Signs of Chennai #1

ByOrinam Jan 2 2012Jan 3 2012

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An unintended statement, perhaps?

: An unintended statement, perhaps?

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Thanks Harish!

ByAravind May 26 2015May 26 2015

In my opinion, it is baseless to claim that caste preference pertains to urban lifestyle choices and practices. To believe that participation in the family’s rituals and practices should be restricted to members of their own caste, and justifying it by saying that outsiders may not understand it, is unfair and unjust. Ritual is not Quantum Mechanics, is it? Can one not learn it, and live by it?