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Fight for the Girls

2009-11-21T10:29:00.001-08:00

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Casteism in non-vedic religions

2009-05-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

The current violence in Punjab has caste overtones. The Sikh religion essentially began as a religion of people under Ibrahim Lodhi's regime. It attracted additional followers in the turbulent period of Mughal oppression and eventually ended up as a collection of groups that retained their caste identities. So a Virk considered himself superior to a Gill; a very Hindu Manuvadi phenomenon. Similar caste transplants are also seen among Southern Christians.

Caste in itself is not bad; the discrimination and violence is. Caste and language based favouritism is too well entrenched in India to be removed. So while religious discrimination wanes, casteism and linguistic favouritism flourish. Caste is well entrenched in "son of the soil" and OBC/BC/MBC/SC/ST politics and any removal of caste politics and violence will have to address those quota based preferences without using caste as a factor. The C in OBC really stands for Caste and not Class.

Bye Bye Harbhajan

2008-04-25T20:58:00.000-07:00

Here is an article by a Malayalee author as to why Sreesanth is not the most popular Keralite. The article also mentions previous interactions between Harbhajan and Sreesanth. The article's premise is now justified.

Sreesanth just does not know when to stop assing around. He has got some enormous loose screws in his head and his actions have caused an end to Harbhajan's international cricket career. Harbhajan is a loose screw himself, but like any hotheaded Punjabi, he goes mad when he is right, unlike Sreesanth, who goes nuts whenever he thinks he has an advantage, which is pretty much all the time.

He got the eight wicket in the 20-20 match against Mumbai, walked over to the other side of the crease and gave the close walk/talk to the player that got out. He did that a couple of times to Robin Uthappa too before that. After the end of the game, Harbhajan slapped him in the field. Even though it is Harbhajan whose career will be over now, it is Sreesanth who has had the last laugh(or cry) by making sure that everybody knew what Harbhajan did. His revenge against Harbhajan is now complete.By crying and not retaliating, Sreesanth has preserved his own career for now.

I am sure Sreesanth was scared and emotionally hurt and it was not an act. Whatever it was, Harbhajan's career is done, given what happened in Australia. So we have a case of 20-20 causing damage to the Indian team. There is no better off spinner around in India at this point in time.

I also think that the owners will stop showing up to support their team with the same fervour going forward. Anybody who has support galli cricket and other local forms of cricket knows that supporting your team at close quarters is not a fun experience when you get the see the ugly and unsportsman conduct that usually happens.

Security for women needs to be increased...

2008-04-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

Security needs to be improved for women in the northern parts of India, including Punjab. There has been a consistent pattern of harassment or ever more criminal behavior towards women that wear western dress or show any public display of affection. The attitude of men in these case seem to be a case of ownership.

It is a sign of a society that is not yet civil. Strict measures need to be taken to allow women basic freedom.

The female infanticide song....

2007-12-03T14:56:00.000-08:00

I really "liked" the title of that blog. So here goes the poem.

Female female go away...

We do not want the dowry day...

Mother in law says you got to be slayed..

Husband says I'm incapable

Of having a boy that brings him joy....

Even though his sperm is what decides,

They taunt me for what I have inside....

So we are going to India,

And you will meet your maker soon..

Female female go away...

Female female go away...we do not want the dowry day...

2007-12-03T14:48:00.000-08:00

Here's a tradition Punjabis have taken with them from Punjab to the UK. Maybe the British passport for the Punjabi woman going to India should indicate as to whether she is pregnant or not and how far along the pregnancy she is. Cause once she is in India, aborting the female child is as easy as renting a taxi.

How many Punjabi families do you know where there are no boys? And how many do you know where there are no girls? No need to tell me the answer. I rest my case.

Punjab blog

2007-06-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Punjab blog!

The blog has a Google news feed related to Punjab. Plus links of interest related to Punjab. So if you are a follower of events related to Punjab, this page should provide you with all the required tools.

You will also see a Punjab specific search engine attached to this blog. This search engine will give priority to Government and other good websites that have a focus on Punjab.

Give all the tools a try! Happy browsing!

Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Paul Wolfowitz similarities

2007-05-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

So how similar are Paul Wolfowitz and Maharaja Ranjit Singh? Both of them were hawkish on protecting the people, irrespective of their faith. And their ideas were heavily shaped by their women. You could characterize both of them as weak in the matters of flesh.

Whereas Maharaja could afford to have 13 women at the same time, Wolfowitz was forced to limit himself to 2 or 3 due to existing morality codes and feasibility. The Maharaja could do anything he wanted, Wolfowitz will be pardoned if he ever gets into trouble.

Both of them were the smartest person in the room and were good at hiding their personal motivations. History does repeat itself.