Nagpur: Nirnay Sagar, a Marathi calender, is widely circulated in Maharashtra. Its compiler/editor is D.K. Soman, a Chitpavan Brahmin. In the back pages of this calender he has printed some articles about “auspicious and inauspicious things” and described the Backward Caste Teli (oil pressers), Nhavis (barbers) and Sonar (goldsmiths) as “inauspicious” or polluted people. The Telis are inferior to even a cat. If a Teli is sighted one should walk back 30 steps and if a cat is sighted only 20 steps are enough. Auspicious or hoy things include Brahmins, curd, fruits, milk, horse, cow, pig etc. All those listed aş polluted are producers of wealth. That means cats, horses, cows have higher place in Hinduism than human beings. Cattle are better Hindus than the BCs.
Anti-human religion: Angered by the anti-human act of this Chitpavan people held protest meetings throughout Maharashtra. Here, the Bahujan Sangharsh Samiti and SC/ST organisations held a massive protest rally on Jan. 16. Nagesh Chaudhari, editor, Bahujan Sangharsh, presided. Dr. Baba Adhav, Adv. Bele, president, Teli Sanghatan, Dr. Bhoyar, convener, Kunbi Sanghatan, Namdeo Khamkar, secretary, Maratha Mahasangh, etc. protested against the anti-human religion and its preachers. They condemned the brahmanic attitude and urged upon SC/ST/BCs to quit this anti-human religion which placed them below animals. Hindu nazi parties had given the BCs a slogan: Garva se kaho hum Hindu hai “(Say proudly that we are Hindus). A barber who addressed the rally said he would charge a Brahmin customer five times more than others. The meeting passed the following resolutions: (1) BCs should not respect any Hindu scriptures, (2) BCs will not only not invite a Brahmin to perform Satyanarayan puja but they should resolve not to perform Satyanarayan puja at all, (3) BCs should resolve not to do menial services for upper castes.
