Monday 15 June 2015

Sanskrit learning is "useless", involved in "Sophistry" : G.H. Deshmukh.

Gopal Hari Deshmukh was born in Pune in the year 1823.  He was a Chitbavan Brahmin.

When he grew up, the “eternal topic of discussion among the upper classes was whether British rule would last forever or the Peshwa’s good times would return. … Gopal Hari was a product of the new learning of the West. He was a bright student of the new Government school at Poona and acquired proficiency in the language and history. 

He studied law while serving in the office of the Agent to the Deccan Chiefs and Sardars and became a Munsif in 1852. From 1856 to 1861, he worked as Assistant Commissioner on the Inam Commission. 

Later on, he worked as judge in Ahmedabad and Nasik. He was invited to the Delhi Durbar in 1876, was appointed a Fellow of the University in 1878 and, in 1880, was made a member of the Governor’s Council. In 1884, for about a year, he worked as Dewan of Ratlam State”.

He used to write articles from 1848.  “His object was to rouse his people from their slumber. He exhorted them to turn to the new learning and solve the country’s problems. His articles were provocative and were widely read. In 1877, he wrote a book entitled Jathibheda, condemning caste. In 1878, he published Gitatattva and Subhashita  to popularize the teachings of Gita. In 1880, he brought out Swadhyaya and Ashvalayana Griha-Sutra to explain the religious rites of the Hindus in a critical way. He wrote under the pen-name Lokahitawadi

He was of the view that our social decline was due to our neglect of the sciences and learning.

He blamed Sanskrit learning. "Sanskrit learning”, according to him, “is useless and confusing. It is involved in sophistry. It makes a man idle and devoted to fruitless pursuits. It does not contain knowledge essential for the modern age”. He asked his countrymen “to welcome the learning by means of which the English had triumphed over their Indian opponents”.(Page 272 – Vol. 3 – History of freedom movement in India – Tarachand – Publications Division).  



Friday 5 June 2015

Play on Godse Vs. Poster of Bhindranwale = Rights of the Brahmins Vs. Rights of the Sikhs


The unnecessary chaos in Kashmir due to the protest of the Sikhs and the loss of life at Ranibagh due to police shoot out are simply avoidable. 

All this is only because of the saffron mentality of the bureaucrats.




One does not find anything wrong in the display of posters of Sant Jarnail Singh Bindharanwale, when one recalls how the government of Maharashtra had, long back, granted permission to stage the play, “Me Nathuram Godse Bolsthoy” that glorified and justified Godse and his assassination of Mahathma Gandhi. Even the self-styled “national newspaper” The Hindu editorially supported the play on Godse in the name of freedom of expression.




There is, therefore, no justification in the action of the government bureaucrats in removing the posters of Bhindranwale. The Sangh Parivar is simply surviving only on propaganda and they are adepts at showing anyone as villain and anyone as hero as they pleased. Unless and until the RAW and IB are extricated from the clutches of one single Varna people who use that position and power to enforce their own law based on Manu neethi and Arthasastra, there will be no equality and equity in public life in India. 



Godse was a real criminal who wanted Chaturvarna concept to rule the nation so that the apartheid perpetuated in Hindu religion continues forever and the three lower Varnas remain slaves to the Brahmins.

=====================================

Kushwant Singh's article on Operation Bluestar in the Indian Express in 1984
====


The Indian Express had published the news item “Huge quantity of heroin found in Golden Temple” on 15.6.1984 in its first page of course, laying so much importance on the issue. The excerpts:“Intelligence sources said heroin and smack worth millions of dollars in international market and smuggled in from North – West Frontier Province in Pakistan was found in rooms occupied by supporters of militant Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale adjacent to Akal Takht.”

Thus the intelligence sources had been discharging their duty by spreading canards, consciously.

=======

Now the facts. 
Excerpts from the article by Mr. Khushwant Singh in the Indian Express, Sunday, October 21,1984:

“First reports, all issued by government agencies, admitted the death s of 13 women and some children. The same agencies denied that any woman or children had died. When faced with the contradiction, a third version was floated, viz., the women and children hand been killed by a grenade thrown by Bhindranwale‟s men”

“It was put out (by government agencies) that a large number of women, including prostitutes and European hippies, were found in the Temple complex. Some women were pregnant – others presumably were able to avoid pregnancy because of the large numbers of condoms found in the debris” 

“This was followed by yet another canard that quantities of opium, heroin and hashish were unearthed by the troops. The story made the front page of all newspapers. Two days later an amended statement was issued to the effect that the narcotics were discovered in a house outside the Temple complex. This was published on inside pages where it passed unnoticed by the majority of readers who only read headlines”


“Attempts to further blacken the reputation of Bhindranwale were even clumsier. It was first suggested that he had committed suicide. Then M.K.Dhar of the Hindustan Times had it from “most reliable sources” (almost certainly No.1. Safdarjang Road) that he had been slain by his own comrades. This made banner headlines on the front page of his paper. When the post-mortem report revealed that Bhindranwale‟s body was riddled with bullets from head to foot, no more was heard of his taking his own life, or being murdered by his men”

“Since no self-respecting Sikhs could be found to give the government a clean chit, frightened rusties were hauled before TV cameras and made to repeat statements prepared by officials to the effect that the army action had brought peace to the Punjab. This was obvious when the hapless Kripal Singh, Jathedar of the Akal Takht was shown nervously reading from a slip of paper placed in his hand”The sustained propaganda of falsehood yielded dividends. It came to be generally accepted that those who accepted the government point of view were patriots: those who did not were communally biased,supporters of Bhindranwale, Khalistanis and traitors”

“Three months after “Operation Bluestar”, no one really knew exactly how many people had lost their lives in the fighting in the Golden Temple and 40 other gurdwaras invaded by the army, or had been killed on the roads and fields trying to get to Amritsar. By their own admission the government spokesmen conceded that the figures cited in the White Paper (on Punjab released by the government) were grossly underestimated. The White Paper gave the number of soldiers and officers killed as 92: Rajiv Gandhi later stated that upwards of 700 army personnel had been slain. There can be little doubt that if a zero were added to the official figure of 516 of civilian terrorist casualties, we would be closer to the actual number of lives lost- it was certainly in the vicinity of 5000 dead”Before the action started many homes adjoining the Golden Temple were ordered to be evacuated and occupied by soldiers. When the owners were allowed to return, their TV sets, radios, fridges, clocks- almost everything movable- had disappeared.”

“In the temple complex itself there are over a dozen shrines, each with its golak (metal pitcher) – for offerings made in cash. It would be safe to estimate that at any time these golaks would contain over Rs. One lakh in cash. Besides these, there were the offices of the SGPC, the Akali Dal and the Istri Akali Dal, each with liquid cash for day-to-day requirements. The SGPC disburses over a lakh of rupees a day towards its guru ka langar and for sundry services rendered by hundreds of sewadars and hired labourers. After the army action, not a counterfeit coin was found in the golaks or in the offices of these organizations”

“Indeed, it is pretty certain that in order to cover up the traces of such plunder, the offices of SGPC were deliberately set on fire to destroy to destroy their account books. It is also more than likely that the archives housing handwritten copies of the Granth Sahib and the hukumnamas were likewise set alight under the impression that they were account books too. Contrary to the assertion of the White Paper that these buildings caught fire during the exchange of fire, we have the statement of the activist, Devinder Singh Duggal,who was in his office during the fighting, that the archives were set on fire after the action was over”

Tuesday 2 June 2015

Intellectual Terrorism in the IITM Chennai !



Saffron groups conspire to curb social-liberation struggle!



The MHRD got an anonymous letter that blamed the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle in the IITM at Chennai, citing a single page note about certain political, economic and social issues.  The MHRD officials, habituated always to turn blind eye to various atrocities and large scale corrupt activities in floating tenders, in appointment of teaching and non-teaching faculty and in various other fields in the administration of the IITM, sprang up from their seat and called for the report of the Director, IITM, on the basis of that anonymous letter.

They forgot the instructions of the Government of India which codify the procedure for dealing with anonymous and pseudonymous complaints. What they found was that the anonymous unsigned petition was in favour of Chaturvarna Hinduism, which is promoted by the saffron terrorists, through a variety of overt and covert methods . So, the MHRD officials forgot their duty to follow the codified procedure to deal with such unsigned complaints and thought that their duty was to protect Chaturvarna. So they wielded their power and pen and called for the report of the Director, IITM.

It was now the turn of the Director, IITM, who got the MHRD letter, to prove that he was more loyal to the anonymous petitioners of the saffron group than the prescribed office procedure. He had to prove to the MHRD that he was no less an enthusiast than the officials of the MHRD in flouting law, when it came to protecting Chaturvarna. He did not, therefore, issue any memo to the students of the APSC but simply sent an email banning the APSC. After all, they have the traditional authority to do anything against the people whose liberation from the stranglehold of the Brahmins was the life mission of Ambedkar and Periyar.

That was 2300 years old history. Chanakya branded the people who oppose Chaturvarna as ‘wicked’ and commanded the Government to crush those ‘wicked’. He recommended the government not to punish them openly but to adopt conspiratorial criminal methods listed out by him as Secret Science to crush those critics. “In order to protect the institution of the four castes, such measures as are treated of in secret science shall be applied against the wicked.” - Chapter I in Book XIV titled ‘Secret Means’ - Arthasastra. So, the IITM authorities believed that they could do anything against the APSC which opposed Chaturvarna. Accordingly, the Director plunged into action and banned the group, unheard and unconcerned.
What this Director and the officials of the MHRD had forgotten was that the Constitution of India, which the saffron terrorists who are in power in now want to change, has not been changed yet. That remains, for the present, an impediment to their earnest desire to resurrect the Chaturvarna era conceived of by Chanakya.  And, this Constitution imposes certain safeguards against the whimsicality of the authorities who wield administrative power:
1.    Duty to  act fairly is part of fair  procedure envisaged under Art.14 and 21 of the Constitution.
2.    Every activity of a public authority or those under public duty  or obligation must be informed by reason and guided by public interest.  (LIC Vs. Consumer Education and Research Centre -1995 – 5 SCC 48)
Rule of Law

The official who exercises administrative power must ensure that he acts in accordance with the Rule of Law. Rule of Law means that it is the law which rules and not the man. That law is based on the principles of freedom, equality, non-discrimination, fraternity, accountability and non-arbitrariness and is certain, regular and predictable, using the  word ‘law’ in the sense of ‘jus’ or ‘lex’ both. Rule of Law is an ideal. It is a modern name for Natural Law.


a.    “The only essential point that has to be kept  in mind in all  cases … that the administrative  authority should act fairly, impartially, and reasonably. (Keshv Mills Co Ltd Vs.  Union of  India – 1973 1 SCC 380).

b.    The validity  of an administrative action must be  judged by the reasons recorded therein and not in the light of the subsequent explanation or affidavit. (Mohinder Singh Gill Vs.Chief Election Commissioner 1978 – 1 SCC 405 and Union of India Vs. E.G.  Nambudri – 1991 3 SCC 38).

c.     Reasoned decisions can be  there only when there is  procedural  fairness.

d.    The  decisions of the administrative authorities  unaccompanied by reasons will have the effect of whittling  down the efficacy of  the constitutional  provisions of Art.  32, 136,  226 and 227 which provide for judicial review of  administrative action.

But, the Dean of the IITM who chose to ‘ban’ the APSC did not adhere to any of the procedure, enshrined in the Constitution and repeatedly emphasized through the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Now that the suppressed ‘wicked’ people rose in revolt, the Chaturvarna protagonists found that they were caught red-handed. How to come out of the mess is the problem faced by them now. They chalked out a strategy and and are implementing it, through various TV debate shows, and other media. They try to justify the action of the Dean by painting the APSC black and projecting them as Naxalites (and thereby anti-nationals), atheists, etc., The intention is to spread the impression that these people do not have any right at all and should not expect any of their right to be recognized by the authorities. What they forget is that the Dean has not examined any such reason and recorded and communicated the same to the APSC before communicating his decision to ‘ban’ the APSC. It was later that the Dean had condescended to meet the APSC.

Post-decisional justifications

There is no meaning in coming up various explanations to project the APSC as a diabolical body, when the Dean had acted in violation of Constitutional provisions pertaining to the elementary principles of natural justice. The opportunity of being heard had not been given to the APSC before the Dean decided to ‘ban’; to ‘derecognise’ the APSC for ‘misuse of privileges’. The later explanation by the Dean, through another Dean,  that the APSC had ‘failed to follow the code of conduct for student bodies’ does not help the Dean to justify his earlier action. Post decisional reasons, without pre-decisional hearings, are totally unacceptable in Administrate Law & Procedure. Hon’ble Supreme Court does not give any credence to such post-decisional reasons or hearings.

a.    Post-decisional  hearing is  a mere empty formalistic ritual.

b.    “It is common experience that once a decision had been taken, there is a tendency to uphold it and a representation may not yield any fruitful purpose”. (Shephard vs. Union of India (1987 – 4 SCC 431)

Hate became Love overnight

Now that their design has been exposed nationally and internationally, the Saffron groups have, overnight, changed their pattern of attack / defence in every TV show and in the social media to protect the Dean of the IITM. Their century-old hatred towards Ambedkar became love overnight. Their strategy now is to divide the Non-Brahmins by supporting  Ambedkar and opposing Periyar. In every  TV show, the hard core saffron ideologists and / or their foils follow the same strategy. Their intention is to divide the opposition to win the war, their war for establishing the apartheidistic chaturvarna system.

But, these people forget that the world has not forgotten how abusive these saffron terrorists were when they wanted to denigrate Ambedkar. Their man, the vicious pen-wielder Arun Shorie, had written the book 'Worshipping False Gods' with a calculated motive of  sullying the image of Ambedkar in every possible manner by filling the pages of his book with lies and half truths.

Every saffron terrorist who comes up with his strategy of supporting Ambedkar now, to defend the action of the IITM in having banned the APSC, must be confronted with the following accusations made by Arun Shourie in the book “Worshipping False Gods”.  Shourie accuses Ambedkar that, one, he was against India getting freedom without a separate electorate for the "depressed classes", Two, he was inducted into the Viceroy’s Executive Council to wrest dalits away from Hindu society, hence dividing India further; three, he was busy serving British causes as a member of the cabinet instead of supporting the freedom fervor at that moment. 

Red-carpet to Arun Shourie in IITM

Such an Arun Shourie was considered as a ‘celebrity’ and was invited for ‘delivering a lecture’ at Saarang-2000 (held from 21 to 25.01.2010) at the IITM. Saarang is a “national annual student cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology” during which prizes that promise a summer school scholarship in Cambridge or an internship with National Geographic are given.

Arun Shourie spoke on the “Role youth can play in governance and policy making”. That was permissible for the Dean of IITM, because Arun Shourie was and is of saffron group. That he was abusive of Ambedkar was in sync with the approach and outlook of the IITM. Because, the IITM has been appropriated by the Brahmins for themselves.

We have not forgotten

The saffron terrorists who have now started defending the IITM in their APSC ban fiasco believe that we have forgotten how the Brahmins vilified Ambedkar for a century, both during and after the freedom struggle. But, we have not and will not.  

The Brahmins were prepared even to abdicate the independence struggle led by the Congress when their privileged social status was sought to be dethroned in the proposed independent India. They did not bother about even splitting the Congress for that purpose. It was left to the lower classes to stomach the insult and co- operate with the others to fight the British, even though they knew very well that the Brahmins were not ready even to discuss about the eradication of caste system. “It was customary to hold a separate session for social reform immediately after the Congress in the same pandal. Even this was objected to by the political radicals and social tories’ like Tilak and others in the Congress who threatened to burn the pandal if allowed to be used by the Social conference. In a letter to Mr. Ranade, Mr. Surendranath Banerjee wrote: “The raison de’tre for excluding social questions from our deliberations is that were we to take up such questions it might lead to serious differences ultimately culminating in a schism, and it is a matter of the first importance that we should prevent a split…” (Page 51- B.R. Ambedkar – The politics of emancipation- A. M. Rajasekhariah – Sindhu Publications Private Ltd. Bombay 1)


All good things in IITM to be cornered only by Saffrons?

The Times of India dated 17.01.2010 reported that the “IIT Madras has entered into a collaboration with the India Habitat Centre to conduct the south zone finals of the Habitat Young Visionary Award, to get students to write and argue about the change they want to see, the change they want to make and to air their vision of the country. The winner gets to enjoy a fully-paid summer school to Cambridge or an internship at the National Geographic, Hong Kong.”


 The Times of India report added, “While IIT Madras has in the past contributed cash proceeds from Saarang to not-for-profit organisations, for the first time the event will promote social causes through its events. The organisers have also lined up ‘Essence’, a three-day youth summit as part of Saarang with the objective of shaping future leaders through constructive discussions and workshops on youth and policy-making. The final day of the summit will end with an open public policy debate between participants, mediapersons, NGOs, civic bodies and other stakeholders.”

No Kancha Ilaiyah! No Arundhati Roy! No Medha Patkar! No  one who would against the social evils continue to be perpetrated to perpetuate Chaturvarna was and will ever be called for the Saarang. No student would be shaped to be a future leader by the IITM if he expresses how he is suffering from the ill-effects of Chaturvarna. Ambekdar has said Hinduism has no sense of justice**. But, Saarang will not allow discourse on Ambedkar as that will not be a constructive discussion, as per their standards. There is an unseen fiat in Saarang that the discussion on Ambedkar’s principles will not be considered as public policy debate. The APSC which espouses the causes of the suppressed people in the Hindu fold is told by the present action of the Dean that they have no right to write and argue about the change they want to see, they have no right to have any desire to visualise the change they want to make, and that they do not have the right to air their vision of the country.

 Neo-Brahmadeyam!

The IITM, which gets Rs. 1300 crores per annum as government grant has become a Neo-Brahmadeyam. It is their law and not the Indian Constitution which is allowed to prevail there. The suppressed will remain subjugated as long as they allow the oppressor to divide the suppressed.


"When a dominating class wants to keep a subject class under its control, what better way to distract it than to keep it fighting amongst itself. If a subject class is kept busy fighting each other as individuals and trying to gain small advantages or favouritism over each other, it will be all the easier to keep them in check. A subject class which is divided on the basis of arbitrary and superficial differences such as sex, race or nationality will always remain subject” - Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), President of the American Federation of Labour.

=====================================

Note**: "Hinduism is bankrupt, there is in it nothing upon which to base a democracy . There is in it no sense of justice"-Ambedkar -Quoted in C S Braden, War, Communism and World Religions and in Page 28 of the book of A M Rajasekhariah