Sandhurst Lahure - Rock on, mate! It may take a long time for us to live in a truly casteless society but, as I am sure you will agree, the struggle is worth every bit of it. I am at times amazed at how pervasive casteism has become in our culture even amongst many of the younger people. Scarlett - On the way home this evening I saw a restaurant called Magnolia and chuckled to myself as it reminded me of the book and your nickname for some odd reason. Sorry, couldn't resist ...he he ... I too did wonder about your nick name but having a rather uncreative one myself didn't think it in my best interests to broach the subject:). On a more serious note, the intent behind posting on this thread was never to pontificate and I'd say it is unfortunate if any of this comes across to you as such. To good life and peace. :)