COMMUNICATION: TIPS FOR SOCIO-CULTURAL REVOLUTION

When Brahmins dumped Sanskrit & took to English, why not Dalits ?

COM. AYYANKALI

This refers to Brother Nagesh Chowdhury’s call (DV Oct.1, 2007 p.9) that the Editor should start an RSS-like non-political body for an Ambedkarite socio-cultural revolution for caste-class struggle. The Editor has already elaborated upon his idea in his Editorial. He is absolutely accurate and perfectly right about the role of an artificially constructed Brahminised Hindi being made our so-called “national” language. This Hindi and all other Indian languages are merely safety nets for linguistic casteism and Brahminical cultural counter-revolution. RSS slogan is “Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan”. So we must fight such cultural and socio-linguistic Brahminisation and Hinduisation.

BOLLYWOOD BOMBED BRAHMINISM

Dalit writers are absolutely right when they say that we must simply dump all such Brahminical linguistic safety nets and take to English. As Dr. Ambedkar dumped Hinduism for Budhism, Ambedkarites must dump all Indian languages wholesale.

In fact, one of the major and prime tasks of any new RSS-type non-political “fire-maker” body will be to organise the organised and wholesale genocide and complete destruction of all Indian languages and culture, which are nothing but socio-cultural and linguistic safety nets after the demise of their Sanskrit.

Ambedkarites must set up a Committee to Destroy “Indian” Languages & Culture, because Indian languages as they exist today are nothing but cultural and linguisatic colonies of Brahminism and transmission belts for Brahminisation and Sanskritisation.

The tragic and funny thing is even hardened Ambedkarites and Ambedkarite Budhists are “culturally Hindus” in their private lives. That should change once and for all, if we have to successfully de-Brahminise and de-Sanskritise today’s Manuwadi culture. We must emulate Babasaheb who spoke fluent English and wore Western clothes. The task is not difficult because Brahmins themselves are discarding their Sanskrit.

We must go a step further and ask for English language to be made part of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and do away with Hindi and all other Indian languages, by learning only English and speaking only English. Such a proposed RSS-type Dalit body must aggressively organise free spoken English classes for the Dalits. Otherwise, we will not be able to de-Sanskritise and de-Brahminise. All Aryan Manuwadi caste apartheid crooks from fake Maoists to RSS goons want Dalits to forever carry the stinking shit of rotten and dead Indian languages. Only then can they deliberately ensure that Dalits are always remain handicapped without learning the English language.

We must also dump their useless Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi dances and Carnatic as well as Hindustani music which are nothing but agents of cultural Brahminisation. Bollywood no longer bothers about Carnatic or Hindustani music. Brahmins have switched over to Jazz, rock music and Western classical music of Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. Brahmins are busy learning ballroom dancing. But Brahmins teach all their old cultural shit to Dalits to Brahminise them and earn money which they use to learn Western classical music and culture.

They are simply selling these old useless clothes to gullible Dalits who get trapped in them and get Brahminically brainwashed culturally and become intellectual slaves with inferiority complex.

We must immediately put an end to lighting of the lamp ceremonies, coconut breaking and all Brahminical customs.

Why must we travel to Westernisation only via Brahminisation and Sanskritisation, when we can easily climb on the direct flight of the English language and scientific reason?

All Indian languages have been Brahminised and Sanskritised. They are already dead and decaying. So there is no point in Dalits carrying this stinking shit. All Dalit writers should make an effort to write in English and all Dalit writings must be translated to English.

CALL TO MAYAWATI

Mayawati must be convinced to make all panchayat schools in UP teach in the English medium alone. Brahmins know very well that it is impossible to do research on nuclear physics in Sanskrit or any Indian language. They deliberately promote useless and dead Indian languages only to keep Dalits backward. Once we do this, Brahmin writers will raise a huge hue and cry, because English is their greatest strength, just like the road block and entry barrier called Indian languages is their biggest weapon for cultural counter-revolutionary activities. Rest assured that even stupid mother-tongue maniacs among Dalits will start crying - especially those Dalit writers co-opted by Brahmins. But we should simply ignore this and launch a linguistic Ambedkarite cultural revolution. After all, Dr. Ambedkar could do what he did because he mastered the English language. Also, we must never forget that Periyar also called Tamil a barbarian language and advocated the use of the English language. If the Editor wants to start a forest fire, this is one of the best methods, because Brahmins will never allow anybody else to break their new monopoly Devabhasha called English language. The sooner we do this, the better.

CLOSING DOWN D.V.

India doomed to remain in dark

MONSUR RAHMAN KHAN, PRINCIPAL, DEKACHANG ANCHALIK H.S. SCHOOL
DEKACHANG PO, KAMRUP DT.ASSAM - 781 136

With heart-felt love and honour, I am asking you why you are wanting to “close down the Dalit Voice”. The report has given me great shock. I am thunder-struck.

For me you are a rare genius and a person who dedicated your whole life for the liberation of all the persecuted nationalities of India —not merely the Dalits. If DV is closed how will the world know truth of the poverty-stricken and helpless SC/ST/BC and Muslim/Christian/Sikh orphaned children of India? I am simply startled at your sudden decision. I oppose your proposal and request you to coolly reflect upon the matter.

You have worked life-long with fatherly feelings upon all the oppressed people, the marginalised millions. You have rebuilt the broken boat of marginalisation. Above all, DV is the source of information for all the marginalised. So, if DV closes who will hold the rudder of this boat? Will you allow it to sink? Thinking about such a crisis, my heart is filled with fear. It looks India is to stay for ever doomed, to remain dark in the depth of despair. Who will question the Brahminical exploiters? Who will recast the non-Hindu group?

Fake intellectuals: At this moment, we are encircled with unavoidable and innumerable problems. The upper castes are well trained in exploiting us, devoid of any civility or culture. Their brutality is unimaginable. The so-called “independence” of India is not for the non-Hindu groups. But only for the Brahmin group. It looks our hopes, stored in our mind, will be nipped in the bud.

We are far from our destination. The hopes of liberation from Brahminism may remain a mere hope. It looks the intellectuals of persecuted groups are fake. They have no vision. No strategy. Probably most of our “intellectuals” are not even aware of your movement.

I again request our Editor not to close down DV. Except DV, we have no other media to express our agony. That means automatically all the non-Hindu groups will lose their identity. It is the DV that created the atmosphere for the BSP victory in UP-2007. This victory brings up the hope that Sister Mayawati may be our next prime minister and the Dalits may hope to rule in India. But this hope may remain a sweet dream if DV closes down.

Some Dalit readers are planning a new party called BAMCEF. Another group is propping up Udit Raj. All such splintering will destroy our plan. These leaders are spoiling Mayawati chances. They are going against Dr. Ambedkar’s vision. It seems the Dalit leaders have no desire to change the Brahminic culture. Perhaps our future is doomed.

I know that you are a restless person, deeply worried over the mounting problems of the persecuted groups ground to dust by the upper castes. I can understand your pain, agony over your failure to unite the Dalits and make the wretched of the earth the meaning and message of your philosophy. You have exposed the mystery of Brahminism which was unknown to us and also enlightened the philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar over the whole world. We are indebted to you for your guidance on the social movement.

My last request: Please change your plan of closing down DV and proceed with your liberation movement till your last breath. I shall co-operate with you in all respects. I am remitting Rs. 1,000 as my humble contribution to the liberation of the Dalits.

Hindus will be minority if they don’t get liberated from Brahminism

ASHOK T. JAISINGHANI, 783/32 -BHAGWANDAS CHAWL, NEAR NISHAT THEATRE, BHAWANIPET, PUNE -411 042

Why all Hindus who worship Brahma are not called Brahmins? The Bhoodevatas created the most evil system of discrimination based on casteism over 3,000 years back.Those who worship Christ are called Christians. Those who worship Budha are called Budhists.If the Brahmins who worship Brahma, the creator, can call themselves Brahmins, then why all the Hindus who worship Brahma are not allowed to call themselves Brahmins? Did any Hindu think on this line?The evil caste system is part of the very religion of Bhoodevatas. Such a caste system divides all human beings coming under Hinduism. Who is responsible for this feeling of separatism among the different sections of Hindus for the past thousands of years? Who is responsible for this rigid hereditary caste-based sectarianism?

Brahmin Dharma should not be called Hindu Dharma.

Cause of Hindu disunity: Can we imagine those who worship Christ not being allowed to call themselves Christians, those who worship Budha not being allowed to call themselves Budhists, and those who believe in Prophet Mohammed not being allowed to call themselves Mohammedans?

That means all Hindus should be logically called Brahmins if they worship Brahma as the creator. Why not the Brahmins accept that idea? Never. How can the Brahmins ever allow the Hindus of other castes to be their equals? Hindus can never be united so long as the Brahmins are allowed to determine what is Hindu religion or Dharma. Hindu Dharma must not be allowed to be only Brahmin Dharma.

Lower castes should be also allowed to become priests just as it is done among the Budhists, Sikhs, Christians, Muslims and many other communities of the world. Why should the big majority of Hindus continue to suffer from discrimination at the hands of bigoted minority Brahmins? Bigoted Brahmins are the worst enemies of Hindus

Brahminism against Hindu unity: Considering themselves to be related to Brahma, the creator, the bigoted Brahmans believe they are divine like gods, and they can never accept other human beings as their equals. The bigoted Brahmin fundamentalists are the worst enemies of the Hindu. So it should not be surprising to hear about many Hindus feeling compelled to convert themselves to Budhism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam just to escape the atrocities committed on them by the bigoted Brahmins. The non-Brahmin Hindu “low castes” just cannot agree to remain inferior for ever. They are forced to quit Hinduism by the bigoted Brahmins who are the enemies of all mankind.

Hindus will be a minority : Hindus must think why they are ill-treated like this by the bigoted Brahmins. They must realize that Brahminism is extremely evil as it is against the interests of 98% of the Hindus. For the Brahmins who form only 2% of the Hindus, the people of other castes are inferior human beings. Brahminism is absolutely against Hindu unity as it can never remove the caste differences. The bigoted Brahmins can only thrive by exploiting the wide differences among the Hindus due to the evil caste system created by Brahminism. Brahminism, therefore, should never be equated with Hinduism. All the other Hindus should unite to liberate themselves from the extremely evil clutches of the bigoted Brahmin fundamentalists. If we do not liberate and reform ourselves soon, Hindus will be turned into a hopeless minority in India within the next few years.

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Moses Parmar, OM India, 5 - Wazir Hassan Road, Lucknow - 226 001: . With over 10,000 Dalit children in our 66 English-medium schools in most backward communities in India, we are changing the future of thousands of our families. But politicians are not attracted to those kind of things. Most of our friends don’t know the deep commitment and the hard work our people are putting in for our people. We will reach our goal of 100 schools by 2010. Our ultimate goal is to build 1,000 schools with 500 children each. That will help us to empower 500,000 children. And we hope that it will raise lots of Babasahebs and VTRs.

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Ms. V.S. Kaikasi, TC-11/20505(7), SINI, Kanakanagar, Kawdiar PO, Trivandrum - 695 003: I am a research scholar (PhD) in English literature. My topic is “Redactions in the Ramayana” a subversive and deconstructive re-reading of the Epic. In the course of my research I came across a book titled Riddles in Hinduism (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar), which was subjected to severe criticism and opposition from the Hindu terrorists. The easy availability of books in this genre are always in a state of doubt. This book is urgently needed to conclude my research as I have taken and applied the feminist and subaltern readings of the Ramayana. I support your idea that the Dalits have been wronged in the process of aryanisation. I am so enthusiastically looking forward to read what Dr. Ambedkar has to say in this matter. I need your reprint of the Riddle of Rama and Krishna (DSA-1995) (which forms the crux of the book) which you reprinted with your foreword. My name is Kaikasi( mother of Ravana). I was introduced to the re-telling of epics from a totally different perspective. Instead of being a devotee of the gods, whom we are expected to pray, I became a critic to the deeds rather miscreant deeds of gods. So naturally I became interested to do research in this field, to uphold the values of human beings (and personally I don’t believe that there is something called inferior). For that purpose and keeping in mind the research purpose too, I decided to contact you. This particular book is unavailable in all leading bookstalls (you know the reason). All works written from the Dalit point of view are banned or not available for sale in the open market. This situation must change and let us see what we can do. I am deeply indebted to you for sending this book. I am not born a Dalit but my sentiments have been always with them. I have heard that many of the “low caste” (no one is low caste in fact) people converted to Christianity fearing persecution from the so-called Hindus. And what you have said is true sir. Women are a safe bait to all these superstitions (I have no regard for all these rituals and superstitions). They are so easily fooled by these godmen who exploit them in the name of religion. I still wonder even in this age of nanotechnology and scientific boom we still gaze with wonder at a Brahmin who is able to chant mantras from vedas, it is high time that we consider them as mere professionals whose only job is to chant these verses and earn astronomic figures as dakshina. All these are indirect bribe paid in order to be accepted by god. But will god accept these frauds who gain money through hook and crook? Will the same people admire and adore the carpenters and blacksmiths (who are equally professional like the veda-chanting buffaloes)? Some women like to go in search of some place where people gather and there is noise. If they go and sit in a restaurant or park or somewhere people might speak ill of them. So if they go to a temple no one will say bad words and in fact they will honour her. So it is a comfort station where women who have no worthy things to do normally visit. A majority of these bhaktas are frauds who adore the swamis and not the divine god. Infact, Abraham T. Kovoor, the great rationalist, has said of a sadhu, a Brahmin who used to earn money by conducting pujas by chanting verses from a poetry text (in Sri Lanka). What is your forum planning, to salvage these poor women from the octopus-like grip of these “religious frauds”. As a girl I would like to know that. I will surely think about joining your forum, but I do not know whether you will accept a person like me who is not born a Dalit to be a part of your organisation. You have said “A woman is also a Dalit”. That is true sir. For the past two days I was reading all your articles in your website. Simply great. It takes a lot of courage to publicly sympathise with the downtrodden ones. I have several copies of your magazine at home and they have truly inspired me to have a critical outlook at all that is labelled as “ sacred”. I know of that movie by Deepa Mehta, which was an entry to the Oscars last year. I think it was bold attempt to tear away the mask of the so-called “ divine caste”. It came as no surprise as all divergent voices were suppressed until your forum gave voice to all those snuffed voices and silences through Dalit Voice. Great. I admire you a lot. Please accept me in your long list of admires and fans. And I will be glad to be apart of this prestigious forum.

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Your letter has made us so proud because you believe Brahminisation of the country has killed us. We are also proud that you are a critic of the Hindu gods. Great. The Brahminical people have sold and popularised their vulgarity by selling it to women only. Go to any temple you see there mainly women — EDITOR.

INDIA SHINING

India tops maternal deaths

New Delhi: More women die in India during childbirth than anywhere else in the world. Of the 5.36 lakh women who died during pregnancy or after childbirth in 2005 globally, India accounted for 1.17 lakh. India, along with 10 other countries, accounted for almost 65% of global maternal deaths in 2005. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in India is 450 deaths per 100,000 live births. In comparison, Congo had an MMR of 740, Nigeria 1,100 and Afghanistan 1,800 per 100,000 births. India’s neighbours are better off. While Bangladesh reported 21,000 deaths with an MMR of 570, Pakistan recorded 15,000 deaths with MMR of 320, China had 7,800 deaths with MMR of 45 and Nepal 6,500 deaths with MMR of 830 in 2005. Sri Lanka recorded 190 deaths with an MMR of 58. Poverty, hunger and disease were the three main reasons for 99% of the deaths that occurred in developing countries in 2005. These shocking figures were revealed in the latest Maternal Mortality Report. Compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank, the report, published in the Lancet on October 12.

—(Times of India, Oct.16, 2007)

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Bihar NREGS a big zero

Patna: On Feb.2, 2006, the Chief Minister of Bihar launched the NREGS in Bihar. For all practical purposes, however, the scheme is yet to see the light of the day — though the govt. took some steps. On Jan.18, 2006, Rural Development Secretary asked the authorities to use the unutilised amount of Rs. 5,025 lakhs from the Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojna (total rural employment scheme) to implement the NREGS in the 15 districts not covered by the Centre. But when the people apply for a NREGA Job Card, the panchayat president says he has no order to receive the application. This is going on in the Barh block of the Patna dt. In the Araria dt. the BDO tells activists that there is “no order from above about the job card”. The Bihar Govt. says over Rs. 405 crore were allotted for the 2006-07 financial year, 60% for the payment of the workers and 40% (Rs. 162 crore) as material component that is for other expenses like payments for officials, infrastructure, travel, monitoring and reporting. Yet hardly anything has been done at the grassroots level in 2006-07.

—(Dr. Prakash Louis of Patna in the Integral Liberation, Sept. 2007 p. 206)

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