Posted by: chicagoan December 24, 2008
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Thank you Krish for correcting my mistake that he is an "Acharya" not an "Adhikari". Moreover you mentioned not to call him "Bhaute". But as far as I know that is his pen name in Sajha and he has written very nice poem(if I may) called "Pheri Pulchowk ko Yaad Aayo" with that pen name. So, it is not us who gave that name to him but he chose it himself. Also, he has really made us proud by going to IIT for his masters and Canada for his Phd. But please be brave enough to say what is wrong is wrong. All that education has come to a naught. By following our culture and tradition if we humiliate other human beings, we would be better off shedding them. Time should define the culture. There used to be a practice called "Sati" whereby a widow has to immolate herself on the pyre of a "beloved" husband. If Chandra Samsher had listened to people like you in terms of maintaining the culture then we would still be seeing widows burning themselves in Pashupatinath today. Also, the untouchability used to be so severe few generations back, it is getting better due to reforms by educated people. Although there is still a lot of room for improvements, if people have stuck with the practice as it was just to maintain "culture", 20% of the population will still be slaves to the landlords and people of higher castes.

Also, the two nepali sentences in quotes you had are really disgusting. Please try to clean your language.

Ctal, I think your assumption that Sandesh does not like it himself seems to be wrong. Please look at the picture LondonBridge has posted, don't you notice a smirk on Sandesh's face when that elderly frail looking woman is drinking water from his feet?

In any case, educated and intelligent people like Sandesh should show us the way in reforming the society so that the lesser humans like us can also follow their footsteps.

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