...we have to see that why the Hindus who cannot tolerate the presence of an untouchable, pliantly capitulated before Muslims as if though it was their favored wish or it was in their destiny? Why they became so tolerant while maintaining intolerance about entry of untouchables into temples? The Muslims came and they plundered as they wished and came ultimately to rule over Hindus. Nobody really offered any effective resistance. The outsiders were welcome but not the people of their own villages.
The mightless people of Hindu society (untouchables) have never experienced Hindu tolerance as widely claimed. The tolerance was reserved for Muslims and British. The controls of society, state and economy were reserved for the higher Varnas. Special favors were reserved for special people, not for the people from bottom of the heap. The intolerance of Hindu society and religion is pretty evident in the ever hanging sword of violence over the heads of untouchables under the eternal guidance of the pious lawmakers, the Brahmans - the swindlers. The untouchables are friendless, landless, weaponless, statusless, hungry, isolated and permanently exploited people at the bottom of the heap of Hindu society; victimizing them is the natural order of the things. It is the eternal dharma.
The king cobra always raises its hood to its full height whenever any mice raise their voice in favor of equality or challenge it. It no longer remains a suppliant and compliant rabbit. After all, its honor is at stake - the untouchables dare to raise their worthless heads. The honor on which the foreign rulers treaded with impunity gets a sudden upsurge and evidents itself in full form. A frequent, quick and decisive violence is inflicted at the bottom portion of the Hindu society by the upper portion; tradition that is. The worthless dirty thick red water that flows out dying untouchables’ veins is a foolproof evidence of tolerance of Hindu religion. It is just a routine, nothing much to be talked about. Just in a day’s work. The tolerance does not mean that the bottom of the heap can revolt. One has to be out of his mind if one thinks so....
Monday, March 9, 2009
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