03-24-2005, 12:44 AM
Meanwhile Jhunjhunwala pontificates to dalits. Notice he also says dalits and hindus are different. Who knows ? They probably are -> the animists, the uber-heathens, the ones without a religion. I guess the next step for these post-modernists is to invent a religion for dalits, come up with a book, father, holy spirit, revelation, the works..
He also comes up with the innovation brahmins=evil while dalits=innocent and its only the dalit politicians that are evil, while this other malady of chamars looking down on others etc is just that - a slight glitch in the system - easily fixable with a few tweaks like tell the dalit to speak truth.. <!--emo&
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Anyhow interesting article - others who know about this fellow Bharat Jhunjhunwala kindly educate this evil brahmin onlee..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Call to the emancipated Dalit
Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Rishis like Vivekananda and Aurobindo have asserted that the chief cause of India's decline was the corruption of the Brahmin-priest. The Manu Smriti enjoins the Brahmin not to serve another; stay away from honour bestowed by the government; and to embrace voluntary poverty. Decadent priests hid this correct definition of the Brahmin from the public and declared them as Brahmins on the basis of their birth or profession.
As a result, true Brahmin-Rishis like Namdev and Kabir were sidelined; and corrupt priests captured the centerstage. They looked down upon the other three Varna and treated the Dalits like animals. Intimidated by this cruel behaviour, Dalits supported the Muslim and English invaders. The corrupt priests have not reformed themselves despite such a hard lesson. Even today Dalits are seated separately in marriage functions and asked to wash their teacups. Dalits are rightly angry at this cruelty.
The problem, however, is that a similar Brahminism is prevalent among the Dalit. Chamars consider themselves higher and look down upon lower castes just as the evil Brahmins look down upon the Dalit. They cleverly produce certificates regarding their caste when applying for jobs but try to hide their caste in social gatherings. The doctor claiming to cure caste discrimination is carrying tablets of that same poison in his hand bag.
This problem is not unique to the Dalit movement. It is universal. The Christians launched Crusades to conquer other lands in the name of religion. The Pope took reins of power into his own hands and the message of love spread by Lord Jesus Christ was forgotten. US President George Bush claims to be a faithful Christian but has no compunction in attacking other lands to get their oil. There are separate groups among Tibetan - neo and traditional Buddhists - that are just like the Varna system. Gandhi had asked constructive workers to earn and live among the people and guide them to put the right persons in power. But they are living off the crumbs thrown by the Government whom they seek to control. The Marxists aimed to organise the poorest workers. But modern day Marxists are happy to pamper a labour aristocracy and pass on this burden on the poorest. The problem of cruel hierarchy is all pervasive. Everywhere the powerful use their power for their narrow selfish ends irrespective of their professed ideology.
The fundamental problem is how to control the politicians in the interests of the people? He who has the desire of power becomes a politician. His objective is to acquire power. He becomes a revolutionary, trade unionist, Dalit activist or social worker because it helps fulfill this desire of power. There are thousands of ways in which one can serve the people-sweep the road, teach in the schools, give sermons, teach yoga, etc. He chooses "organisational" activities like that of Trade Unionism because it fulfills his desire of power. This common tendency can be seen among the Hindu, Dalit, Christian, Buddhist, Marxist and Gandhian politicians and social activists.
The solution proposed too is similar in all the traditions. A separation is made between the holder - and controller - of power. Let there be another group in the society that stays outside power and acts as a controller. Lenin made a distinction between the Party and the State. The Communist Party was to give directions to the State and ensure that it behaved. Stalin, however, centralised both the Party and the State in his hands. As a result the control of the Party on the State was loosened and the Soviet Republic collapsed. Gandhi had said the Constructive Worker should live among the people and guide them to install the right persons in power. The Constructive Worker's self-employment was the guarantee of his independence.
But the Gandhians started taking grants from foreign donors and governments-the same people whom they were to control. The Church was expected to control the State in the Christian tradition. This distinction was removed with the Pope becoming a political head of State. The result was the Crusades. Other examples can be given. The main point is that the desire of a politician is of power. He has neither the inclination not the intellectual apparatus to make a distinction between good and bad. There should be another agency in the society that is independent of the State. It should tell the State to behave.
This applies equally to the Hindus and Dalit. The Manu Smriti states that only the Brahmin engaged in the pursuit of self-knowledge can exercise control over the Kshatriya. But the Hindu priests corrupted this idea. The result was that Saint Namdev remained a Sudra while politician Vajpayee continued to be a Brahmin. The Dalit is affected by this very problem, however. The Dalit movement has been split in the country among Republican Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Freedom and Justice Party because each Dalit leader wants his supremacy and there is no agency among the Dalit to force them to behave in the interests of the larger Dalit community. If the corrupt Brahmins encashed their birth as Brahmin; the Dalit leaders are encashing their birth as Dalit.
The Dalit will have to cleanse their house before attacking the Hindus, Christians and Marxists. Dr Raju Thomas of Kerala says that Dr Ambedkar had put forth the concept of "Emancipated Dalit" - he who is working for the emancipation of the whole society and who can exercise a check on the Dalit leaders. The responsibility of controlling Dalit leaders falls upon his shoulders. The Emancipated Dalit has to first set the Dalit movement in order; then the Dalit movement can attack the corrupt Hindu priests. In absence of the Emancipated Dalit, the Dalit politicians will continue to exploit the innocence of the Dalit just as the Brahmins did.
Why should the burden of this reformation be put on the Dalit when everyone is equally corrupt? The answer is that the Dalit is oppressed hence he will have to act for his salvation. Editor of Dalit Voice VT Rajshekhar says the Dalit is like a hungry dog that the Brahmin overfeeds till he vomits. Pray, why should the corrupt priests not do this? It is meaningless to ask the enemy not to attack you.
The Dalit should unambiguously define the character of "Emancipated Dalit". Based on the experience of the Christian Church, Gandhian Constructive Workers and Marxist Revolutionary a starting definition could be as follows: (1) The Emancipated Dalit should be self-employed. He should not serve another; (2) He should not be associated with any political party; (3) He should speak the truth in course of earning his livelihood; and (4) He should be in live connection with the weak, oppressed and Dalit. The whole society will be then saved.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He also comes up with the innovation brahmins=evil while dalits=innocent and its only the dalit politicians that are evil, while this other malady of chamars looking down on others etc is just that - a slight glitch in the system - easily fixable with a few tweaks like tell the dalit to speak truth.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->Anyhow interesting article - others who know about this fellow Bharat Jhunjhunwala kindly educate this evil brahmin onlee..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Call to the emancipated Dalit
Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Rishis like Vivekananda and Aurobindo have asserted that the chief cause of India's decline was the corruption of the Brahmin-priest. The Manu Smriti enjoins the Brahmin not to serve another; stay away from honour bestowed by the government; and to embrace voluntary poverty. Decadent priests hid this correct definition of the Brahmin from the public and declared them as Brahmins on the basis of their birth or profession.
As a result, true Brahmin-Rishis like Namdev and Kabir were sidelined; and corrupt priests captured the centerstage. They looked down upon the other three Varna and treated the Dalits like animals. Intimidated by this cruel behaviour, Dalits supported the Muslim and English invaders. The corrupt priests have not reformed themselves despite such a hard lesson. Even today Dalits are seated separately in marriage functions and asked to wash their teacups. Dalits are rightly angry at this cruelty.
The problem, however, is that a similar Brahminism is prevalent among the Dalit. Chamars consider themselves higher and look down upon lower castes just as the evil Brahmins look down upon the Dalit. They cleverly produce certificates regarding their caste when applying for jobs but try to hide their caste in social gatherings. The doctor claiming to cure caste discrimination is carrying tablets of that same poison in his hand bag.
This problem is not unique to the Dalit movement. It is universal. The Christians launched Crusades to conquer other lands in the name of religion. The Pope took reins of power into his own hands and the message of love spread by Lord Jesus Christ was forgotten. US President George Bush claims to be a faithful Christian but has no compunction in attacking other lands to get their oil. There are separate groups among Tibetan - neo and traditional Buddhists - that are just like the Varna system. Gandhi had asked constructive workers to earn and live among the people and guide them to put the right persons in power. But they are living off the crumbs thrown by the Government whom they seek to control. The Marxists aimed to organise the poorest workers. But modern day Marxists are happy to pamper a labour aristocracy and pass on this burden on the poorest. The problem of cruel hierarchy is all pervasive. Everywhere the powerful use their power for their narrow selfish ends irrespective of their professed ideology.
The fundamental problem is how to control the politicians in the interests of the people? He who has the desire of power becomes a politician. His objective is to acquire power. He becomes a revolutionary, trade unionist, Dalit activist or social worker because it helps fulfill this desire of power. There are thousands of ways in which one can serve the people-sweep the road, teach in the schools, give sermons, teach yoga, etc. He chooses "organisational" activities like that of Trade Unionism because it fulfills his desire of power. This common tendency can be seen among the Hindu, Dalit, Christian, Buddhist, Marxist and Gandhian politicians and social activists.
The solution proposed too is similar in all the traditions. A separation is made between the holder - and controller - of power. Let there be another group in the society that stays outside power and acts as a controller. Lenin made a distinction between the Party and the State. The Communist Party was to give directions to the State and ensure that it behaved. Stalin, however, centralised both the Party and the State in his hands. As a result the control of the Party on the State was loosened and the Soviet Republic collapsed. Gandhi had said the Constructive Worker should live among the people and guide them to install the right persons in power. The Constructive Worker's self-employment was the guarantee of his independence.
But the Gandhians started taking grants from foreign donors and governments-the same people whom they were to control. The Church was expected to control the State in the Christian tradition. This distinction was removed with the Pope becoming a political head of State. The result was the Crusades. Other examples can be given. The main point is that the desire of a politician is of power. He has neither the inclination not the intellectual apparatus to make a distinction between good and bad. There should be another agency in the society that is independent of the State. It should tell the State to behave.
This applies equally to the Hindus and Dalit. The Manu Smriti states that only the Brahmin engaged in the pursuit of self-knowledge can exercise control over the Kshatriya. But the Hindu priests corrupted this idea. The result was that Saint Namdev remained a Sudra while politician Vajpayee continued to be a Brahmin. The Dalit is affected by this very problem, however. The Dalit movement has been split in the country among Republican Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Freedom and Justice Party because each Dalit leader wants his supremacy and there is no agency among the Dalit to force them to behave in the interests of the larger Dalit community. If the corrupt Brahmins encashed their birth as Brahmin; the Dalit leaders are encashing their birth as Dalit.
The Dalit will have to cleanse their house before attacking the Hindus, Christians and Marxists. Dr Raju Thomas of Kerala says that Dr Ambedkar had put forth the concept of "Emancipated Dalit" - he who is working for the emancipation of the whole society and who can exercise a check on the Dalit leaders. The responsibility of controlling Dalit leaders falls upon his shoulders. The Emancipated Dalit has to first set the Dalit movement in order; then the Dalit movement can attack the corrupt Hindu priests. In absence of the Emancipated Dalit, the Dalit politicians will continue to exploit the innocence of the Dalit just as the Brahmins did.
Why should the burden of this reformation be put on the Dalit when everyone is equally corrupt? The answer is that the Dalit is oppressed hence he will have to act for his salvation. Editor of Dalit Voice VT Rajshekhar says the Dalit is like a hungry dog that the Brahmin overfeeds till he vomits. Pray, why should the corrupt priests not do this? It is meaningless to ask the enemy not to attack you.
The Dalit should unambiguously define the character of "Emancipated Dalit". Based on the experience of the Christian Church, Gandhian Constructive Workers and Marxist Revolutionary a starting definition could be as follows: (1) The Emancipated Dalit should be self-employed. He should not serve another; (2) He should not be associated with any political party; (3) He should speak the truth in course of earning his livelihood; and (4) He should be in live connection with the weak, oppressed and Dalit. The whole society will be then saved.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->