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Why do cows roam freely in the streets in India?

We just saw why cows are considered as sacred in India; and the advantage of being a God is that you can do what you want when you want where you want... So if a cow wants to be where it is, well it just stays here! We have the right to blow their ears by honking like mad but not to touch them... Talking of ears, I have a feeling that bovines have not a very developed hearing......

Publié le 06/10/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Untouchables, again...

I will finish my story on the “Backwards” (cf http://www.indiandacoit.com/archive/2011/04/14/and-you-what-s-your-little-name.html ) I have been told that my note was full of contempt and condescension. But this system is really contemptible! I will quote here an expert, Marc Boulet who wrote this book “ In the skin of an Intouchable ” – he basically learned Hindi...

Publié le 04/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

And you, what's your little name?

Today we celebrate in India Ambedkar’s birthday (you can google it ; to sum-up he was an untouchable who fought to suppress the cast system and finally converted to Buddhism when he understood it would not happen within Hinduism ; he later on participated to wirtting the Indian Constitution). Talking about him to a colleague, I heard for the first time that...

Publié le 14/04/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

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