07-19-2006, 08:58 AM
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Priyadarsi Dutta
Ms Sandhya Jain's article, "Ascent of anti-Hindus" (July 11) is a desperate but unconvincing attempt to implicate Christianity for all insurgencies bothering Hindus. She bypasses, through simplification, any botheration to stare at the problem in the eye.
Ms Jain begins her article based on a "whisper from Kathmandu" that leader of the Communist Party of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, is a Christian. She then develops the entire article into a game of 'Chinese whispers' full of conspiracy theories. I have learnt that Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepalese Communist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai are both Brahmins. The higher echelons of Communist movement are mostly controlled by Brahmins and allied upper castes.
<b>It reminded me that another Brahmin, Narendra Nath Bhattacharya, brought Communism to Indian shores. Well known Communists SA Dange, PC Joshi, EMS Namboodiripad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul Sankrityayan, Naxalite Kanu Sanyal and Chaturanan Mishra were all Brahmins. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Mr Sitaram Yechuri, Ms Brinda Karat, too, were born Brahmins. Thus, I have a 'clinching', rather than 'whispering' evidence to show that Communism is a conspiracy by Brahmins!</b>
However, such arguments are ill founded.<b> The high percentage of Brahmins in Communist movement only shows that they are progressive, not exclusivist. Brahmins were at the forefront of an egalitarian movement that professed to obliterate class, caste, religious and national barriers.</b> <b>A reason why Brahmins - and allied upper castes - have predominance in Marxist movement is because Communism involves a lot of scholarly activity and intellectual gymnastics.</b>
A 'Christian' America dismembered the Communist dragon of the Eastern Bloc. The Vatican had a major role in the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and restoration of European unity.
Though Prachanda and Prabhakaran (LTTE) are Christians, its implication doesn't fit into Ms Jain's prefabricated views. It only shows that a Christian can rise above religion to believe in a godless creed, or be a pure nationalist. Are Castro and Chavez not born of Christian parents? Were Stalin and Salvador Allende not Christians? Did it take Christianity for Mao and Pol Pot to become Communists?
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Priyadarsi Dutta
Ms Sandhya Jain's article, "Ascent of anti-Hindus" (July 11) is a desperate but unconvincing attempt to implicate Christianity for all insurgencies bothering Hindus. She bypasses, through simplification, any botheration to stare at the problem in the eye.
Ms Jain begins her article based on a "whisper from Kathmandu" that leader of the Communist Party of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, is a Christian. She then develops the entire article into a game of 'Chinese whispers' full of conspiracy theories. I have learnt that Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepalese Communist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai are both Brahmins. The higher echelons of Communist movement are mostly controlled by Brahmins and allied upper castes.
<b>It reminded me that another Brahmin, Narendra Nath Bhattacharya, brought Communism to Indian shores. Well known Communists SA Dange, PC Joshi, EMS Namboodiripad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul Sankrityayan, Naxalite Kanu Sanyal and Chaturanan Mishra were all Brahmins. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Mr Sitaram Yechuri, Ms Brinda Karat, too, were born Brahmins. Thus, I have a 'clinching', rather than 'whispering' evidence to show that Communism is a conspiracy by Brahmins!</b>
However, such arguments are ill founded.<b> The high percentage of Brahmins in Communist movement only shows that they are progressive, not exclusivist. Brahmins were at the forefront of an egalitarian movement that professed to obliterate class, caste, religious and national barriers.</b> <b>A reason why Brahmins - and allied upper castes - have predominance in Marxist movement is because Communism involves a lot of scholarly activity and intellectual gymnastics.</b>
A 'Christian' America dismembered the Communist dragon of the Eastern Bloc. The Vatican had a major role in the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc and restoration of European unity.
Though Prachanda and Prabhakaran (LTTE) are Christians, its implication doesn't fit into Ms Jain's prefabricated views. It only shows that a Christian can rise above religion to believe in a godless creed, or be a pure nationalist. Are Castro and Chavez not born of Christian parents? Were Stalin and Salvador Allende not Christians? Did it take Christianity for Mao and Pol Pot to become Communists?
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