In any academic area or professional field it is just as important to recognize the limits of knowledge and understanding as it is acquire new facts

In this world where science has revolutionized the way we live.Fields of academia are extremely diverse. Each field is advancing with continual research and innovation. As the frontiers of science are expanded by the humankind , it is indeed necessary to appreciate and recognize the limits of our understanding of any realm so that we stay on the path of progress in the field of discovery.

Let's assume that humankind momentarily believes that its understanding of science or any one realm of science is complete and fully understood. to see the consequences. We need not go far in history to find an example. In the field of astronomy, many astronomers believed a few centuries ago , that the sun revolves around the earth. This premise was backed by the vanguards , who at the helm , backed this idea so profoundly that they rejected any other school of thought which disagreed.Kepler was unfortunate to state the new laws of planetary motion. His views cost him his life. If only the astronomers listened to Kepler and debated with proof than scoff at his idea , the world would have realized the Kepler's laws of planetary motion much sooner.

A good reason for recognizing our limits of knowledge would be the necessity for innovators in any academic or professional field to think out of the box.They need to question the already laid out rules in the book.They need to understand the fundamentals in and out to succeed.In such an investigative process, it is a possibility that the existing premises are challenged and a drastic new approach is presented and proved. This fact is evident when Albert Einstein refused to accept the laws of Newtonian mechanics.He questioned its basis to develop the theory of relativity that does not obey the laws of motion postulated by Newton.

Yet another reason is that any scientific community needs competition. The diversity of thought and its application fosters competition that in its true spirit that tries to solve the same problem that boggles researchers in their respective realms. Competing thoughts help establish new theories and innovation is encouraged.Would it have been possible to see the internet revolution that has changed the way we live and communicate in the 21st century unless a set of university students at Berkley fundamentally wanted to alter the state of the computing world? They questioned the state where bulky mainframes ruled and brought the idea of distributed computing where computers cooperated to achieve a task. This idea required networking and it led to the birth of the Internet.

Summarily , for any scientific realm to remain vibrant, we need to recognize that there is more to be learnt and understood.The age old Tamil proverb outside NASA headquarters couldn't be more true and it is translated as:

" What is known to mankind is equivalent in size to a heap of sand, the unlearnt, unknown and unconquered is as big as the world."

Most people think that their deeply held values are the result of rational choice, but reason often has to do little with the way people form values

It is indeed difficult to ascertain if deeply held values of people are strongly grounded in reason.However , It will be helpful if we analyzed one of the deeply held values and and try to discover the rationale, if any.If we happen to find at least one deeply held value that is held by people in a society to be of sound reason, we can draw significant conclusions.

Let's start with one deeply held value that stems from religion.For thousands of years , the people of India who have been predominantly Hindus , have avoided the consumption of beef. It is a deeply held value and slaughtering the cow is a sacrilege in their religion.With the current exposure and globalization , it is often surmised that the "avoidance of beef" has no logic. It is even labeled as a superstition and a passe custom.This assertion is backed by the claim that the Hindu religion has no clear injunction and reason stated about the consumption of beef.But , let us look deeper.

Treating the avoidance of beef as a deeply held value, If one would look at the basis for such a value, at least one reason seems obvious. Hinduism being a pacifist religion discourages the consumption of meat.The cow as a part of the rural and urban household in ancient India supplied the home with milk and milk products. Its waste is used as fuel and manure and cow urine was used as a medicine today and patented for its medicinal properties wherein nursing mothers are provided a concoction of the same called "Panchkavya" even today. Slaughtering an animal that provides the household with so many benefits would have just seemed ungrateful, cruel and immoral. It is well known that many Englishmen in their pig-farm do not name the pigs and just number them.They are known to say naming them makes it hard when slaughtering them.Hindu household that often named the cow with names of Goddesses like "Lakshmi" ( the Goddesses of wealth and prosperity ) could have found it inconceivable to kill the animal.

This may not have been the only reason. Agrarian societies in ancient India might have noticed that amount of grain expended in rearing livestock as opposed to sustenance in vegetarian food is many a time greater. This is a very strong reason to opt for vegetarian food.It is wise to have the cow provide for the household than kill it and lose steady supply of milk.It is wise to use the bull in the field than kill it.It it were an older bull , that could not plough, it seemed again immoral to the peasant who saw the years the bull had toiled in his field.

Another reason could have been the Indian climate.The fat content in beef is highly unsuitable for digestion and weather of the subcontinent makes it a poor choice of diet.As for the taste buds, India has a cuisine with spices that is known to make food as tasty with or without meat.When so many reasons pile up against the case of beef , It is not surprising why the people of India chose not to consume beef.

When we started with the deeply held value, It might have seemed to exist without a reason.It might have made many of us scoff at such at such a value.However, as we can see with the reasons presented, it is definitely not deprived of logic.We also realize that we cannot generalize and write off all deeply held values as "irrational".It is indeed appropriate to treat each deeply held value at its own merit and try to analyse its reasons before arriving at a hasty conclusion.

Summarily , all societies from civilizations have value systems that stem from religion.It is necessary to for the present generation to be curious to understand the root if the values and try to ascertain its rationality.

Outliers | The Story of Success | Malcom Gladwell's book review

Many a time we regard our erstwhile classmate in twelfth grade who got into IIT as "gifted" or a "genius".Our parents heard from teachers who called this classmate( I am sure he was not a dear friend) a "child prodigy".It was not unusual for the "prodigy" to get into India's top engineering schools.We subliminally began to believe in ourself as a "mediocre".Our parents played an important role in the formation of this opinion.They compared our performance with the genius in the class one test after another.Naturally, we were slowly pushed into the bracket of averageness. For many of us this has been the situation hitherto. Perhaps it is time after many years to ask some questions. Can a student avoid this vicious cycle of stereotypes ? Should we fall prey to the victimhood ? Is this all about our innate ability ? Should any student be written off as a failure ?

As a high school student we brought the story that our capacity was circumscribed by our "IQ".We thought all great people in the world had substantially higher IQ's to steer them towards success of which we only dreamed.Are we really destined to be the part of the proletarian lot to work in a mundane profession of drudgery without scaling the heights of science or arts or any other realm ? What differentiates an "Outlier" from the pack? To use the word "pack" may seem a terrible expression , but the "pack" is the pack due to a reason and an Outlier is an Outlier for many a reason.

Malcom Gladwell's 'Outliers' is the book that brilliantly argues the case of Outliers and explores the niche of an Outlier that made him excel beyond the ordinary.It looks at the opportunity that was available to the Outlier and discerns that the success of an Outlier is grounded in very favorable circumstances that enabled the person to seize the moment and rise to the occasion.

As an example, Bill Gates got a chance to work on Mainframes which was pretty expensive in his days and out of reach for a normal teenager. This happened just because his school had connections that helped him get "Mainframe time" and later Gates could make a deal with a firm ( that happened to be near his house) to get "desk time" on the Mainframe in exchange for being a "tester".Yes, even Bill Joy had favorable circumstances as he got more time in his college's mainframe computer by discovering a bug in the billing time that allowed him to use the system long enough to master programming without being drained in pocket , a chance inconceivable at the time. Bill Joy seized the opportunity and wrote the newer version of the UNIX operating system still in use today.He also rewrote Java!!.

The pertinence of effort in extraordinary achievement is underscored by perseverance of the Outlier.Gladwell debunks the idea of very high IQ solely playing a role in this phenomenon and explains that a "threshold" of IQ might be necessary to win a nobel prize but once a peron's IQ is above the threshold, it does not matter how high the IQ is, but how far the person's persistence is and how much a better his circumstances are.

The book explores the inextricable link of our culture and its legacy that shapes our personality and our habits for the world .The book presents the example of a family of peasants in China who work round the clock for a better harvest and this quality of hardwork is passed on to the children who invariably grow up to be successful lawyers or bankers when they come to the United States by outperforming their american counterparts in Math.The Chinese nomenclature of numbering also chips in to give its children an added advantage.

Summarily, the book is an engaging read that makes us slowly realize that an Outlier is in fact not an Outlier at all. It prepares us for this conclusion all along the chapters making its case stronger by every page.By the end of the book , a reader would probably be emancipated form the belief he would have held tenaciously on "geniuses" since tenth or twelfth grade. The reader would not be overboard to hope and believe that he too can be the Outlier, provided he looked for the right turns and worked hard as ever to win.

Subrahmanyan's hebdomadal Delhi trip hits an impediment : The Tale of the lost Possession

The excitement was in its acme.The packing and jamming was all done and the corny conversations about time of departure from the University, were at last approaching the denouement.Subrahmanyan and his collegiate pal Abhishek had made the infamous routine of darting off to Delhi all weeks through the semester and this week was no different..Not even because it was Apogee..the University's Tech festival.Like the sophomore year,even in masters,a normal trip seemed a junket ,when getting away from Grad school,as opposed to the onerous return journey.

The two were proud to leave their rooms shipshape..and as when walking the passageway,met a few curious onlookers(who were later recognized as classmates or friends or acquaintances).When inquired Subrahmanyan said in a lofty elevated tone "Yes ...I am doleful over this.. I couldn't stay this week with you guys for the tech fest"...and just then came Abhishek's sardonic rejoinder "indeed,you were sobbing all night for a planned absence".

Rushing to the nearby tuk-tuk they placed their baggage and reached the Pilani bus stand."The trains should be on time and we won't buy a ticket this time..its cheaper to bribe the TT than shell 150 rupees at the counter" remarked Subrahmanyan in a self-assuring wobble.

Abhishek opened his wallet saying "tuh tera das baad mein de diyo".Its 50-50 you see and every rupee needs to be divided(even if the 50 paisas were defunct) to get even with the math of travelling and walked past the bus before the train.

Evidently,Subrahmanyan tried keeping pace with his portly friend with a faster gait except for when he stooped and exclaimed "Where is your laundry bag??"

"scoot.. scoot and catch the driver " and there ran Subrahmanyan as if somebody had planted a foot on his back.But the tuk -tuk was nowhere to be seen...spotting every automobile with yellow or black paint seemed the only recourse.

..yet Abhishek asked "After all what was the fortune concealed in that bag..you might as well forget the Trousers "..

"But.. But I fell violated when I lose a bag" said Subrahmanyan..(this was not the first time a bag was left to the mercy of stranger or a tuk-tuk driver who was referred as a "chauffeur" to signal an upper class suburban upbringing).But more so as it seemed opprobrious to lose a bag to mindlessness.The dreadful thought of being reminded "If you cannot keep your things in order,how could you possibly claim to have learned to live alone in a hostel for 4 years" at home, made him pursue his possession with dogged determination.The huff and puff in chasing autos to descry the driver turned fruitless.

Abhishek was raring to go and said "This is what happens when you act over genteel".

"I am catching the bus and you can find the bag and come late".

It wasn't very dignified to return but Subrahmanyan did.Careful not to be spotted by anyone who had met him while leaving..he slithered like a serpent into the hostel and disappeared into his room.The fitful afternoon nap was interrupted when it struck "Ohh I should have checked in cannaught(the Market place in the university )".Late reflexes are commonplace with Subrahmanyan and yet he relishes to welcome them like a hoped-for friend on a summer visit.

Reaching cannaught with autos parked with drivers chatting and fuming beedis made him look for the fateful "chauffeur" .Upon spotted, the guy was relieved to give back the bag and pronounce "I did not even open it" ..

It was nightfall before Subrahmanyan could trod towards the stand with an itchy feet to board the bus to Delhi.Thankfully this time ,he met no inquiring onlookers , acquaintances or friends.

Bigot Avatar - Arundhati Roy?

Bigot Avatar - Arundhati Roy?

It may not be very chivalrous of me to lambaste a woman for speaking her mind. But the Booker prize winner has made gauche statements to the people of India. Despite trying hard to overlook , it forces the average Indian like me to respond.Seperatist Arundhati Roy and Comrade Geelani have questioned the territorial integrity of India? As the spineless government in Delhi has no nads to act on sedition, lest Arundhati forget: civil society is not behind her.

As India, inevitably protects its borders from irritant neighbours, Arundhaty Roy calls it "Militarization of Democracy".Does she realize what a phoney she looks by infuriating the people.She condones the 26/11 attacks to say; it has to be seen in context with 'partition of India' and the poverty in the subcontinent. Yellow eyed maybe, she does not see Maoist attacks as violence, but the defence of the state as ruthless.And then she is a "social activist",beware.She is painting her views on the coterie of activists( men with khaki kurtas and women draped in gothic saris and big bindis).But the jocular facet is,her contentions are both laughable and galling and therefore, she cannot hide beneath the sheep's skin.

Did Arundhati Roy forget the Kashmiri Pandit exodus in late 80's, lakhs of them forced to leave the valley because of extremism and intolerance.Geelani(emmisary of Pakistan) and Roy have not stood for minorities in the valley,Was Roy sapient enough to see a Kashmir with ONLY SECULAR rule under India, will bring egality to minorities? Did she forget the slaughter of Sikhs by Lashkar? Is she not perspicacious enough to fathom ,that security forces cannot leave Kashmir to the wolves waiting across the border? Was she, the blindfolded Ghandhari to forget that India strives to help minorities, has announced economic packages for Kashmir, provided opportunity to every Kashmiri to compete and participate in building a future within India. Let us remind Arundhati Roy that an Indian outside Kashmir cannot buy land in Kashmir, but vice versa is not prohibited.What kind of justice is this to the average Indian? She may not realize that, when mobs attack our security forces, they shall rightfully fire in self defence.

Freedom of speech gives the latitude to criticize the government, the policies, the state for malfunctioning. But Arundhati Roy is a criminal to incite sedition and she deserves her term in prison and should be muzzled for life in India. She has blatantly, flagrantly misused her freedom of speech to hurt the sentiments and the patriotic mindscape of India.She could live and work in China though and question Tibet's occupation.

Kashmir is and will be a part of India.Only India,gives a fair deal to Buddhists in Leh,to Sikhs and Hindus in Jammu. As for History, Its not a Muslim copyrighted land. It has strong Hindu roots and innumerable ancient Hindu texts quote Kashmir.With that logic ,even Pakistan cannot be only for Muslims. SECULAR INDIA is a fair deal to all religions and to the people of Kashmir who are inextricably a part of India. So Roy, we know you are an apostate to the nation,to the people of India and you are the definition of the word "BIGOT".

The timing could not be more appropriate for a maxim from Panchatantra (India ancient fables) to people who speak without forethought.

अदेशकालज्ञमनायतिक्षमं यदप्रियं लाघवकारि चात्मनः ।
योऽत्राब्रवीत्कारणवर्जितं वचो न तद्वचः स्याद्विषमेव तद्वचः ॥

- पञ्चतंत्र, काकोलूकीय

If one speaks without knowledge of place, or time, or without fore thought, or discomforting others, or diminishing oneﾒs own weight, or without any reason, such a speech will be as dangerous as poison.

- Panchatantra, Kakolukiya

Art speaks to the passion and to the intellect

Art is any work of creativity by an artist,which is beautiful.Passion is the eagerness of person has to accomplish a task.The task can be cracking an exam,winning in the soccer match at high school or even keeping one's room clean & tidy.Without passion even the easiest task becomes an ordeal.Intellect is the capacity for rational thought and inference.The artist must have the innate passion and the intellect to create a work of Art,which stands out as a masterpiece.Hence,I believe that Art,indeed speaks to the passion and to the intellect.

I will try to elucidate my view by borrowing some terms from Ancient Indian Philosophy like Icha(desire,passion), Gnana(intellect), Kriya(execution).For any work of Art,the Artist must have had the desire,the passion to give expression to the Art form.His enthusiasm would have made him passionately look for solutions to depict the Art form.This is the power of passion or "Icha Shakti".The Art form would then evolve from an inchoate stage of a poser,to its completion.In process,the artist would toil hard with his intellect to find answers to the poser.He would use his intellect to create the work of Art in his mind and excute it in a physical medium.This is where the Power of Intellect(Gnana Shakti) and the power of execution(continuance of intellect) come into play.

Let's assume that an artist wants to create a painting that potrays the Israeli palestinian conflict.The artist must have the intellect to choose this topic before starting to paint this source of inspiration.The Artist must be passionate for trying to capture, such a profound theme in a canvas.His passion might have had roots from his personal experiences.He might have decided to give an expression to this embryonic idea,after seeing a palestinian teenager,taking a risky step in attacking an Israeli patrol.This live scene ,the artist witnessed would have evoked the passion,to bring the suffering of the people of Palestine and Israel to the world by his canvas.The artist would use his intellect to vividly bring his experience to the people by sketching his work.

A live example of works of Art, that have been acclaimed world over for their creativity,are the plays of poet Kalidasa in Sanskrit.Kalidasa wrote the play 'Raghuvamsha' which describes the lineage of Lord Rama(A hindu God).Kalidasa's passion could have been his pure devotion to Lord Ram.This would have made him embark on a project that describes the Ancestors of Ram in a play.Kalidasa might have used his intellect to discern the qualities of Lord Ram and tried to bring those qualities in his ancestors as well,resulting in a work of Art proclaimed to be one of the most beautiful compositions in Sanskrit literature.

Another example is from hollywood.Film maker Mira Nair lost her mother before she started on the film 'Namesake'.The intense grief of losing a family member,especially mother would have been very difficult to bear.Yet the grief here has evoked the passion. Directer Mira nair has recounted her personal experiences that made her direct this film.She has used intellectual insight to capture the bereaved expat-Indian mindscape,It's struggle to adjust and cope in an occidental society. Such works of Art not only are the result of passion and intellect from the creator,but also pulsate with intellect of the audience and bring out the passion in them.

Both passion and intellect thus serve as the parent,for Art.Both of them are thus indispensable for an artist.An artist would not try to downplay or sudbue the influence of any of these two facets to enable his creation.No wonder,Art art speaks to the passion and to the intellect.

India’s CASTE System : CASTIGATED and Misconstrued

• I would like to begin this entry by quoting one of the primordial scriptures our religion –
  
  One must not treat any body badly even when they are physically handicapped, uneducated, the aged, ugly, poor people, people of lower castes. One must treat everyone as equal.
  - Manu Smriti
  
  I reckon,that writing about India’s Caste System requires a profound understanding of our ethosand tenets,of which I am no savant.Nevertheless,I shall make an honest attempt.First,I would like to dispel some myths about our caste system.
  
  HOW IS CASTE DECIDED?
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  I see claims like “caste, the complex social order which assigned people a place in the social hierarchy based on their occupation”
  
  I differ and vouch to come back with dictum's in our scriptures that unequivocally evince that:-
  
  The Caste System is based on OCCUPATION and BIRTH.If a Brahmin begin’s to rule a kingdom ,he becomes a Brahmana Kshatriya.If he becomes to get into trade and business,he becomes a Brahmana Vaishya and so on.
  
  With the caste census being talked about many people think "Will caste ever wither away - with or without a caste census - from India's social landscape?”
  
  ..They also believe that the Caste System is at Fault and therefore, Culpability rests on it ,rather than the people itself,Caste system is obsolete and detrimental to our society.
  
  I seek to offer the stand of our religion on this system.
  
  LEGITIMACY OF CASTE SYSTEM:-
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  I would like to ratiocinate the legitimacy of caste system in India. The West and now, our own Media andreformists,leaders and some people fromthe fourth varna or caste(I do not wish to call it lower caste) have accused our Caste system of being bigoted, discriminatory and evil. Let’sforget the politics for a moment and try to understand the Caste system in its own merit.
  
  1.Rebirth and Caste : Fate and Free will
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  Why is it so,that a toddler born in a rich family, enjoys a comfortable life from the beginning and one in a poor family endures the plight of destitution? Why can’t God decide every one to be equal? Why can’t God ensure that life on this planet begins with equality OR égalité? Why is a soul born as an elephant calf or a spider on this planet than a human? Why does a person ,despite being hardworking and honest,does not necessarily become as successful as desired? Why is a person more lucky and successful than the other? What is Fate and what is Free-Will? Should a person work hard to succeed or should he rely on Fate?
  
  The answer lies in Karma.I would like to cite from a someone very
  reveredin the book : ‘Dialogues with the Guru’
  
  [ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2277818 ] ,
  excerpts from which are used in quotes to justify the Caste System
  
  “As a follower of our Sanatana Dharma, you must know that fate is nothing extraneous to yourself, but only the sum total of the results of your past actions.As God is but the dispenser of the fruits of actions, fate, representing those fruits, is not his creation but only yours. Free-will is what you exercise when you act now.
  
  “Fate is past karma; free-will is present karma. Both are really one, that is, karma, though they may differ in the matter of time. There can be no conflict when they are really one.”
  
  Hence understood, a person wins his/her caste by his actions in previous births.
  
  If a person believes in our RELIGION,he believes in REBIRTH. As our religion says that a soul/atmanis born again and again as it assumes a body in each birth,till escapes the cycle of births and deaths to attain salvation by its ‘Karma’.
  
  A person being born in Brahmin Caste has more responsibilities.He should strive to live up to his duties and set an example to others in the society.He should respect all every individual irrespective of their caste(see the shloka – verse in the beginning).
  
  2. Samanya Dharma (common laws) and Vishesha Dharma (special laws).
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  In an Organization there are rules of conduct and directions of ‘Ethics and Fairplay’ that apply to all employees.There are special duties and higher responsibilities assigned to the higher management and a seperate set of duties for employees in the lower title based on ‘Competency level’.Does it mean if a CEO or an Employee flouts the rules and misuses his position of power,the whole system is guilty? Fact is, that the good and bad breed are seen everywhere.
  
  Quoting the book again:-
  
  “Our system and,In fact any system which aims at the regulation of conduct must be based on the principle of ‘adhikara’ or competency.Those who belong to the castes are competent to pursue the Vishesha Dharma;the others are competent to pursue only Samanya Dharma.Further the nature of the competency required can be learnt only from the Sastras which prescribe the Dharma.”
  
  Brahmin by Birth and Action,say before 1000 years : Brahmins generally had“The feeling of rest and peace,contentment and happiness,was normal,natural and healthy and therefore lasting.””Such a feeling is born and ingrained in a Bramhana especially,and if he neglects it and seeks happiness in the outside world,he is seriously impairing his chances of getting it again in the next birth”
  
  Hence whatever be our caste, we should adhere to the rules of conduct that are common or special to our caste.I agree that some Brahmins have done their share of injustice in the society and there have been rotten apples in the barn.Similarly ,some of the Kshatriyas or the Kings, by their misrule and disunity have looted the wealth of the people,surrendered to the Colonial Raj to hold their royalty.
  
  By straying away from their ordained path,they have in a way nurtured discontent and in a way, channed the anger towards the Upper Caste and the Caste System as a whole.The results that followed are not surprising.
  
  Brahmins have been ostracized by the Dravidian movement in the South –
  [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Brahminism ] .If born a Brahmin in TamilNadu,a boy cannot dream of getting into a good medical college despite 95% percentile due to rampant reservation.Same is true in Govt Engineering colleges.
  
  I fully support reservation in terms of economic incentives for the backward class ,but admissions to any higher educational institution should be based on PURE MERIT and not CASTE.So,in a way reverse discrimination seems to be the theme used by politicians to divide our society.
  
  Demonizing one caste or to bash our Caste system without the knowldge of what is actually says,by just being carried away by foreign /local media or the views of the socio-political landscape is not fair.
  
  THE SOLUTION : Caste System in the Contemporary Era:
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  Emancipation of the people of the fourth varna(caste) is essential.We should strive for getting modern education to our deprived fourth varna.
  
  The political parties in our country have mastered the art of insular politics to foment hate among castes and pile up votes.They don’t want unity between 4 varnas.They seek to divide us by virtue of our caste and the fourth varna being the majority and economically backward, makes it an ideal selling cake for pliant vote-bank.
  
  Sanskrit – the Elixir ?
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  Government has a responsibility for the spiritual well being of its people.To the very least,it should reign supreme to counter the massive smear propaganda against our religion,which runs amok without the knowledge of our scriptures.
  
  Why so much dissonance on this issue? Its simply lack of understanding, which can be addressed by introducing Sanskrit in our Schools and mandatory for Hindu children.Sanskrit ,when promoted as a lingua franca will address the issue of obliviousness to our scriptures.It will not create unrest in South as dravidian languages retain more Sanskrit words and as for Tamil language,It jells so well with Sanskritas akin to mixing Milk and Honey.Even Germany gives more importance to Sanskrit than we do.
  
  How can we forget the language that defines our culture and lifestyle ? Should we not be ashamed for pushing this beautiful language to oblivion and adopting a foreign language to overshadow it for the fear of being called not secular? India needs English and regional languages, but it also needs Sanskrit if it wants an identity.
  
  Knowledge of Sanskrit will be our vent into our scriptures,it would stand up toagainst the calumnies on our religion and the caste system.It will ensure we preserve the ancient wisdom of India,its ethos in our daily lives.It would on top of all,unify us as the ‘People of India’.Than focusing on the political harvest from the caste based census..
  
  -Governmentshould promote unity and respect among the Caste’s and the sense of Pride in a united India, than carry notion to destroy the Caste system,which we know it cannot.
  -Government should realize,that however powerful it may be ,it should not seek to meddle into the primordial Caste System.It should instead focus on its sole purpose – Development.
  -The Supreme Court should ban any political party that has an ideology or a record of hate towards one particular caste.
  -The Government should respect the views of our religion andCaste system implied by reason or at least keep quiet on the Caste System and our religion by treating it sacrosanct ,than holding it accountable for our fallacies,it should hold itself and the people who have erred,responsible for poor development and corruption .
  
  Middle class Renaissance
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  The middle class have led revolution in France,Russia or any other society.The middle class has the onus to divest its apathy towards the politics of this country.The middle class should manifest itself as a formidable votebank that is not lured by Caste abasement or any kind of parochialism ,but by competence,development and performance. By helping our fourth caste stand up in the Knowledge economy,we can ensure their wellbeing and also make India operate at the frontiers of science and technology ,yet happily holding on to our roots.And this is only possible if the middle class knows about our scriptures,it knows Sanskrit,it can see Perspectives on both sides of the aisle and decide for itself.
  
  I would end by the words 2 great tamil poets (fromsecond century C.Eand the past millennium) from whom we as Indians should realize - ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Unity of this country’ are inextricably linked.
  
  Subramaniya Bharati –
  
  "Ayiram undhu igne Jathi,Yenil Anniyar vandhu pughalenna Nidhi"
  - We may have thousand of sects; that, however, does not justify a foreign invasion.
  
  Avvaiyar (The Granny Poet of the Tamil heartland) –
  
  "Katrathu Kai Mann Alavu, Kallathathu Ulagalavu"

• Avvaiyar (The Granny Poet of the Tamil heartland) –
  
  "Katrathu Kai Mann Alavu, Kallathathu Ulagalavu"
  - What we have learnt is mere handful.The unlearnt and the unconquered is as big as the world.
  And thus we would begin to fathom that our religion is indeed ‘Sanathana’ or Eternal.