I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Maniac]

Re: I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Originally posted by aneeshm
There is no caste feeling - for if there was , how could a Brahmin have become so popular as to be the MP?

Wouldn't a Brahman be most likely to become MP?
Now if a "lower caste" member could become MP, you might have a point...

[Jon Miller]

If only we could all be so lacking in class consciousness as vote for the upper class to lead us..

JM

[Kontiki]

Re: I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Originally posted by aneeshm
To be brief : I've lived in such a utopia . And it's one of the best places to be on this Earth .

You so desperately need to get out of your little bubble and actually experience the world.

[aneeshm]

Re: Re: I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Originally posted by Maniac


Wouldn't a Brahman be most likely to become MP?
Now if a "lower caste" member could become MP, you might have a point...

You've got it backwards , haven't you ? Maybe you need to take more of an interest in Indian politics . If there was caste feeling , backward castes would have voted for one of their own , and no Brahmin would have stood a chance . This is already the case in a very large part of India . The voters of Indore do not look at these things , and are relatively unaffected by them , and that is why the current MP retains power .

Backward caste MPs are the norm instead of the exception in modern India . Did you not know that ?

[aneeshm]

Re: Re: I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Originally posted by Kontiki


You so desperately need to get out of your little bubble and actually experience the world.

Actually , I came to this conclusion after I came to a place where people really were conscious of your caste , language , and place of origin . I wasn't conscious of these things before , but coming to Pune made me realise that I had been living in a relatively much better place till then .

[Spec]

I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

You've been to the Playboy Mansion!!


Spec.

[Lul Thyme]

this is one boring OP. I guess
the only reason I'm replying is a funny coincidence.
I went to high school 3 years in New Delhi, and my best friend there was the grandson of the last reigning Mah. of Indore, YESHWANT RAO II HOLKAR basically the descendant of the family you're talking about here.

[Maniac]

Re: Re: Re: I have seen paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Originally posted by aneeshm
You've got it backwards , haven't you ? Maybe you need to take more of an interest in Indian politics . If there was caste feeling , backward castes would have voted for one of their own , and no Brahmin would have stood a chance . This is already the case in a very large part of India . The voters of Indore do not look at these things , and are relatively unaffected by them , and that is why the current MP retains power .

I assumed high castes would be unlikely to vote on lower castes, while the opposite would be less true.

Backward caste MPs are the norm instead of the exception in modern India . Did you not know that ?

Nope. Do the MPs usually follow higher education, or are they truly the same as their voters? Eg poor uneducated votes on poor uneducated.

Here there are hardly lower class people in parliament, so you could generally say lower class votes on middle class.