Comments on: jaffna_high_caste_tamil_women https://groundviews.org/2011/08/22/caste-and-politics/jaffna_high_caste_tamil_women-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jaffna_high_caste_tamil_women-2 Journalism for Citizens Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Nithyananthan https://groundviews.org/2011/08/22/caste-and-politics/jaffna_high_caste_tamil_women-2/#comment-35933 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57:35 +0000 https://groundviews.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jaffna_high_caste_tamil_women.jpg#comment-35933 Caste System – it was originally a system of social stratification segregated by rank inherited by chivalrous qualities, conduct and behavior based on his/her moral principles – graceful in manner and free from vulgarity that’s appropriate to his/her gentle birth and so on…sanctioned by customary norms and laws guided by one’s environment of upbringing and religion. Throughout the passage of yester-millennia such social system has morphed and degraded itself into a disastrous evil classification – simply revolving around greed to power and wealth – thus over-powering the values of being righteous, genteel and noble by seemingly superior evil forces. This phenomenon is evident in our part of the subcontinent – India in particular. Until 1972, still further down till 1983, Ceylon Tamils had been so ignorant about the magnitude of impending disaster and what’s stored in the storage for them. Evils of Caste System existed in the Tamil society received sever blow after 1983 – dead gone for ever. We owe so much to our brethren for been alerted our awareness, at different intervals after 1948, about the consequences of inter-social disparity in our backyard and gradually abolished such evil customs, norms and barriers and eventually brought the Tamil Community together under one banner ‘Ceylon Tamils’.

@ wijayapala: I appreciate the essence of the matter that you said to Mr. Robert highlighted in bold. Yet, very often you are observed as exhaling hot & inhaling cold air.

After all, I find it as an outstanding literally explicative exposition, a catalytic need of the hour by Mr. Perinbanayagam, rebuffing the newly evolving jingoistic mindset of some section of our Sinhalese Brethren. Thanks! Nithy!

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