Elections alone can’t make India proud to call itself a democracy

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: At the April 2, 2009 G-20 summit in London, whenever the BBC referred to India it was called the “world’s largest democracy”. BBC like all Western institutions is also anti-China. And to spite China, they praise India. May be they get a vicarious pleasure out of it. Fine.

But we the Untouchables of India (20%) know what type of democracy is practised here.

The recent parliament election in April — and the periodical elections to state legislatures and other sundry elections — are India’s only argument to claim that India is a democracy.

CASTE AS SOLE CRITERION

Elections have become a big business. We have many elections to a variety of bodies: zilla parishad, panchayat, taluk board, legislative council, Rajya Sabha, cooperative institutions etc.

We found a very sound argument to discredit Indian elections as a barometer of democracy in the just published book, Wars, Guns & Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places, by Paul Collier, an academic economist (Harper Collins, 2009, pp.277, $30).

The recent parliament elections proved that every party selected candidates only on the basis of caste which became the sole criterion for selection, plus the candidate’s ability to spend money. Can this be called democracy?

Many parliament elections have been held — one worse than the other. Genuine people’s representatives can never get elected. They lack the right jati and the strength of money. Plus the right political connections.

Our Khatri Sikh PM, Manmohan Singh, is called a “good man” by the upper caste rulers. But even such a “good man” cannot get elected even to the country’s lowest elected post: a panchayat. The masses of people of India simply do not know him.

Even if you have the right jati and the Big Money, when your supporters go to the polling booth, your votes are already cast by the rowdies employed by your opponent.

In the words of G.K. Galbraith India is a “functioning anarchy”. It is not a functioning democracy.

PERMANENT UPPER CASTE RULE

In Karnataka, the Lingayats and Vokkaligas — the two dominant upper castes — permanently rule. The overwhelming majority of “lower castes” have no say.

“If democracy means little more than elections, it is damaging to the reform process”, Paul Collier says. He is right. Elections in India is nothing but caste power and money power — plus gangsterism. Such elections can retard rather than advance a country’s progress, he warns.

The worst sufferers are the Muslims (15%) and Christians (2.5%) who can never get elected. These two sections have suffered under this great Indian “democracy”.

Dalit representatives can get elected only from the “reserved constituencies” in which only the puppet of an upper caste landlord is set up. A Dalit who challenges the upper caste hegemony will never be selected. And if he contests as an independent he will be put down.

Every candidate, irrespective of his party, concentrates his attention mainly on the densely populated urban slums — where the poorest Indians, Dalits and Muslims live — but always ignore the fashionable upper caste localities. But once a candidate gets elected he never visits the slums but always found in the company of upper caste rich who never go to vote. How can this be democracy?

Indian electoral system is totally corrupt and loaded against the over 85% of the oppressed castes and communities.

Still India is praised as the “world’s largest democracy” to spite China which has better democracy than what it is in India, according to Jaya Prakash Narayan (JP).

Cultural movement to fight Brahminism launched

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Bangalore: A “Balijan Cultural Movement” was launched from Delhi to fight Brahminism after a group of scholars met for three days (March 9 to 11, 2009),headed by Dr. Kancha Ilaiah of Osmania University and one of the rare intellectually honest persons of the country.

Dr. Gail Omvedt, noted social scientist, has sent the following communication to the Editor of Dalit Voice :

A question was raised about the connection of the “Balijan cultural movement” with “Truthseekers”. The connection is simply that “Truthseekers” has hosted the initial meeting of the movement and will continue to provide support. Otherwise there is no connection and the “Balijan Cultural Movement” is a new beginning.

It was noted that as written in Hindi the word “Balijan” has different meanings: with short “i” it means “we ourselves have to be sacrificed; with long “i” it means strength: we must have our dignity. There was a general consensus that the meaning of “strength” should be stressed.

Who is Bali: There is a familiarity with the radical use of “Bali Raja” in some areas of the country. For example, in Maharashtra “Bali Raja” is looked on as a “peasant king” and there is a common saying, ida pida javo, Balica rajya yevo — “let sorrow and exploitation go and the kingdom of Bali come”; in Kerala, Onam or the return of “Mahabali” is a joyous festival of the year. In other parts of the country, part of our work will be to stress our interpretation of the term.

It was pointed out that “culture” is a broad term; that some local cultures are dying; and that there is a need for documenting these – documenting folk stories, songs, art, and having projects to preserve local and indigenous cultures. For example, a dictionary of the Dom language could be made.

It was emphasized that the purpose should be to fight Brahmanism and the caste system and work for equality.

Brahmin domination: We feel a concern about language: the Constitution does not recognize linguistic diversity; it superimposes one language over others.

Our “Indian culture” is dominated by Brahmans; so Brahmanic culture has become synonymous with Indian culture to most people.

Since the common link between various groups or cultures is oppression, we have to struggle against the various forms of oppression: caste, class, race, linguistic, religious.

This cultural activism also has to be synchronized with or /linked to the developmental aspirations of the people.

Definition of culture: In the discussion on culture, the question was raised of the need to define what we mean by “culture.” What is culture itself, what is included in the term “culture” and what are the special characteristics of Indian culture?

Following the equalitarian culture of the tribal period, there has been in every human society a cultural, political and economic conflict between the elite and the masses, which has included a conflict between the culture of the people and the culture of the elites. In every human society also this has included a conflict between patriarchy and the more gender-equalitarian culture of the masses.

The term “culture” includes the norms, values, and practices of the people of a society. Thus a society can be “multicultural.”

Sanskrit not ancient: It was also stressed that it is not true to say that Brahmanism (or “Hinduism” as it is called by most people today) arose first and that others followed as a reaction; or that Brahmanism was an “orthodoxy” and the others were “heterodoxy”.

If anything, the shramanic traditions could claim a greater antiquity than Brahmanism, since there is some evidence that they can be traced as far back as the Indus Valley Civilization, before the entry of the Vedic Aryans.

Similarly, it is not true to say that Sanskrit is the oldest language of India; even aside from the language of the Indus Civilization, we can trace evidence of popular speech much earlier than Sanskrit. The language of the Jains (known today as “Ardha-Magadhi”) and of the early Buddhists texts (“Pali”) derived from languages spoken in the area of the earliest kingdoms (Magadha) and central India (an important center of the Ashokan empire). The term “Prakrit” should be avoided since it is also a Sanskrit term. Early Dravidian literature and the languages known today as Munda/Ho/Santhali (including perhaps the earliest language of the Bhils) from a “tribal” belt stretching across central India can also claim priority over Sanskrit. Religion or spirituality is a crucial part of human culture, and whatever our personal feelings are, we should recognize and respect the opinions of other religions.

(We do not consider “Brahmanism” a religion but as a purely exploitative ideology).

The following were suggested to fill as: national chairperson: Kancha Ilaiah;convenor: Sunil Sardar; secretary: Braj Mani; spokesperson: Victor Paul; treasurer: Dinesh Kumar.

Steering committee members are: Dr. Rama Panchal, Dinesh Kumar, Dr. Bharat Patankar, Dr. Ghawade, Than Singh Josh, Dr. Raj Kumar, Neela Lodhi, Cynthia Stephens, Waharu Sonavane, Leela Kumari, Shamim Ahmad, P. Surendran, John Dayal.

BJP’s Brahminism: It was decided that there should be no formal political sharing of platforms with Sangh Parivar organizations and individuals in these. For instance, all political parties may have some Brahmanism in them, but the BJP is openly Brahmanic and communal. There should be no dealing with organizations which openly profess religious fundamentalism and Brahmanism.

Brahmins hate Mayawati despite her all-out support

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: Any amount of pouring milk to serpent and worshipping it will not stop the poisonous reptile to bite you. We had given this warning in our Editorial of July 16, 2005: “In defence of Brahmins: Mayawati’s new caste equation in UP”. Here is yet another example of how much the vaidiks hate Mayawati despite her support:

As the leader of an essentially one-state and one-caste party, Mayawati’s vision cannot but be circumscribed by her political instincts. By first announcing and then rescinding her choice of a Dalit legislatore as her successor, she confirmed her whimsical streak. This cannot enhance her prime ministerial claims. Nor can the evidence of her paranoia, as reflected in morbid expressions of the fear of being killed. Or her attempts to scuttle a railway project in Sonia Gandhi’s constituency. In any event, her earlier selection of a Dalit as the next party chief showed that she remained trapped in a clastrophobic word of caste prejudices which undermined her claim to be prime minister of a country as diverse as India. (Times of India, April 6, 2009).

Look at the venom in the Bengali Brahmin Amulya Ganguli article.

DV Edit Feb.16, 2009: “Mayawati may become king maker”.

Dalai Lama is a hated blood-sucker feudal lord

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: The Dalai Lama is a hated blood-sucker feudal lord, according to the editor of the Hindu, N. Ram, a Brahmin.

Why we are mentioning his caste name is because the upper castes don’t believe what others write. To them that which comes from conch only is the thirtha. The rest is mere water.

The above verdict on the Dalai Lama (Hindu, March 28, 2009) comes from the conch.

Ram who recently toured Tibet says feudal serfdom actually existed in Tibet before the peasant uprising drove out the Dalai Lama.

WHY INDIAN RULERS LOVE HIM

He quotes a number of Western scholars, who visited Tibet up to 1959, asserting the existence of such a slave system. Over 90% of the Tibetan population were serfs:

Land as well as all means of production were in the hands of three categories of estate-owners — called Lamas who comprised just 5% of the total population.

The communist revolution abolished landlords presided over by the oppressive Dalai Lama.

And such a hated fellow was welcomed by India’s Brahminical rulers and given shelter.

But his days are now counted even inside India. Because as long this thorn remains in the Brahminical throat how can they seek peace with China which has already become the world’s richest country?

NOBEL IS JEWISH

Ordinary people are told that Dalai Lama is a “man of god”, “working to establish peace”, but “the anti-god and anti-democratic China hounded him out”. Yes. To bolster this image of Dalai Lama, the West gave him a Nobel Peace Prize and the Western countries paraded him carrying him on the head.

India’s Brahminical rulers are spending more money on the Dalai Lama and his refugees, who are not Indian, and parading him as a great Budhist leader. The national toilet papers give him front-page coverage.

That is how the innocent people are bamboozled and misled.

The Nobel Foundation is a Jewish enterprise which selects only such enemies of Islam and communism to shower its awards and rewards.

In India, Dalai Lama was used by the ruling class to malign Dr. Ambedkar and his Budhism and strengthen their oppressive Brahminical religion.

The Editor of the Hindu is not a communist and yet he found out the Truth that Dalai Lama was a blood- sucker feudal lord. Even the noted economist J.K. Galbraith of US had said this long back.

But the rule of the zionist-dominated West and Brahminical India is always to suppress Truth and Justice. In spite of all these obstacles China came to be recognised as the world’s No.1 economic power. China has invited foreign journalists to tour Tibet and find out the Truth. But there are no takers.

At last some Truth comes out accidentally. But in India even that is not possible because the Brahmin will believe only another Brahmin.

That is why we quoted the Editor of the Hindu.

References:

DV April 1, 2009 p.9: “Dalai Lama admits defeat”.

DV Dec.16, 2008 p.8: “West realises its mistake on Tibet”.

DV July 16, 2008 p.23: “Dalai Lama as CIA pimp: Killers of democracy funding him”.

DV June 1, 2008 p. 20: “Human rights charge against China in Tibet is false”.

DV Edit April 16, 2008: “Dalai Lama propped up by US to irritate China: Vaidik rulers bid to please West will harm India”,

p.3: “USA using India to liberate Tibet”,

p.4: “British backing Dalai Lama” & p.5: “Jealous of China’s gallop, sinking USA wants to spoil Beijing Olympics.”

DV Dec.16, 2006 p.7: “No peace with China”

Caste alone matters

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: All the critics of our “caste identity” thesis have suddenly started indulging in caste-wise analysis of the ongoing parliament election. Even the Brahmana Jati Party, which says it believes only in Hinduism but not caste division, is resorted to reckless caste politics.

Bangalore: The BJP has again proved that it is a pro-Lingayat party compared to other parties, while the Congress is still a party which gives primacy for Other Backward Classes and minorities. The JD(S), true to its image, has remained faithful to its vote bank— Vokkaliga.

The BJP has given close to one-third of the total 28 tickets to Lingayat, the caste to which Chief Minister Yeddyurappa belongs to. (Deccan Herald, April 8, 2009)

We have said hundreds of times that India is the hot-bed of castes which instead of dying is getting hotter.

We have also said to “Kill casteism (Hinduism) strengthen the caste identity”.

Did not DV prove right?

Ahmedinejad may be re-elected Iranian President

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: Zionists and the Western hate-mongers are shocked by President Obama extending his hand of friendship to Iran —dubbed the “axis of evils” by George W. Bush. Because Obama knows that Iran, despite being a Shia country, holds the key to Middle East peace. America turned against Iran in 1979 and since 30 years every effort was made by the US and the West in general to liquidate Iran. Nothing happened.

Holocaust humbug: The West is carrying on a campaign against President Ahmedinejad and doing everything to see that he is not re-elected in the coming Presidential election. But our information is zionists in particular and the West in general may hate him but the Iranians want to re-elect him as President. It was President Ahmedinejad who staged the world’s first “Holocaust conference” at Tehran to tell the world that the whole zionist-manufactured story is a big hoax. Ahmedinejad is not only a poor man’s President but supporter of all revolutionary forces like the Hamas and Hizbollah. He has more following among the majority Sunni Muslims despite being a Shia leader.

India loses Iran gas: But the anti-Muslim upper caste rulers of India antagonised Iran and lost the chance of getting cheap Iranian gas. The loser is India. The vast rural poor, whom he regularly visits, the country’s Revolutionary Guard and the Basji, a youth force, are all his supporters. Besides, the country’s supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is also said to be favouring his reelection for fiercely pushing the “Iranian bomb”. And raising the status of Iran not only in the Muslim world but even outside.

Bankers as biggest mischief-makers

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: DV was the first in India to welcome the global financial meltdown (DV Edit April 1, 2009) and express happiness over fall of the filthy rich.

All over the world the poor and the oppressed have welcomed the meltdown. In the latest parliament election in India the “melt-down” was never an issue.

Ambani’s wealth: Bankers are the biggest mischief makers. This is because the banks from top to bottom are loaded with upper castes, the enemy of the people. They hate the villages where the producers live. Banks neglected the villages and the agriculture got neglected.

But our Chettiar Finance Minister, being an upper caste and urbanite, encouraged only the urban parasites. That is how the entire rural side got neglected and farmers committed suicide. In any other country the culprit causing rural decay would have been sentenced to death. But in Brahminical India such people only are selected for awards and rewards. How could a humble petrol bunk employee (Ambani) establish the country’s single richest business house — except by stealing? Greedy rich have cheated hard working, innocent people. But Brahminism respects only the rich.The financial world is rotten to the core. But alas the people in India get angry for wrong reasons.