Cheers!//
Dear Mr. Na.Raghavan,
What do you want to convey by your this comment?
Looking at the context, the word community within quotes is ominous. What is the adjective u intended for the word and have left out to the understanding of the reader?
As I understand the meaning of your comment appears to be this: The Tamil Brahmin community never instigates atrocities against dalits directly. They instigate other castes including the converted Christians to do that so that in the process they never come directly into the open for taking criticism. How far removed can one be from truth? Now I am giving below hard facts for you not to just read but to assimilate and contemplate on.
1. Have you heard of Uththapuram wall? It was a wall built by the higher caste Hindus of a small village by name Uththapuram in Tamilnadu such that the dalits will not have any opportunity to see them and pollute them. Not a single Brahmin family lives in Uthapuram. This happened not in the distant past. This is a live issue even today in Tamilnadu.
2. Have you heard about Kilvenmony? It is the name of a village in Tanjore District of Tamilnadu where the poor dalit agricultural labourers rose in a revolt against the atrocities of the landowning higher castes.. The name was splashed in the newspapers because of the many labourers killed there in the uprising and the burning and raping that went with it. All victims were dalits. Not a single Brahmin was involved in the atrocities.
3. Have you heard of the name Vachathi? It is a small hamlet in the hills of Tamilnadu’s Western Ghats. It was a village where only the tribal people lived. In the name of eliminating the brigand Veerappan the entire village was subjected to unspeakable atrocities. The women raped, houses destroyed, men taken into custody etc., not a single Brahmin was involved among the numerous bureaucrats and policemen who were the culprits. And what is worse justice was denied for many years and a Brahmin owned news paper had to conduct a campaign to get justice. The court in its final verdict passed stinging strictures against the police and the Government.
4. I am not writing about the khairlanjis of the North India (there are many) here because we are discussing Tamil Brahmins only.
So my dear friend, where does your comment about Brahmins not dirtying their hands stand? You have been repeatedly mentioning that truth is bitter. The truth as you understand and the truth as it is understood by others appear to be different. There is no harm in your living in your own ivory tower, but throwing a dart on and off at others is some thing different.
If you wanted proof it is all there. Now you have to accept that Brahmins have nothing to do with the caste based atrocities as they happen in India. Castes were an altogether different thing brought in to serve an altogether different purpose. But it was converted into a tool to subjugate others, rule over them, and derive the benefits there from by every caste other than the Brahmins. Brahmins did not have any hand in this cunning scheme of things and could neither do anything about it. They just played along. And when awareness came others quickly pointed the accusing fingers at Brahmins and made them the villain of the piece or the whipping boy so that they can continue with their power games. This is the ‘truth’ which you repeatedly quote but refuse to see. All your revolutionary fervor is completely misplaced. You are barking up the wrong tree. Go and preach to the Periyarists if u can. You may get sympathetic ears or a kalaimamani award.
Cheers. No hard feeling please. Thank you.
Dear Mr. Na.Raghavan,
What do you want to convey by your this comment?
Looking at the context, the word community within quotes is ominous. What is the adjective u intended for the word and have left out to the understanding of the reader?
As I understand the meaning of your comment appears to be this: The Tamil Brahmin community never instigates atrocities against dalits directly. They instigate other castes including the converted Christians to do that so that in the process they never come directly into the open for taking criticism. How far removed can one be from truth? Now I am giving below hard facts for you not to just read but to assimilate and contemplate on.
1. Have you heard of Uththapuram wall? It was a wall built by the higher caste Hindus of a small village by name Uththapuram in Tamilnadu such that the dalits will not have any opportunity to see them and pollute them. Not a single Brahmin family lives in Uthapuram. This happened not in the distant past. This is a live issue even today in Tamilnadu.
2. Have you heard about Kilvenmony? It is the name of a village in Tanjore District of Tamilnadu where the poor dalit agricultural labourers rose in a revolt against the atrocities of the landowning higher castes.. The name was splashed in the newspapers because of the many labourers killed there in the uprising and the burning and raping that went with it. All victims were dalits. Not a single Brahmin was involved in the atrocities.
3. Have you heard of the name Vachathi? It is a small hamlet in the hills of Tamilnadu’s Western Ghats. It was a village where only the tribal people lived. In the name of eliminating the brigand Veerappan the entire village was subjected to unspeakable atrocities. The women raped, houses destroyed, men taken into custody etc., not a single Brahmin was involved among the numerous bureaucrats and policemen who were the culprits. And what is worse justice was denied for many years and a Brahmin owned news paper had to conduct a campaign to get justice. The court in its final verdict passed stinging strictures against the police and the Government.
4. I am not writing about the khairlanjis of the North India (there are many) here because we are discussing Tamil Brahmins only.
So my dear friend, where does your comment about Brahmins not dirtying their hands stand? You have been repeatedly mentioning that truth is bitter. The truth as you understand and the truth as it is understood by others appear to be different. There is no harm in your living in your own ivory tower, but throwing a dart on and off at others is some thing different.
If you wanted proof it is all there. Now you have to accept that Brahmins have nothing to do with the caste based atrocities as they happen in India. Castes were an altogether different thing brought in to serve an altogether different purpose. But it was converted into a tool to subjugate others, rule over them, and derive the benefits there from by every caste other than the Brahmins. Brahmins did not have any hand in this cunning scheme of things and could neither do anything about it. They just played along. And when awareness came others quickly pointed the accusing fingers at Brahmins and made them the villain of the piece or the whipping boy so that they can continue with their power games. This is the ‘truth’ which you repeatedly quote but refuse to see. All your revolutionary fervor is completely misplaced. You are barking up the wrong tree. Go and preach to the Periyarists if u can. You may get sympathetic ears or a kalaimamani award.
Cheers. No hard feeling please. Thank you.