Comments for Likhati http://www.likhati.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Jo Kheer Piye/Jeko Kheer Piye-Sindhi nursery rhyme on the wonders of milk by rikin mehta http://www.likhati.com/2010/07/09/jo-kheer-piyejeko-kheer-piye-sindhi-nursery-rhyme-on-the-wonders-of-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-9655 rikin mehta Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:21:30 +0000 http://www.likhati.com/?p=5366#comment-9655 can any body send this kheer poem in hindi on this mail ? rikinm80@gmail.com can any body send this kheer poem in hindi on this mail ?
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]]> Comment on Modern Agraharam near Hyderabad-Keep Out if you’re not Brahmin by u http://www.likhati.com/2008/06/15/modern-agraharam-near-hyderabad-keep-out-if-youre-not-brahmin/comment-page-1/#comment-9654 u Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:58:42 +0000 http://mumbaigirl.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-9654 Your post has gone beyond sarcasm, you have made silly personal attacks about the state of people's brains and their (non) functioning gray matter. You too can make a logical argument (I hope) as you exhort others to do, without resorting to such playground abuse. I don't have the time to answer you at length. Yes, wealth based segregation exists as well. This post was not about that. That doesn't mean people are denying that it exists! The history of the caste system is complicated and indeed it was affected by the colonial presence in India. Yes, people were able to transcend caste boundaries and do other things. However, this history also contains a great many examples of exploitation and discrimination that carry on to this day, and these are not best addressed by building agraharams of the kind discussed. It's very easy to say if you don't like a system don't follow it-when in practice this system results in the exploitation of people who actually don't want to follow it or be subject to its discriminatory practices or perhaps you live in a bubble where you have not noticed this? Your post has gone beyond sarcasm, you have made silly personal attacks about the state of people’s brains and their (non) functioning gray matter. You too can make a logical argument (I hope) as you exhort others to do, without resorting to such playground abuse.

I don’t have the time to answer you at length.

Yes, wealth based segregation exists as well. This post was not about that. That doesn’t mean people are denying that it exists!

The history of the caste system is complicated and indeed it was affected by the colonial presence in India. Yes, people were able to transcend caste boundaries and do other things. However, this history also contains a great many examples of exploitation and discrimination that carry on to this day, and these are not best addressed by building agraharams of the kind discussed.

It’s very easy to say if you don’t like a system don’t follow it-when in practice this system results in the exploitation of people who actually don’t want to follow it or be subject to its discriminatory practices or perhaps you live in a bubble where you have not noticed this?

]]> Comment on Alternative Schools in India; Some Advantages and Disadvantages by u http://www.likhati.com/2009/09/27/alternative-schools-in-india-some-advantages-and-disadvantages/comment-page-2/#comment-9653 u Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:45:04 +0000 http://punarjanman.wordpress.com/?p=2653#comment-9653 Vijay, This is a good question and I don't know the answer! Perhaps you could pose it to some of the senior teachers at the various alternative schools in India who sit in on the interviews, some of them might respond. Vijay, This is a good question and I don’t know the answer! Perhaps you could pose it to some of the senior teachers at the various alternative schools in India who sit in on the interviews, some of them might respond.

]]> Comment on Modern Agraharam near Hyderabad-Keep Out if you’re not Brahmin by CHK http://www.likhati.com/2008/06/15/modern-agraharam-near-hyderabad-keep-out-if-youre-not-brahmin/comment-page-1/#comment-9649 CHK Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:20:56 +0000 http://mumbaigirl.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-9649 Opps...it's caste not cast* doh! Opps…it’s caste not cast* doh!

]]> Comment on Alternative Schools in India; Some Advantages and Disadvantages by Vijay http://www.likhati.com/2009/09/27/alternative-schools-in-india-some-advantages-and-disadvantages/comment-page-2/#comment-9646 Vijay Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:45:38 +0000 http://punarjanman.wordpress.com/?p=2653#comment-9646 Hi Uttara Like so many others have already expressed, thanks for this post. Here is some background for a question I'd like to ask: in these schools for admission there is a lot of emphasis on the parents - what and why they care about education. This process of examination requires critical thinking on the part of the parents and clear articulation. Now comes the question: is not this approach really eliminating weak at articulation? Or in other words, how can intentions of the parents be judged by answers to these questions? Does this process really identify parents with honest intentions? One of my friend went to extent of saying he would attempt it the way any other interview or exam would be attempted - look at patterns of success and emulate. I know you are not running these schools, but thought of hearing what you think. Thanks, Vijay Hi Uttara
Like so many others have already expressed, thanks for this post. Here is some background for a question I’d like to ask: in these schools for admission there is a lot of emphasis on the parents – what and why they care about education. This process of examination requires critical thinking on the part of the parents and clear articulation. Now comes the question: is not this approach really eliminating weak at articulation? Or in other words, how can intentions of the parents be judged by answers to these questions? Does this process really identify parents with honest intentions? One of my friend went to extent of saying he would attempt it the way any other interview or exam would be attempted – look at patterns of success and emulate. I know you are not running these schools, but thought of hearing what you think.

Thanks,
Vijay

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