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India has a 5000 years old hidden dark side viz http://goo.gl/K8Pg

There are 17,000 cults aka castes in India.

They're destroying India because they literally hate each other.

To strengthen India, it is better to give autonomy to FC/BC/SC/ST/Minority regions with a single passport and currency across these regions viz http://goo.gl/A8F6

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> They're destroying India because they literally hate each other.

I am from India, and I assure you I dont hate anyone based on their caste.

You've never heard of a generalization?

http://goo.gl/iYXKw

Shabda, don't bother to feed the troll next time.

If you go back and look at this "known" person's history, he repeats same asinine sentences over and over again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Riots_in_India,

This is a list of communal riots in india. Go figure who hates whom

If Caste == Religion, then there is no Hinduism.

Is it true though that politicians focuses on certain case? (With caste based admissions to universities and pandering for votes with these castes (by for instance welfare and job reservation)?)

IMHO, I think that is what China is doing right - no problems caused by special treatment of majority groups.

I don't understand the use of URL shortners. I wish I had enough karma to down vote you, for not posting actual URLs.

http://goo.gl helps in tracking the visitors.

Indeed. It gets little play in the West because Indians aren't as obviously un-alike as whites and blacks (and the only Indians most Westerners encounter are upper-caste), but the Indian caste system makes the worst excesses of Apartheid look like a teddybear's picnic.

> the Indian caste system makes the worst excesses of Apartheid look like a teddybear's picnic.

That seems somewhat contrary to what I have read. Details?

Plenty of content here http://www.dalit.org/ or just google for "indian untouchables".

In America there is no system in place today that forces people to remain separate or keeps one Class subservient to another. If you were born the son of a street sweeper, but excelled, you could become a doctor or lawyer or some celebrity or entrepreneur - and at the same time you would be fully accepted by your peers. Not so in India. The Caste system freezes everyone in place. It is extremely difficult - almost impossible - for someone from the lowest Caste to rise in education and social status. An Indian Untouchable would never be allowed to marry into one of the higher Castes and would never be accepted as an equal. And for an Indian Untouchable to make it into medical school or opening a restaurant or become a priest in a temple or become a member of high society in India is very rare indeed.

are you fuckin stuck in the 1800s?

This is not about fuckin you and me.

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