Sorry for the inaccuracies of who is P.M. now.
----Yes, you'd better be.----
I guess that means that EVERYTHING I said was wrong.
----No, it means that there are inaccuracies in what you have said, so the credibility of your postings take a beating----
The caste system REALLY has disappeared.
----No, it hasn't but the process is ongoing and succeeding----
There is NO caste problem at all any more.
----Ditto as above----
Brahmins aren't "special" anymore.
----Well too bad, we really are not special anymore. So much so that I changed my surname to ensure I dont let other people know I am a Brahmin----
Untouchables are full, participating members of Indian society.
----They are now. If they are not, its not because the law is against them. Amelioration of large sections of soceity takes time. (Of course starfish can be different)----
There is NO serious problems with Sikhs or Christians.
----No problems with Sikhs (unless you're still in the 80s) and no problem with ordinary Christians either. Its the ones that proselytize that generally get into trouble. We would prefer that everybody respect the others religion and not work in the marketing department of a global company where the yearly bonus or in this case, a place in heaven gets guaranteed by how many people he/she converts to Christianity/Islam.
Hindus and Muslims get along VERY well, like they ALWAYS did.
----We haven't gotten along and we won't get along until they accept the fact that India and Hindus have a right to exist, a right to worship their Gods in their birthplace, a right to serve the will of the majority of the people. They had their time, almost 800 years as rulers, and they couldn't manage to get a Muslim majority population in India like they did in Iran and North Africa. Now that they can't do so anymore so they have to get used to the role of the minority.----
Rainbows and roses in India. Superiorty complex run amok.
----Smoking weed is bad for health. It starts with imagining rainbows and flowers. Quit before you end up in rehab----
Same ole, same ole.
Noithing has changed.
----Exactly what would you like to see changed? I see the cause of your addiction now, wanting a different experience has led you to smoke weed. What next? Cocaine?"----
I DID expect this. I worked in Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabian AMERICAN Oil Company) for five years with many, many, many Indians and Pakistanis.
----Thanks for CAPITALIZING the AMERICAN part. But given, like you said, Indians consider themselves as too smart, I for what my smart a$$ is worth, see through your effort (in vain) to dimnish the fact that it was SAUDI ARABIAN-american Oil Company. To also clarify here, there are some countries where few self respecting Hindus end up going to and S. Arabia is one of them. Initially, most job advertising companies in India like Jerry Verghese and Gheewalla would advertise such jobs "for Muslims only" in Indian newspapers until someone tookhem to court.----
I visited India as well (only for a month). I enjoyed the visit very much. Wonderful place, wonderful people, wonderful country.
----Is that a contradiction I see? Now I see an emergence of schizophrenia here. Whom am I talking to? The starfish? Wonderful people one time and then you say superiority complex. Which one your highness?----
The answers from you both fully and completely reaffirm what I learned.
----Good. This post should clear beyond all doubt that you are indeed stupid----
Ad hominem attacks are forbidden, or haven't you bothered to read the rules of this web site? The idea is to attack a person's THINKING or IDEAS, not to attack them by name calling and other rude, crude, puerile, infantile, juvenile means.
Also, perhaps your emotions cloud even the basic logic of which I am SURE you are capable, when people resort to the most juvenile name calling "...you are indeed stupid" it is a clear, blatant admission that you have INDEED lost the argument and have NOTHING to add but childish name calling.
THANK YOU for making my case in such a clear, lucid, glaring way.