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Ambedkar on Caste
Question details: As an American, I am completely unfamiliar with Indian culture and have a hard time understanding what the caste system is and why it exists. Could someone provide an overview? Answer details: I assume you mean: What is the INDIAN caste system based on? This answer assumes you know nothing about the Indian […]
“Can the caste system be eradicated from India? If so, how?” Answered by Shekhar Bodhakar That’s a great ‘two in one’ question. Asking this question implies that you have a desire to end the caste system (maybe because deep inside you realise WHY it must be annihilated) and just want to know the “HOW TO” Yes, […]
No. President KR Narayana was denied entry, not because he was a dalit, but because he was considered an Ati-Shudra(ex-untouchable) by the so called high caste Brahmins. The President too considered himself as an Ati-Shudra (Ati shudras were outside the varna system and treated as untouchables) and therefore didn’t mind the insult. Otherwise, he would have quoted […]
It is obvious that caste based reservation (and anything to do with caste) will automatically be abolished when the whole concept of belonging to a caste is abolished. The problem is most people are either vehemently opposing or protecting caste based reservation but hardly anyone is fighting for complete annihilation of the caste concept. ALL […]
It’s a master stroke to deprive the already deprived by grossly violating the Indian constitution. The reservation system was designed to ensure that the historically deprived and underprivileged communities dont continue to be discriminated against. BUT the complete opposite is happening with the introduction of the 10% reservation for general category. For example: Read the […]
I assume you mean caste based reservation and by caste you mean jati. India will definitely become free of any jati based reservation system as soon as the concept of belonging to a jati becomes a thing of the past. Until then, I’m sorry to say, it will remain unless a dictatorial government abolishes it. This will also […]
It is often propagated, giving reasons without proofs, that the Sati tradition of sacrificing the wife, in Hindu culture started because of the fear of Muslims. If that is so, why did the Hindus continue with this inhumane practice once there was no more a fear of attack by the Muslims? Why did they have […]
In a letter to British PM Ramsay Mcdonald in Sept 1932, Mr Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote, “In the establishment of separate electorates at all for the ‘depressed classes’, I sense the injection of poison that is calculated to destroy Hinduism.” Mr Gandhi may have been “somewhat” correct on this occasion. “Distruction of Hinduism” would’ve been a welcoming side effect for […]
CASTES IN INDIA Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development Paper read before the Anthropology Seminar of Dr. A. A. Goldenweizer at The Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. on 9th May 1916 Many of us, I dare say, have witnessed local, national or international expositions of material objects that make up the sum total of human civilization. […]
Why did the need to ask this question arise? People with the surname Ambedkar do not belong to any caste. Nor did the most famous Ambedkar (Dr BR Ambedkar), the social reformer who fought for a casteless society belonged to any caste. Read one of his undelivered speeches, ‘Annihilation of caste’. ‘Ambedkar’ is not a caste. Nor is that […]
Propagation of Ambedkarian Thought by Connecting Ambedkarites Globally, with a focus on Annihilation of Castes (Jati & Varna) amongst the most Underprivileged Communities
