Caste System Can Corrupt The Mind, Kill The Spirit, And Strip One of Humanity

Post published:May 15, 2021
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:7 mins read

Our social system, the caste system, is a pernicious, insidious, and a deeply corrupt monstrosity. It corrupts the mind, kills the spirit, and strips one of humanity and, worse, obstructs one from seeing the others' humanity. And as such, it corrupts everything else -- all other systems and structures -- based on or influenced by it as they are.

One of consequences of that we are seeing during these unprecedented times of the coronavirus pandemic.

Like Gods, Like Humans? Or, Like Humans, Like Gods? Or, Like…F*cked up?

Post published:March 19, 2021
Post category:Social Justice Spirituality & Science
Reading time:5 mins read

If the Gods discriminate, why can't -- or even shouldn't -- the humans as well?! If the Hindu Gods themselves discriminate against some humans (at least Dalits) the way at least some Hindus believe they do, what’s wrong with humans discriminating against the same humans?! After all, who better to follow than the Gods?! Right?

Caste System Fostered and Propped up Groupism in Nepal Corrals People into Small Social Circles Part II

Post published:December 26, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:13 mins read

The "brilliance" of the caste system is what Ambedkhar characterized as its inherent "graded inequality."

In Nepal, the gradation can be found not just between the five castes, but also between the ethnic groups, between communities that make up an ethnic group, within communities and therefore between individuals.

And because social status is valued so much, the gradation has determined who you could marry and form a familial alliance with, which in turn dictates who you socialize with the most. Were inter-caste marriage the norm, the caste system would break down.

When Looks Can…Deceive

Post published:December 20, 2020
Post category:My Personal Stories
Reading time:9 mins read

Nepalis generally make a lot of assumptions about and are judgmental of fellow Nepalis based on their appearance and/or their name and/or surname, a consequence of our social system, the monstrous caste system.

In this blog post I relay a typical incident of a fellow Nepali making assumptions about who I am and what I do based entirely on my facial features -- my ethnicity.

Caste System Fostered and Propped up Groupism in Nepal Corrals People into Small Social Circles Part I

Post published:July 25, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:10 mins read

In Nepal's brand of groupism, the most important and valuable functional unit is the extended family. That and following the dictates of the caste system means that we live and move within small social bubbles. Who one forms alliances with -- such as marries, works, socializes with etc. -- depends a lot on ones ethnicity and caste. It's as if like we are still tribes living in the hunter-gatherer phase of human evolution!

When Nepalis Use the Caste System to Make Others Suffer…with an Exception

Post published:July 20, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:13 mins read

Outcastes, foreigners, according to the caste system, are supposed to be of lower status than Dalits, and therefore even more "impure." At one time, some category of them were treated as such. But no longer. Nepalis changed their views of, attitude towards, and behaviors with them within a little more than a generation. When will we do the same when it comes to fellow Nepalis and stop discriminating against them so so much more?

Pointing out structural issues in Nepal, to Khas-aryas, is…”pointing fingers”

Post published:July 9, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:11 mins read

When pointing out systemic and structural issues in Nepal, the structurally privileged, the hill so called high caste Hindus either go on the defensive or offensive. One of the offensive tactics they use is to accuse the person of "pointing fingers" at them! I have had that. What would have been welcome, among other things, is them listening to our analysis and evaluations and working with us to establish a more just and equitable society.

Birth is a Beginning…Not an End…As the Hindus Would Have You Believe

Post published:June 6, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:6 mins read

Birth is a beginning...of unrealized, unpredictable, unimaginable potential! But the Hindus will have you believe that it is an end and make many suffer for it, consequently. Of course, that's completely WRONG.

So Your Ancestor is a Casteist? The Standard Responses to the Question & Their Alternatives

Post published:April 29, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:5 mins read

Some of the standard reactions White people have to statements about or discussions on their racists ancestors and conversations about present-day racism, the hill so-called called high caste Hindus in Nepal also have when it comes to their ancestors and casteism. Here are the most common ones and their alternative!

Dr. Ambedkar: Who and What Can Bring the Caste System Down, and How

Post published:February 16, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:8 mins read

Dr. Ambedkar argues that reason and religion (Hinduism) will not help break down the caste system. Furthermore, that the Untouchables cannot hope for the high castes and the privileged classes to fight alongside them to help break down the system, forget about going on a crusade themselves to break it down. Dr. Ambedkar argues that the Untouchables, instead, should strive for education and spread of knowledge, and for power to break the hold the system has on them and holding them back from realizing their true human potential.