Political and
Economic Imperialism of the Brahmins
through
Cultural imperialism via Sanskrit!
An open
letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of
India, New Delhi.
Sir,
1.
Although the United Nations has realised the importance of
all the languages and recognised the inalienable
right of every man to love and protect his mother language, and declared
that February 21st as the International Mother Language Day, the Brahmin
bureaucrats who occupy disproportionately and unjustly, high share of the Group
A and B posts in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, RAW
and IB want to run the nation in a way that would be convenient only for
Brahmin domination, do not come forward to celebrate the International Mother
Language Day. Because, they are afraid that such a celebration of Indian
languages would not help Brahmin domination. They believe that resurrection of
Sanskrit would alone give them upper hand in social and political arena, as was
in the past.
2.
The purpose of the International Mother Language Day, as
declared by the United Nations, is:
"We hope that the spirit of the International Mother Language Day will
help develop in us a deep respect for not only one's own mother tongue,
but for those of others as well; help the expression of all kinds of
majority and minority languages and put an end to the dictates of one
language over the other."
3.
But, the non-Hindi people of India are denied this privilege
of celebrating their mother-tongues. The people who see their Sanskrit in Hindi
do not want the common people of the nation to celebrate their individual
mother languages. This, in spite of the fact that The
Government of India has been under an obligation to take measures for the
development of these languages, such that "they grow rapidly in richness and become effective means of
communicating modern knowledge."-(Official
Languages Resolution, 1968, para. 2). As per Para 2 of the Official Language Resolution,
1968, it is “necessary
in the interest of the educational and cultural advancement of the country
that concerted measures should be taken for the full development” of all
the major languages specified in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
4.
Now that the BJP has come to power, these bureaucrats believe
that the time is opportune for them to enforce their hidden agenda. That is why
they issue orders to spend public money to celebrate Sanskrit week and
propagate Sanskrit.
5.
First of all, there is no provision in the Constitution to give
special treatment to Sanskrit to promote only that language, especially by spending
the money collected as tax from the people of other languages. It is just like
any other language in the Eighth Schedule and if at all Sanskrit week is to be
celebrated, it must be preceded by the celebration of all other languages. While
some special status had been manipulated to be given, in the Constitution, to
Hindi through Art. 343, the consoling factor is that that is also yet another amendable
provision, which may happen in due course.
6.
Secondly, there is no need to popularize Sanskrit among the
people who do not have it as their mother-tongue. Already, people who have studied Sanskrit and Vedas and passed the
required examinations have not been given postings as priests in the
money-spinning temples. Of what use is there for non-Brahmins, then, to learn
Sanskrit, which, still, promotes apartheid? The entire exercise of the MHRD
is only to create an aura around Sanskrit, although it does not deserve it. So
long as the Brahmins try to uphold their superiority by birth, by arrogating
the priesthood only for themselves in the money-spinning temples, sociological
analysis based on Varna System becomes not only a legally valid exercise but also
a democratic necessity. History testifies to the fact that the Vedic religious
order based on Sanskrit was intended to and had, actually, benefitted the
temporal lives of the Brahmins, who cornered the economic benefits of the
society mainly for themselves. Viewed in
that context, there should be no need for a poly-glot nation to promote and try
to rejuvenate Sanskrit.
7.
Thirdly, the Director of the Central Board of Secondary
Education, has, in her statement in the circular dated 30.06.2014, mentioned that “the Central Board
of Secondary Education is committed towards promoting the teaching and learning
of Sanskrit”. I would like to know when the CBSE had made such commitment and
to whom. I would also like to know why
it did not commit itself to promote the other languages. Besides, I find that
the Director of the CBSE amuses herself stating that Sanskrit is “the mother of
all languages”. It is a total lie. It is anti-history. It is unlawful.
8.
Please refer to the struggle of the people over language all
over the world. Kindly desist from taking such actions, which provoke another
language agitation. Historically, there had been great antipathy among people
against Sanskrit, even in the days of Buddha, when that language was created. When
the Brahmins who became Bikkus told Lord Buddha that the non-Brahmin Bikkus
were “polluting the Buddha's words by
preaching them in their own local dialects. And now, Venerable sir, we shall render the Buddha's words
into chandaso (One who knows Vedas- i.e., Brahmins language, i.e. Sanskrit).”,
Lord Buddha rebuked them saying “How you foolish persons speak thus?”. The
need felt by Buddha to be cautious about Sanskrit, is still there. There is
nothing glorious about Sanskrit, when the apologists of Sanskrit, just because
they have occupied power centres, claim undeserved superior status to it and
denigrate the other languages, in that process.
9.
Propaganda can be and is being used as a weapon for only for
elections. Propaganda devoid of truth cannot be used to poison young minds in
the schools. Sanskrit is an artificially created language. It was never the
language of the masses. The details are given below with evidence. Kindly
withdraw the circular immediately, which has been issued under the assumption
that the nation is in the era of Manu when common people were, by law, denied
education and the knowledge of truth.
10.
A piece of the real history behind Sanskrit is given below to
make you know that we know the truth. “It is better to explore and accept history
rather than to repress and deny it”-Edward W Said- Culture and
Imperialism. The imperialistic tendency of the protagonists of Sanskrit had, as
we have seen, gone to extent of calling their Sanskrit as Deva Baasha and
belittling the languages of the others as Neecha Baasha. We have seen
Sankaracharyas of Kanchi and others demonstrating this kind of imperialistic
bent of mind. These agent provocateurs create unnecessary social unrest in
society. We know that this cultural
imperialism of the Brahmins through their Sanskrit, over centuries, had
resulted in economic development only the Brahmins. An assessment by a scholar
whose integrity had been vouchsafed by none other than Max Muller shows that
even at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was the Brahmins who had
been predominantly been in the top slots economically.
Caste and economic status
The standard of living of the people at the commencement
of the 19th century provides a solid proof of the link between caste
and economic status.
Abbe J. A. Dubois, a saint who arrived in India in the
year 1792 at the age of 27 and remained in India for 30 long years and left
India on 15.01.1823 had travelled throughout India and especially Tamil Nadu
and wrote the famous book “Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies”. Max Mueller,
who is praised sky-high by our Brahmins who appropriated him and highlight his
services for Sanskrit, has said the said book is “containing the views of an
eyewitness, of a man singularly free
from prejudice”.
Sl. No.
|
Class
|
Quantum
of Property
|
Ratio
of the population
|
Category
of the people
|
1
|
First and the lowest class
|
Below
£ 5
|
9/20 or half of the population
|
Sudhras including leather workers
|
2
|
Second
|
£5
to £25
|
6/20
|
Chiefly
of Sudhras
|
3
|
Third
|
£ 25
to £ 50
|
1/10
|
--
|
4
|
Fourth
|
£ 50 to
£ 100
|
3/40
|
Chiefly
Brahmins or well-to-do Sudhras
|
5
|
Fifth
|
£ 100 to £ 200
|
1/30
|
Chiefly Brahmins or Vysyas and often the
wealthiest among Sudhras.
|
6
|
Sixth
|
£ 200 to
£ 500
|
1/50
|
Brahmins
form quite half of this clan. Others are of other castes.
|
7
|
Seventh
|
£
500 to £ 1000
|
1/100
|
At least half of them are Brahmins. Rest
Vaisyas and Sudhras.
|
8
|
Eighth
|
£ 1000
to £ 2000
|
1/200
|
“It is
almost entirely composed of Brahmins with a small percentage of Vysyas and
Sudhras”.
|
Source: Pages 88
to 91 of the 1953 Reprint of the said book published by the Oxford Press.
It is the fear of loss of this undue
advantageous position that makes the oppressors to oppose reservation in
educational institutions and services, allocation of proportionate number of
posts in Group A and B posts, appointment of non-Brahmins as Priests in all the
temples, etc., Projecting Sanskrit as a great language is one of their steps to promote themselves. Sanskrit was and is not the language of the subjugated classes. Its literature perpetuates apartheid.
Apartheid is soul deep in Sanskrit woks
The statement filed by the Hindu Fundamentalists, in the Supreme Court challenging the amendment to the Tamilnadu HR&CE Act of 1970 made as per the recommendation of the Committee on Untouchability, Economic and Educational Development of the Scheduled Castes, contained the following argument in support of the policy of apartheid perpetuated by them for millennia: (***)
- If the person who goes near the deity is a Brahmin who is not a priest Samprotchanam must be done with pure water.
- If he is a Kshatriya the Samprotchanam must be with 7 pots of water.
- If he is a Vysya , (a) Samprotchananm must be performed with 24 pots of water and (b) Santhi homam must also be performed.
- If he is a Shudhra, (a) Samprotchanam must be performed with 108 pots of water, (b) Mahasanthi homam must be performed besides (c) offering food to Brahmins.
12.
Now, a few facts pertaining to Sanskrit, in the article
written in a different context, are brought to your kind notice. The Article
titled “Sanskrit: A Talibanic Offshoot” is forwarded herewith:
Thankyou!
Yours faithfully,
Vaeyuru Tholibangan
Note ***:
In the year 1969 the Committee on Untouchability, Economic and Educational Development of the Scheduled Castes had suggested in its report that the hereditary priesthood in the Hindu Society should be abolished, that the system could be replaced by an ecclesiastical organisation of men possessing the requisite educational qualifications who might be trained in recognised institutions in priesthood and that the line should be open to all candidates irrespective of caste, creed or race. The Government of Tamilnadu had, accordingly, amended Sections 55 and 56 of the Principal Act, the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable, Endowments Act, 1959 to facilitate Non-Brahmins also to acquire the qualification and officiate as priests. The matter went to Supreme Court of India (Seshammal & Others Vs. State of Tamilnadu – 14-03-1972). But, those who perpetuated apartheid had the day, for peculiar reasons. If only the British had learnt the tricks of these Hindu Fundamentalists and enforced apartheid in South Africa in the name of religion, Nelson Mandela would not have won. In South Africa, apartheid was skin-deep. In Hindu religion, apartheid is soul-deep.
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