Posted by: knt May 13, 2006
cont.. PLEASE COMMENT ON BAHUNS........
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For 200 years, the Ranas/thakuris have suppressed people of all ethnicities--not just magars, rais, tamangs, and newars, but also bahuns as well. For example, when a bahun decided to go against a thakuri, his caste would be stripped. This was what I learned in my 4th grade course back when I was in Nepal. If the Raja is a bahun, I'll give you a cookie. He's the one respnsible for Nepal's current condition. Bahuns have been in "power" for only a decade, at best, all though democratic actions.Who votes for these bahuns? The common Nepali folks. If they want someone else to be in power, they have the prerogative to do so--nobody is holding a gun to their foreheads and begging them to vote for bahuns. Do you know who formulated the "caste code", so to speak--i.e. who is an untouchable "shudra" and who's a "touchable" shudra? Look it up, it was standardized by a Rana, a thakuri. Second, it's obvious that you are living in the past. You want to bring back the caste system. You feel that Chettris are "warriors" by profession, meaning that this automatically qualifies them to lord over Nepalis of ethnicities, including bahuns. It doesn't work that way anymore, buddy, this is the 21st century. It seems like you've been living in the 18th century. Bahuns may be priests by profession, but through hard work, they have risen to power. There is really no nepotism involved here. Look at this picture, folks. These are all thakuris. Not even one bahun. These are the types of people who suppressed Nepalis for decades. These are mostly thakuris of course
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