Saturday, January 7, 2012

caste system erodes in India;trying to promote elitist military caste in Burma.

India & caste system.
Yahoo! News
A member of the outcast community in India once known as the untouchables has bucked the country's strict caste system to become a millionaire. Hari Kishan Pippal, who was discriminated against as a child and told he was "unclean," is an example of upward mobility as the caste system slowly erodes.
Indian outcast millionaire mulls caste, richesnews.yahoo.com
As far back as he can remember, people told Hari Kishan Pippal that he was unclean, with a filthiness that had tainted his family for centuries. Teachers forced him to sit apart from other students. Employers sometimes didn't bother to pay him.
(COMMENTS by HLA MYINT)
India wins fighting against outdated caste syetem;
Burma's Generals are trying to create elitist military caste.

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