Mainstream, VOL LIV No 36, New Delhi, August 27, 2016
Churchill’s Hatred for India?
Sunday 28 August 2016, by
COMMUNICATION
Veteran journalist, author and commentator Kuldip Nayar was lucid and specific in his column captioned, “A Page from ‘Quit India’ Movement”. [Mainstream, Vol. LIV, No. 33, August 6, 2016] His anger against the colonial rulers for the atrocities committed against the Indians is fully justifiable and understandable. But may I request him to place alongside the atrocities Indians have committed against the underprivileged country-men because of caste prejudice?
This is utterly indefensible for any Indian to be perceived as a defender of Churchill at this point of time. This is not in defence of the imperialist Prime Minister any way. But my question is: have we kept count of Indians who have fallen to the hatred of Indians and lost lives because of caste hatred, animosity and brutalities nursed against them? The British officialdom in India had the duty to defend their colony and colonial rule here. What did the Indians achieve by killing, murdering, raping and violating the untouchables? Every Hindu Indian from the upper echelons believed to enjoy an inherent right to kill, destroy and damage another inferior Indian merely on the ground of hatred. Right to life, dignity, happiness and security for socially inferior are not recognised in Hinduism. And Gandhi was a firm devotee of that Hinduism.
This is because of caste in Hinduism. Actually as a common man finds no difference between caste and Hinduism euphemism for their religion. Gandhi proclaimed:
“I am a Hindu because it is Hinduism which makes the world worth living.”
(source: Young India,1-12-26) Look at India at any point of time in the history. Look at the treatment the devoted Hindus meted out to the underprivileged like Eklavya or Shambuka in the era Hindus are utterly proud of. Look at what has been happening across India from one end to the other. If Gandhi is proud, Eklavya or Shambuka had every reason to call it a beastly religion that favours a man because of his caste; it hates another also because of his caste. The Dalits across India are receiving treatment marked by intense hatred, mindless humiliation, glaring injustice and inequality sanctioned by Hindu scriptures. Murder, rape, arson, physical harm targeting the Dalits and tribals are routine. Hinduism decorated with the four-fold caste system is hell for those at the bottom of the society. It’s, of course, a paradise for those at the top. The religion has invested a culture of disrespect in the Hindu mind for the lower social orders. Merit is caste-based and benefit caste-driven. Gandhi prophesied:
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