In the great American novel ' Huckleberry Finn ' by Mark Twain, about whom Ernest Hemingway ( a favourite author of mine ) said that all American literature starts from it, Aunt Sally asks about a steamboat accident " Was anyone hurt ?"
To which Huck replies " No'm. Only a nigger killed ".
Dalits were attacked in Faridabad recently, and 2 dalit children burnt alive, but most Indians would similarly say ( or at least say in their minds, if not openly ) about th...e incident " Only some dalits were killed ".
Does this not show how backward and inhuman we are ? Does this not vindicate my statement that 90% Indians are idiots, full of casteism, communalism and superstitions ?
It was declared as far back as in 1776 in the American Declaration of Independence ' We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal..."
. But 239 years thereafter most of us stiil believe that a section of our own people, the dalits, are inferior or not even human. Is this not shameful ?
This short satirical essay was published in the Buffalo Express while Mark Twain was co-owner and editor of that newspaper. It appeared unsigned but has been attributed to Mark Twain in Philip S. Foner's Mark Twain: Social Critic (New York: International Publishers, 1958), and is included in Mark Tw…
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Is it not possible that we may drop the word "Dalit" while reporting and/or discussing about any news relating to that particular class? Similarly, we must drop the words like muslims, Hindus and the names identical to the castes etc. in such insertions to reduce the spread of hate in other parts.
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DeleteI believe many of our ills in present times find their roots in our ill-suited and heavily plagiarized Constitution, which has major portions lifted from many sources, including the Govt of India Act, 1935 - enacted by the British Parliament. I believe we erred in opting for the Westminster model, rather than opt for the better-suited Presidential system prevalent in USA then - considering that we had a lot more similarities with USA than with the British - despite the latter's 150 year rule in India.
ReplyDeleteThe Constitution of India is perhaps the most important plagiarized document in the world, not just the most voluminous Constitution of any country. In comparison the Constitution of USA is barely a 10th of ours, but has endured several challenges in its almost 240 years' existence. That too with 1/4th no of amendments to it.
Our 'founding fathers' ought to have prepared and adopted a Uniform Civil Code ensuring that no political party could appease vote-banks for political gains. Moreover, even the best Constitution experts would agree that the Constitution of India is self-contradictory in many places, perhaps as it's just a cut-paste job and not an "original" work, which would have ensured such contradictions do not arise. Moreover, the govt should have been barred from seeking citizens' caste, creed / religion, etc. in govt Forms to prevent discrimination on these grounds. Moreover, religious practice ought to have been confined to one's home, just like sex, to prevent anyone from creating communal disharmony on religious grounds. Sadly, seems our 'founding fathers' either weren't visionaries, as we would like to believe, or didn't apply their mind enough to prevent their fellow politicians from pushing the country to chaos as we witness today.
This is the failure of Indian humanity and caste based politics/policies of India.India has become much more caste conscious due to our political parties,judiciary and even constitution.A country which officially issues caste certificate to it's citizens cannot expect caste-less society.Dalit movements have largely concentrated in area of demanding reservation and upper caste bashing.So it's acceptance to all the classes and castes has not been widespread.Our constitutional provisions have given priority to caste over citizenship.In a country various communities can live together but that does not mean you have to adopt separate requirements for different communities in the same system.instead of promoting diversity and understanding,it promotes mutual suspicion,hatred,disrespected,hidden communalism and prejudices. Sati daha,dowry -all the evils were/are present in our society but govt took preventive measures to outlaw it,but in case of caste based policies it is doing opposite,practicing caste.When aspirations are given realization in the name of caste or community then social strife becomes deeper.In old days we heard about Upper-castes committing atrocities but in reality Dalits are oppressed by OBCs in almost all part of India.See Bihar election,all parties are playing caste card.So this type of incidents however inhuman,brutal but not shocking at all.As long as people irrespective of their origin are largely conscious about their caste identity and politicians continue to pour venom caste in our blood and thoughts,this kind of incident won't stop.
ReplyDeleteThis is the failure of Indian humanity and caste based politics/policies of India.India has become much more caste conscious due to our political parties,judiciary and even constitution.A country which officially issues caste certificate to it's citizens cannot expect caste-less society.Dalit movements have largely concentrated in area of demanding reservation and upper caste bashing.So it's acceptance to all the classes and castes has not been widespread.Our constitutional provisions have given priority to caste over citizenship.In a country various communities can live together but that does not mean you have to adopt separate requirements for different communities in the same system.instead of promoting diversity and understanding,it promotes mutual suspicion,hatred,disrespected,hidden communalism and prejudices. Sati daha,dowry -all the evils were/are present in our society but govt took preventive measures to outlaw it,but in case of caste based policies it is doing opposite,practicing caste.When aspirations are given realization in the name of caste or community then social strife becomes deeper.In old days we heard about Upper-castes committing atrocities but in reality Dalits are oppressed by OBCs in almost all part of India.See Bihar election,all parties are playing caste card.So this type of incidents however inhuman,brutal but not shocking at all.As long as people irrespective of their origin are largely conscious about their caste identity and politicians continue to pour venom caste in our blood and thoughts,this kind of incident won't stop.
ReplyDelete@Justice Markandey Katju You are also Idiot with 90% Indian.
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