Discrimination is there in all walks of society....
Perhaps am living in a diff society or what i dunno...Am able to understand discrimination yes, but as a competition, as a fight for limited resources, as a rat-race, where caste gets used / abused by the section of the society.
All educated people need not be broad-minded, neither are such things dependent on age - my grandmum is more accepting of changes than my mum.
Few weeks ago, my drainage got blocked...solving this issue,each one should do some give & take..
Am just sharing something, not related to the post above. We are middle-class people, but my husband, as a principle, does not beleive in bargaining with scavengers who clean septic tanks, repair drains, etc, and in our younger days neither has he ever hagled with rickshawallas that help negotiate narrow-lanes, or people doing manual jobs. According to him, some jobs just need to be paid more than they get. My father follows the same principle. Not only those two men, there are others who follow this..It sorta surprises me that caste can be considered an identifier for IQ..
I do not think veg - nonveg dining can ever be called seperation - it really is a personal choice.
I used to consume red-meat, my mother was so aghast that when i had certain stomach troubles, instead of helping me out with treatment possibilities, she said i deserved my sickness and sought pariharams instead - the lady is from a family that is habituated to doing go-pooja atleast once a year, and a section of my relatives, all those golla type ppl made a fuss and considered my 'sin' unforgivable.
Anyways the whole thing affected me much and i do not touch red-meat or a hamburger anymore, and hardly consume non-veg now, something that is restricted to outside home anyways. So lets say someone does consume non-veg but does not touch beef or pork, is that discriminatory too...i don't ever think so, wud find it amusing if someone were to think that way actually...choices really cannot be homogenized.
... Its all about convictions on 'dignity and value for human life". ..within our capacities.
Its each one's personal choice, whether they want to take responsibility or not. Awareness is already around. But what can you do if someone does not want to listen...
The key point is, this responsiblity (not accountablity)......spiritual leaders have a larger role to play here.
I do not think ram janma bhoomi wud have been offered back on a platter...its an entirely diff issue.
The genesis of reservations is something nobody wants to visit.
I do not know how much of a role spiritual leaders can play, esp in the face of politicians. There are many who are already doing their part, and do make the diff.
At the personal level, tehre are also ppl who prefer a more broad based scenario. The most stinging words i got to hear was from my spouse recently who did not beleive in pooling resources or networking ppl based on caste - according to him i am a selfish individual (and etc, etc) that wants ppl to prosper based on caste (and not on humanitarian grounds...). He is the sort that puts aside a part for orphanages more than he does for any temple. So you have all kinds of people with all kinds of attitudes. Whatever ppl decide, it has already been decided by God. Not sure you want to judge anything. A man can merely be an instrument for that master-planner somewhere out there....again, choices really cannot be homogenized.
