Posted by: mardshab June 2, 2012
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Dear Hakimsab,
I feel Manjushree's article (above) gives you the answers to your queries. One must be either naive or deliberately ignorant to be talking about a level playing field without taking cognizant of the existing situation when you have all the resources to your disposal. Please check the statistics and therein lie the answers. The stereotype rote that janajatis don't study hard, addicted to alcohol, they want to be a "rikrutay" and a "lahure", and they have no ambitions, and so forth are the things of the past and it is not fair to generalise it. Of course, there are exceptions and prevalence of such tendencies in any groups.
The point being that those who have already reached 30 steps up a ladder, nothwithstanding the way how one climbed up may be a matter of contention though, it is silly to talk of a level playing field without thinking of due considerations for the underrepresented and disadvantageous. Manjushree's article does quantify this fact solidly.
I can see that there is a great deal of disinformation out there to blame each other. Like I had said earlier, unless we understand each others pains, sufferings and needs (first step) and do something sincerely to alliviate them (second step), there is no way out from the hole we have created.
One does not need to believe what Manjushree has written at its face value. If one only checks the facts without going on tangent with an inherrent caste bias, the article answers it all in brief.
PS: I am not either for this or that. At this critical juncture in Nepal, we need to shred our caste bias and ask ourselves a simple question: are we being fair? Fairness is all what we need. Altho I have always taught my adolescent students, who come from various caste, creed and religions, to be fair as much as possible, I always stand to be corrected and never cease to learn from others.
Best.
I feel Manjushree's article (above) gives you the answers to your queries. One must be either naive or deliberately ignorant to be talking about a level playing field without taking cognizant of the existing situation when you have all the resources to your disposal. Please check the statistics and therein lie the answers. The stereotype rote that janajatis don't study hard, addicted to alcohol, they want to be a "rikrutay" and a "lahure", and they have no ambitions, and so forth are the things of the past and it is not fair to generalise it. Of course, there are exceptions and prevalence of such tendencies in any groups.
The point being that those who have already reached 30 steps up a ladder, nothwithstanding the way how one climbed up may be a matter of contention though, it is silly to talk of a level playing field without thinking of due considerations for the underrepresented and disadvantageous. Manjushree's article does quantify this fact solidly.
I can see that there is a great deal of disinformation out there to blame each other. Like I had said earlier, unless we understand each others pains, sufferings and needs (first step) and do something sincerely to alliviate them (second step), there is no way out from the hole we have created.
One does not need to believe what Manjushree has written at its face value. If one only checks the facts without going on tangent with an inherrent caste bias, the article answers it all in brief.
PS: I am not either for this or that. At this critical juncture in Nepal, we need to shred our caste bias and ask ourselves a simple question: are we being fair? Fairness is all what we need. Altho I have always taught my adolescent students, who come from various caste, creed and religions, to be fair as much as possible, I always stand to be corrected and never cease to learn from others.
Best.