Posted by: avataar January 16, 2010
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I don't intend to engage in this debate in the first place. But, could N. Tamang tell us how many Brahman/Kshatriya have chosen/qualified to take Hong Kong ID and how many are claiming themselves an admission to the UK as second-grade 'citizens'?
It is the question of priorities and devotion, Bandhu, something more complex than mere politics and power.
However, I have no problem if the writer says that anti-Brahminism is not anti-Brahman ideology. Then, Brahman becomes a political category, not an ethnic/caste one.
Then, he'll have to take up a study about how many "Gurkha" have played a "brahman" role in their own respective communities and failed their own people. It is an unacceptable argument he is making if he is saying that you can achieve any merit-worthy change in Nepal without addressing the more pervasive problems of discrimination based on, say, class and gender.
It is the question of priorities and devotion, Bandhu, something more complex than mere politics and power.
However, I have no problem if the writer says that anti-Brahminism is not anti-Brahman ideology. Then, Brahman becomes a political category, not an ethnic/caste one.
Then, he'll have to take up a study about how many "Gurkha" have played a "brahman" role in their own respective communities and failed their own people. It is an unacceptable argument he is making if he is saying that you can achieve any merit-worthy change in Nepal without addressing the more pervasive problems of discrimination based on, say, class and gender.