LINGAYATS, VOKKALIGAS, BRAHMINS CAN’TTOLERATE A BC CHIEF MINISTER
Hinduism – the latest name for Brahminism – is said to be world famous for its tolerance. No other religion is said to be possessing this unique quality. Non-violence, they say, springs from this “tolerance”.
We want our readers to buy a copy of Hindu nazi ex-editor of the Indian Express, Arun Shourie’s book, Hinduism, its Essence and Consequence (A study of the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutra and the Gita (Vikas 20/4, Industrial Area, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad dt ., UP- 1979, pp.414, Rs. 125).
Since Arun Shourie, a Punjab Brahmin, is today the darling of Hindu nazis, what he speaks on Hinduism should be golden words for all Hindus. He has devoted one whole chapter (no. 10) to deal with Hindu “Repressive tolerance” and we give only some select quotations as we would like to deal with this much-publicised “Hindu tolerance” separately.
Arun shourie says Hindu society is “very tolerant in matters that did not effect the social order”, meaning the brahminical social order (BSO). “While the tradition was very tolerant of such diverse practices, it was very intolerant in matters that might affect the social order”. Hinduism’s system of powerful sanctions and rules “do not exemplify a tolerant society that is determined to make unthinking conformity the second nature of its members”. (p.361). Those not conforming to its world view are called “demoniac” (p.366) – a word used to describe the non-Aryan original inhabitants of India.
Hate philosophy: Shourie says that in the Bhagawad Gita, the “Supreme God” Krishna preached hatred and violence (p.362). He concludes saying that Hinduism “is nota society tolerating those who oppose it but a society that is co-opting the ring leader of those who might oppose it”. (p.363).
We have elaborately dealt with this question in our book, Brahminism, Curse of India (DSA- 1981), but this editorial has a limited purpose:Bangarappa, the man in the news today, in the context of “Hindu tolerance”. Bangarappa provides the most beautiful test for “Hindu tolerance”.
Test case: How tolerant the Hindu could be? Karnataka provides a test case.
For the first time Karnataka has a Backward Caste Chief Minister in Bangarappa. Of course, there was Devaraj Urs, Karnataka’s greatest CM and the darling of the downtrodden. But “Urs” (meaning ruler in Kannada) belonged to the Mysore royal family community. Though the royalty, the Wodeyars, was from the Backward Caste potter community, the Brahmins started worshipping them when they became the rulers and their community tagged the “Urs” tail to their names. Since Aryans / Hindus worship only the rising sun, the potters became “Urs” (rulers).
Devaraj Urs killed: That is how Devaraj Urs loved the BCs and the upper castes “tolerated” him for some time though they only conspired, kicked and finally killed him employing an Iyengari IAS woman, Nirmala Prasad. (DV, July 16. 1982: “Who Killed Devaraj Urs?”). We have lot of facts on this cold-blooded murder of Devaraj Urs on whom not even a post-mortem was ordered by the govt. then headed by a Brahmin, Gundu Rao. The murder of Devaraj Urs is another test case for “Hindu tolerance”.
Bangarappa was brought up by Urs. A Lohiaite, Bangarappa belongs to the Untouchable Ediga (toddy-tapper) community and hence the most hated community though a section of his jatwalas became toddy and arrack contractors and later became liquor barons and multi- millionnairs. Under the BSO, a person may make any amount of money but on the social ladder if he is down he is out.
In TN, this jati is called Nadars. Kamaraj Nadar, who belonged to this community, brought them up. And today, the Nadars are a fairly affulent community but continued to be despised by the BSO.
In Kerala, they are called Ezhavas and Thiyyas who though forming a formidable 30% of the State population (single largest community) are totally deprived even to this day. Once liberated by the great revolutionary, Sri Narayana Guru, this non-Hindu community has slipped back into the jaws of the ever-hungry Hinduism which used marxism to make mincemeat out of Ezhavas.
Deccan Herald owners: In Karnataka, this community is known by different names: Edigas in “old Mysore”. The State’s largest circulated English daily. Deccan Herald (DH), is owned by this group though its present editor, Hari Kumar, son of a great Ediga leader, K.N. Netta kallappa (who was responsible for recruiting this writer into Deccan Herald as a cub-reporter way back in 1959), turned a “marxist” during his JNU days and later lost even the little jati feeling when he married a Gujarati Bania. Today, this great institution set up (1948) by the great Guruswamy and Venkataswamy, the two mighty pillars of the Ediga community, to fight brahminical terrorism at the instance of Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar, then Dewan of Mysore, has slipped back into the ever hungry brahminical stomach. The top posts in the Printers India (the name of the company that owns the DH chain of papers) are held by upper castes.
This is despite the fact that the other owner of DH, Tilak Kumar, younger brother of Hari Kumar, has married Bangarappa’s daughter.
Marxism to promote brahminism: Upper castes fondly describe Hari Kumar as “progressive, secular and marxist”. They have given this certificate to him because he has “graduated from caste to class” forgetting his oppressed community, for whose benefit DH was set up, and kept DH at the service of the upper castes. The Hindus /Aryans “tolerate” all BCs who betray their community. “Marxism” is one such weapon used by the brahminical forces to destroy the identity of the SC/ST/BCs and Muslims.
All SC/ST/BCs and Muslims/Christians/ Sikhs who betray their community interests and serve the BSO will be “tolerated”. Today, DH is a flourishing institution and it will continue to flower as long as it goes on pouring milk to the serpent. This is another example of “Hindu tolerance”.
Deccan Herald is the country’s only top-class newspaper institution owned by the BCs but alas its services are kept exclusively at the disposal of the Aryan upper castes – thanks “marxism” which co-opted an Ediga institution. Though the “Deccan Herald “is just one part of the story, it is an essential part because the BSO “tolerated” DH because it surrendered to the BSO but Bangarappa refused.
Bangarappa refuses to bow: The urban-born, urban bred, marxist – brainwashed owners of DH were easily sucked into the system (BSO) and surrendered. But Bangarappa, the village- born and rural-bred, a born fighter like Lohia, fought back.
To finish DH, the BSO used marxism but Bangarappa, brought up in a pure, uncontaminated village atmosphere and educated in Lohia philosophy is today fighting with his back against the wall as this is written. Bangarappa may go or may not go but that is a different matter, but he has given a shock to his upper caste tormentors who are spending sleepless nights. This is where Bangarappa stands out as a unique personality.
Had he also succumbed and surrendered, the BSO would have “tolerated” him and he could have “ruled” the State as per the BSO dictates. In such a case, he too would have been hailed like Karunanidhi, also an Untouchable (Isai Vellalar of the temple-piper community) who succumbed and surrendered to the BSO. (DV June 1, 1992 p.15: “Bangarappa-baiting by three exploiting jatis”).
Tamil Cut-throat: BSO has no objection against any sucker-licker BC making money. The BSO will itself give any facility to make more money. Jagjivan Ram did it. Karunanidhi did it and did it stomach full. As he betrayed his guru, Periyar EVR. and his Dravidian community and proved anti-national to the Tamil Nation, and settled down with his many wives including a papan one, the history pronounced its verdict and called him Cut-Throat. Today, from the dustbin of history the Cut-Throat is yelling but the betrayed Tamil masses have gone over to Dr. Ramadoss, the emerging BC star on the Tamil horizon.
But the brave Bangarappa did not succumb and surrender. He said he would rather die than be a chamcha sucker-licker of the BSO. And that is how the most “tolerant Hindus” called him corrupt. Every “national’ toilet paper in India is today singing, shouting and screaming that Bangarappa is corrupt. “Bangarappa is who though forming a formidable 30% of the State population (single largest community) are totally deprived even to this day. Once liberated by the great revolutionary, Sri Narayana Guru, this non-Hindu community has slipped back into the jaws of the ever-hungry Hinduism which used marxism to make mincemeat out of Ezhavas.
Deccan Herald owners: In Karnataka, this community is known by different names: Edigas in “old Mysore”. The State’s largest circulated English daily, Deccan Herald (DH), is owned by this group though its present editor, Hari Kumar, son of a great Ediga leader, K.N. Nettakallappa (who was responsible for recruiting this writer into Deccan Herald as a cub-reporter way back in 1959), turned a “marxist” during his JNU days and later lost even the little jati feeling when he married a Gujarati Bania. Today, this great institution set up (1948) by the great Guruswamy and Venkataswamy, the two mighty pillars of the Ediga community, to fight brahminical terrorism at the instance of Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar, then Dewan of Mysore, has slipped back into the ever hungry brahminical stomach. The top posts in the Printers India (the name of the company that owns the DH chain of papers) are held by upper castes.
This is despite the fact that the other owner of DH, Tilak Kumar, younger brother of Hari Kumar, has married Bangarappa’s daughter.
Marxism to promote brahminism: Upper castes fondly describe Hari Kumar as “progressive, secular and marxist”. They have given this certificate to him because he has “graduated from caste to class” forgetting his oppressed community, for whose benefit DH was set up, and kept DH at the service of the upper castes. The Hindus /Aryans “tolerate” all BCs who betray their community. “Marxism” is one such weapon used by the brahminical forces to destroy the identity of the SC/ST/BCs and Muslims.
All SC/ST/BCs and Muslims/Christians/ Sikhs who betray their community interests and serve the BSO will be “tolerated”. Today, DH is a flourishing institution and it will continue to flower as long as it goes on pouring milk to the serpent. This is another example of “Hindu tolerance”.
Deccan Herald is the country’s only top class newspaper institution owned by the BCs but alas its services are kept exclusively at the disposal of the Aryan upper castes – thanks “marxism” which co-opted an Ediga institution. Though the “Deccan Herald “is just one part of the story, it is an essential part because the BSO “tolerated” DH because it surrendered to the BSO but Bangarappa refused.
Bangarappa refuses to bow: The urban-born, urban bred, marxist – brainwashed owners of DH were easily sucked into the system (BSO) and surrendered. But Bangarappa, the village- born and rural-bred, a born fighter like Lohia, fought back.
To finish DH, the BSO used marxism but Bangarappa, brought up in a pure, uncontaminated village atmosphere and educated in Lohia philosophy is today fighting with his back against the wall as this is written. Bangarappa may go or may not go but that is a different matter, but he has given a shock to his upper caste tormentors who are spending sleepless nights. This is where Bangarappa stands out as a unique personality.
Had he also succumbed and surrendered, the BSO would have “tolerated” him and he could have “ruled” the State as per the BSO dictates. In such a case, he too would have been hailed like Karunanidhi, also an Untouchable (Isai Vellalar of the temple-piper community) who succumbed and surrendered to the BSO. (DV June 1, 1992 p. 15: “Bangarappa-baiting by three exploiting jatis”).
Tamil Cut-throat: BSO has no objection against any sucker-licker BC making money. The BSO will itself give any facility to make more money. Jagjivan Ram did it. Karunanidhi did it and did it stomach full. As he betrayed his guru, Periyar EVR, and his Dravidian community and proved anti-national to the Tamil Nation, and settled down with his many wives including a papan one, the history pronounced its verdict and called him Cut-Throat. Today, from the dustbin of history the Cut-Throat is yelling but the betrayed Tamil masses have gone over to Dr. Ramadoss, the emerging BC star on the Tamil horizon.
But the brave Bangarappa did not succumb and surrender. He said he would rather die than be a chamcha sucker-licker of the BSO. And that is how the most “tolerant Hindus” called him corrupt. Every “national’ toilet paper in India is today singing, shouting and screaming that Bangarappa is corrupt. “Bangarappa is Karnataka’s most corrupt CM”.
Because the BSO owns these toilet papers, it can brainwash its readers, and some newspaper readers have also started calling Bangarappa corrupt and he must go. An Ediga reporter in a Bangalore Press Club talk was the most vociferous in calling Bangarappa corrupt and that he must go. The BSO brainwashing is so perfect and precise that it makes a brother fight brother. Veerappa Moili, an Untouchable from South Kanara but with hardly any mass support, was the first to revolt against Bangarappa. Aziz Sait, a powerful Muslim leader, was the other. BSO is an expert in this job having mastered the laws of contradictions.
Paradox of the press: At the time of writing this it is on the lips of everybody. “When is Bangarappa going?” Everybody is asking this question. But Bangarappa is not going. “Why he is not going? He must have bribed P.V. Narasimha Rao”. Imagination running riot.
The answer to this question is very interesting. The Indian language newspaper-reading population in Karnataka or for that matter in the whole of India is not even 10% (English- reading population is much less). Some 5% more would get brainwashed on hearing the “news” from the readers that “Bangarappa is corrupt and he must go”.
Who are those 10+5: 15%? They are mostly the upper castes. It is only the upper castes who managed to become literate and have the financial capacity to buy these toilet papers.
Illiteracy helps ?: The other 85% who are kept illiterate (and hence poor) by the upper castes are the SC/ST/BCs, the victims of the upper caste exploitation. This 85% may be illiterate but this illiteracy has helped them to remain uncontaminated by the poison spread by the toilet papers. This statement may shock some but alas it is true.
One example: The three upper caste ruling communities of Karnataka – Brahmins, Lingayats and Vokkaligas- with the power of the press they own, made it appear that Indira Gandhi would be defeated in the Chickmagalur Lok Sabha byelection. Even Devaraj Urs was rattled by the vehemence of the nazi publicity blitz. The Lingayat leader, Veerendra Patil, was the upper caste candidate against Gandhi then. Every newspaper had predicted her rout. But she won hands down. Chickmagalur then proved that this toilet papers have no influence. At the most they have only a nuisance value. What can this 10 to 15% of the newspaper-reading population do? Today, Bangarappa proved the same for the second time.
The paradox of the BSO is that it deliberately kept a section of the population enslaved and illiterate but this illiteracy itself has saved them from the Hindu poison. And this uncontaminated 85% does not read any toilet papers and hence saved from this brahminical brainwash. Bangarappa is banking on this uncontaminated, uncorrupted SC/ST/BCs and minorities who are with him .
The problem with Bangarappa: But the problem with Bangarappa is he has exhibited his guts to bend the State into “forward” and “backward” castes. Very good. We like it. But when the issue is clinched, will he be able to do the bending and also succeed?
This is where we have the doubt.
Mere fighting spirit and guts are not enough to fight the BSO. Along with guts, he may also have the sincerity and commitment to his backwards. But what is needed much more is superior strategies and tactics. We do not know how far Bangarappa has this. If he has it, he has not given any proof of it.
The example of Sikhs: The brave Sikhs have the guts in plenty and they have proved it when they “finished” Indira Gandhi as a retaliation to the ‘Blue Star’. But what has the “guts” given them? The BSO has made a bara baje out of them. They are nowhere near their goal. Nobody in recent history has fought the BSO as bravely as the Sikhs.
But they failed to realise that BSO can’t be fought with mere guts and guns. BSO is an idea and an idea can’t be fought with guts and guns. An idea can be fought only with a counter-idea. Has Bangarappa that counter-idea to defeat the BSO?
This writer has been close to Bangarappa for the last 20 years. In fact, after Devaraj Urs he is the person who has come closest to our heart. But after he became CM, we had no entry. If Bangarappa was interested in fighting the BSO, we should have been the first to be drafted. But he never thought about us, though we are ever willing to serve such a great cause.
Devaraj Urs had both the guts and the counter-
Arrian and Moses of Khoren point towards the Aryan roots of Medes and Persians. The traditions of Iran show the Peshdadian dynasty coming from the Aryan lineage and the names of the epic kings bear a remarkable phonetic similarity to Indo-Aryan words: Kavata, Apivahu, Usadan, Pishinah and Hausravah.
If the evidences, archaeological and otherwise, point to an Aryan migration in the Middle East region, the refutation of Aryan entry into India seems to be based on wrong hypothesis.
However, the term ‘conquest’ is really out of context for these vast movements of people in ancient times. As pastoralists, and later when crude rudiments of agriculture were learnt, a land was a precious commodity and one tribe pushed another in their efforts to acquire more land.
The Aryans, one of many migrating tribes in ancient times, are particularly remembered today on account of the legacy they carried with them that formed the basis for evolving the Avesta and the Vedas that have influenced other cultural religious movements. (Times of India Nov. 6)
