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Interesting look at what the caste system was intended to be, and what it turned out to be: The sages of India were the first to pattern their civilisation after the bodily government. That is why they emphasised the recognition of four natural castes, according to man's natural qualifications and ...

[QUOTE=GutsyGibbon;464816]A lot of things are justified in the Indian context. I am not sure what the etc, etc had in your long list, but even people practicing untouchability, and other forms of caste based discrimination feel its justified. Fair housing laws are there for a reason. [URL]http://en ...

I believe property ownership by an individual makes it a private matter and not a public issue. An owner has every right to decide who he/she wants to rent his/her house to. When I was looking to rent a year back, one of the ads i came across, broker told me owner doesn't want to rent to an Indian ...

[QUOTE=NoChaos;464070]Ask BJP to project him as PM candidate & then win election before doing comparison. All politician have dream of becoming PM one day. Probability of him becoming PM is as good as Mulayam or Nitish Kumar becoming PM.[/QUOTE] Best that can happen to Congress now is BJP deciding ...

I have suffered from nasal congestion for several years and a whole host of associated problems - frequent headaches, cold and cough ; drowsiness thru the day particularly in the mornings etc. I got DNS surgery done twice, both from highly reputed doctors, but of no use. Yoga has given me ...

[QUOTE=Desi;420083] How can anyone make assumptions that there is guilt and there are unpaid dues, if one does that, then those are sweeping conclusions. [/QUOTE] Most NRI's move out of India on the strength of their education and would have taken advantage of one of these highly subsidised ...

The word "Permanent" in "Permanent Resident" is a bit misleading in Singapore. PR itself is dependant on a "Re-entry Permit" which is a for a fixed term (generally five years). KumarBV, this is from the website of the Ministry of foreign affairs, singapore: "Please note that a Singapore Permanent ...

[QUOTE=VS007;418332]Avasanth, I was referring to some of my acquaintances who are very smart and highly educated(IIT/IIM,Ivy) and accomplished millionaires, but on the subject of Isha, they behave like a possessed thinking that he is a prescient and from there the arguments goes only towards ...

[QUOTE=VS007;418060] Many of them are highly accomplished/educated IIT/IIM/top tier management guys, yet in their personal space of belief system can be totally irrational to the point of insanity. Some of them have got irked when I said sadhguru's fees are still cheaper compared to my shrink's fees ...

[QUOTE=Man;417668]This and your prior posts to me indicate a heart which is in the right place but a mind with some severely muddled concepts. I can clear some of the cobwebs but you paid somebody 300$ to plant them there so it would be incredibly stupid of me to clear them for free. :) .[/QUOTE ...