It is very naive understanding of Kashmir issue and its consequences.If you want to reduce the budge, why stop at 50%? Just reduce the size ofyour nation to that of a village and see what is the budget. I do not knowfrom where you got this novel idea of reducing the budget by dismantlingthe nation. If India is dismantled in 500 to 600 kingdoms, they willall be ruined, keep fighting among themselves and exploited. They won'tbe able to fight the external aggression either. In fact, the need forcentral cohesive power was realized by Chanakya after Alexander'sexpedition. That is why he advocated demolition and conquest of smallerkingdoms and turning it into a mighty empire.So come what may. No separatist movement will be allowed in India.It will be crushed with an iron fist. Make no mistake about it.SANJEEVOn Friday, 11 September, 2020, 02:09:59 pm IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:India was a conglomerate of hundreds of kingdoms and the world is not going to end just because Kashmir or Khalistan is allowed.According to me if Kshmir is given autonomy our defense budget will reduce by 50%. What is more Kashmir will be buffer between India and Pakistan. In addition it will be a matter of time before Pakisatn and Kashmir will turn on each other as Pakistan and Bengal turned on each other.At the time of the struggle for Independence it was the opposition to British rule and that is what kept us united. Now there is no common factor to unite us and it is a matter of time before separatist movements will come to the fore unless we decentralize considerably. But what we see now is the centre growing stronger at the expense of the sates and that does not bode well for India and its unity.In the past it was the Congress that kept India together and now it is the Bjp. But it is a matter of time before regional parties come to the fore and then present present equations change for the better or for worse.What is more there are rich but weak nations like Singapore and Brunei which are not affected by world-power games and I dont see why it should be any different in India. Most of our policies on separation are more emotional rather than logical and it is a matter of time before logic wins over emotions.On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 10:45, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:You are right but I disagree with your assessment of Kashmir problem.We should never succumb to religious fanatics. Giving Kashmir toPakistan on religious grounds will have very serious consequences.Its repercussions will be felt all over India and tomorrow Sikhswill demand Khalistan and Christians will as separate North-East.This will balkanize India prone to world-power games. Better to nipthe trouble in the by keeping Kashmir with India. Another choice isa complete disaster and far more bloodbath all over India.SANJEEVOn Friday, 11 September, 2020, 09:52:20 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:We cannot build a future by studying our past alone... Even more important than the past in building a future is to learn from the mistakes and success stories of others. We are closing this avenue when we harp all the time on our heritage while condemning the success stories of others.Thus the Western nations thumped their breast in the name of nationalism and patriotism. However they gave up their overzealous nationalism after the two world wars which taught them that violence does not solve problems. We are now picking up from where they left off and thumping our breasts like gorillas. And because of our superiority complex we cannot learn from others either. So we are stuck in the past and in an imgined glory. Our problems with Kashmir and with our neighbors are the result of excessive nationalism which is outdated in the West and our obsession with our heritage only makes matters worse.On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 08:09, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:You are right. Future is not just the projection of the past.It should be studied only to know what mistakes can be avoidedas hindsight is 20x20. We can analyse what resulted due tocertain choices made and hence what can be avoided if you do notwant to repeat history... We need not carry the prejudices with us.Those who are justifying acts of ancestors will not have the samesocial hierarchy and caste system if given a chance to go back andrelive the era. If they are intelligent and honest, they will saygiven the outcome that we know now, we won't like to make the samechoices. But the problem is patriotism and pride in one's family,caste, religion, language, country, race etc. are accidental andpeople with pride and patriotism have to justify everything associatedwith it whether right or wrong. They never ask, how come whateverthey accidentally inherited is just the best the human race couldever produce? It should raise a Red flag that you may not be rationallythinking.Also, people cannot distinguish between collective identity and individualidiosyncrasy. They mistakenly think if the name suggests any particularreligion or caste, their stereotyped image is applicable without anyexception. All banias are cheats, all Brahmins are exploiters of lowercastes, all Christians justifying Church agenda and colonial powers, allMuslims are jihadis etc. Collectively that may be so but when dealing withan individual you have to set aside the prejudices and evaluate if the otherperson fits into this or not. Very few people can distinguish like this.SANJEEVOn Friday, 11 September, 2020, 05:28:43 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Sanjeev,Some are harping on the past which is irrelevant instead of discussing the present or future which is far more significant. What is more in any discussion the most critical thing is providing evidence.... When it comes to discussion of things in the distant past, evidence is hazy and scanty. So there is no point in discussing it always especially when discussion on the past involves glorifying your own past and condemning that of others.As for the abusers, they do not know how to conduct a proper educated debate. Consequently their only option is to abuse as is their heritage..You have been glorifying the Brahmins as noble. But for me thessee abusers are the representatives of the typical Brahmanical Sanghi culture you are trying to glorify.On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 22:59, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explainedby stupidity."This is the original quotation. But here I will use the words 'ignorance' or 'lack of understanding of the other side'. So assuming the other person has genuine query and misgiving about your point of view, you should clarify the finer points which are overlooked by him. No need to attribute bad motives. Even if the criticism is motivated by ill intentions, you should be able to counter it intelligently.
You may not like my long essays but they give enough material to think over. The problem is most of the people are not equipped to rationally defend their own case and resort to abuse as an argument and ridicule those who give logical reasoning instead of abuse.
SANJEEVOn Thursday, 10 September, 2020, 10:21:48 pm IST, amarnath gupta amarnath_gupta2003@yahoo.co.in [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Dear Rajesh ji, Namaste. You have rightly identified the bloody Mahachuutiya. A paid crook wolf masquerading as a man.Some people write long essays,like in a debate with normal people ! Normal ;HA HA .On Thursday, 10 September, 2020, 07:07:26 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Rajesh,Where and when did I justify or exonerate the church of its crimes?I have a youtube channel and one of my videos is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvxJxZcRyMU.If you are interested in finding what I think then see the video and others on the same channel. If you are interested only in abusing me do aheadOn Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 17:36, RAJESH SHREEDHARAN rajesh.shreedharan@gmail.com [Keralites] <Keralites@yahoogroups..com> wrote:On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, 16:09 Madhampatti53 madhampatti53@gmail.com [Keralites], <Keralites@yahoogroups..com> wrote:Those of you replying to this person XAVIER WILLIAM VARETX (WHATEVER THAT MEANS) ARE WASTING THEIR TIME........... XAVIER JUST KEEPS PARROTTING WHAT THE ILLITERATE PADRES KEEP BLABBERING FROM THEIR PULPITS IN THEIR CHURCHES FOR WHICH THEY ARE PAID. FUNDED BY THE MAERICAN AND SWISS CHURCHES.Do you know that Hitler was a Christian and was supported to the hilt by Pope Pius XII in all his atrocities and they wanted to make the Pope a SAINT! This man justified hispolicy of silence about NAZI atrocities.The Spanish and Goa Inquisitions are some of the worst incidents in Chritianity and can never be forgotten. All in the name of JESUS CHRIST!I strongly recommend CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS' well researched books. MR XAVIER WILLIAMS VARETX SHOULD READ IT.... HE'LL DEFINITELY START HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.It may even change his foul language to a more civilised language.PMOn Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Xavier William varekatx@gmail...com [Keralites] <Keralites@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Caste was there long before the British came, long before Jesus was born. You can see it in the Manusmrithi as well as in the Arthasasthra. Ram cutting off Sambuk's head was based on caste discriminations. But to Manusmrithi having caste you say that some Chinese traveller had said something and to the argument that Ram killed Sambuk you say that it is not in the original Ramayan without specifying which is the original and which is the duplicate and how you can make out the difference between the two. There is no point in debating the point if you keep shifting the post.Sanghis in their attempt to rewrite history deny there was any caste and assert that there was only varna. When I point out that Parasuram salughtered Kshatriya women and unborn children because caste was by birth, the Sanghis do not reply, but are back again with the same argument that there was only varna and no caste.I am not a historian and there is no point in finding out who brought in cste equations into India. The fact is that it is a reality and if we have not been able to do away with it even after 73 years then there is no point in discussing it especially when Sanghis keep shifting the posts.According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India#Vedic_varnas there was no Varna or caste system in prevedic times. But discrimination came soon afterwards as Dasyus and tribals were downgraded..On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 13:12, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Xavier,
By the smoking gun syndrome, you can conclude who doctored the past. Just ask who benefits from the crime and you can guess who is a suspect number one. Can you show any caste strife in India before 1857 even though the caste system prevailed for several thousand years?
And I didn't say caste was brought in by the British. They only distorted the facts and exploited strife created by them. Same as Hindu Muslims were divided but Jinnah and British sowed the seeds of a separate nation which was not there earlier. Islam was not created so that Pakistan could be created. It was already there which was distorted and used to achieve this goal.
As for Shambuka's story even most of the Hindus do not understand the rationale behind it even today.
Ram chopped off Shambuka's head must be viewed in historic context. Life of ascetics was limited to a very small section of society, mainly because the society had to support their living. They were supposed to contribute to pure knowledge (see the distinction between pure science and applied science). It was like research into unknown fields with uncertain benefits, and society had to support it because it was expected one day we will find some use to that research. Even today a very small percentage of really bright students are given grants for pure science research and given access to state of the art labs and facilities. You need to be qualified to avail of these facilities even today and it is not viewed as an atrocity on unqualified. No non-matric person will be allowed to use labs, facilities etc. thus blocking limited resources to really deserving. Given the limited number of people in those societies, there were strict rules who can do what. If unqualified people started living off efforts of society in large numbers, society would have become weak economically, politically, militarily and become vulnerable to external aggression and internal strife. So the rules were very clear who can do what to keep the balance of society. And the king was entrusted to enforce this system. The story goes like -some Rushi came to Ram and showed him the dead body of a child and asked what was happening in his kingdom? It is considered a metaphor and the real complaint by intelligentsia was a large number of people are switching to ascetic, celebrate life which was killing the 'future generations'. Only a very small percentage of people were allowed this lifestyle because society would have had less burden to support. If a large number of people stop procreating children you can see what happens in Europe - where DINK (double income -no- kids) policy has brought the society on the verge of collapse. There won't be many Europeans left in just a generation and they will be overrun by barbarians. So the story goes, Ram investigated and punished and prevented the people who were not socially allowed to live ascetic, celebrate lives. Even China's one-child policy has resulted in one youngster supporting four ageing parents/grandparents. China's viability as a strong nation has come into question due to this. You can imagine what would have happened if a large number of people without families had been allowed during Ramayan period.
Now fast forward to today's Europe. Do you know what is happening today in Europe and how migrant Muslims are outnumbering them? It is the result of DINK policy of Europeans. Now imagine this was the period several thousand years ago and you were the administrator. What would have been your best solution to prevent people from certain age groups from following DINK policy? Exactly that was what Ram did. It was not atrocity but saving society from imminent catastrophe the same being experienced in today's Europe. Today's Europeans following DINK policy are the cultural decedents of Shambuk. You suggest any solution and you enter the shoes of Ram.
SANJEEV
On Wednesday, 9 September, 2020, 05:58:34 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail..com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:The question is who is doctoring the past.Cast was prevalent in India even in the past and now you say that it was brought in by the English.Manusmtirthi is permeated with caste and you say that there ae many Manusmrithis.Rama chops off Sambuk's head and you say that that is not the original Ramayan.If you keep shifting the goal post not real debate is possible.My stand is that in the past things were not democratic anywhere including in India. Might was right. There is no point in judging the past in terms of modern democratic ideals. But thee is no point in whitewashing it either. Even worse is to paint one's own heritage as utopian while blaming invaders for all our problems. Let the dead past bury its dead.On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 12:26, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups..com> wrote:I gave you the reason as to why now you should not beinterested in the past. I also like to concentrate onthe future. But some people keep harping on the past.That was the reason why I showed how past is doctoredpropaganda driven by political motives. We should not passcomments unless we are prepared to take them to the logicalconclusion.If you come across any piece of propaganda or counter-propaganda, take it as a political agenda and keep it atthat level. Going into academic details will blur yourvision from the core issue of politics. You may comment onwhether that politics is harmful or useful in strengtheningthe nation......... That becomes a different aspect. e.g. Hitlerpreached racial superiority to Germans who were committingsuicides in hundreds of thousands after losing the 1st worldwar. Society had lost confidence and any initiative wasdefeated before it was even started. So he used his oratoryskills to instil confidence and pride using racial superiority..You may debate whether the doctrine of racial superiority wasright or wrong. But you cannot deny that it served the purposefor which it was used - namely creating self-confidence andpride in Germans. Even false doctrine can be used for goodpurposes. You should concentrate on this aspect instead ofdebating whether it is right or wrong. Concentrate on thepurpose and not tactics. Understand the purpose and crux of theissue.SANJEEVOn Tuesday, 8 September, 2020, 05:38:51 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:I am not interested in the past. It is the future that matters.On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 23:35, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:(1) Past violence should also be authenticated. It has a fishy origin as clarified earlier. I asked many so-called lower caste people and found that they are very happy about caste discrimination in their favour and are not interested in 'justice' and equality.
(2) Also, there is no institutionalized exploitation for lower castes. If at all, it is against the so-called upper castes. But since they do not depend on patronage, they don't care much.
(3) Caste strife started only after the British changed educational curriculum after the failure of the 1857 freedom struggle.
(4) Lower castes and powers that be continued the British policy as it was convenient to pursue unjust policies against the really powerless sections like Upper castes. They do not have a vote-bank or money or muscle power.
(5) Most of the stories attributed to Manusmruti are fake. There is not a single authenticated and documented atrocity which is supposed to be prescribed by Manu.
(6) I understand the documents found in 1932 by Sir Augustus Fritz in China which date back to 200 BC dynasty of the Chinese emperor Chin_Ize-Wang mentions Manusmruti as the one prevailing in India for several thousand years. And it mentioned the number of stanzas (shlokas) of Manusmruti as 683. Whereas the Manusmruti being circulated in India today have around 2400 shlokas. It seems Manusmruti mentioned by ancient Chinese and the one being circulated in India are different or at least someone has inserted texts which were not in the original Manusmruti. This is a job for the scholars and archaeologists but I suspect someone has doctored the text of Manusmruti. I do not know the authenticity of this find in China. But there is always a reason to be sceptical about supposed Manusmruti laws and their authenticity. Don't accept any claims, for or against, blindly.
SANJEEV
On Monday, 7 September, 2020, 07:08:00 pm IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:There were slaves, serfs and low castes all over the world in the agricultural age though they were more than a minority.In the past might was right and a well organized 10% could hold the unorganized majority as slaves or serfs. The equation remains the same today with the organized minority of politicians and employees holding the unorganized majority to ransom.With industrialization they needed workers who could read, write and make decisions for themselves. Educated populations could not be enslaved like uneducated farm workers. Educated workers began to assert themselves and so we have democracy. There is no point in judging the past in terms of modern democratic ideals. But there is no point in whitewashing the past either. Even worse is to glorify the violence in one's own heritage while condemning identical violence in others' heritage.On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 10:29, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Xavier,
The social structure was formed and followed by the whole society. It was not dictated by just 2-3% of the people. And if that was the case, we have to assume 97% of the people were stupid and only 2-3% were a treasure of wisdom. It is a bold assumption that we can see injustice in the structure today but for several thousand years the actual supposed victims did not feel the heat. No one follows any idea unless they see some benefit for following it. See even in Koran Mohammad had to offer 72 virgins and rivers of honey and milk to the believers in his ideas. Every principle in Koran prescribes reward for following it. Allah knew unless people see the benefits they will not follow even 'god'. Were Brahmins more intelligent and resourceful than god? Did they succeed where Allah did not dare to tread? If they did, give the devil its due! They got what they rightfully deserve.
Now the society was made to follow the religion just like circus animals are trained to perform various acts. Their trainers imbibe in these animals what will give them rewards and what attracts punishment and then animals are accustomed to following the rituals without thinking. Religion is just like that. If people behave like circus animals they should not complain against others.....................
Also, if the social structure changes, the so-called oppressed communities become powerful economically, numerically or politically. They do not become the idol of tolerance and justice. They themselves follow the same hierarchy just by replacing earlier community on the top by their own community. But the hierarchy continues. So present-day oppressed or historically oppressed are only the cradles on a giant wheel coming down and going up in cycles. No one is willing to change the giant wheel. They only want to be at the top of the hierarchy. So they have no moral justification or grounds to protest. Their idea of revolution and social change is limited to keeping themselves at the top and others down and not changing the hierarchy. Ask those who are vocal about it whether they are willing to forego Government benefits based on caste. They will justify it that several hundred years ago their ancestors were exploited so they deserve the benefits even if unjust to others who did not commit the 'crime'. So crime continues only the actors change.
So my contention is - there is no reason to point finger on any particular class as oppressed and oppressor. It is just temporary high and low of the giant wheel of social hierarchy. If and when others get a chance, they follow the same system.
No one class is responsible for creating this system. Everyone contributed because they saw some benefits in it. It was a collective idea and wisdom of masses. No point in singling out anyone, especially they did not see anything wrong in it for several thousands of years. The idea is attractive to them as long as they are placed on the higher rung and are beneficiaries. Those getting benefits of reservations everywhere and financial benefits even when their lot is improved and such largesse are not justified will not be willing to forego them in the name of justice and equality for which they go blue in the face lecturing 'higher castes'.
So in a nutshell - (1) no one caste or community is responsible for the social hierarchy. (2) Those benefitting from the reversed discrimination will not be willing to forego them voluntarily in the name of justice and equality. They pay only lip service to these principles and preach others to following them but never practice themselves.
SANJEEVOn Monday, 7 September, 2020, 07:03:11 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Sanjeev,We humans are hierarchical with a pyramid power structure. But before I go into it we have to go back in time.In the preagricultural age humans lived in small isolated but nomadic groups. These groups were egalitarian and transparent and everyone knew everyone intimately............. But once we settled down to the agricultural way of life our social structure changed completely and we became hierarchical with a pyramidal power structure and in most societies this pyramid came with the priests at the top. This resulted in social anomalies. The injustice in these systems were not apparent. That is why it is called structural violence which is violence or injustice built into the system.Most social movements in the past were directed against this structure. Thus in India, the Charvakas, the Buddhists, the Jains, the Sikhs etc were directed against this structural form of injustice with the priestly Brahmins at the top. They - the Brahmins - seldom had to get involved in the direct violence.Thus in Kerala the Nairs offered their women to the Brahmins and they considered it a privilege. They never offered their women to the Kshatriyas though they had the political clout.. Obviously religious or superstitious power is often more critical than the power of armies.In Europe too there was a pyramidal hierarchy with the priests at the top and then came the ruling class - Lords, landowners etc - and the serfs at the bottom. People rebelled against this too and it resulted in the reformation movement in the church.In the wake of the French and Russian revolutions they were the priests who were massacred first by the people.... Because the people knew that the priests were behind all the exploitation though outwardly they were peaceful..Luckily or unluckily in India we never had any violent rebellion as in Europe. But people like Ambedkar identified the Brahmanical interests as the evil though Ambedkar himself was adopted and educated by a Brahmin.Now our power structure has changed completely. We now have organised politicians and trade unions at the top of the pyramid instead of the priestly class as in the past. These well-organised powermongers appropriate to themselves all the power and privileges at the expense of the unorganised majority. However the priests still have considerable clout all over. Thus the President of the US is the most powerful man in the world. But neither he nor the other political leaders have the kind of clout that the Pope has though the latter has no army worth the name.On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 at 06:19, mohannatarajan2001 mohannatarajan2001@yahoo..co..in [TheBecoming] <TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com> wrote:JiBrilliant exposition.hats off to uMohanSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone..-------- Original message --------From: "sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo..com [aryayouthgroup]" <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com>Date: 05/09/2020 23:38 (GMT+05:30)To: Arya Arya <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups..com>, holy_crap@yahoogroups.com, sacred-illusions@googlegroups..com, worldmalayaliclub@yahoogroups.com, keralites@yahoogroups.comCc: dalit_edu@yahoogroups.com, "TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com" <thebecoming@yahoogroups.com>, india-unity@yahoogroups.com, indiathinkersnet <indiathinkersnet@yahoogroups.com>, awake_india@yahoogroups.co.ukSubject: Re: [aryayouthgroup] Re: [TheBecoming] PORTUGESE CONQUEST IN INDIA AN UNTOLD STORY IN OUR HISTORY BOOKSXavier,
Thanks for your reply. But I am not any wiser if Brahmins are continuing any atrocities which are still institutionalized today. That was the crux of the issue.I can make out other castes were committing crimes and caste discrimination. I do not understand what was the idea of calling it "on behalf of Brahmins?" Were Brahmins reluctant or not capable or considered it a dirty job not worthy of their status? Why others obliged if they did not agree with the system? On what basis you say it was on behalf of Brahmins and not on their own by these other castes?
I can figure out, caste hatred started after the failure of the 1857 freedom struggle. Hatred started between Hindus and Muslims and between Brahmins and non-Brahmins. The reasons are obvious even to the blind. British colonial masters realized who had challenged their power in India and who had the intellectual capability to analyse colonial exploitation and awaken sleeping society. In Maharashtra, the list of Brahmin freedom fighters is very impressive compared to others. So it was in the interest of British colonial masters to sow seeds of caste discrimination when it was practised for thousands of years without social strife. New educational policy and books giving distorted history were circulated. (Same tactics were used by America to brainwash the Taliban against USSR in Afghan war). If it was really exploitative as is made out to be, I do not think people would have continued it for several thousands of years. So there is something fishy here. All the so-called caste atrocities mentioned in Manusmruti are on paper. But you hardly find any actual events documented and authenticated. So the question is who actually translated Manusmruti and told the people that this is what is written in Manusmruti? Why it was not practised anywhere? You come across Muslims stoning to death people committing adultery. But you never come across anyone putting hot lead in the ears of lower caste person for listening to Vedas. It is more of hype than reality. These myths are deliberately circulated even today.
Also, Manu, Ram, Krishna, Vishwamitra, Valmiki (who wrote Ramayan) were not Brahmins. All the scriptures etc. who suppose to give a high place to Brahmins in social hierarchy were not authored by Brahmins. And there is no mention of any revolt by lower castes in thousands of years if they were really suffering. It was also practically impossible for 2-3% people to exploit 97% of people for several thousand years. So the question is who invented these myths and why and why are we carrying the same without questioning the facts and motive?
I think Brahmins are a handy target to shield real culprits having money and power because Brahmins have no money power and no muscle power and they are only 2-3% so no political clout either. People, of course, will hate those who make progress not just in India but abroad also without any patronage. So any myth supporting their hatred is accepted without questions. The real perpetrators of atrocities have political, muscle and money power but others have no courage to talk about them lest there will be a price to pay. So Brahmins are a soft target.I hope in all fairness, at least you will give justice to this reality in future.
SANJEEVOn Saturday, 5 September, 2020, 03:01:54 pm IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups..com> wrote:Sanjeev,In Kerala they were the Nairs, the Sudra class, who were in the forefront of all the violence on behalf of the higher classes as was seen at Sabarimala two years ago.. For some strange reason there are only a handful of Kshatriyas in Kerala and no Vaisyas to speak of. So all the dirty work was done by the Nairs-Menon-Nambiar-Pillai classes. Kerala was ruled by the Hindu Kings of Cochin and Travancore and their armies and police were packed with the Nairs-Menon-Nambiar-Pillai classes. So all the atrocities on the lower castes were perpetrated by these classes on behalf of the higher castes. Even now there is unbridgeable animosity between the NSS representing the Nair classes and the organisations such as the SNDP representing the Ezhavas, the most populous of the Backward castes as well as between the NSS and the KPMS representing the Pulayas who form the most populous section of the scheduled castes.As for Brahmins entering the fray, they did not have to do it as the Kshatriyas did all the fighting on behalf of the Brahmins. In fact all over the world the priestly classes seldom resorted to violence. Instead it was always done by the soldier classes no only in India but elsewhere also.Violence does not have to be physical always. There is what is called structural violence which is violence built into the social system. Slavery and the Serf system were examples of such structural violence. The caste system was another of such examples of structural violence.In the past societies were highly hierarchical and such systems of structural violence were universal almost all over the world.............. So we dont have to single out any society and blame them for their discriminatory policies towards slaves, serfs, Dalits, women and other weak sections of the past societies. But what the Sanghis do is they try to whitewash the atrocities of the Vedic system as is well described in the Manusmrithi, the Arthsasthra and other scriptures even as they highlight the atrocities committed by other sections of Indians such as the Muslims and Christians..What I am trying to convey is that it is time we bury the past and work towards a common future which will benefit everyone. Confrontational politics based on religion is not an option for India. Our future lies in reconciliation and not in confrontation.On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 10:31, sanjeev kulkarni jeevkulkarni@yahoo..com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Xavier,I am working for a reformist organization. Can you give me alist of atrocities which Brahmins have still institutionalizedtoday?Any social evil like Sati, untouchability or crimes againstlower castes etc.? Or social evils like organized crimes, riots,burning of public property in the name of justice etc.? In Maharashtrastate at least I meticulously check the news items of any atrocitiescommitted by Brahmins against the lower castest, but have never foundany names of Brahmins so far in any of the crimes mentioned above.Almost always non-Brahmins are involved who are always at the forefrontof cursing Brahmins. Even so-called Dalits commit the same if not worseatrocities on the castes lower than them. Maybe they will be in Kerala?I just wanted to check if we are deliberately harping on the dead pastor it is still relevant.SANJEEVOn Friday, 4 September, 2020, 09:09:07 am IST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:For over 2000 years the Brahmanic hordes crushed the Sudras, the Dasyus, the Chandalas and the Dalits. The Manusmrithi, the Arthasasthra and other ancient Indian writings attest to that. The Kerala Aithihya mala or "the legends of Kerala" written hardly a hundred years ago also attests to the despicable practices of the caste system.When the Channar women wanted to cover up their breasts who beat them up? the high castes!Who opposed the Dalits from even walking in the vicinity of the Vaikom Temple? The high castes?Who stood in the way of the dalits entering the Guruvayoor temple? The Hindu king of Cochin?Now Sanghis are trying to sweep under the carpet all the crimes they perpetrated on other Hindus. In its place they are fabricating their own version of history of denial of the caste system in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.In the process they blame the Islamic and European invaders for India's problems.I do not know about the history of the Islamic kingdoms of India. But it is certain that the Muslims were in the Minority. Sanghis speak all the time about the massacre perpetrated by Tippu on the Hindus in his efforts to convert them. But even now the Muslim population in Mysore is hardly 22% which would not have been the case if Tippu had adopted violent methods for conversion. Similarly Akbar was a tolerant Muslim with many Pujaris and Hindu astrologers advising him.The Portuguese attacked Bijapur which was then under Muslim rule. Why does not our Sanghi brag about it? The Portuguese were merely 1600 in numbers. The rest of the Portuguese army consisted mainly of Hindus. Why dont the Sanghis mention such instances of the Hindus siding with the invaders?There were hardly 30000 English men in India and they ruled over 200 million Indians, most of them Hindus. How could they have done it without the connivance of the caste Hindus?The Sepoy Mutiny was put down with the help of the Hindu Gurkhas for which they were rewarded more than generously.Though the Jalianwala Bagh massacre was ordered by Gen Dyer they were the Hindu Gurkhas who went in and finished off the wounded with their Kukris.In fact the British empire depended mostly on Hindu employees in administering the country - Muslims were averse to working under the British for religious reasons.So History tells us that the caste Hindus aided the British in subduing the Indians and in keeping them subdued or we can say they hunted wholeheartedly with the hounds. Now their descendants the Sanghis are making up stories of how their ancestors ran with the hunted. In the process they are trying to hide the real history of India based on the barbarous exploitation of the low castes and the Dalits by the Brahmanical class and their pimps - yes in Kerala the Nairs were pimping off their women to the Brahmins until hardly a century ago.You have glorified RANI ABBAKKA CHOWTA and her exploits. Do you think that the Portuguese were alone in attacking the Rani? There were plenty of Hindus on the Portuguese side as weell.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbakka_Chowta narrates the History of the Rani. In that she is said to have taken refuge in a Mosque. She had also the Bijapur Sultan as well as the Zamorin on her side.She was finally defeated by the Portuguese with the aid of her treacherous husband - a Hindu.So my dear Dava Saran Sanghi please stop this nonsense of rewriting history to suit the Sanghi Agenda. The Sanghis have power in India not because the majority likes them but because of the incompetence of the congress and the oppositionOn Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 14:40, Deva Sarran Samaroo devasamaroo@hotmail.com [TheBecoming] <TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
PORTUGESE CONQUEST IN INDIA AN UNTOLD STORY IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS
TRUE HISTORY OF INDIA DID YOU KNOW OF THIS STORY ABOUT ABBAKKA CHOWTA 👇👇👇?
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