07-31-2005, 04:11 AM
I was going through the book 'The Travels of Marco Polo' and was specifically looking for the caste descrimination that we were seeing last couple of centuries. But I could not find any mention of that, while there were so many references to Brahmins, idol worship, mohammedans and christians, people going around with limited or no clothings, and descritions of wealth and other local customs.
Interesting thing I read was about pearl fishing. When people go for pearl-fishing which was done during day time, the brahmins, through their mystical powers would ensure that the fisherman were not attacked by fishes while diving. That is Brahmins were helping fishermen to do their job.
The discrimination that we saw recently must have created during British rule. Millennia of subjugation of dalits, as we hear in BBC and other leftist media, is bullcrap.
Interesting thing I read was about pearl fishing. When people go for pearl-fishing which was done during day time, the brahmins, through their mystical powers would ensure that the fisherman were not attacked by fishes while diving. That is Brahmins were helping fishermen to do their job.
The discrimination that we saw recently must have created during British rule. Millennia of subjugation of dalits, as we hear in BBC and other leftist media, is bullcrap.