Only Asura “Identity” can unite SC/ST/BCs against Aryans
In the light of the Gujarat genocide of Muslims, the failure of Dalits and Backwards to rise to the occasion to support the Muslims, the victims of Brahminism, makes our Editor and all committed readers of our Voice to seriously introspect. Revolutionaries have no vested interests. They always undergo sincere introspection and DV has always been in the forefront of such an introspection, rfot hesitating to correct mistakes and face criticisma
UNFINISHED WORK OF EDITOR
DV readers will find that the brahminical ideology, passed on as Hinduism, still has significant influence over the masses on one end of the spectrum, while on the other end the Dalit-Bahujan ideology is also inching ahead. But the irony is that the Ambedkarite ideology is still not strong enough to prevent the poisonous brahminical weed growing fast and consolidating. In the face of aggressive Hindu nazi attacks being carried out under full state support, the Ambedkarite movement has become a silent spectator.
This is because of the unfinished task of Dalit Voice. I feel that the “Caste identity Debate launched by our Editor, V.T. Rajshekar, still has not completed its circle. Along with the theory of strengthening each jati (identity), Dalit Voice has not always hammered the point that Dalits are not Hindus. All Ambedkarites have the same opinion that not only Dalits but Scheduled Tribes, Backward Castes and even the shudras are not or were never Hindu.
DV has always tried to strengthen and stress this point using Dr. Ambedkar’s and other intellectuals words.
But the common man among Dalits or Backwards are still under the impression that they are Hindu.
If so, then a question arises. Who then are we? Without answering this question satisfactorily, the Editor’s efforts will not bear fruits. We have to substantiate our point by history and reason.
One may answer saying that we are all Budhists. But frankly speaking this answer does not quench our thirst for identity completely. Such an answer will throw up yet another question. Before Budha who were we?
“DALIT” A RECENTLY COINED WORD
On a soul-searching inquiry into our identity, we are forced to go back to the history as much as possible. By identity we are trying to find out who we were in the past. When we say our Identity is Dalit or a particular Backward Caste, it becomes our superficial Identity only. Because most of these names are recently coined terms. One cannot trace it in any old texts or the Aryan literature. Naturally the question that arise is, don’t we have a past history? Who were we in the beginning?
We find a confusion regarding our identity. This confusion is by the Backwards, Scheduled Castes, Tribes and even the shudras. This confusion has to be first cleared before our identity is established and recognised by our people. Only the most ancient but sustainable term of identity can satisfy our search for roots. Only a fundamental identity will be able to face anything and can creatively and actively consolidate itself. In fact, it is the absence of a common term of fundamental identity which prevents our consolidation and active participation in social polity. This is what limits the Ambedkarite movement. We have not dug deep into our deepest and strongest original root.
GREATNESS OF HINDU IDENTITY”
it is in these areas of vacuum that the term Hindu is used by the Brahmins to suit their vested interests. The fundamental identity has to be religious, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, political, philosophical and all such Identities have to merge in one. That is why the Brahmins are so particular to say that Hindutva is not anyone of these but all of these. To it, they add their literature and the Aryan identity to make it ancient and thereby get the maximum advantage. In the absence of any challenging term, promoted from any comer, success is naturally theirs. That is why hingulva cannot be challenged.
The DV call to strengthen each and every identity is a superb philosophic masterpiece of our Editor.
But the Dalit or Backward or shudra identity is not a convincing fundamental Identity. At the most it is a superficial identity that can be swallowed by the fundamental Identity. Each caste must strengthen itself until equality is attained in all walks of life. This argument of the Editor is wonderful. But without identifying and strengthening our fundamental identity we fail to push forward the “caste identity. That is how the Hindu identity proceeds unchallenged in spite of the fact that is fake.
DR. AMBEDKAR’S VIEW OF HISTORY
Before we tackle the Enemy, we have to first study the Enemy. While studying this Enemy I have to admit the fact that the Hinde nazis have thrown the most challenging posture to Ambedkarite values and philosophies. Hindutva is primarily a religion-oriented identity. The state patronage it gets helps it to attain respectability among the thinking masses and stands unchallenged in the absence of a counter-identity
Here also Dr. Ambedkar comes to our rescue.
Dr. Ambedkar on interpreting Indian history, clearly pictures the ancient people of India, based on Vedas and other Aryan literature. He clarifies that the pre-Vedic and early Vedic inhabitants of india were vertically divided into two groups-Arya and Asuras. We are able to understand that Aryans were a group of people who separated themselves from the mainstream of the Indian society by developing for themselves a separate god, language, social set up, culture, rituals, literature etc. and at the same time claiming themselves great and condemning others as mean people.
The Aryan-Asura conflict was a cultural conflict. Dr. Ambedkar stresses this point very often. The relation of culture with religion is well known. In fact the Arya-Asura conflict was a religious conflict. The Aryans believed in varna system which was the central point of their concepts.
Dr. Ambedkar says that the real history of India starts with the rise of a group of non-Aryan people called Nagas. He also says that it is the Rigveda which first presents the Naga as Ahivitra, the serpent god, the enemy of Indra, the Aryan god. He clarifies beyond doubt that the Asuras were a highly civilized people far better than the Aryans and were evermore powerful than the Aryans. In fact Asuras were those people who did not join the wrong values of Aryans. They were men of virtue. That was why Aryans had to accuse the non-Aryans as symbols of evil. In fact any one who was not Aryan became Asura. To be an Aryan, one had to be a member of any of their four varnas. If not he was not an Aryan.
INDUS VALLEY BELONGS TO ASURAS
Dr. Ambedkar’s findings, therefore, clearly help us to come to the conclusion that the Indus Valley Civilization belonged to the Asuras. He says that Asura is the common term of identity of the various tribes like the Nagas, Pishachas, Rakshasas, Nivatakavachars, Poulmars, Dasas, Chandalas etc. all non-Aryan tribes. He also says that the Dravida is the linguistic identity of Asuras, whereby Tamil got transformed through Dramila to Dravida on sanskritisation. He substantiates his findings and analysis by the aid of various studies of intellectuals and scholars in the field.
It was the acceptance of the wrong term of identity, Dravida, coined by Brahmins, instead of our real Asura identity, which ensured our defeat. if we had named ourselves as Asura it would not have happened.
CONVERSION TO ISLAM
A close study of ancient Indian history always shows that Asuras were the overwhelming majority of the county. During the peak of Aryan culture they propagated a perverted social order based on varna, human sacrifices and animal and meat eating, wrong beliefs and practice. All non-Aryans (Asuras) fought against the Aryan tyranny,
It was at this juncture of peak persecution that Budha came as a liberator. Aryans rightly held Budha as their enemy and fought it with all their might. About 2/3 of India got converted to liberating Budhism, Those Asuras who resisted brahminical aggression are the Tribals of today.
When the Brahmins persecuted Budhism, the Asuras converted to Islam. About 98% of Muslims of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan today are the descendents of Budhists and thus belong to the Asura stock.
Those Budhists who resisted the conversion to Islam were later co opted by Brahmins as their slaves who developed into today’s Scheduled Castes and Backwards. This is the general history of India If this is history why can’t we Dalits, Backwards, Tribes and shudras take the Asura fundamental identity? DV must propagate this fundamental identity.
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
It is true that these descendents of Asuras-the Dalits and Backwards are still opposing the wrong values and practices of Aryans. It is the core of the Aryan-Dalit-Backward Caste conflict. Caste system is the heart of their hindutva, the modern form of Brahminism. In all other matters the Aryans will compromise but not in their caste system. The core of forward backward conflict is that the backward communities will never, ever accept the caste system. In fact they are even today waging a war against Aryans just as in the Vedic period. Yes. The Arya-Asura conflict still continues.
Culture is product of a religion. Asuras belonged to a different religion, Asuras did not belong to the religion of the Aryans. If the Aryan and Asura conflict on cultural values, it also means it is a religious conflict. What does it mean? Aryans and Asuras belong to two different religions.
If so, the Asuras cannot be Hindu which is an Aryan product. That is why the Dalit and Backwards are kept out as outcastes
Only the Asura identity can satisfy all the needs of a term of our common identity because that is our true fundamental identity. The Asura identity did create miracle from the beginning of India’s history. Besides, it stands as the common identity of all non-Aryans.
It is already very late that we identify as Asuras. We are Asuras. Only the Asura identity can check the Brahminical/Aryan/Hindutva Identity. Only it can take the Dalit and Ambedkarite ideology forward.
Ambedkarism can reach completion only through the Asura identity. So, let us declare that we are Asuras. Strengthening the Asura identity will naturally destroy the dangerous brahminical values.
If the Aryans had killed two birds of ours by their cunning Hindu identity that devoured of us without our consent by strengthening our. Asura identity, we can kill three birds of theirs in return.
