Cryptonite: Heres a suggestion that is less naive and inexperienced than yours. Lets assume 10 people get a disease which causes them to throw stones at others, try to kill others and makes them a general nuisance to society. What do we do? Should we exterminate them and get rid the problem. We could. Or we could try to find a cure for the problem and administer the cure to those 10. Or we could complain and complain and complain and complain about those 10 and how bad they are and how they are causing problems for others. Pick your choice. These are just 3 possible ways to combat a problem out of many. Lets say instead of 10, there were millions infected by a disease that caused people to think they were superior to others based on their birth. So do we . . . 1) kill all the DISEASE-CARRIERS 2) try to find a cure for the DISEASE 3) sow seeds of communal hatred in society by isloating a certain demographic (from among the disease carriers) and labelling them as the sole guilty party. Once again, which choice are you going to pick. Pick carefully and thoughtfully. Do not forget, the problem is the caste system and ALL those who subscribe to the system, the advantaged AS WELL AS THE disadvantaged, the benefitters as well as the sufferers, the opressors as well as the opressed. (certain words in this paragraph may not exist in the English language :-) Sorry) Therefore either you say that the disease is the problem and has to be eradicated or you hold the disease carriers responsible, in which case ALL disease carriers, i.e all those who adhere to, follow, agree to and allow the caste system are equally responsible. All those who are reading this thread, think of one more thing. Statements you make are read by many and a few agree or get influenced and they in turn tell others about their (new found) beliefs and thus ideas propagate among people. It is of the utmost important that we THINK before making a statement. THINK if what we are saying is constructive or destructive for us all. Words are a powerful tool. Use them wisely. HIGHFLY: The word Madhise perhaps should be replaced by the word Madhesi which means people from Madhes or the terai. The word Madhise is actually considered to be a derogatory form of the correct word Madhes (along with the word is Marsya)