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I have always been curious about The Class systems in the world and the Indian Hindu one which seems to be the one which has lasted for centuries. How on earth could a religious thought put a group of people in a certain class and keep them there for so long .... it is unbelievable that even today there are people who still stay in their Dalit class and accept to be the lowest grade humans ..... and why have they not had a revolution like the Russians did against serfhom ..... this is why i am very happy everytime i hear about a Dalit converting to another religion which views mankind and womankind as a brotherhood and (sisterhood) of equal spirits .....

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