Vaagmi
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We had two threads discussing the subject of how to retain the community in tact as it is under attack now. We had distractions while discussing the topic. There were people who derailed the discussions with questions like who is a brahmin, what is brahminhood that we have to preserve, Shall we not go back to Kudumi, pancha kachcham, pundrams etc., shall we not go back to the agraharams, shall we not give up English education and take up vedas as the full time occupation, and are there not guna brahmanas and jAti brahmanas etc.,
I believe all these have been discussed enough. Let us take these as the base from which we will move further:
1. Brahmins are birth based brahmins for our discussions as they are the only identifiable group.
2. There is no use going back in time taking kudumi, pancha kachcham etc., as these are just in the periphery of our identity. So we need not undo all that change that we have adopted with time so far.
So accepting these we will try to move forward. If any one brings these again it will be treated as the mischief of a troll and dealt with accordingly.
I have these following suggestions:
These are my ideas briefly:
1. Brahmin community needs organization. It needs preservation. It needs education. There is a need for a common wealth to be created exclusively for the Brahmin community. Now let me expand.
a) We need to organize and that is the urgent need.
b) We have problems. Brahmins are spread all over the country. They are highly individualistic. Each family struggles and fights its own battles of life and shines. If there is cooperation and a unified structure, their battles of life can be fought that much better and with better results. How do we organize? We have many Asthika samajams, bhajan mandalis, sabhas, Vedartha sthapana sabhas, vedadhyayana satkalakshepa sabhas, brahmana samooha matoms etc., These are all organizations at different areas/towns etc., They are localized organisations which have limited scope for social work. They organize bhajans, let out their auditoria on rental, arrange Avani avitta yajnopaveetha dharana mela etc., Their real help to the community in its struggles for survival is minimum as these are largely attending to the spiritual and cultural needs of Brahmins. And these are also divided on the lines of sampradhayas like vaishnavite, smarthas, madhvas etc.,
b) My suggestion would be this:
1. collect info (name, age, address, qualifications, employment with address, members in the family children in the marriable age etc., and details about each individual, gothram, sampradhayam, nativity etc., This data can be organized with the aim to create a data base of all Brahmins living in the country which can be accessed by each card holding Brahmin who will be given a smart card with which he can access data in the data base. The cards with a unique ID can be issued to each Brahmin male and female once they reach the age of 18.
2. All elders can be encouraged to meet in which they would jointly decide to entrust the assets of organizations in their control to the Brahmin Panchayat thus formed. The Brahmin panchayat can be a democratic organization which will elect its council members in a transparent election and these members can elect a governing body. Every childless couple can be encouraged to bequeath their wealth to this Panchayat. And every card holder will have to contribute a small membership fee every year to the panchayat.
3. The panchayat members will swear to preserve the Brahmin caste, its traditions and culture so that the community continue to serve humanity by its high quality contributions.
4. The panchayat can organize classes for the girls and boys who are to marry. The youngsters should be encouraged to attend a class in which they will be given an over view of the great responsibility they are to take up. The panchayat can organize classes which will be addressed by Doctors, Psychologists etc., who will help the youngmen and women learn about things which they always wanted to learn but hesitated to ask for. The classes will also include a subject about the uniqueness of Brahmin caste and its culture and traditions and the need to preserve them by marrying strictly within the community.
5. The Panchayat can build large old age homes for senior citizens who are in need of such homes.
6. The panchayat can build and own colleges and universities as teaching is an area where Brahmins can really shine and do a better job.
7. The panchayat can build large speciality hospitals in course of time and manage them for the welfare of the society.
8. The data base can be used for the networking purpose and emergency help also as I mentioned in my earlier post.
9. A network of mentors can be organized. Mentors will do the mentoring of the mentees in education, career, finance, finding a match by supervised/ enabled dating, marriage, problem solving, creative arts like music etc., counselling when problems are faced and many other things.
And many more activities can be added as time goes.
A beginning can be made for building the data base.
Let us discuss these.
I believe all these have been discussed enough. Let us take these as the base from which we will move further:
1. Brahmins are birth based brahmins for our discussions as they are the only identifiable group.
2. There is no use going back in time taking kudumi, pancha kachcham etc., as these are just in the periphery of our identity. So we need not undo all that change that we have adopted with time so far.
So accepting these we will try to move forward. If any one brings these again it will be treated as the mischief of a troll and dealt with accordingly.
I have these following suggestions:
These are my ideas briefly:
1. Brahmin community needs organization. It needs preservation. It needs education. There is a need for a common wealth to be created exclusively for the Brahmin community. Now let me expand.
a) We need to organize and that is the urgent need.
b) We have problems. Brahmins are spread all over the country. They are highly individualistic. Each family struggles and fights its own battles of life and shines. If there is cooperation and a unified structure, their battles of life can be fought that much better and with better results. How do we organize? We have many Asthika samajams, bhajan mandalis, sabhas, Vedartha sthapana sabhas, vedadhyayana satkalakshepa sabhas, brahmana samooha matoms etc., These are all organizations at different areas/towns etc., They are localized organisations which have limited scope for social work. They organize bhajans, let out their auditoria on rental, arrange Avani avitta yajnopaveetha dharana mela etc., Their real help to the community in its struggles for survival is minimum as these are largely attending to the spiritual and cultural needs of Brahmins. And these are also divided on the lines of sampradhayas like vaishnavite, smarthas, madhvas etc.,
b) My suggestion would be this:
1. collect info (name, age, address, qualifications, employment with address, members in the family children in the marriable age etc., and details about each individual, gothram, sampradhayam, nativity etc., This data can be organized with the aim to create a data base of all Brahmins living in the country which can be accessed by each card holding Brahmin who will be given a smart card with which he can access data in the data base. The cards with a unique ID can be issued to each Brahmin male and female once they reach the age of 18.
2. All elders can be encouraged to meet in which they would jointly decide to entrust the assets of organizations in their control to the Brahmin Panchayat thus formed. The Brahmin panchayat can be a democratic organization which will elect its council members in a transparent election and these members can elect a governing body. Every childless couple can be encouraged to bequeath their wealth to this Panchayat. And every card holder will have to contribute a small membership fee every year to the panchayat.
3. The panchayat members will swear to preserve the Brahmin caste, its traditions and culture so that the community continue to serve humanity by its high quality contributions.
4. The panchayat can organize classes for the girls and boys who are to marry. The youngsters should be encouraged to attend a class in which they will be given an over view of the great responsibility they are to take up. The panchayat can organize classes which will be addressed by Doctors, Psychologists etc., who will help the youngmen and women learn about things which they always wanted to learn but hesitated to ask for. The classes will also include a subject about the uniqueness of Brahmin caste and its culture and traditions and the need to preserve them by marrying strictly within the community.
5. The Panchayat can build large old age homes for senior citizens who are in need of such homes.
6. The panchayat can build and own colleges and universities as teaching is an area where Brahmins can really shine and do a better job.
7. The panchayat can build large speciality hospitals in course of time and manage them for the welfare of the society.
8. The data base can be used for the networking purpose and emergency help also as I mentioned in my earlier post.
9. A network of mentors can be organized. Mentors will do the mentoring of the mentees in education, career, finance, finding a match by supervised/ enabled dating, marriage, problem solving, creative arts like music etc., counselling when problems are faced and many other things.
And many more activities can be added as time goes.
A beginning can be made for building the data base.
Let us discuss these.
