Brahmins fear quota will unite SCs & OBCs & kill Brahminism

From the day the Constitution was enacted in 1950, reservation was opposed taking support of the Constitution itself. Article 29(2) says:

“No citizen shall be denied admission in any educational institution maintained by the state or receiving aid out of state funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them”.

Taking clue from this article Brahmins went to Supreme Court where Justice S. R. Das quashed the Madras Province reservation in 1951 that was in vogue since 1921. This decision sparked big protests led by Dravida Kazhagam under the leadership of Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy. Prime Minister Nehru had to surrender and amended the constitution.

SUPREME COURT RESCUES BRAHMINS

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had supported the amendment that was introduced on June 1, 1951. Clause 4 was added to the Article 15. The amendment read:

“Nothing in this article or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the state from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes”.

The government later appointed the Kaka Kalelkar Commission (1953). But that was also sabotaged. The very chairman, Kalelkar, a Brahmin, had opposed his own recommendations and wrote a letter to the President of India against his own report. The B.P. Mandal Commission report was sabotaged by Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi. Brahminism prevailed.

When Mandal Commission recommendations were announced by V.P. Singh, the then Prime Minister, the whole Brahminic India was red with anger. Violent agitations were launched in North India. Property worth crores of rupees were destroyed. They enacted fake suicide dramas as they dare not take direct fight with the OBCs. Entire media was used to create chaos and confusion.

All-India Brahmin organisations including the RSS, VHP, Brahmin Sabhas revolted against the decision.

Even Brahmin “communists” like Jyoti Basu, Geeta Mukherjee, Somnath Chatterjee and Sikh Surjit Singh of CPM opposed the move.

The upper castes had never waged such a fierce war against SC/ST reservations. They knew that SC/ST reservation was only 22.5% which was never fulfilled so far. Their share was kept below 10%.

But the OBCs constitute 52% of the population and if given the share the upper castes would suffer substantially. The Supreme Court rescued the upper castes by limiting the reservation to 50%. The SC decision was never challenged in parliament.

CULTURAL HAVOC

The 27% quota in higher education initiated by HRD Minister Arjun Singh was also opposed with equal force by the upper castes.

History thus tells us that the main target of the upper castes is the OBCs and not Dalits.

The upper caste fear is quota to OBCs will create havoc in the cultural field. It will damage their “Hindu nation”. The Shankaracharya of Dwarka feared that OBCs would quit Hinduism if they were given reservation. Swapan Dasgupta in an article, “Curse of Mandal” in the Times of India (Aug.13, 1990) said:

The Mandal Commission will severely curtail Sanskritising tendencies within the intermediate castes. This will undoubtedly be lauded by misguided critics of Brahminism, but few will relish the civilisational havoc that is likely to result from making a virtue of cultural backwardness.

UNITY OF BLOOD BROTHERS

Thus, Brahmins see this as a threat not only to their share in the services but the fear is much deeper. They are afraid the slaves would not remain slaves if the OBCs become part of the governing class and would challenge the very foundations of Brahminism. Brahmins would lose monopoly not only in bureaucracy but face the wrath of the OBCs. Brahmins would be challenged intellectually.

The “merit mantra” is nothing but enmity that exists for centuries in the minds of Brahmins.

The Dalits, Adivasis, OBCs have been their original enemies but not the Muslims. The Nagas, Dravidians — the original inhabitants —are the first and the deadliest enemies of the Aryans who fought with them throughout in history.

Extending reservations to OBCs would unite them with their more deadly enemies, Dalits, and their joint fight would make them realise they were blood brothers, artificially kept divided by Brahmins. If the Muslims and Christians also join this fast expanding reserved sector the days of Brahmins could be counted.

Thinking sections of Brahmins are deeply worried and this is the cause of the spontaneous opposition to OBC reservation.

Caste consciousness helps make Bahujans

A small minority of Dalit intellectuals is misunderstanding the “caste identity” thesis of Editor V.T. Rajshekar and also the “Bahujan Samaj” idea of Kanshi Ram. In fact both these concepts are neither contradictory nor new but complementary to each other. Rather these concepts are essential to promote Dalit movement.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar asserted that all our problems are essentially political and have to be resolved politically. However, the dream of emancipation remained unfulfilled in his life-time due to his sudden and untimely death.

Role of BSP: Since the eighties of the last century after the publication of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings & Speeches Dalit awakening began. Kanshi Ram launched the Bahujan Samaj Party on the principle of fraternity (bhaichara) between SC/ST/OBCs and religious minorities — unity of the over 85% original inhabitants. They were all poor, backward and denied of all human rights. Their common enemy was the Hindutva. All the four communities were aspiring for the same goal of liberation from the same oppressor — the upper castes. The unity of the oppressed (Bahujan Samaj) made BSP the country’s biggest party of the oppressed. Mayawati became Chief Minister three times in UP because of this combination.

Caste determines life: In India, everything is determined on the basis of caste. In this graded system of casteism, one is either higher or lower than the other caste but never equal. As a result the caste at the lowest rung has become Untouchable. They have to serve the higher castes, willy-nilly, at their own peril.

The only way to escape various discriminations and injustice and lead a respectable life, each caste has to become conscious and proud of its own caste and do whatever is possible. It means one has to fall back on his “caste identity”.

The lowest, the smallest and the most wretched caste or subcaste generally find it difficult to interact with the castes above. At the same time the higher/bigger caste (Dalit or elite), rarely and scarcely accommodates the lower castes. This has to be overcome on the feeling of brotherhood for the ultimate emancipation of the Bahujan Samaj from the bondage of the upper castes.

That means all the Dalit castes and subcastes have to come together for promoting Bahujan Samaj which alone can solve the problem to capture the political power. Just as even the smallest organ of a man is indispensable for proper functioning of the body, the “caste identity” of each caste — higher or small — has to play the most important role in the Bahujan Samaj. Caste and subcastes, which are the ethnic identity of birth of different Dalit castes, are essential to give an identity to the Bahujan Samaj which is political and not artificial and imposed one. Then only the communal majority of the Bahujans can become the political majority — the key to become the rulers in the parliamentary democracy.

How Chamars came to power: The effect of caste consciousness, the impact of “caste identity” can be explained by some illustrations. The Chamars of UP and around have been fighting and struggling unitedly to change their despicable lot. Already the power of Chamar identity has been tested.

The Rajbanshis of North Bengal have been waging a long struggle for their “Kamtapur homeland” which is exemplary.

The Mahars of Maharashtra and the Namasudras of Bengal established their potentials through “caste identity”. That is how they are now comparatively more advanced than other Dalit castes.

But the inaction and chamchagiri of some Dalit intellectuals in recent decades have been responsible for the BSP slowdown.

The largest OBC caste — the Mahishyas — because of their lack of caste consciousness and dependence on Manuvadis became more backward than other OBCs and even SC/STs etc. Once we all become caste conscious we will become a big force in India. However, it should not be forgotten that everything depends on the formation of a genuine Bahujan Samaj.

Role of Dalit Voice: V.T. Rajshekar has been editing Dalit Voice ably and creditably for over a quarter century and rousing the consciousness of Dalit intellectuals about their rights and roots and identifying and making scathing criticisms against their enemy — Brahminism. His advocacy of the “caste identity” theory for over five years was highly acclaimed throughout the country. Thereby he raised hopes among the persecuted humanity and those deprived of all human rights. Unfortunately he could not sustain anything as he was against entering “vote politics” though he had been close to Kanshi Ram.

DV as BSP spokesman: Till now Dalits had no daily newspaper of their own. Because of this Dalit political movements have suffered immensely. He has been continuously calling for a “Media Centre” and it was widely welcomed.

About 15 years back I urged him to plunge into Dalit politics, join BSP and enter the Rajya Sabha as its chief spokesman. Dalit Voice being the largest circulated fortnightly can be made the organ of BSP till DV is elevated to a daily or replaced by one Dalit daily. If my suggestions deserve consideration DV readers are requested to invite our Editor to meet Mayawati to join active politics to serve the Bahujans.

V.T. Rajshekar is a well-known and popular Dalit leader of India. He attends and participates in meetings of Dalit intellectuals in the state capitals and major cities of the country very often. There are few who can arrange better coordination between BSP and BAMCEF than VTR.

He can also unite Mayawati with other Bahujan leaders like Lalu Prasad, Karunanidhi, Dr. Ramadoss etc.

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Editors should be above politics

Brother Kanshi Ram is intimately known to us from his days in a Defence laboratory at Pune. We worked together for many years. It was at our instance he formed a media centre in Delhi (Noida). He wanted us to head this “media centre” but before it was ready, the Brahminical people in the Govt. of India frustrated the project. We have been always supporters of Kanshi Ram and the BSP. The only thing is we did not join BSP as the Editor of a paper has to be above party politics. We are inviting Mayawati to be our chief guest at the DV silver jubilee function in Delhi later this year. As for the “caste identity” thesis, those who are criticising it are doing it either out of ignorance or at the instance of their Brahminical masters. The same people are critics of BSP also. We need not bother about them as they are a micro-minority — EDITOR.

Neglect of women is cause of our fall

Why Dalits and Muslims are falling behind? The important reason is hardly discussed in DV. It is the lack of participation of women. Our women are not getting education. They are not aware of activities taken up for their benefit. Half the population of India is thus trapped in a cage of ignorance. Women having been kept ignorant are unable to enlighten the generation sitting on their lap. Men normally live with illusions. Men do not know that a woman despite her delicate body is holding the future in her hands. A woman is allowed to feed the body of a child but is not allowed to feed its brain and the heart. A woman is a volcano of emotions and inner strength. A society or a country without empowering its women cannot progress. At least now we must realize this grievous mistake and empower our women to become active as an inner wheel of our fight to get justice. Strong women will assure a community and strong future. I love Dalit Voice and have great respect for your efforts and sincerity.

We have admitted in DV and also spoken at several meetings about the total enslavement of women by our own people. Dalit movement is totally male-dominated which is the cause of its weakness. Backward Castes are equally anti-women. These enslaved women of the SC/BCs easily fall prey to Hindu nazi machinations and become good Hindu slaves. What is the use of a Dalit man remaining an Ambedkarite without converting his own wife and other women in the family? — EDITOR.

DV May 16, 2006 p. 15: “Dalit women can fight Brahminism better than men”.

Shock therapy to Brahmins & Muslims

The recent anti-reservation agitations by upper caste racists, surprisingly remained virtually unopposed by the would be beneficiaries — the OBCs despite their enormous numerical strength of 52% in population and also in the elected bodies. In some places it was the Dalits who went to the streets even though they are not the beneficiaries. Such a lack of response by the OBCs is because of their ignorance of the philosophy, ideology, socio-economic factors, need and resultant benefits. That is why our Editor once called the Backward Castes as “Awkward Castes”. In spite of such appalling and lethargy, OBCs have produced a few enlightened personalities before whose intellect and command over the subject, no “merited” Brahmin can stand. Their arguments are so weighty, full of meaning and logic that they cannot be rebutted. That is why upper castes carry on agitations, gimmicks and breach of law and order to oppose reservations. And also take support of the all-powerful upper caste-dominated higher judiciary.

PERIYAR E.V.R. ROLE

This superb intellect of a few BC intellectuals is more weighty before all other forces. One such great authority on the subject is Dr. S. Bheemappa of Bangalore whose book is under review. An old friend of our Editor, he is the greatest authority on the subject in Karnataka.

Backward Caste philosophy, ideology and movement —initially started in South India and in spite of nearly a century’s life and existence—it is still confined to South India. The biggest fillip to this was given by Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy, who compelled Nehru in 1950 to bring about the first amendment to the Constitution to include clause (iv) in Article 15. He trained his junior K. Veeramani, who is an authority on the subject in Tamil Nadu. None can subdue him in arguments on the subject of reservations for BCs. Dr. S. Bheemappa is no less an authority.

MASTER PIECE

This book by him is the result of very deep study, devotion and hard work for over 50 years and hence a masterpiece — rather the only book on the subject.

How unfortunate that “independent” India had to wait for about 60 years for such a masterpiece. Had it come earlier, it would not have been that cogent as it is now. A discarded, rather a tooth-and-nail-opposed and ridiculed subject has to wait for long to come up for public debate. This generation of BCs and other intellectuals are fortunate that such a subject is presented to them on a silver plate.

The book reveals a deep study of history right from the Indus Valley to this day. A deep study of the Aryan treacheries and atrocities, the curse of Hinduism, caste conflicts and confusions. And more so of “Backwardism” as a philosophy and ideology and the causes of its birth, its growth, its successes and failures. Consider the vastness of the subject and the difficulty of convincing the opponents, and more so to convince the very Backward Castes for whose liberation and prosperity this book is written.

VEDIC MATHS

The most convincing and irrefutable facts are mathematics and statistics. Dr. Bheemappa has extensively used the two weapons to support his arguments and fight the upper caste racists. The difficulties he faced to collect these statistical facts are understandable. All these are not available in one place. These had to be collected from various sources, which he has explained. They were all kept hidden in the libraries and offices. Upper caste opponents of reservation can neither bring such statistical facts nor disagree with them. Those who take pride in vedic mathematics cannot challenge Dr. Bheemappa’s mathematics.

ANTI-MUSLIM RIOTS

These statistical data are not disgusting as they generally are. Even a cursory look at the headings which are state-wise, year-wise, caste-wise, community-wise, group-wise etc. catches the reader’s curiosity and interest. Comparative conclusions are done by the author himself.

The author traces the history of anti-Muslim riots. Ganesh festival which is the precursor of all anti-Muslim riots is cited as the first one, in which the shudras and Panchamas were sought to be brought under Hindu fold. Idols of Ganesh were given to them to be worshipped in the streets and then to be thrown away in ponds but not brought to the temples. Because they are polluted by the shudra touch.

The first ever anti-Muslim riot was staged in the princely state of Mysore in 1922 after the then benevolent Maharaja introduced reservations to non-Brahmins in 1921.

So also the Babri Masjid demolition following the Mandal report implementation.

Anti-Muslim riots are more directed to scuttle the unity of SC/ST/BCs by hinduising them and then instigating them against Muslims.

(V.T. Rajshekar, India’s Muslim Problem, 1997).

In spite of dealing with such a tough and hard topic, the book is interesting like a detective novel. Once you start, you feel like reading it in full. But to digest it, this unfamiliar subject needs two-three readings and after this one can become a master of the subject and then explode like an intellectual bomb to smash the opponent’s filth-filled racist skull.

BRAHMIN FEAR

Of course there are some minor spelling and grammatical mistakes, which generally occur in some writings of Backwards because the writer alone has to do the proof-reading, printing and publishing work.

Being associated with the Dalit Voice for decades, this writer knows the difficulties encountered by deprived sections in publishing anything in English. No reputed publishing institution comes forward because thy are all owned by their enemies. Hence these mistakes can be ignored.

One intriguing aspect of the book is it alarming title, India on Path of Islamisation. This attracted the attention of some snoopy Brahmins and also the curiosity of Muslims who attended in large numbers its releasing function in Bangalore. But after gleaning through the pages and hearing the comments, Brahmins were disappointed and Muslims started wondering.

The author must have deliberately given this title to provoke Brahmin fear that India will go Islamic in times to come as it happened earlier in India. A “foreign” religion came to India and converted large sections of Dalits and BCs resulting in the formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh. And also Indonesia, which as per Brahmin historians were once Hindu.

The author warns the born anti-Muslim Brahminical people that the same will be the fate of India if the upper caste racists do not change their attitude towards the shudras and panchamas.

His advice to them is:

If you do not change yourselves and love the shudras and panchamas and do justice to them, in your own Hindu interests, at least, out of your hate for Muslims, do change yourselves.

But the question is to have a “change of heart” the Hindu must first have a heart. The book is a must for every DV family member, particularly for the Muslims who are under a terrible confusion about Hindus and Hinduism.

MUSLIM PROBLEM

Even after living in India for centuries, side by side with their blood brothers like SC/ST/BCs, they still think all of these people are Hindu. Dr. Ambedkar, the Father of India, has said “Untouchables (Dalits) are not Hindu and were never Hindu”. In fact the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Backward Castes (BC) are also not Hindu. Over 65% of India comprising the SC/ST/BCs are not Hindu. DV has repeated it hundreds of times and our Editor has gone round the country many times but the Muslims still think that SC/ST/BCs are Hindu. Dr. Bheemappa’s book serves as a guide to those Muslims living in such darkness.

It can open their eyes and minds and make them more capable to tackle societal problems and know better that BC intellectuals are as concerned about Muslims as about their own communities.

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INDIA ON THE PATH OF ISLAMISATION

Dr. S. Bheemappa, MBBS, MS.

2006 pp.129 Rs. 195

Published by the author in Bangalore

Copies available in DV office.

Ban dollar & pound

Dr. Mahathir Mohammed of Malaysia has asked for a boycott of the U$ dollar and UK pound by all Muslim countries, especially for transacting petroleum. One of the main reasons to attack Iraq was because Saddam dared to sell petroleum in Euro, breaking the monopoly of the U$ dollar in the global petroleum market. According to Dr. Mahathir, boycotting the U$ dollar and the UK pound sterling is the only way to stop U$-UK-I$rael and its A$hkenazi-zionist Jews from butchering Lebanese infants. If implemented, the U$ dollar may even collapse bringing down the whole global capitalist economy down with it. Dalit Voice should initiate a signature campaign in India along with like-minded Ambedkarite, Muslim and progressive organisations to support Dr.Mahathir Mohammed’s proposal. Dalit Voice could also send across these signatures to Dr. Mahathir Mohammed and request him to go on a lecture tour across the Arab capitals to articulate this idea. Believe me, as soon as Dr. Mahathir’s lecture tour begins, the global currency market will start dumping the dollar and pound, forcing the imperiali$t war machine to stop butchering Lebanese infants. However, we should not be surprised if the zio-nazis try to kill Dr. Mahathir for even daring to suggest this.

Retired ISI chief Hamid Gul believes that after Iran is attacked, it will be Saudi Arabia’s turn. According to Gul, Pakistan will be attacked after that.