Awakening the Indian OBCs: The Unpaid Escorts of hindu religion?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 10:44PM Shri writes about reformation of India only possible if the OBCs (he says that the OBCs were victims of the hindu brahminical order and that they have been played out by the hindu religious people to hurt themselves and their own bro/sis in the name of caste and superiority pathology. OBCs of India became the underdog escorts of the hindu religion and they have no hesitation or remorse to hurt and kill Sc/Sts or their own people?).
OBC is an abbreviation of an Indian constitutional term for Other Backward Class, constituting the 52 % of the Indian population. This classification is done on the basis of the social and economic condition of this masses other than more fateful victims of Brahminical system i.e. untouchables and tribals population of India. SC i.e. Schedule castes, ST i.e. Schedule tribes and OBCs have been common victims of Brahminical exploitative social order, since beginning.
An Indian social-historical puzzle which bewildered Karl Marx that then why these common victims never caused any revolution detrimental to their common enemy in Indian subcontinent could be a topic of separate thesis. However, I think the varying degree of status ranking called ‘graded degradation’ by Ambedkar, with cultural autonomy within caste with continuously nourished caste specific egos over other castes in descending order by the overarching Vedic-Hindu religio-cultural superstructure controlled by Brahmins, could be the plausible reason behind this.
OBC have always been direct operessor/supressor of SC and ST everywhere wherever Indians have gone. In addition OBC and other dominant intermidiate castes have also been the major cause of atrocities on not only SC and STs but other minor OBC castes like carpenters/blacksmiths/oil-seed pressers/barber and washerman communities. They are the ‘unpaid’ police of the brahmins and their system, (in the words of Babasaheb ). Like dog who guards the house of his master for the leftover and crusts and who even barks and bite to his own bretheren. Also all over India these our OBC brothers have tried to imitate brahminical social order keeping and proclaiming themselves as quasi-brahmins or superior which is peculiarity of ever single caste in Hindu caste system including SC/ST.
However, the main crux of this problem is these OBC brothers who act as pit bull terrier of brahminical systems derive the legitimacy for their atrocities from the high caste social practices, which in turn are the cultural-religious dictates of Brahmins. Hence, while the actual operation of these system, one can see only the physical inflictor / perpetuator of atrocities and not the main culprit i.e. Brahmin behind it. This is made worst by the descending replication of same behaviour at lesser degrees by all castes, even by SCs and STs among themselves.
As traditional second Varna warrior caste (class) in general is used by Brahmins to discipline/punish as per Vedic dharma, the rest of the regional dominant castes (numericaly, economically) have been fitted/ included/adjusted/accomodated in descending order in the broader social design/structure of Hindu Vedic dharma. They were given false sense of vain glorious pride and sense of originating from some mythological or fabricated ancient origin and let loose on their instant near lower caste, their own socially, economically weak brothers.
The contemporary and past economical mode of production, political developments and cultural politics and the uneven mutual economical dependancy of castes contineously being organised, conditioned and controlled through religion, culture and traditions and was regulated socially.
Hence, we very much need the organizations dedicated to still due cultural revolution in India and deconstruction of Hinduism. Satyashodhak movement of Rashtrapita Phule was highjacked by Congress, Rev. Iyothee Thassar’s movement was sent into oblivion, Adidharmi movements were sabotaged by Arya Samajists, Periyars movement fell prey to the selfishness of OBCs, they themselves becoming oppressors, Republican Party was big debacle, Dalit Panther lived and died a reactionary movement, though it has its own value as ‘socio-cultural resistance’, BAMCEF, despite undergoing some splits is alive and kicking with its factions, BSP is unavoidalbe political phenomenon, despite its political priorities and economical limitations, firmly sticking to the guns of Phule-Ambedkrite ideology.
Among this only Satyashodak movement and BAMCEF has efficient blue print and action plan of forming a unified front of common victims i.e. SC, ST, OBC and religious minorities of Vedic-Hindu system or traditional hegemony of twice born and their satanan aides.
Very first pre-requsite for this is the eye-opening of adamant, still blissfully ignorant and arrogant OBCs who are ‘unpaid police’ of Brahminical system.
You like it or not, you find it justifiable or not, this mass of intermidiate castes from all over India has to be awakened if you are serious about the socio-politico-economical-cultural change.
This makes the latest formation of Cultural movement like ‘Balijan Cultural movement’ formed by Waharu Sonowane, Prof. Gail Omvedt , Kancha Ilaiah, Sunil Sardar etc .is a very welcome step in the path of our nation building.
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