tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14756769.post6293549419343998634..comments2024-01-20T01:42:55.034+05:30Comments on kufr: indian first?kuffirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137701734913669203noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14756769.post-14292448435397749802009-02-17T13:35:00.000+05:302009-02-17T13:35:00.000+05:30How about afghanisthan or iraq or many african cou...How about afghanisthan or iraq or many african countries. Based on the karmaesque reasoning these are very lower in the order of choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14756769.post-1437363046811262222008-02-18T13:07:00.000+05:302008-02-18T13:07:00.000+05:30I did, thanks. But reading and getting in to the f...I did, thanks. But reading and getting in to the flow of other's thoughts are different matters. Probably rereading helps. But as people go older they develop 'chadastam' and are in their own train of thoughts. By the way, is there an equivalent word to 'chadastam' in English?gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14756769.post-42315732881926299032008-02-18T11:41:00.000+05:302008-02-18T11:41:00.000+05:30swarup garu,did you check my response to your comm...swarup garu,<BR/><BR/>did you check my response to your comments here:<BR/><BR/>http://kufr.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-sector-doesnt-discriminate.html<BR/>sorry i was late.kuffirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137701734913669203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14756769.post-50939177956614754492008-02-18T05:15:00.000+05:302008-02-18T05:15:00.000+05:30Kuffir,Interesting post. This question of choosing...Kuffir,<BR/>Interesting post. This question of choosing identities is a problem for me too. I am an Australian citizen now, spent most of my life in the study of topology, but still feel closer to India and Andhra where I spent the first fifteen years of my life. I guess that most of us are prisoners of our childhood.<BR/>Having spent nearly half my life in the 'west', I can only compare Indian attitudes with the 'western'. I do think that for some reason or other caste and status identities and the corresponding struggles for hegemonies are stronger in India and I do despair. Strangely even Pakistan does not seem exempt.See<BR/>http://www.geocities.com/lavlesh/castevedic.html<BR/>which mentions Benajir Bhutto's mention of her Rajput background. I do not hope to understand these identities. What I can see and perhaps measure is hunger, poverty and opportunities for different groups. For some of us there is no hope of affecting big changes or going against global tides. So I confine myself to small efforts. But it is possible that these will be washed away by bigger flows.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.com