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[quote=Desi;92664]Submarine66 - Thanks. Super - Assuming, you have taken care of insurance, emergency funds, money for near term goals, then the money for long term goals should be invested per AAP determined based on risk profile (this takes into account, risk psyche, accumulation potential, loss ...

[quote=submarine66;92459]Super - First things first. Build a AAP based on your goals and determine how to invest your taxable and non-taxable funds. There are enough pointers on this forum to enable you to do that. Determine your bond portfolio (U.S Based, International, Fixed Income) and your stock ...

Gurus, help needed for a novice. I went through a lot of the AAP articles written by RRK and other forum gurus and I have decided to reallocate my 401K accordingly. I have decided for a 50% bond + 35% US stocks + 15% International Stock allocation. Since Fidelity is handling my 401k I have decided ...

hanu, layman, I am trying to list out your basic points of arguments here: 1. Caste system as we know today (birth based) is sanctioned by the Hindu System. This you conclude because you think is is there from ancient times. For this you cite the example of Ekalavya from Mahabaratha. My counter ...

[quote=layman;88076]How. The current rulers of US mercilessly killed the natives and established this country. If karma is there they should get punished for their atrocities and natives should rule. On the other hand the descendants of the perpetrators of heinous murders are enjoying the prosperity ...

[quote=hanu;88072]May be. But society can't be run on that.[/quote]

True. I am not saying society should explicitly adapt it. All I am saying is, whether a society adapts it or not, one's bad Karma is bound to come and bite one's a$$.

[quote=hanu;88070]It may not and that is fine. But it is irrelevent. If you want a certification that Hinduism does not promote casteism, you might even get one. But it would be useless. The reality is that castism exists in India and it has been kept alive by people of India. [/quote] I agree with ...

[quote=layman;88068]Caste system is one of the evils of our ancient culture. There are other evils as well. Sati is one of them. Are you saying Sati also was brought by Europeans?[/quote] What proof do you have to say that Sati was there from ancient times. Even so called "eminent" historians in ...

[quote=hanu;88067]I am not talking about gurdakshina. I am talking about how profession was enforced by birth. Such bias existed in the society since a long time. And that is what is casteism and that is how it got established in India....regardless of what vedas say. BTW, Arjuna did not kill drona ...

[quote=layman;88063][FONT=Times][B]CHAPTER I[/B][/FONT] [FONT=Times]31. But for the sake of the prosperity of the worlds, he caused the Brahmin, the Kshatriya, the Vaisya, and the Shudra [the four castes] to proceed from his mouth, his arms, his thighs, and his feet. [/FONT] [FONT=Times][B]CHAPTER X ...