »
BUDDHA THE JAGANNATHA
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak wrote 2 weeks ago: (continued from the previous part) Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Caste supremacists thrive on religion. … more »
ORISSA GOVERNMENT COOPERATES IN KILLING SRI JAGANNATH ON CAR FESTIVAL DAY
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Subhas Chandra Pattanayak wrote 3 weeks ago: Subhas Chandra Pattanayak On the Rath Yatra (Car Festival) day, this year, Sri Jagannath will be kil … more »
Ghandi's rare Speech in English surfaces in US.
renur wrote 3 weeks ago: Ghandi’s rare speech in English surfaces in US. A rare speech of Mahatma Ghandi dwelling on n … more »
Human Rights Facts (42): Discrimination
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Filip Spagnoli wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve written before on discrimination, especially gender discrimination (also here) and discri … more »
Here's An Interesting Solution
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nitinthewiz wrote 3 weeks ago: The Problem I wrote about in my last post was the reservation issue which is being shoved in the fac … more »
Fallacies of Karma and its Relation to Injustice
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Patrick Mosolf wrote 3 weeks ago: You have a motorbike accident and hurt yourself. Or you lend money to a friend and they don’t … more »
Karma II: Average Karma, Karma and Caste, Interpersonal Karma
Patrick Mosolf wrote 3 weeks ago: The Law of Average Karma and Good and Bad People (this is part two of my discussion of karma. view … more »
