The Plight Of The Low Castes

1. The "Untouchables" Are Not Hindus"!

So says THE SHANKARACHARIYA OF PURI whom the Brahmin worship as their "great leader" (India Express April 4, 1989).

Balasaheb Deoras (RSS Chief) and Bal Thackeray (Shiv Sena chief) should go and correct Shankaracharya of Puri before begging untouchable Harijans for support.

According to Manu (A Hindu Holy Book) it says:

* The Shudras belong to same category as crows, frogs, ducks, moles, dogs or transport animals
   and have the same disablities as members of their category.

* It is permissible for a member of the high caste to expropriate the wealth of a Shudra by deceit.

* The Shudras are not allowed to accumulate wealth, or become self-sufficient and independent.

* The different castes shall pay interest at different rates: the lowest will pay the highest rate.

* A Shudra's witness is not normally to be accepted when there is no witness of a "twice-born"
   person.

To get a strong foothold in India, the Brahmin divided the sons of India into various different castes. According to a recent government survey there are more than 2,000 castes in India. Each caste claims superiority over the other, a man from one caste will not marry a girl of another caste, no two castes congregate together... ... and so on.

2. Bonded Labour

Brahminism and the Vedas have paved the way for the bonded Labour System in India. After 50 years of independence we still can't save the low caste Shudras from this bounded labour.

The Times of India reported on 10th May 1987 that Swami Agnivesh, President of the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, said that more  than 20,000 people, mostly Harijans and Adivasis, were still being exploited and were leading the lives of slaves in the West Champaran and Gopalganj districts of North Bihar. This he proved to the Government with unassailable evidence.

We are entering the 21st century where science and technology have advanced uprecedently and yet, in some parts of India, even today a low caste Hindu cannot pass along a street from one end to the other without first having his chappals removed and placed on his head. Hotels and other eating places also maintain seperate cutlery for low cast Hindus.

The First Indian Governor General and Ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Rajagopalachari , alias Rajaji, advocated that people should pass down through generations the professions of their fathers and forefathers in order to reduce enemployment. This suggestion was highly praised by many newspapers owned by Brahmins/RSS.

The reasoning behind this advocacy was to keep the low castes tied down to their menial jobs while the Brahmins maintained their high positions.

Why are the so called low caste Hindus financially destitute? Why is India economically backward? It is because the Brahmins do not allow others to progress. They hold high offices in government, control the news media, educational system etc. How could others possibly rise up and break free of the caste system bondage? Needless to say, with all the facilities at their disposal they produce brilliant scientists, doctors etc. Assuredly even the low caste Hindus could do this if they were provided with the same facilities.

3.Punishment For Low Caste Hindus

The tongue of a Shudra, who spoke evil about a BRAHMIN should be cut off. A Shudra who dared to assume a position of equality with the first three castes was to be flogged.

        (Apastambha Dharma Sutra III, 10-26)

If a Shudra over heard a recitation of the Vedas, molten tin was to be poured into his ears; If he repeated the Vedas his tongue should be cut and if he remebered Vedic hymns, his body was to be torn into pieces.

MANU 167-272 says:

If a Shudra arrogantly teaches a Brahmin Dharma, the king shall cause hot oil to be poured into his mouth and ears.

Again MANU 167-272 syas:

Let the king never slay even Brahmin though he may have committed all possible crimes.

With all references to Vedas and Puranas it would be appropriate to question: "How fair is the system of administrating justice?" Well, according to these Holy Books if a Brahmin commits a sin he is forgiven, but on the contrary if a low caste Hindu commints a sin, he has to be feed twenty Brahmins in order to expiate or erase his sin. Would you call this a fair and just system of justice?!

Who was resposible for the assassination of Mahathma Gandhi - the father of the  Nation? Obviously you know the answer. Mahathma Gandhi preached and practises intercommunal harmony, equality among people, including the low caste Hindus whom he named as Harijans (which
means the children of god). All human beings are the children of one god and, therefore, all are equal.

4. Some Of The Few Recent Atrocities

Harijan women were forced to Parade naked in the street. (CURRENT 6-4-83)

A scheduled caste man was severely beaten as his dress happened to touch the body of a High Caste Hindu. (TIMES OF INDIA 18-11-84)

High caste Hindus threw dead animals and filth in a Harijan well. Police took no action. (TIMES OF INDIA 18-11-84)

A Harijan who asserted his right to worship at a temple was allegedly assaulted and excreta put in his mouth at Thathur village of Sorab taluk. (DECCAN HERALD 5-2-88)

Harijan women were thrown out of Rescue boat. (BLITZ 18-3-84)

The late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, informed the Rajya Sabha on 18th August 1970, that during the last three years 1,117 Harijans - A Brahmin official account - were killed in different parts of the country.