05-25-2008, 06:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2008, 06:43 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dalit boy touches the stars
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/...how/3041392.cms<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What does caste have to do with this?
A few days later it turns out that:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kolhapur boy cons authorities to get money for NASA trip
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolhapu...how/3069481.cms<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Our former "Dalit" boy suddenly becomes just a "Kolhapur" boy, interesting how that works.
A while back I saw on cnn ibn I think, a headline stating something along the lines of "Dalit boy beaten brutally", turns out his own dad did that, what role did caste play in that?
When you get a lot of people who just skim through the headlines, they form their impressions through them, and this is how responsible our "secular" media is.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/...how/3041392.cms<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What does caste have to do with this?
A few days later it turns out that:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kolhapur boy cons authorities to get money for NASA trip
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolhapu...how/3069481.cms<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Our former "Dalit" boy suddenly becomes just a "Kolhapur" boy, interesting how that works.
A while back I saw on cnn ibn I think, a headline stating something along the lines of "Dalit boy beaten brutally", turns out his own dad did that, what role did caste play in that?
When you get a lot of people who just skim through the headlines, they form their impressions through them, and this is how responsible our "secular" media is.