Lalu flying high in Bihar
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore DV has repeated umpteen times that caste decides everything in India. Every caste has understood the importance of this fact and the need to strengthen its "caste identity".

During elections, caste comes to the top because parliamentary democracy that is taking roots in India, though slowly, has no other ideology except "casteology".

North India is facing Assembly elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana of which Bihar is the most important for all parties. In this state, ruled by Lalu Prasad Yadav Ñ intensely hated by the Brahminical forces Ñ nothing works but caste. And caste is in favour of Lalu.

DV proves right on George Fernandes As all others except Lalu's RJD are upper caste parties, the Hindu nazi RSS itself has predicted victory for Lalu (Asian Age, Jan.4, 2004 "Lalu may win by default").
The Congress support base is Brahmins and Bumihars. BJP base is also the same. The upper caste candidates of Congress, BJP and its allies will divide upper caste votes helping RJD which is a powerful combination of Yadavas, Muslims and some Dalits who constitute the majority voters.

Poor George Fernandes, the Mangalorean Gowda Saraswat Brahmin-convert to Christianity, is in a soup for the first time. His love for Hindu nazis has revealed his true colour. All his socialist makeup is washed out. His own community hates him.
Press people say George is "Delhi's richest politician".
Tehelka has exposed all his socialism. CBI noose is also tightening. The Hindu nazi party of BJP has also badly let him down. George of the "Baroda dynamite" fame has finally proved to be a total fake. DV proves right.

Church cheated George Fernandes played one of the most dangerous roles in Indian politics. Despite being a Christian, he betrayed his community and the church which played such a leading role in liberating the Dalits. As a socialist he deceived his mentor, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, and confused all Lohia followers. He became the pointsman of Vaidik Vajpayee who used him to promote Brahminical interests. In Bihar, he divided Kurmi leader Nitish Kumar from Lalu Prasad Yadav and went all out to help Brahminical forces. But the only person who saw through the game of George and cut him to size was Lalu Prasad Yadav. The final fall of George has begun.
DV May 1, 2003 p.11 "Nitish-George fight breaks Samata Party?"
DV Jan.1, 2003 p.9 "George Fernandes goes to Mangalore after angry Kurmis boot him out of Bihar".
DV Dec.16, 2000 p.10 "China George Fernandes eats his own words".
DV April 16, 1999 p.11 "Gorge's bogus socialism".

Paswan fails to impress Bihar Dalits
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore Ram Vilas Paswan like Jagjivan Ram is a Dalit leader manufactured by the Brahminical forces to divide Dalits. He has done his job fairly well. The "national" toilet papers give him full publicity because he is their man. Such "leaders" are planted in different states, districts and right down. But the masses of Dalits will never go with such stooges.

Soroor Ahmed, a noted journalist from Patna, commenting on the political ambitions of ram Vilas Paswan says that Mayawati and not Lalu Prasad is his real rival.

In his article in the Radiance Weekly of Jan.2-8, 2005, he says Ram Vilas knew that he could not survive alone. So he gradually started softening his stand towards the Congress and Lalu Prasad. By early 2004 he even entered into an electoral alliance. It was essentially the Lalu factor which helped him win four out of eight Lok Sabha seats his four-year old Lok Janshakti Party contested.
The relatively affluent Chamars first under the leadership of Kanshi Ram and then Mayawati grew politically very powerful by 1990s. The Kanshi Ram-Mayawati phenomenon started spreading in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra too as the recent elections suggested. The greatest loser was none else but Ram Vilas Paswan, whose Dalit Sena almost went into extinction.
DV March 16, 2004 "How vaidiks made monkeys out of Dalit leaders".
DV July 16, 1999 p.23 "Paswan goes closer to Hindu nazis".
DV Dec.16, 1998 "Warning to Ram Vilas Paswan".
DV Oct.16, 1997 p.12 "Vaidik advisers push Paswan into crisis".

BIG VICTORY FOR D.V. THESIS IN KARNATAKA
Pejawara swami provokes Kuruba mass uprising & helps caste consolidation
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore We thank the top Hindu nazi leader, the Pejawara Swamy of Udupi, for provoking Karnataka's single largest Backward Caste of Kurubas (the shepherds), forming about 10% of the state population, and forcing them to unite in a tremendous show of "caste identity".

About 6 lakhs Kurubas descended on Bangalore on Jan.7, 2005 to show their strength and unity. This was the first and the greatest experiment in the caste consolidation of the oppressed Kurubas.
All this was made possible because this Brahmin swami made them caste conscious and this consciousness made them angry and this anger brought them to Bangalore.
We sincerely thank the Pejawara for whipping up the sleeping slaves.
The Editor of Dalit Voice was an eye-witness to this historic caste consolidation of Kurubas.

Pejawara going Kanchi way The Pejawara swami, heading a Madhwa Mutt of Udupi on the coastal Karnataka, is a tremendous hate-monger almost on par with the Kanchi Frankenstein just released on bail from the Vellore jail. Those who have been observing the pranks of the Pejawara Ñ meddling in the lives of innocent Dalits, BCs, Muslims and Christians and everybody else to save his vaidik vampire Ñ say that he is fast following the Kanchi culprit. Good.

Docile Kurubas whipped up But for the Pejawara's mischief of demolishing the over 400 year-old monument at Udupi's Krishna Temple on Aug.17, 2004, the docile Kurubas would not have become angry. The monument is called Kanaka Gopura named after the greatest saint-poet of the Kuruba jati, Kanaka Dasa.

Fighting cock Like all Hindu nazi hate-mongers, the Pejawara is a big fighting cock. Our Editor had several clashes with him. However, the credit goes to this ageing Madhwa Brahmin for waking up the sleeping Kurubas, who despite having the strength of population (third largest in Karnataka after Lingayats and Vokkaligas) could not produce a chief minister till now.

Siddaramaiah, who is the Dy. CM now, has been missing it by an inch every time only because his jati is too docile, too good, too poor and yet too much hinduised (enslaved). This is the problem.

The Pejawar and his pariwar are well aware of the Kuruba weaknesses. Otherwise, how could the Kurubas with such a massive strength of population and their man as Dy CM, keep quiet when another notorious Brahmin Krishna Bhat, publicly insulted the whole community of Kurubas by saying the "Kurubas were behaving like sheep". If such an insult had been done to Lingayats or Vokkaligas would they have tolerated it?

No self-respecting jati would allow such an insult to go unpunished. But the Kurubas displayed their weakness when they begged the govt. to take action against this Bhat instead of taking the direct action.

Kurubas interested in caste not Hinduism Be that as it may, we are happy that the poverty-stricken Kurubas are slowly waking up and the Pejawara has ignited their caste pride.

But the demolition of the Kanaka Gopura has proved one thing the Kurubas are not interested in their Hinduism. Between Hinduism and their jati, they prefer the latter. To that extent the Pejawara has helped the Kurubas to make a distinction between their imposed religion, which they finally found to be false, and their permanent identity (caste). (V.T. Rajshekar Caste ÑÊA Nation Within the Nation, Books for Change, 2004).

Nobody else gets the credit for helping the Kurubas to go back to their roots and recover their lost "caste identity" other than the Pejawara and his pariwar. We must thank them.

Credit to Viswanath However, we have to give the second credit to ex-minister H. Viswanath, who did tremendous ground work touring the whole state and whipping up the sleeping slaves of his jati. The Pejawara's demolition of Kanaka Gopura no doubt brought an initial shock to the Kurubas but the Udupi Brahmins managed to douse the anger by their usual vaidik tricks. It was Brother Viswanath who poured petrol to the burning anger and gave a shape to this anger which finally culminated in the Karnataka's biggest Kuruba uprising. Wonderful.

Carry a stick in hand Yet, Brother Viswanath and the Kuruba leaders who had a long meeting with our Editor in the Dalit Voice office sometime back, were hesitant to follow his advice. The Kurubas who came in lakhs to Bangalore to show their strength failed to carry a stick in their hands. If they had carried a stick for self-protection it would have been a proof of their anger. And the Pejawara would have then simply pissed in his pant.

Nor did Viswanath or any leader at the Jan.7 conference gave a call to the Kurubas to march to Udupi carrying bricks and simply rebuild the broken Kanaka Gopura. Why beg the govt. to rebuild the monument? No govt. belongs to the oppressed people in India. That day has not come.

Keep the pot boiling The Kurubas may have justice on their side, numbers on their side, law on their side, history on their sideÑ but unless they adopt proper strategies and tactics, the wily vaidik vultures would simply swallow them.

" Masses are asses. What we want is classes", said Lenin. The Kurubas have everything they want but not the anger which generates the pride in their jati. The anger that is generated now should not be allowed to cool down. The pot must be kept boiling. We are here to assist the Kurubas to regain their lost position in society.

There is a silver lining in the cloud. The Pejawara is simply hitting back. Even after the entire state govt., and the people of Karnataka publicly condemned the Pejawara's action, he is challenging the govt. and refusing to be silenced. He is bent upon keeping the fire burning. This is a good sign. That is why we like vaidik leaders like Pejawara who sharpen the contradictions and provoke our people. That is what we want. Because the Kuruba struggle for justice has to go a long way.

Stop begging govt. The Kurubas must stop begging the govt. They must note that the govt. even if headed by BCs cannot be a govt. for BCs. Every govt. is a puppet in the hands of the upper castes.
Intellectuals among Kurubas must note that their current struggle cannot be restricted to Kanaka Gopura. It is a "caste struggle" to regain their lost place in society. Caste struggle is not a political struggle. It is a socio-cultural revolution. If left to political leaders, they will not be able to launch such a revolution which involves challenging the upper castes. Vote politics has a limit. For revolution, sky is the limit.

So, the Kurubas must now march to Udupi with stick in their hands and bricks on their heads and simply rebuild the Gopura. We will also join the Kurubas.

DV Edit Jan.16, 2005 "Brahmin decision to unite & start own party is slap on the face of BJP & Pejawara Swami"

DV Sept.16, 2004 p.11 "Nazis stage a second Babri Masjid at Udupi" & "Kuruba caste consolidation gets a big boost".

Madhwas snatched Udupi temples from Shaivas
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore The entire Udupi temple complex is a Shaiva religious centre which the Madhwa Brahmins have forcibly annexed in the 16th or 17th century.

The Kuruba leaders agitating for the govt. take over of the Udupi temple and rebuilding of the demolished Kanaka Gopura have missed this very important weapon which we supplied them to fight the Pejawara swami and his Madhwa battalion.

The weapon is a vital historical document which we produced at the Mysore seminar on Kanaka Gopura on Oct.27, 2004 and read out portions from it.

Brahma Hatya The document (100 pages in Kannada) written by a Brahmin only, Dr. M.S. Achuta Sharma, was published in 1969 but the Pejawara and his pariwar purchased all the copies and destroyed it then itself. Here lies the strength in Kuruba argument and the weakness of the Pejawara protestations.

A noted Brahmin leader of Udupi supplied a photocopy of the document to a DV family member. In this document, the author has directly challenged the Pejawara swami.

The temple complex belongs to the Sringeri Mutt headed by a Shankarachari who will be too willing to help the Kuruba struggle. They have to take the support of the Sthanika Brahmins who were then heading the Udupi Shaiva temples and are today silently suffering. The Sthanika Brahmins who resisted the Madhwa aggression were killed (Brahma Hatya) by the Madhwas, as per the document.

THE KERALA "LUNATiC ASYLUM"
Nair-Ezhava "unity" move to check Muslim & Christian progress
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore Earlier they saved their Hinduism by fooling the non-Hindu indigenous people through marxism and today the same forces in Kerala want to directly use Hinduism to save their rulership.
Many people in India and outside may think that Kerala, on the west-coast southern tip of India, is a highly literate, clean and efficiently working state of Malayalees. All these may be true to a large extent but what is hidden from outsiders is that Kerala is ruled by a micro-minority of highly caste-conscious racist Brahmins and Nairs.

WHAT VIVEKANANDA SAID
Vivekananda as he walked through Kerala called it a lunatic asylum. And it continues to be so even to this day.
The ruling Brahmin and shudra Nairs this time have roped in the oppressed Ezhavas, the Backward toddy-tapper caste considered Untouchables till recently. It was the revolutionary Sri Narayana Guru, who liberated the Ezhavas, Kerala's single largest community forming about 30% of the state population.

HEINOUS ROLE OF E.M.S.
Sri Narayana revolted against Brahmins and established his own Shiva temple all over Kerala with Ezhava priests. Yet the Brahmins could not be defeated.
They gradually managed to fool the oppressed Ezhavas by using the marxist mantra. The innocent Ezhavas simply fell flat though the community was never allowed to occupy the chief minister's chair.
The person responsible for fooling the Ezhavas and making monkeys out of this innocent but unthinking community is the "Modern Shankara", EMS Namboodiripad.
Today, the same Ezhava leadership under their apex jati organisation, SNDP Yogam, headed by its general secretary, Velupillai Natesan, is all-out to embrace the very Hinduism which pushed his Ezhava jati to slavery.
The Brahmana Jati Party (BJP) is weak in Kerala because its job is being effectively carried out by the state's two neatly divided political fronts ÑÊthe Congress-led UDF and the Marxist-led LDF. The beauty is both the fronts are united in keeping the Brahmin-Nair rulership in tact.

ROLE OF SYRIANS
The Syrian Christians, who claim Brahmin descent, are fully with the ruling class. Their hand-picked man Oommen Chandy is now the Chief Minister of Kerala.
The latest strategy of the Brahmin-Nair ruling clique is to "unite the Hindus" against Muslims and Christians by rousing "anti-minority" hatred. Syrians may be Christians but they never confront the Brahmins. Because blood is thicker than water.

ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY LIBERATED DALITS
Kerala has 25% Muslims and another 25% Christians. These Muslims and Christians did not come from Arabia or Rome. They are converts from the indigenous SC/ST/BCs who quit "Hinduism" unable to bear Hindu persecution. Both Islam and Christianity liberated the Dalits, Tribals and BCs of Kerala. So, the Brahminical efforts to "unite" Hindus will not succeed. Before "uniting" the Hindus, they must first clarify who is a Hindu.

Dalits, who today are badly divided and leaderless, have been always slaves. And their slavery will continue. What is puzzling is the Ezhava leadership decision to fall into the Brahmin-Nair trap even when every Ezhava in Kerala remember how they persecuted Sri Narayana Guru. The poor guru is weeping in his Sivagiri samadhi.

Ò HINDU UNITYÓ
Manjoor Gopalan from Kanakkary (686 532) adds
The BJP wants to capture power in Kerala where it doesn't have a single MLA. The UDF and the LDF rule Kerala alternatively. The BJP wants a third front by taking rebels from both the fronts. The Nair Service Society of the Nairs is actively behind this third front move.
P.K. Narayana Panicker of NSS and Vellappally Natesan of the SNDPY advocate the need for "Hindu unity". Natesan speaking at a Nair meeting at Changanacherry said
" Unity among the various castes of Hindus is the need of the hour... The situation is such that the minorities could swallow the majority. We have only two options Ð either succumb to conversion or commit suicide... If we are able to do away with the differences within the Hindu community, then there will be no communal and religious tension" (Hindu, Jan.1, 2005).
The Hindu nazi agenda is to check the progress of Christians and Muslims. They are instigating Ezhavas and Dalits against Muslims and Christians saying they are cornering all benefits in the name of "minorities". They have just succeeded in ousting the powerful Muslim Minister Kunhialikutty of the Muslim League.
The Nairs and Brahmins are the two most hated jatis because they constitute the core exploiters. The BJP strategy is to divert this anger from the core group against the minorities.

CAT & RAT UNITY
Will Vellappally Natesan succeed? How will he take away his Ezhavas who are dedicated members of the CPM?
The Ezhavas, being a Backward Caste, stand for job reservation but the Nairs being upper castes are against such a caste-based reservation. Nairs want income- based reservation. The Nairs are also the oppressors of the Ezhavas. The cat and rat cannot make friendship with each other. How can the enemies join together?
The Nair-Ezhava unity will never be practical. At the same time the Christians and Muslims are under the control of their religious leaders. As a result, separate political parties have been formed in Kerala for each religion. The Kerala Congress (M.Jacob, Joseph) and the Muslim League are examples. Without the support of these political parties no government can be formed here. Hindus in Kerala are a conglomeration of hundreds of jatis. They have different modes of beliefs and style of life. There is no unity among the different "Hindu" jatis. They are more interested in their jati than their religion.

RELIGION DOES NOT UNITE
Religion does not bind a people but creates only harmony for participating in the religious functions. Dr. Ambedkar said

" But here again there are limits to what religion can do. Religion can help to produce justice within a community. Religion cannot produce justice between communities... The call of nation and the call of community has proved more powerful than the call of religion for justice. " (W&S, Vol.5, p.398).
Our Editor said

" Ethnic pull is more powerful than any religion and there is no such religion in the world which can weld different communities together. Even revolutionary Islam, which normally transforms a person after conversions, remains a house divided. Pakistan, called an Islamic republic, is the best example." (Caste A Nation Within the Nation, p.81).

The Hindu nazis want to use anti-Muslim hatred to unite the SC/ST/BCs in the name of "Hindu unity". Such a Brahminical trick has to be viewed seriously by the oppressed classes.

BLOCKOUT OF EDITORÕS BOOK
These forces want to blackout our Editor's book, Caste ÑÊA Nation Within the Nation. The "intellectuals" among the Hindu nazis know that this book has the potential to unite the people. They have carefully studied the book which exposed the "Hindu unity" tactics".
Our Editor said

" The most important point to be seriously noted by intellectuals among the Bahujans is that our Aryan enemy is extremely worried over our theory of caste identity. It is worried because this caste identity theory will never be able to keep the SC/ST/BCs together under its control in the name of Hinduism/Hindutva, Hindu nationalism and Hindu unity". (Ibid p.75).

The alarming development of the alliance between the Nairs and the Ezhavas in Kerala has to be viewed very seriously and has to be opposed vehemently. This can be done by strengthening our "caste identity".

We should strengthen each caste and caste organisations because caste is good but casteism is bad. The present alliance between the Nairs and the Ezhavas in Kerala will be a threat to the unity among the SC/ST/BCs.

DV Nov.16, 2002 p.5 "Brahminism swallows marxism" & p.21 "Manuwadi marxist war against Kerala's rising star of BC Ezhavas"
DV March 16, 2002 p. 6 "Kerala manuwadi marxist bid to oust Achutanandan" & " Plight of Elavas as slaves of Nairs".
DV Jan.16, 1999 p.5 "Achutanandan wins caste war in Kerala CPM".
DV June 16, 1998 p.16 "EMS ensured enslavement of Kerala SC/ST/BCs".
DV Edit May 16, 1998 "Elegy on EMS Verdict of Bahujans on Modern Shankara".
DV Feb.1, 1998 p.5 "Caste war in Kerala Elavas crush savarna marxist arrogance".
DV Edit May 1, 1995 "Plea to kick out Kerala's two Aryan ruling fronts".
DV Edit June 1, 1985 "Marxism to the rescue of Brahminism".
DV July 16, 1997 p.4 "Savarna marxist bid to keep Elavas as slaves".
DV Feb.1, 1997 p.5 "Caste war in Kerala CPM Elavas crush savarna marcist arrogance".
DV Nov.1, 1995 p.12 "Sivagiri blood bath".

SEPARATE tsunami RELIEF CENTRE FOR T.N. DALITS
Selective criticism of casteism is a Brahminic mischief
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore The Indian Express has suddenly fallen in love with Dalits. It finds fault with the Tamil Nadu Govt. for "dividing the people caste-wise" for the Tsunami relief work. But the same Marwadi-owned but Brahmin-run daily defended the notorious Kanchi Swami when he segregated the Dalits from Brahmins at a temple feeding service. When Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy resigned from the Congress, India's original Brahmin party, for the party leaders refusal to allow common dining for Brahmins and

Dalits, he was subjected to ruthless attack for criticising the Brahmins.
All temples in India practice racism even today. But no Brahmin criticises it. In each and every village of India caste segregation is strictly enforced. Since India is the original home of racism, caste discrimination is taken for granted.

Separate Dalit hostels The different state govts. running common hostels for "poor" students came under heavy criticism from Dalit leaders because the Dalit students faced serious discrimination in such hostels.

Many time they had go without food. That is why they demanded separate hostels for Dalit students. The Govt. agreed and the common hostel practice was discontinued. Separate hostel for Dalits managed by Dalit officials was found satisfactory.

The upper caste people hate dining with Dalits. But when the Backward Caste people who consider themselves Hindu, though not Hindus in fact, follow Hindu customs they step in and create all sorts of juicy stories. The Nagapattinam story by the Indian Express reporter Rajiv P.I. is one such attempt to divide the Bahujans. The Brahmins are experts in divide and rule. Some Dalits succumb to this mischief and play into their hands.

Tamil Nadu has become a successful playground for such Brahminical forces because the Dravidian, Tamil Nationalist parties and followers of Periyar have failed to follow the example of Periyar.
All these forces are headed by the shudras and Backward Castes who have forgotten Periyar and elected the notorious Bangalore Papatti.

The Brahminical forces are exploiting this situation ÑÊnot out of love for Dalits but to keep the Dalits and BCs divided.

The Indian Express story is a good example of fishing in the troubled waters.
The Nagapatttinam sub-collector Umanath has said caste division is a fact of life. The sub-collector did not invent the caste system.

Caste system naturally divides people and generates distrust. He only stated the fact that caste is a fact of life. If he had not arranged exclusive relief operations for Dalits, they would have got nothing. So segregation was done in the interest of Dalits. That does not mean he was defending the caste system.

Discrimination is must The point is as long as caste system is alive caste-wise census operation, caste certificates, caste-wise reservations, caste-wise allocations of funds, separate Dalit hostels are inevitable. If caste-wise attention is not paid, the weakest caste (Dalit) will be in danger.
We have found some urban-based Dalits criticising the TN govt. for "discriminating" against the Dalits in Tsunami relief. Their criticisms got wide publicity in Brahminical toilet papers. DV family members should see through this Brahminical game.

Identify enemy Untouchability is an essential part of life in India. In Bihar, Maithili Brahmins do not dine with Bumihar Brahmins. Chitpavan Brahmins don't get services of other Brahmin priests as they are considered inferior. Racism is a rampant Indian disease.

When this is the reality, there is no point in selectively criticising caste discrimination. This pick and choose criticism is to divert our attention from the originator of the racism.

The most important factor in a war is identifying the "principal enemy". Who is the principal enemy in India? Leaving aside the originators and the principal perpetrators of racism Ðwho are the principle enemy ÑÊif we go on attacking the non-antagonistic enemy, we will be defeating ourselves. And the result is brothers fighting brothers.

That does not mean we are defending the TN Govt. action at Ngapattinam.

Sudden Brahminical love for Dalits
Nagapattinam Doors are being slammed in the face of Dalit survivors here and the govt. is quietly doing some of the slamming. Dalits from 63 affected villages are facing the brunt of the powerful Meenavar fishermen (a most Backward Class) being thrown out of relief camps, pushed to the rear of food and water lines, not being allowed to take water from UNICEF facilities and in some cases not even being allowed to use the toilet. The Govt. instead of ensuring justice, was reinforcing this divide, both caste and communal. In fact, a day after the killer waves struck and thousands began pouring into these camps, revenue officials were asked to quietly go about dividing the victims and report to their superiors. They were asked to see that the numerically powerful and politically significant Meenavars had their exclusive relief camps. The equally battered Muslims, Dalits, Nadars, Pillais, Devars and other lower castes mostly non-fishermen were shunted into camps of their own. This has since been accomplished in most parts of this district.

When asked how the govt. could endorse this discrimination, Nagapattinam sub-collector Dr. Umanath said that this was a conscious decision and a practical one. There are the real divisions and destruct among the communities, he told the Indian Express on Jan.7. A crisis like this is no time to experiment with casteist and religious amity. The govt., he said, just could not risk putting them up all together. When asked what the risk was Umanath declined to comment.
(Indian Express, Jan.8, 2005).