14/04/10

the hindu problem

It is usual to hear all those who feel moved by the deplorable condition of the Untouchables unburden themselves by uttering the cry "We must do something for the Untouchables". One seldom hears any of the persons interested in the problem saying ' Let us do something to change the Touchable Hindu '. It is invariably assumed that the object to be reclaimed is the Untouchables. If there is to be a Mission, it must be to the Untouchables and if the Untouchables can be cured, untouchability will vanish. Nothing requires to be done to the Touchable. He is sound in mind, manners and morals. He is whole, there is nothing wrong with him. Is this assumption correct ? Whether correct or not, the Hindus like to cling to it. The assumption has the supreme merit of satisfying themselves that they are not responsible for the problem of the Untouchables.

How natural is such an attitude is illustrated by the attitude of the Gentile towards the Jews. Like the Hindus the Gentiles also do not admit that the Jewish problem is in essence a Gentile problem.
from here.

time to recognize that the dalit problem or the muslim problem or the adivasi problem or caste problem is essentially the hindu problem. how much has india progressed since dr.ambedkar identified the hindu problem? well, it is more politically correct now: the caste problem is now the problem of 'excellence' and 'merit', the adivasi problem is the 'internal security' or the 'maoist' or the 'development' problem, the dalit problem is the 'poverty' or inequality' problem, and the muslim problem is the 'terrorist' or 'pakistan' problem.

and how does brahminized or hindu india deal with all those problems? tell itself that those problems are smaller than, say, the 'telangana' problem.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I dont't think there untouchables problem anywhere in India. If at all it exiosts it exists in the minds of people like you. India has moved on, but people like you still have not. You dont seem to move aways from telangana issue at all. I think you have become so obssesed with it that time has come for you to visit lunatic assylum.

blueshift said...

Anonymous 505

do you walk with blind eyes and blind ears lol? I think you must join ear and eye clinic.

rajkumar said...

``These are the same educated lot who created emotions among the students on Telangana and got their education spoiled for few months. How they are failing to counsel the students at the time of examinations?''


http://avadhanir.blogspot.com/2010/04/caught-cheating-student-ends-life.html

 
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