Affirmative action
 

I was talking with two Indian co-workers talking about college, and one of them mentioned affirmative action. I quized them about this, and it turns out that in this case it is the practice reserving a certain number of slots for lower castes.

They also mentioned the backlash that occurred when this went into force and the occaissional pretender who wasn't really from that caste.

"India might just be one of the most fucked-up places on the planet."
No I really think that dubious honour falls to the Sudan....or maybe the Congo....possibly the Ivory Coast. Lot of places waaaay more fucked up than India.

I have enormous affection for the Indian culture ( married to a sense of deep anger and frustration over such issues as the Untouchables and the practice of aborting girl babies or abandoning them.....acid attacks on girls by spurned lovers and honour killings ....railway children and the glittering lives of the burgeoning middle classes whilst the majority of the population do little more than subsist )..... I was raised on stories of India as my father was born there and lived there until the family had to leave ( just before the hand back whilst the sectarian violence was at a peak) .....Whilst from my Grandparents I heard the tales of a wealthy elite and was given a glimpse into arrogance of mindboggling degree, from my Father I heard the other tales. My father was a child and a rebellious one at that and as such his relationships with the staff who saw to most of his nurturing was very different to that of his parents. They were less careful around him and allowed him to see their world a little. I am glad of that because he passed some of those tales to me and left me with the fee,ling that in some small way I have a connection to that culture.

:blush: You're right. A little too much hyperbole there. I guess it's just more immediate in my mind.
-Pie

I worked for an Indian psychiatrist for two years. He hated India, never wanted to go back.

Y'know what they say Pie..you can never have enough Hyperbole

I used to work with several engineers named Patel and Desai (sp?). They all wanted to go back eventually but every one of their wives absolutely refused. :)

To use UT's own words:
 

Well, allow me to retort. I submit this picture as evidence:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/Super1.jpg">

From <a href="http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=6401&page=2&pp=15">this thread</a>.

Interchange this!

I think the American Way is way better.

this might be the beginning of a fun game, beestie.

one of these things is not like the other:

By "Indian" family, I meant a family who lives and has its roots in that region of the world and has had little to no outside blood being mixed in. Pardon if I don't know all the subsects and subcultures of people there but they're all of that particular race, just as the Saxons and Celts are(were).

Well, well, well - look who showed up...

Ohh.... big mistake beestie....

I think that's what makes this photo so interesting - specifically the homogeneity of HEIGHT, due to the homogeneity of race. 95% of those women are within 3 inches of each other. A similar photograph of women from the US wouldn't have the interesting repeating texture that this one has.

I'm no expert, but I don't see any makeup except for the dots. Seems like a lot less makeup than here.

A beautiful picture of womanhood and humanity in general. :thumpsup:

NBN, I don't know what you do, or how you do it, but you seem to be good at it.

i guess the one on the right got a good way off spending her time!