Kerala — victim of Manuwadi marxism

Dr. Suresh Mane, BSP leader in charge of South India and professor at Bombay's prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences, has described V.T. Rajshekar as a friend, philosopher and guide of his party and asked the party people to read Dalit Voice and his books.

Welcoming the Editor to the Kerala state conference of BSP leaders in Kochi on Feb.19, he said he was a product of Dalit Voice and thousands of Dalits were inspired by DV which served as the philosophical guide of his party. Editor V.T. Rajshekar and the party's founder Kanshi Ram were close friends though the Editor did not join the party to maintain editorial independence.

Prof. Suresh Mane, a long-standing family member of DV, is a doctorate in law and a top leader of the BSP.

God's own country: The Editor in a brief speech said the president of the Kerala unit of the BSP, Saji Joseph, was once the editor of Malayalam DV. Kerala was being described as "god's own country" and the country's most advanced state because of its big strides in economic and educational progress.

"But how can Kerala be called the country's most advanced state when over 70% of its population comprising Dalits, Tribals, Backward Caste Ezhavas, Dalit Christians remain as slaves?"

They remain as slaves of Nairs, Brahmins and Syrian Christians who continue to be the rulers of the state. The real progress of a society is judged not by its economic and educational stride but only by its social and cultural progress.

The most important cause of Kerala's backwardness was the manuwadi marxism. The three tiny upper castes of Kerala have cunningly divided themselves into two political groups —pro-marxist LDF and pro-Congress UDF— to continuously fool the slaves by making them fight with each other.

Most foolish caste: The Backward Caste Ezhavas, Dalits, Tribals, poor Muslims and Dalit Christians will continue to remain as slaves as long as they don't kick out both these fronts.

The most foolish caste of Kerala is the Ezhavas, which despite having the state's single largest population (30%), has not produced a single chief minister. The tragedy of Ezhavas is the tragedy of Kerala, he said amid cheers.

DV Feb.1, 2005 p.25: "Nair-Ezhava unity move to check Muslim & Christian progress".

DV Nov.16, 2002 p.21: "Manuwadi marxist war against Kerala's rising star of BC Ezhavas"

DV Oct.16, 2002 p.23: "Nair-Syrian civil war in Kerala"

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Many obstacles facing Dalit movement

Prof. P.M. Sebastian, teachers and students,

To deliver the first of a series of lectures on "subversive Dalit debate" you have rightly invited a "terrorist". I was arrested under the Terrorist Act (TADA), handcuffed and dragged all the way to Punjab and kept in the Chandigarh jail. This was in 1986.

Elite colleges like yours nowadays rarely go into such unpopular subjects. I thank you for taking up the "Dalit subversion" subject and inviting me to inaugurate the lecture series.

I can tell you that a real authentic history of India can be written only in letters of blood. You can't write with anything else.

As the Editor of Dalit Voice for 25 years, which is the largest circulated journal of Dalits in the country, I want to place before you a factual but heart-rending picture of the Dalit movement in India.

To be honest, we Dalits are in a bad shape. I have just returned from a tour of UP and Bihar, two of India's largest states, addressing innumerable meetings of Dalits and I am sorry to tell you that all over India Dalit movement is in a bad shape.

BULLSHIT

When India itself is neither living nor dead how can the Dalits, the last and least, be different?

This "India Shining" talk, the stock market boom and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's boast of 8 to 10% GDP are all bullshit. (laughter).

So, in the course of my talk I want to place before you the factual situation of the Dalit movement and why we have not been able to challenge the Brahminical Social Order which has been identified as the principal enemy oppressing all the sections of the Indian society including the Brahmins.

INDIA'S ONLY DYNAMIC & LIVING MOVEMENT

It is true that Dalit movement is the one and the only living and dynamic movement of the day all over the country. All other movements died or committed suicide.

(1) Gandhian movement was nothing but an upper caste movement. It died before it was born. (2) The marxist movement created lot of confusion, misled the oppressed people and did its best to check the Indian revolution. (3) The only surviving movement today is the Dalit movement. We may be divided, weak, yet it is the only all-India movement challenging the BSO.

Imagine for a moment what would have happened to this country if only Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was not born in India? SC/ST/BCs would have all called themselves Hindu and remained as slaves of Brahmins.

It was Dr. Ambedkar, the Father of India, who created this movement.

The history of pre-independent India was written by Dharma Thirtha, an upper caste Menon from Kerala. All the copies of his book, History of Hindu Imperialism, was purchased by Brahmins and burnt. Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy got it reprinted. Those wanting to read this book can write to us. (Swami Dharma Theertha, History of Hindu Imperialism, 2003, Rs. 150, Blumoon Books, S-201, Essel Mansion, 2286-87, Arya Samaj Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi - 110 005).

I am warning you: some of my words may appear too harsh, too strong, too shocking for you but I can assure it is truth and nothing but truth. And Truth always sounds harsh. People in pain shout, cry, weep. I am doing exactly that.

ARYANS AS INDIA'S FIRST FOREIGN INVADERS

India, barring the Budhist period of about 1,200 years which is described as the "Golden Age of Indian History", has been always ruled by foreigners. Aryans were India's first foreign invaders. Then came Muslims, Huns, British, Portuguese, French and others.

It is only the British, the Christian rule, who gave us some security and civilisation.

India, therefore, never had a past. How can a country which never had a past can have a future?

We have been always a quarrelsome people and continue to be so. A careful reading of the daily papers will convince you that we have no outside enemy. We are our own enemies. (laughter).

What we are witnessing today is a wholesale aggression on Indian culture and the only people who are fighting against this Brahminical aggression are the Dalits.

Muslims, Christians, Sikhs are not fighting the Brahmins. Backward Castes are not. Only the Dalits are fighting the BSO.

This aggression is found at every level, against every section of the society and in every corner of the country, every village.

Budhists were the first to resist this aggression.

SHANKARACHARYA KILLED BUDHISM

But the Brahmins finished it. Kerala sent its dwarf Namboodiri Brahmin, Adi Shankara, to kill Budhism. Brahmins sabotaged Budhism both from within and without. Adi Shankara literally killed thousands of Budhists, destroyed Budhist libraries.

Kerala was completely Budhist. Your Maveli was a Budhist. Outside Kerala, Maveli is called Bali. Your greatest festival of Onam is in honour of Bali Chakravarti who was killed by a dwarf Brahmin, Wamana.

After killing Budhism, Brahmins manufactured two cock and bull stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata that beautifully helped to hinduise the Bahujans.

The whole country was hinduised (meaning enslaved) through these two epics. Hinduisation is the other word for enslavement.

Then came Christianity. After that Islam. Then Sikhism was born.

DALIT MOVEMENT IS FREEDOM MOVEMENT

These three egalitarian religions liberated the enslaved Dalits and Backward Castes and about 20% of India got liberated through these three religions.

In Kerala, it is as high as 55%.

It is the advent of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar that inflicted the greatest blow on Brahminism. That is why we call Dr. Ambedkar as the Father of India — he gets the highest place in this country.

Gandhi is only the "Father of the nation". Whichnation? The nation of Hindus — just 15%.

BRAHMIN CONSPIRACY AGAINST DR. AMBEDKAR

Dr. Ambedkar gave the shape and content to the Dalit movement.

In fact, Dalit movement is India's real freedom movement which pre-supposes that the Bahujans of India are not yet free from Brahminical slavery. It was Babasaheb who for the first time identified our principal enemy. Identifying our enemy-oppressor was his greatest contribution.

The Brahmins rightly thought they would not be able to counter Dr. Ambedkar. So, they groomed a cunning non-Brahmin, a Bania, to counter Dr. Ambedkar. And that person was Gandhi.

Gandhi inflicted the greatest blow on the Dalits when he went on a fast-unto-death against Dr. Ambedkar's demand for separate electorate.

Separate electorate would have made Dalits a powerful force independent of Hindus. By giving them a powerful say in the governance of India, Dalits would have made India healthy, wealthy and wise.

Fearing that separate electorate would make Dr. Ambedkar India's first PM they conspired to make Gandhi to go on a fast unto death.

The Brahmins also feared that Dr. Ambedkar's plan would deprive the Brahmins of ruling India after "independence" and converting it into a Hindu Rahstra.

For your information RSS-BJP was never a force in India. In Kerala, even now it is not a political force.

But Gandhi and his Gandhism is a mighty forces. Perhaps I am the only person to survive in India criticising Gandhi and his gandhism. Even today.

It is Gandhi who gave a new life to Hinduism and made Brahmins as the principal ruling class of India. This credit goes to Gandhi —not RSS-BJP. Please note this point.

It was Gandhi who elevated the cow and called it go-mata. It was Gandhi who made us hate Muslims and Christians. If Christians don't believe what I say read Gandhi's own book on Christians. (M.K. Gandhi, Christian Missions, Their Place in India, Navajivan Publication, Ahmedabad - 380 014, 2000, Rs. 50).

Hinduisation of India was Gandhi's sole mission.His Congress Party launched the "freedom struggle" to make Brahmins as the rulers of India.

WHO KILLED GANDHI ?

Finally, Gandhi succeeded in installing a Brahmin, Nehru, as PM and the moment the Brahmins took over the leadership of India the first work they did was to kill the Mahatma.

Gandhi was not killed by a Muslim, Christian, a Sikh or any SC/ST/BC. He was killed by a Brahmin. Read my book, Why Godse Killed Gandhi? (DSA-1997).

So, the credit for permanently damaging the Dalit movement goes to Gandhi.

Dr. Ambedkar's demand for separate electorate had the blessings of the British, meaning the Christians. Muslims and Sikhs also. Even the BCs. Everybody supported the separate electorate except Gandhi.

I have no time to explain what is meant by separate electorate.

If we Dalits had secured separate electorate, which was enjoyed by Muslims, Christians, Anglo-Indians etc. before "independence", there would have been a wonderful unity of Bahujans (85%) and the Muslims would never have demanded Pakistan, India would have remained united and strong. Brahminism would have been dead by now.

DALITs BECAME SLAVES BECAUSE OF GANDHI

But the top brains among Brahmins conspired and sabotaged the separate electorate and thereby destroyed India's unity and later divided the country and made India a warring nation. A failed state. Today, India has become a beggar nation —a laughing stock of the whole world.

Dalits today have become slaves of Hindus because of this one treacherous act of Gandhi.

Reservation in jobs, education and reserved seats, which came in place of separate electorate, have made us Hindu.

But the fact is the Untouchables and Tribals are not Hindu and were never Hindu.

MARXISM AS ENEMY OF DALITS

Gandhi made us Hindu and the slaves of Hindus.

As the Editor of DV fighting against these Hindus, who are a micro minority being less 15% of the population, we don't know if we can save ourselves and also save this country. We are in a critical position.

Having said this much I have to briefly touch the marxist movement.

I too was a marxist and perhaps until 1970 when I wrote the book, How Marxh Failed in Hindu India (DSA-1988).

Marxism had the potential to support the Dalits and bring about a revolution but I am sorry to tell you marxism came as our enemy in at least three states of India - Bengal, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.

I have explained in detail about the harm caused by marxism to Dalit movement in four books:

(1) How Marx Failed in India? (2) Class-Caste Struggle, (3) Dilemma of Class and Caste, (3) Karl Marx and Dr. Ambedkar. All these books are sold out after going into several reprints. Some have been translated to Malayalam also.

EZHAVAS ENSLAVED IN KERALA

In Kerala, the Brahmin-Nair leadership of CPI-CPM used the state's single largest community of Ezhavas, who form 30% of the state population, and kept them as slaves.

Marxism also killed the Dalit movement and hinduised the Ezhavas. It diverted our attention from Brahminism to an imaginary enemy. It misguided the revolutionary forces.

Nowhere in India we had any clash between the rich and the poor either before "independence" or after that. But the upper caste marxist leadership cunningly diverted the attention of the toiling masses from the real enemy to the imaginary enemy.

ADI SHANKARA & MODERN SHANKARA

If the Adi Shankara of Kerala killed the Budhist movement earlier E.M.S. Namboodiripad, whom we have described as the "Modern Shankara", destroyed the Bahujan movement in Kerala.

CPM and CPI used the Ezhavas but successfully denied the chief ministership to Gowriamma and Achutanandan, both top Ezhava leaders.

Gandhi did considerable damage to Dalit movement before "independence" and marxism did considerable damage after "independence". Every word I speak is part of history and verifiable.

THREE JATIS CONTROLLING W. BENGAL

In W. Bengal, where the marxists are ruling for the past 10-15 years, just three tiny jatis control the state while denying any representation to Dalits, Muslims and BCs. These three jatis form just 8% of the population.

Having said this much, I have to now go into the many obstacles facing the Dalit movement in contemporary India.

Dalit movement no doubt is the only living, dynamic movement of the country today though it is very much splintered and dispirited. We admit this.

The sole cause for this sad state affairs is the interference of Brahminical people in every field of our activity. They are meddling in the Dalit movement and blocking our progress at every step.

BRAHMINICAL SABOTAGE OF BUDHISM

You will be convinced of this argument if only I give you some specific instances of Brahminical meddling in our day-to-day lives.

Are we Dalits interfering in the lives of Brahmins? When we are not doing, why should the Brahmins meddle with our lives and make us miserable?

(1) Babasaheb Ambedkar disgusted with Gandhi's treachery and unable to resist the hinduisation drive, meaning enslavement of Dalits, embraced Budhism.

But Brahminism started meddling there also.

Particularly in Maharashtra, where Dalits went over to Budhism in a big way, reservation meant for SCs were denied to Dalit Budhists for decades. The Hindu terrorist party of RSS established a Budhist unit to mislead the Budhists and take them back to Hinduism and slavery.

The RSS went on preaching ahimsa and vegetarianism. It campaigned against beef-eating which is our cheapest, tastiest and the healthiest food. Both Budha and Dr. Ambedkar were meat-eaters. The only evil motive behind this vegetarianism is to deprive our only protein-rich food and make us weak—physically and mentally.

They brought one Marwadi Hindu, called S.N. Goenka, who established his multi-million dollar empire of Vipassana Centre (meditation) to mislead the elite Dalits so that their attention turned away from revolutionary activity.

Goenka wants us to be busy doing meditation – a pastime of the rich and well-fed.

R.S.S. SWALLOWs BUDHISM

While Bodh Gaya and other Budhist historical places continued to be under Brahmin control, our fear is that RSS and the Hindus will soon take over Ambedkarite Budhism itself and make it part of their Hinduism. Not only that. The entire Ambedkarite Budhists may become part of the RSS. This is our fear. We Budhists are meeting at Nagpur in September and discussing this danger from Hindu terrorists.

If such a thing happens it will be the greatest blow to Dalit movement which is already very weak. Dalit movement is the only last remaining resistance movement against Brahminism. If Dalit movement is also destroyed, once again Brahminism will be on rampage and Christianity and Islam will be its first victims. I am warning you. Christians sitting here may take note of this.

ANTI-DALIT MEDIA

(2) Yet another big problem the Dalit movement is facing is the hostile Brahmin-Bania national media which is all-out anti-Dalit.

After the LPG (liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation) regime took over India and the 15% upper castes started forgetting the rest of the country's 85% havenots, India's "national" press (in Dalit Voice, we call it "national toilet papers"— has actually become the anti-national press.

Fortunately these "national" English dailies are killing each other and one by one they are dying. This is a happy development.

ENGLISH EDUCATION DENIED

(3) Then we have another serious problem facing the Dalits. That is our country's education system which itself is pro-Brahminical. History books do not reveal the truth. What you study is of no relevance to your future life. Importance is given to money-making professions —totally ignoring social sciences. Literature, sociology, history, law have no takers.

By denying English education to Dalits the govt. has actually created two types of education. The Dalits are offered education in mother tongue which can only make the students a peon or a clerk. But private education in English is preparing the ruling class children to high-paid jobs as engineer, doctor, management and ready for export to Western countries. (laughter).

So, the govt. itself has permitted a dual system of education of which the Dalits are the worst victims.

(4) Though the constitution assures 18% reservation to Dalits, only less than 5% Dalits have been able to take advantage of this.

Hindus have actually used the reservation to divide the Dalits into two: the tiny well-off educated, employed creamy layer of less than 5%. We call them "reservationwalas" and the over 95% uneducated, unemployed, village-dwelling starving masses. You can see them in Bihar, UP, Orissa etc.

ELITE DALITS CREATING PROBLEMS

The reservationwalas may be small in number but they have become the best slaves of Brahmins.

They are least bothered about the left-out 90%. This class has even forgotten Dr. Ambedkar, their own Father.

It is this educated, employed section of Dalits who are creating all sorts of problems to Dalit movement as agents of Brahmins.

It is this section which is behind the campaign, very much highlighted in the media, that the Backward Castes are the real enemy of Dalits and not the Brahmins.

No doubt, the DV family members belong to this educated class. I am not referring to the exception. Exception proves the rule.

BID TO DESTROY OUR IDENTITY

This campaign of the educated Dalits gets lot of publicity in the press and because of that SC-BC clashes have taken place in some parts of India but fortunately the illiterate, who comprise 60% of India's population, do not read these papers. The country is saved because over 60% of Indians don't read any paper. (laughter).

(5) The Hindu rulers main preoccupation is to destroy our identity while at the same time fully strengthening their identity and thereby becoming the rulers of India.

HINDUISATION OF DALITS

But to the misfortune of these Brahminical people parliamentary democracy has taken deep roots— thus straightening the identity of different castes and communities.

Parliamentary democracy is endangering Brahminism even as it has become our greatest hope. I have discussed this in my book Caste —A Nation Within the Nation (Books for Change, 2004).

To destroy the parliamentary democracy the Brahminical people are resorting to different steps but they are not succeeding. The higher judiciary, the "national" toilet papers are all trying their best to sabotage our parliamentary democracy.

(6) The Brahmins are trying their best to hinduise everybody. Particularly the Dalits. A majority of Dalits and Tribals today call themselves Hindu. The Hindu injection has gone deep into the blood of all our people.

HATE BRAHMIN BUT WORSHIP BRAHMIN GOD

But the problem is every Dalit is a born anti-Brahmin. The daily pinpricks makes every Dalit more anti-Brahmin in thought and action. Anti-Brahminism is deep-rooted in the Indian soil. Every social, religious and cultural movement born in India has been only against Brahminism.

The Brahmins have tried to defeat us here also. What they say is:

"If you want to hate Brahmins, well, go ahead. We have no objection. It is enough if you worship our gods: Rama, Krishna, Shiva, Ayyappa etc."

They have 33 crores of gods.

So much so, we have started "hating" Brahmins but in fact worshipping Brahmin gods. These gods are fully under the control of the Brahmin, who is above the god (Bhoodevata). Once again we are trapped. From the frying pan we have jumped into the fire.

Unless and until the Dalits and all other victims of Brahminism stop worshipping "Brahmin gods", we cannot escape from Brahminical tyranny.

(7) It is very difficult to fight the different Brahminical tricks because not only they are the rulers, but they have the media and the judiciary to back them. And their gods to frighten us.

THE FALL OF INDIAN CHURCH

So, after good deal of thought we have come out with a wonderful weapon called caste. As everybody is born into a caste and knows everything about the caste we have found it the deadliest weapon to fight and destroy Brahminism.

The caste weapon is working very effectively. For the first time the Brahmins are deeply worried because this is the only weapon against which they have no defence.

(8) In this endeavour of the Dalits, we thought the church would support the Dalits.

Prior to "independence" the church did liberate the Dalits. Kerala has about 25% Christians, the highest in the country, barring the North-East. The Kerala Christians are mostly from Dalits and Backward Castes.

The church did liberate Dalits all over India. Over 85% of Indian Christians are Dalits. The Indian church itself is a Dalit church.

But unfortunately like all other institutions in India, the church is also getting hinduised. The upper caste Christians have taken over the church leadership.

CHURCH gives up CONVERSION

The CBCI (Catholic Bishops Conference of India) met in Bangalore last week and passed a resolution at last to offer reservation in Christian educational institutions to Dalits. What right the CBCI has to ask the govt. to demand reservation to Dalit Christians when it is not giving reservation to its own Dalit Christians?

Christian colleges and schools all over India are educating only upper caste children who after graduating call Christians anti-national.

I am sorry to note the church is directly engaged in preparing and strengthening such fascist elements. I don't know if your Sacred Heart College is an exception or not.

Dalit Voice has a large circulation among Christians. In Kerala, many Christian institutions are readers of Dalit Voice. Christian have the good habit of reading and studying. But the problem is after reading, they eat, sleep and forget the whole thing.

PLIGHT OF NUNS

The church has almost given up the mission of evangelising. Conversion is not liked because the upper caste Christians do not want to antagonise their Hindu cousins.

The church, however, has the potential to become a revolutionary force. But it is unwilling. This is the problem. So much so, we are sorry to say the Dalits are losing confidence in the church itself. Syrian Christians, Mangalorean and Goan Christians, who call themselves Brahmin converts, are coming in the way of such a revolution.

These three sections are a micro-minority within the church but as leaders they are keeping the church gagged to please their Hindu cousins. They are more interested in their blood brothers but not in the church. This is the tragedy of Indian church.

But Dalits as the only revolutionary force can change this church. Upper castes need no revolution. But Dalits need revolution. Hence it is the Dalits inside the church who should revolt and topple the leadership, takeover the church and restore it to its original position.

The religious women in the church are a big majority. Religious men who are a minority are keeping the nuns and sisters imprisoned, gagged. Dalit Christians will welcome the nuns and sisters to join us.

(9) Brahminical rulers always make much of economic and educational progress.

ECONOMIC PROGRESS is NO PROGRESS

They go on brain-washing on these two subjects. But I want to tell you that economic and educational progress is no progress.

The best example to prove is Kerala itself. Kerala, economically and educationally, the most advanced state –perhaps in the whole country. But socially and culturally Kerala is the most backward.

Its 30% Ezhavas, 25% Muslims, 10% Dalits and other BCs are still suffering in Kerala. Over 70% of Kerala people tell us they are treated as slaves.

Economic and educational progress of Kerala did not free the people from the mental slavery of Brahminism.

Here again the church can do a lot. And I am sure your college will prove an exception to this rule and take steps to prepare revolutionaries who will be able to liberate the slaves of Kerala and make your state as the No.1 state in the country.

The very fact Brother P.M. Sebastian, your English professor , took so much of trouble to invite me proves your genuine interest in Dalits. He came all the way to Bangalore to meet me.

I will try to come to your college next year also and find out how much progress is made in converting the Sacred Heart College into a truly Christian revolutionary centre.

Finally, I request all the teachers and students here not to accept even a word of what I have said but think and think and then only come to your own conclusion.

Thank you for your patient hearing. Thank you also for inviting me and giving this opportunity to place my frank opinion before you.

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Speech delivered at the Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala, on Feb.20, 2006 as part of the Rev. Dr. Dan Thottakkara Memoral Seminar on "Subaltern studies".

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The hell in holy Kashi & filth flowing in Ganga

Never before we visited such a dirty, stinking place like Varanasi, which houses India's holiest of the holy Hindu temples on the bank of the holy Ganga, a virtual gutter flowing with filth and burning corpses.

The French Govt. itself offered to clean the "holy" river and tried its best for ten years or so. After getting defeated, they bid goodbye admitting that it has failed. Now, once again the Hindus have renewed their song and dance of "clean Ganga" waiting to feed on some other foreign bakras.

The French failure summarises the sins of Holy Kashi. India's other holy places are no better.

SLAVES OF B.H.U

The Western UP city of Varanasi is the stronghold of Brahmins who are the rulers of India, boasting about their "world's most ancient religion" and all that is great and glorious. Yet their holiest city is a huge lavatory. One has to only visit Varanasi and see it. Seeing is believing.

We were invited to Varanasi (Feb.11 - 14, 2006) by the Dalit students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) established by one of pre-independent India's two greatest Brahmins, Madan Mohan Malaviya. In the sprawling complex of BHU its 2,500 Dalit students live as slaves and at the mercy of the Brahmins and other upper castes.

Though we had stopped visiting Hindu temples from 1951, we wanted to have a look at the "holy" Kashi Viswanath temple at least from a distance. Even this we could not. Going near the temple itself was a super-human task. The narrow street leading to the temple was jammed with visitors, pilgrims, beggars and hawkers. Only authorickshaws or cycle rickshaws can take you to the temple. It is simply chaotic.

Such is the condition of roads in Varanasi. As the speeding vehicles frequently hit against each other, traffic jams are a normal feature. At least three times we were caught in such traffic jams. Yet the people of Varanasi are cool. They think they are living in a virtual paradise on earth. Such is the mental make up of slaves enjoying their slavery.

The city has about 15% Muslims but totally gagged. Another 12% Dalits totally enslaved.

POLICE "PROTECTING" GOD ?

Our attempt to go near the Viswanath temple, perhaps the madest spot in the stinking city, was an unforgettable experience. BHU students escorting us first took us in an autorickshaw and after a distance it could not proceed because of the rush of people. We had to walk through the chaotic stinking narrow avenues. Finally we were told the temple has come but we could not see as it was completely covered by shops and all sorts of dirty run-down buildings.

A battery of armed policemen were "guarding" the temple. When asked , the police said, they were guarding the god against any terrorist attack. "People from all over India come here to seek the protection of the god. But how wonderful that here you are protecting the god? Seeing the protectors of the god is greater than seeing the god himself. We will go back", we said.

HINDU BELIEF SYSTEM

The policeman laughed and so also the Dalit students. We returned without even going near the temple.

We were reminded of our visit to another holy place, the Puri Jagannath temple.

Dalit students said the Kashi Brahmins were seriously worried about the security and hence kept the "god" hidden for away.

MUSLIMS BOYCOTT B.H.U.

But this is not the case with any Muslim, Sikh or Christian god. They don't keep their gods locked up. But you can't convince a Hindu because the Hindu believes what he wants to believe. The Hindu belief system is converting India itself into a vast Varanasi.

We were told the Muslims don't send their children to BHU being a Hindu institution though there are some Muslim teachers. Brahmin-Thakur clashes are common in BHU. And Dalits then side with Thakurs. But there were occasions when both joined to bash the Dalits.

The famous Guru Ravidas birth place is almost behind the BHU campus. Thousands and thousands of Dalits visited the place on Feb.14 which was the birth anniversary of the legendary Dalit (Chamar) saint who was one of the founders of Sikhism. A special train itself came from Punjab bringing thousands of devotees. We visited the holy place and met many Ravidas followers from Punjab.

NEITHER LIVING NOR DEAD

The Varanasi is a huge tourist- pilgrim centre. The famous Budhist centre, Sarnath, is close by. The city has an airport very far away and 2 five-star hotels and some other big hotels. Hundreds of pilgrims and foreign tourists come daily but the holy custodians of the city are not worried that all those who come to the city go back cursing.

"Hindu India" has been always like this from centuries and it will continue like this —neither living nor dead.

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COMMUNICATION

BHU Dalit students get ready to challenge Hindu terrorists

We the Dalit students made history by inviting V.T. Rajshekar to Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas. He delivered a very powerful and thought-provoking lecture on "Caste, nation and modernity" on Feb.13, 2006.

About 700 Dalit students and 60 Dalit teachers including guardians and non-teaching staff of BHU attended the seminar and listened to the lecture with rapt attention. The speech was translated sentence by sentence by Brother Benyamin Christi. Prof. M.P. Singh (former Dean, faculty of law, BHU), Mata Prasad, a Gandhian Harijan, was the guest of honour, S.R. Darapuri, IPS (retd), presided over the seminar. Pramod Bagde conducted the proceedings and Sanjay Chaudhry introduced the theme of the seminar.

Fantastic guidelines: The clear-cut message of the Editor of the Dalit Voice for us was: "if you also fail then India will also fail. So, you have to think and act to liberate Dalits from the Hindu terrorists".

He gave a fantastic guideline: "You love what the Brahmins hate and hate what the Brhamins love".

Each caste must be strengthened and only then the Bahujans can be liberated. He made it clear that the caste system and caste were two different social phenomenon. To destroy the caste system each Dalit caste had to be strengthened.

The Editor criticised Brahminism and exposed its crimes against Dalits. Quoting Babasaheb, he said Dalits including the Backward Castes and minorities were never Hindu and are not Hindu. They have been enslaved by making them Hindu. To destroy Brahminism, we have to strengthen each caste. Each caste is a nation. India is not a nation but a country of several nations. He was repeatedly cheered.

Dalitas asked to master English: He asked Dalit students to study English and master English.

BHU is a stronghold of Hindu terrorists. Such lectures like the one by the Editor were never delivered in BHU.

He demolished all well-established Brahminical ideas held by our educated and "Dalit intellectuals",teachers etc. After hearing the Editor they have now started thinking for the first time. This is the greatest achievement of the Editor's visit.

Whenever we called Dalit intellectuals, they demanded TA-DA barring few exceptions. But we have paid nothing to the Editor. He came on his own expense on just a postcard invitation.

After his speech many questions were asked. Dalit students simply mobbed the Editor. The seeds of revolution were sown in this leading Hindu terrorist centre. We want to invite the Editor again and he has agreed.

On behalf of Dalit students of BHU, we request Dalit teachers of all universities to invite Editor V.T. Rajshekar to hammer your moth-eaten Brahminical brains and create a new India based on Babasaheb's philosophy.

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Dalits became Muslims to escape Hindu cruelty

My 103rd book, Aranu Videsikal? (Who are the foreigners?) in Malayalam was released on Feb.2 at the 31st anniversary of the Kerala History Congress (KHC) of which I am the president. Feb.2 was also my 78th birthday. The book was released by Dr. Michael Tharakan at the meeting of KHC. Prof. Abraham Arackal, ex-principal of Maharajas College, Ernakulam, presided. Dr. P.J. Cherian, Director of Kerala Council of Historical Research, inaugurated.

The book deals with Muslims and Christians who are not foreigners but the original inhabitants of India but converted to Islam and Christianity. The Hindus are the real foreigners who came some 3,500 years ago. Hindu means those within the chathurvarna. Some are asking the original inhabitants to quit India saying that India is theirs. During Aurangzeb period (1707), the Muslim population in India was 1% (Travels in Mughal Empire, F. Bernier). During the Round Table Conference at London (1930), Jinnah said Muslim population was 25% of the total population. That means in 223 years the population of Muslims shot up from 1 to 25%. There was no conversion work as such by Muslims. Nadir Shah came in 1739 and conquered Delhi but he returned as he came. The same happened when Ahmad Shah Abdali came in 1751. Before Aurangzeb, Babar came with a small army and they settled here. Afghan and Turkish conquerors also did like that. Even after that the Muslim population was just 1%. From the time of Mohammad Bin Khassim, there was the presence of Muslims who became the ruling class here. Brahmins and Rajputs accepted their rulership from the time of Alaud-din Khalji onwards. During the Sepoy Mutiny those sepoys declared that if they won the mutiny, Bahadur Shah 2nd, the last of the Mughal dynasty, would be the ruler. He was at that time an aged man living a retired life. He was not in any way related to the mutiny.

That means the people were thinking even at that time Muslims as the rulers. After the decline of the Mughal empire, Brahmins and Hindus became petty rulers. They started cruelties against the Dalits. For the sake security the Dalits then converted to Islam. And thus the Muslim population increased. If the British rule did not come by the end of the 18th century, the majority of the Dalits would have become Muslim. Thus the majority of the present Muslims of India are Dalits —and brothers of the present Dalits. That means they are the original inhabitants of India.