We welcome Chitpavan Brahmin bid to strengthen their caste : Bahujans have to follow same route

We have received many communications on our announcement on the Pune Chitpavan Brahmin global conference of Dec.23, 2007.

We welcome the Chitpavan efforts to consolidate their caste, instill in them the spirit of “caste identity” and fight for their rights. Every caste in India, particularly the oppressed SC/ST/BC castes, must learn from the Chitpavans and try to strengthen their respective “caste identity”. For further information on this subject, our English book, Caste — A Nation Within the Nation, (Books for Change, Bangalore, 2004, Rs. 140) may be ordered. The book is also available in Hindi and Kannada.

Endless confusion: While SC/BC castes are pushed into endless confusions on “caste identity”, every Brahmin and other upper castes are boldly organising their caste conferences and strengthening their “caste identity”. Meanwhile, the SC/BC castes, made unthinking morons, never find fault with upper caste open and defiant show of strength. But the same unthinking fellows rain all sorts of abuses when DV recommends “caste identity” as the only right royal way to liberation.

Look at the courage of the serving Air Vice-Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale, inaugurating the Chitpavan conference in his full Air Force uniform. Brahmins are the country’s most fearless community. A Brahmin President of India was regularly attending RSS shakas in Delhi in half-pant uniform. None questioned him. Who can question a Bhoodevata?

From where does the courage come? Courage is not for sale. You can’t go to a shop and ask for Re. 1 worth of courage. Courage comes from within. Likewise, fear also comes from within.

Courage of Air Marshal: A Chitpavan Brahmin, brother of Nathuram Godse, was boldly living in his old Pune flat without any fear. When we met him we asked if anybody troubled him being the brother of the killer of the “Father of the nation”. He said none.

Bhushan Gokhale too was fearless. No paper commented about a serving Air Marshal in full official uniform inaugurating a caste conference, which goes against the code of conduct of military officers. Neither the Defence Minister nor the Prime Minister had the courage to question a Bhoodevata. Did not the Chitpavan Godse kill Gandhi and defend his action in a book? (photocopy available with DV).

Vidyadar Date, formerly a senior correspondent of the Times of India, Bombay, and himself a Chitpavan who attended the conference in his article in the Tehelka (Jan.19, 2008) finds fault with such caste conferences. “This betrays a worrying increase in upper caste consciousness”, he says

DV welcomes caste conferences: But we welcome such caste conferences by Brahmins. Because in such conferences, the leader of the community will be seeking the “unity of Brahmins”. It is the very same Brahmins who also demand “Hindu unity”. Somebody may ask: Will not the call for “Brahmin unity” go against “Hindu unity”?

The Hindu terrorist party says SC/ST/BCs are also Hindu. But when these people hold their caste conferences the Hindu leaders criticise them and say such sectarian conferences go against “Hindu unity”. Are not Chitpavan Brahmins, heading the country’s Hindu terrorist parties, going against “Hindu unity”?

Brahmins must choose between the two: “Hindu unity” or “Brahmin unity”.

Killer Parashuram: Brother Date brings out one important highlight of the conference: Air Marshal Gokhale glorifying the Brahmin Parashuram and his killer axe (Parashu) by which he annihilated all the Kshatriyas of India. Parashurama’s fierce-looking towering cutouts holding the parashu in a menacing pose were kept on the stage and all over the conference venue.

Did caste die: Another interesting aspect of the Chitpavan conference was it was attended by the top brains of the caste: academics, scientists, IT engineers, bankers, lawyers, journalists, doctors and the entire cream which day in and day out harangue us that “caste is dead” and “the country’s salvation lies in market economy”. Why did the highly educated “leaders of thought” jump into their caste cauldron instead of the market-driven LPG? Why did the Chitpavan leaders give a call to their youth to marry only within the caste?

Why did the conference decide to raise Rs. 1,000 crores for the “poor among them”? Why they did not think of the “poor” in general? Because the Brahmins know that their jati is their “nation”.

This is because the Brahmins (3%) are deeply worried about their getting drowned in the surging floods of “caste politics”. The caste is killing the castiests.

During the Hindu terrorist party regime of Vajpayee they almost succeeded in killing the country’s parliamentary democracy that strengthened every caste. All the three Dwija caste groups of Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya got drowned in the flood of parliamentary democracy which strengthened “caste politics”.

Elected leaders lose power: Yet the Brahmins managed to hold on and still rule the country by weakening the country’s democratic structure and shifting real power to the higher judiciary, media, financial services, communication, art, literature, culture etc. Elected leaders have lost the real power which has passed into the unelected judiciary, services, media etc.

Chiptavans may be a tiny fraction among the country’s 3% Brahmins but the Hindu terrorist party that controls the entire Hindu empire is their monopoly. Vidyadhar Date in his Tehelka report criticises the Chitpavan conference agenda as it stressed “continuously of personal advancement of the community”. Nothing wrong.

Caste is an extended family. There is nothing wrong in a family leaders looking after its well-being. The problem comes only when a caste (or even a person) thinks that its well-being can be promoted only by destroying the well-being of another caste (or person).

All the upper castes (15%), despite being the country’s rulers and the highest educated, do not know this. The struggle of the country’s over 85% oppressed people comprising SC/ST/BCs and Muslim/Christian/Sikh is only against this 15% upper caste bid to prevent them from coming up.

Anti-women hatred: When the Chitpavans exhibited their guru, the axe-wielding killer Parashuram fiercely starting at us, they are loudly announcing that they are against our progress.

The Chitpavans like their jati counterparts also exhibited their anti-woman hatred. Date says “it is not surprising that women found very little representation on the dais”. He also notes that whenever the killer Narendra Modi’s name was mentioned the assembled Gandhi-killers burst into applause.Non-Brahmins, particularly the Bahujans, have to learn a lot from Chitpavan Brahmins. Particularly their deep commitment to their caste and caste consolidation through “caste identity”.

The ruling upper castes are fooling us by asking us to “forget our caste” but believe in market economy. The brainiest among the Brahmins have called the bluff of this statement.

Dalit Voice on future of Bengal

Feb.24, 2007 Silver Jubilee Programme

Session - I

1. Introducing Editor V.T. Rajshekar & Dalit Voice : Sher Singh, IAS

2. Dalit Movement in Bengal: Prof. Singha Chowdhury.

3. Editor’s speech.

4. Bengali translation: M. Chisty.

5. Question & Answers: Editor.

6. President’s remarks.

- LUNCH BREAK -

Session - II

1. Songs

2. Problems of minorities & remedies: Sardar Saran Singh, IAS, Editor, Sikh Review; Sk. Soleman, Herod Malik, Hemendu Bikash Chowdhury.

3. Increasing DV circulation.

4. Editor on problems facing DV.

5. President’s speech: Dr. M.K.A. Siddiqui (Social scientist).

Session - III

1. “Caste Identity” theory and Dalit empowerment: M.M. Biswas, Prof. Singha Chowdhury.

2. Marxist mischief on Dalits & Muslims: S.K. Biswas.

3. President’s speech: Abdur Rauf.

4. Vote of thanks: Prof. Abul Qasem.