COMMUNICATION : UNLESS WE POSE A THREAT TO THE BRAHMIN RULE NOBODY WILL FOLLOW US Why Dalits fail & Brahmins win? Need to change strategy & tactics KARAN GAJTAP, BOMBAY (ADDRESS WITHHELD) Before I begin I would like to clear that I mean no disrespect to Babasaheb or any other who have contributed to the Bahujan community. This is my own analysis and interpretation of the human behavior and the loopholes in our quest to power. I was a typical Dalit who had firm faith in Ambedkarism and Budhism, but later the thing that bothered me was why doesn't it work? Why there is no success? I got the answer in Charles Darwin's, The Origin of Species. The theory is considered loathsome by many but it has the explanation about the nature of living organisms. Truth is often harsh. AMBEDKARITE MISTAKE The goal which many Ambedkarites pursue is to create a drastic change in the mentality of masses. For decades all time and resources have been allocated to achieve this target. There are three fundamental facts about human nature which I think are ignored by the Ambedkarites: (1) The only purpose of humans or any living being is Survival and Replication (S&R). Survival comes first as there is no life without survival and replication comes second which ensures passage of genes and continuity of race. All emotions of humans are to support S&R. As long as any action or emotion supports the purpose of S&R, there is nothing right or wrong. (2) Justice, equality and political freedom are just ideas and not facts. In each or every society there is a hierarchy of some kind or other. There are rulers and there are subjects. (3) Power is amoral. And so is the path to gain power. There isn't a single largescale victorious revolution which has occurred without bloodshed. (largescale revolution means complete gain of power). INDIVIDUAL SALVATION The first point is the answer to why the Bahujans have more regards to gods (irrespective of religion) rather than to Babasaheb. He made the first big change and that is why people at that time were staunch followers and supporters because it gave a boost to their S&R value. Untouchability and other practices which were harmful for us were "constitutionally" abolished, and that was the first major victory for us. However it is still there because the rulers have still not changed. For the educated and elite Dalits, especially the younger generations, it is more or less like it never existed and hence they do not bother about taking it to the further level because it no more fuels the individual S&R value. What fuels the S&R value is individual progress in terms of money or wealth. BRAHMIN CONDITIONING The other section of the Bahujans who assume that they are more enlightened and good human beings are absolutely wrong. There is nothing good or bad, it is just an interpretation of actions as a result of social conditioning. It is the will to power which fuels us on an unconscious level to take such actions. By reading this statement many will be angry. Ask yourself a question: Do you really think that you are people of high moral standards who think about the welfare of the society? The answer is NO. Its just that you have been a born Dalit and you have been influenced by the teachings of Babasaheb. If you had been a born Brahmin with different social conditioning, you wouldn't be the same. A hypothetical example: if Babasaheb had been born a Brahmin with all luxuries would he create such a revolution? The obvious answer is no, for the very simple reason that it won't make any sense. The common rebuttal which comes to anyone's mind is examples like Phule, Dr. Ambedkar, Abraham Lincoln etc. SELF-INTEREST AS MOTIVE Such acts of altruism are also done for selfish motives. It is rewarded with fame and attention. Phule wouldn't do that if nobody objected it because psychologically people are tempted to do what is forbidden. Babasaheb's Brahmin teacher saw a great calibre in him, so it's obvious that when he turns famous he will be known too. It's not that he educated all Dalit children. Abraham Lincoln would not have introduced the greenbacks if there was no civil war and the central bank would be under the government control. One line from the Buddha and His Dhamma: " A son is brought up for the sake of the family, the father is honoured by the son for the sake of his own future support ; the world shows kindness for the sake of hope; there is no such thing as unselfishness without a motive." What I would like to add that now it's hopeless to be kind. The fact is that we all are selfish. And any individual will chose a path which increases its S&R value and not decrease it. Why would a Brahmin or anyone give away power which has been held for so many centuries just for the sake of equality? This brings me to the second point. Those who are fuelled with will to power become king and those who are not end up as slaves. In each and every society there are only two probabilities. Either you are part of the system or slave to the system. Not all men are born equal, only the strong will prosper and conquer. Survival of the fittest. JUSTICE IS LANGUAGE OF THE WEAK Take democracy as an example , it says equal rights to everyone, liberty, freedom —blah blah blah. What does an average citizen do? He or she will educate, work, reproduce and resort to some kind of entertainment for change and eventually will die in some way or the other. Does any kind of freedom makes any difference to such kind of a person? Lets assume that there is no freedom of speech. Will it make any difference, if the majority of them just work and come back home? Justice is the language of the week, the ruler is not bothered about it because he wields power. FARMERS SUICIDE This brings me back to S&R value. We chase these people telling them to be an atheist, accept Budhism and Ambedkarism. Some people listen to it. But what significant change does it bring to the person's life? For a theist, religion and god increases S&R value because abiding to the former ensures them a good stable life as well as afterlife. A farmer who has witnessed number of famines and suicides of his fellow men sees no S&R value in democracy which attracts him to communism, as it is result-oriented. In Stalin's words, "Death is the solution to all problems. No man, No problem." The farmer sees higher S&R value in communism. THREAT TO BRAHMIN In general people are lazy, they don't want to think, that is why they give authority to one who is leading. Hence it is idiotic to chase the masses. The key lies in refining ourselves. Unless a group of Bhaujans are identified as a major threat to the Brahmin rule the followers will always be few in numbers. This brings me back to Dalit intellectuals. All I hear everywhere is that Babasaheb said this and that, Budha said this, Babasaheb is right about Budhism, Tibetans are wrong. We fight over vipassana. I don't understand why is so much time and resources spent over these issues? If we claim to be educated and rational people then can't we think for ourselves? Are we so pathetic that we have to resort to some doctrine for answers? MONEY DICTATES THINGS There are a bunch of Ambedkarites who say that we have to work behind the curtain and we should refrain from increasing assets. Does Ambedkarism mean pauperism? Isn't it obvious that if the individual is guaranteed fame and monetary success for his work, then the output and efficiency of his work will increase? That is the reason why many Dalit people work loyally in other parties. Money dictates everything. The mistake which we make with the money we get is we host dhamma programmes. It is smarter to invest it and take advantage of capitalism instead of cursing it. This brings me to the third point, the amoral stance of power. Since man is selfish, power is amoral. There is no such thing as equality. It does not exist in any society which makes Ambedkarism as the Indian version of socialist utopian concept. There are many patrons of democracy who claim that ballot has put many people out of power than bullet. Another example of triumph of democracy in every Ambedkarite tongue is Barack Obama. This indicates that our knowledge of international politics is absolutely zero. Even Gautam Chakravarty who has spent so much time in UK is unaware that European and American govts. are controlled by bankers and Obama is a mere puppet. POLITICAL POWER IS NO POWER Even if the majority vote to Bahujans at central level, do you think that will just happen like that? The Brahmins know the counter measures and they are very good at it. The Dalit intellectuals are caught between morals and the will to power, both are not possible. I am a regular reader of Dalit Voice and the Dec. 16, 2009 issue caught my attention. The Editor gave special attention to his involvement and his support to the Sikhs during the "Operation Blue Star". It is really sad the Sikhs forgot his contribution. The Sikhs favoured him then for obvious reason that there were mass murders, they needed support in all ways. But the condition has changed and hence there is no such necessity for help. What I think is there should be no more chasing and convincing for alliances to the masses. It all comes back conditions which favour S&R. Once the intellectuals separate out and claim that they are not interested in rescuing the masses from Brahmin atrocities, then the masses will be scared and will automatically join willingly. One should not forget that even though the good things in this country are because of Babasaheb, the history is written by victors. And to rewrite history blood will have to be shed. The history is not favouring us hence the burden of proof is on our shoulders. The E-paper and television channel will really help if there is promotion of a cult and not utopia. If the propaganda is not changed all investment will go in vain.
Jyoti Basu butchered Bengali Dalits & established Bhadralok dictatorship COM. AYYANKALI STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM When the Left came to power in 1977, there was joy in Dandakaranya. About 30,000 peasants migrated to Marichihapi and cleared the land for agriculture without any subsidy. What happened next is incredible. Sandipan Deb (sandipan@ openmedianetwork.in) is an IIT-IIM graduate who wandered into journalism after reading a quote from filmmaker George Lucas — "Everyone's cage door is open" — and has stayed there (in journalism, not a cage) for the past 19 years. He has written a book on the IITs and is the editor of Open. WHO CREATED MAOISTS Left out by the Left: Source: http://www.openthe magazine. com/article/voices/left-out-by-the-left How a barely remembered island in the Sunderbans delta links to the chain of events that has led to the Indian State's woes with Maoists. How a barely remembered island in the Sunderbans delta links to the chain of events that has led to the Indian State's woes with Maoists. Most of us haven't heard of a small island in the Sunderbans delta called Marichjhapi. Unless, that is, you were living in Bengal in 1978-79. But Marichjhapi is one of the most important links in the chain of events that has led to the Indian State's woes with Maoists. One of the most poignant stories I've ever heard about the Partition is from an ex-colleague. His father and his newly-wed wife were fleeing East Pakistan, following the massacres. They reached one of the last boats to cross the river to India. But only the man could board; his wife was left behind in the riverside crush. He never saw her again. COMMUNIST FALSE PROMISE When he reached Calcutta, the Bengal Govt. was offering the refugees a choice of three locations for resettlement: the Andamans, the Terai (Uttarakhand), and the Dandakaranya forests of central India. The communist parties vigorously opposed resettlement anywhere other than in West Bengal. A gentleman I knew, who was an official in charge of resettlement in the Andamans, used to tell me how communist leaders, including Jyoti Basu, would stand at the Calcutta docks and convince refugees that they should not go, that the Left would make sure they would get land in West Bengal. Those who went to the Andamans or Uttarakhand (like my ex-colleague's father did, where he remarried and raised a family) have flourished. Those who stayed back in Bengal got no land and lived in poverty, the sudden leap in population almost ruining the state's economy. Interestingly, it was the resentment these lakhs of people bore about their fate that brought the Left to power for the first time in the state in 1977, on the explicit promise that the Left was 'the friend of the Bengali Hindu refugee'. When more than a lakh families reached Dandakaranya, a vast forested area that stretches across Chhattisgarh, AP, Orissa and Maharashtra, they discovered it was one of the most arid and disease-ridden regions in India. For all practical purposes, they had been condemned by the Indian state to generations of helpless penury. For years, the Left parties of Bengal asked the state and Union governments to give these people land in Bengal. But the migrants had effectively been erased from the pages of history. STATE TERRORISM When the Left came to power in 1977, there was joy in Dandakaranya. About 30,000 peasants migrated to Marichjhapi, and cleared the land for agriculture without any subsidy. What happened next is incredible, and can at best be called the first instance of state-sponsored terrorism in independent India. Following Chief Minister Jyoti Basu's orders, the police fired on the unarmed peasants, stopped NGO relief boats trying to reach the island, destroyed all the boats of villagers leaving them no escape route, cut off food supplies, starved to death men, women and children, and confiscated their property and destroyed their homes. Hundreds were arrested. Then, the communist govt. forced as many of the refugees as it could find on special trains, locked the doors from outside, and sent them back to Raipur. Though the official figure for police-firing casualties is 13, independent estimates put it at above 100. Thirty years have gone by. No one but the victims remember that pogrom of helpless people, people who had lived in hope that marxists would give them a chance to live human lives. But the victims will never forget, and their children remember. Dandakaranya remains a cursed region. There has been no development, and the people lead wretched lives. Is it any wonder maoists now have a stronghold here? Betrayed by every entity in our political system, what do these people have to lose? If you know of Marichjhapi, you can hardly feel any sympathy for the Indian Left. COMMUNISTS KILLED DALITS Nilesh Kumar, Ajay Hela and Anoop Kumar pursuing their masters in Social work, TISS, Bombay: Source: http://blog.insightyv. com/?p=864 Exactly 30 years ago, Dalits, in West Bengal, came to realize the true nature of Indian state that is being dominated, in every sense, by a tiny section of population but at a great personal cost. It was in 1979, when thousands of Dalits, refugees from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) lost their lives at Marichjhapi, in Sunderbans, for their dream of resettling in the region which they considered part of their motherland. Marichjhapi is just one incident in the tragic tale of one of the most powerful Dalit Community,-Namashudras of Bengal, who first became the victim of Hindu-Muslim communalism during the partition and later became the victims of their castes in "independent" India. Moreover, the complete silence of Bengal's civil society for almost 30 years and the fact that Dalits were killed by the communist govt. of West Bengal that came to power in the name of poor and dispossessed, raises some serious questions about representation of Dalits in every sphere, the constitution of civil society and the hegemony of a few privileged castes over the political power in "independent" India. NAMASUDRA POWER Namashudras (earlier called Chandalas), were largely an agrarian community well-known for its hardworking nature, agricultural and artisan skills. It was one of the biggest communities of Bengal, with majority of its population based in the eastern part of undivided Bengal (now Bangladesh) with a long tradition of resisting Hindu domination and fighting against practice of untouchability and other ignominies thrust on them by the caste system. The Namashudra movement had been one of the most powerful Untouchable movements in colonial India that had rejected Congress leadership even before Dr. Ambedkar came on the scene. It continuously fought the total monopoly of rich Bengali Bhadralok consisting of three upper castes — Brahmins, Kayasths and Baidyas. So successful they have been in their design that West Bengal is probably the only state in the country where upper caste hegemony went completely unchallenged in "independent" India till today. The tiny tri-caste Bhadralok increased its cabinet composition from 78% under the Congress (1952-62) to 90% under the communist. When Marichjhapi massacre started appearing in the media Chief Minister Jyoti Basu shamelessly termed it as CIA conspiracy against communist govt. He accused the Namashudra refugees as agents of foreign forces and using Marichjhapi as arms-training centre. Moreover, Jyoti Basu declared the whole area to be out of bound for media and thus effectively silenced any dissenting voices or reporting of the killings of Dalit refugees. Bengali "scholars", marxist or otherwise, rule the Indian academia and write, articulate on all the problems that plague this earth. But none of them broke their silence ever on the merciless killings and eviction of people. BHADRALOK REVENGE Perhaps this was the revenge of the Bengali Bhadralok, against Namashudra community that once successfully challenged upper caste hegemony in undivided Bengal. So successful is the revenge that the community now lives in complete oblivion and scattered across the country without anyone standing for their rights or speaking about what actually happened in Marichjhapi in 1979. 1. Mallick, Ross, Refugee Resettlement in Forest Reserves: West Bengal Policy Reversal and the Marichjhapi Massacre', The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 58, No. 1. (Feb., 1999), pp. 104-125. 2. Jalais, Annu, Dwelling on Morichjhanpi: When Tigers Became 'Citizens', Refugees 'Tiger-Food', Economic and Political Weekly, April 23, 2005 ************ [If there was one single person, who used marxism to strengthen Brahminism in Bengal and reduce the Dalits and Muslims, who constitute the single largest population of the state, into dirt poor, the credit goes to the Kayasth Jyoti Basu (95) who died in Calcutta on Jan.17, 2010.]
COMMUNICATION Allah will not rescue Muslims: They have to "struggle" for it DILSHAD ALI, BANDRA, BOMBAY I have been a silent reader of your magazine but certainly in subconscious level, I too can analyse the fact acknowledged by you. As a Muslim I do feel subjugated in this land to which our forefathers made it Darul Amaan when it was no less than land of struggle and injustice. As each day passes, I as Muslim think about the future of my quaom in this land. As deeper I go in my thought process my curiosity increases. Remembering we were rulers of this land it is disappointing fact that we have been thrust to the bottom. We are denied every thing. Including basic rights — list goes on. In the current scenario I am ashamed to say that they are making us a new social clan behind the Dalit/tribal. Because of opportunities in the Constitution SC/ST are moving up on the social ladder and getting the position they deserve. But we have none to care, listen. Our leaders are dead. We in the real sense have become the orphan. This is the fact after 60 years of "independence" to which we have sacrificed in the same quantity. But still as days pass the only hope to come out of this circumstances thrust on us is none other than Allah. And all Muslims should remember Allah and pray. Allah will show us the right path. (mirdilshadali@yahoomail.com) ************** We have also read the Quran which clearly says that Allah will not help the Muslims. Read Surah-13, Al Rad, Section-2 which says "Allah never will change the condition of a people until and unless they change it themselves". It is this one single commandment of Allah that makes Islam different from all other faiths. You have to struggle to change your life. We are not Muslims and so we regret pointing this out to a Muslim. You say you have been a "silent reader" of DV. This is yet another mistake. When you are convinced that our words do inspire you, you should have contacted us long back and offered your full support — EDITOR.
Punjab Dalits follow DV : Ravidas religion launched SUBHASH C. MUSAFIR, HP Ravidas saints of Ballan, Jalandhar, who so far worshipped the Guru Granth and followed the Sikh tradition have decided to reject Sikhism and launched a separate Ravidas religion — as directed by DV. This decision was taken at a massive congregation of Guru Ravidas followers at Varanasi (UP), birth place of the great saint, on Jan.30, in which I participated. Sant Surinder Dass Bawaji of the Dera Ballan made the announcement. DVEdit June 16, 2009: "When Sikhs hate Dalits because of caste, why not reject them & establish Ravidas religion?"
30-year-old DV member quits for supporting BSP SHER SINGH, IAS (RETD.), H.NO. 1897 - URBAN ESTATE, PHASE-II, PATIALA - 147 002 Having read your dogmatic views for almost 30 years, I think time has come to say quits to DV family. All my efforts to highlight the anti-Ambedkarite activities of Mayawati were nipped in the bud by your editing. Now time has come to find new avenues if Dr. Ambedkar's movement is to be saved. All the members of the Dalit think tank have been systematically sidelined by her. She has developed vested interest in keeping the Dalits in the most detested social condition as Jyoti Basu developed vested interest in keeping the Bengalis in the abject poverty. Now he died a dog's death. Dalit intellectuals still interested in saving whatever little is left of the Dr. Ambedkar's movement must wake up and raise their voice against her. Let us part ways as good friends who once shared some dream to rid Dalits of the curse of untouchability. Thanking you for providing a nice forum to express my views on various issues from time to time.
Brahmin can never be cured : Here is the proof K. PRAKASH, TGT (M), JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, CHIKKAJOGIHALLI, BELLARY DT. - 583 126 I am entering into the 11th year as DV subscriber. All these years I have read enough of Dalit literature. One common idea in all of them is that the Brahmins spread untouchability through temples. No doubt the Brahmin kept some sections outside the temple (just as five-star hotels of today do not allow autorickshaws and two wheelers in their premises). But the practice of untouchability seems to have started as a penalty for those who demanded higher wages for their labour. Just because the Brahmin didn't allow some sections inside the temple, nothing should have prevented those sections to build their own — just as the people today have their own hotels. The reason why it didn't happen so as possibly the lack of "spirituality" in such sections. Because of this reason Dr. Ambedkar's path of embracing Budhism failed. Also possibly for this reason the Dalit converts are put in separate churches or seats and most possibly for this reason alone DV remains a tiny journal breathing with great difficulty even in the 29th year of publication. **************** Brother Prakash, a teacher, has been a very careful reader of DV and also our books but nothing had any impact on him. This is exactly the problem with the Brahmins as a whole. They know the country's situation because they are the most literate, besides being its rulers. Our literature has produced miraculous results. Babasaheb's Writings and Speeches have shaken the whole country. But none of this has had any effect on the Brahmin — even the most educated. This is because they don't want to learn anything new or forget anything old. A Brahmin chief justice of the Allahabad High Court once got his seat cleaned with "holy" Gangajal before he sat because its previous occupant was an Untouchable. See the mindset. Prakash's observations are yet another proof that a Brahmin can never be cured. This should make us think about the seriousness of the disease — EDITOR.
DEBATE Political power as master-key DR. V.D. CHANDANSHIVE In his inaugural speech at BAMCEF Karnataka convention (DV Jan.1, 2010) our Editor said: It is the Chamar power that helped Mayawati to come to power. There is no Chamar power in any other state (p.26). You are right. Despite the sarvjan slogan given by Mayawati it is the Chamar power that put her in political power. But to say there is no Chamar power in other states is wrong. Chamars are scattered throughout India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. In fact this is the only Dalit community which has presence in different states. In the cow belt its presence is noteworthy and conspicuous. The population of Chamars in Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP and MP including Bihar is staggering. Role of Kanshi Ram: Their population in Punjab (29%), Rajasthan (26%), UP 22%), and MP (23%) can work wonders if they get organized with a determination to capture political power. Why then only UP could experience the Chamar power getting translated into political power? It is because Kanshi Ram — through his "caste identity" campaigns — awakened not only the Chamars but other backward castes. The UP experiment has not been replicated in other Chamar-dominated states. The reason is Mayawati seems to suffer from rivalry phobia and, therefore, she has intentionally down-played Kanshi Ram's strategy. That is why she has removed from BSP all those state leaders groomed by Kanshi Ram. Star question: But the star question is: does capturing political power result in totality of Ambedkarite movement and mission? Honest Ambedkarites must ask: what is total Ambedkarite mission? What constitutes totality of Ambedkarite mission? Is it only capturing political power as the Brahminical political parties do? Or do the Ambedkarite intellectuals think that capturing political power is only a part of our mission? At this juncture — when there is a silence of the graveyard throughout the country — it becomes indispensable to launch a Debate in DV on the subject — totality of Ambedkarite mission. I am eager to know your learned comments. ****************** Master-key making monkeys of Dalits Chamars, the leather workers, are not only the country's single largest Untouchable caste with different names in different parts, but also the most ferocious people. (G.W. Briggs, The Chamars, 1920, pp.270, photocopy available with DV). Babasaheb's frequent visits to UP helped ignite the Chamar power through Budhism. That is how the Chamars of UP stood behind Kanshi Ram and Mayawati. This is where "caste identity" helped galvanise the community and prop up BSP. We too were very close to Kanshi Ram who wanted us to head the media center in Delhi. However, we did not like to join party politics and that is how we kept out of BSP — though we continued to be great supporters of Kanshi Ram and BSP. As for the "masterkey business", it has come as a boon to the crooked upper caste leadership of all political parties to make monkeys out of our people. A number of our associates left us in search of the masterkey and they are still wandering. SC/ST/BC and even Muslim youth have been nicely fooled. Let us have a debate on this elusive master-key — EDITOR.
Brahmins are foreigners : DV is right SUDHIR NAG, BAMCEF, 10-73, PV NAGAR COLONY, MALKAJGIRI, HYDERABAD - 500 047 This refers to the DV editorial of Jan.16, 2010 that Jews and "Jews of India" are brothers. This DNA report was published in the Times of India (May 21, 2001) which proves that Brahmins, Kshatiryas and Vaishyas are Europeans and invaded India only to divide, rule and fool the indigenous people. They created the caste system of graded inequality in India. After BAMCEF reproduced this report, the Times of India immediately removed it from its website. The study says the genetic distance is close between Europeans and Brahmins (0.10) followed by Kshatriyas (0.12) and Vaishyas (0.16). It means the DNA of Brahmins and Europeans (99.99%) is very close, followed by Kshatriyas (99.98%) and Vaishyas (99.94%). European origin of upper caste male Washington: The upper caste Indian male population is genetically closer to Europeans than the lower castes, which are more "Asian", according to a potentially controversial new study being published in the forthcoming issue of the journal, Human Genome. (The Times of India, May 21, 2001). The authors of the study say their findings support historical data indicating that West Eurasians migrating into India during the last 10,000 years were mostly male. An analysis of the genetic material also shows that the "ancestors of Indian men and women came from different parts of the world," says Michael Bamshad of the University of Utah , who led the research group. Origin of caste system The researchers say this difference in gender and genetic make up may also hold the key to the origin of the caste system. The migrating or invading male population left descendants in the higher than lower castes and may have even devised the caste system, Bamshad said in an interview with the TOI Brahmin correspondent. Bamshad's study showed that each caste's mitochondrial DNA, which is derived from the mother only, has a greater similarity to Asians than to Europeans, but the upper castes show less similarity than do the lower castes. The Times of India report confirms the DV Editorial of Jan.16, 2010 that the Jews and the "Jews of India" are brothers. Conversely, Y-chromosome data, derived from the father only, show each caste more similar to Europeans, with the upper castes being most similar, probably because more Eurasian males migrated to India than did Eurasian females. Brahmin women are Indian Such a finding could also imply that the women of the sub-continent are more Indian than are men. To "increase the power of the study," Bamshad and his associates also examined 40 additional genes that are inherited form the father and the mother. All of these data strongly supported the conclusion that upper castes have a higher genetic similarity to Europeans than do lower castes, the study says. "These are potentially controversial results," Bamshad said, "But we are able to demonstrate unequivocally that the upper castes are more similar to Europeans than lower castes, and that women are more mobile –mostly upwardly—in the caste system." The study in fact says the genetic distance is closed between Europeans and Brahmins (0.10) followed by Kshatriyas (0.12) and Vaishyas (0.16). Origin of caste system "Assuming that contemporary Europeans reflect West Eurasian affinities these data indicate that the amount of West Eurasian mixture with Indian population may have been proportionate to caste rank," the study says. Bamshad's collaborators in the study include researchers from the Andhra University, Madras University and the Anthropological Survey of India . The group has done work in this area before. In a previously published paper in the Nature magazine, Bamshad's team said each Indian caste had developed a distinctive genetic profile, particularly among men, and more so when there was little intermarriage. But the women's genes suggested greater social mobility. The discovery suggests that women on occasion marry men from higher castes producing children that have their husband's social rank, the researchers said, claiming the "stratification of the Hindu caste system is driven by women."
Calcutta's rush from "dead city" to "stinking city" V.T. RAJSHEKAR We were in Calcutta for three days from Jan.25 to inaugurate a well attended Dalit-Muslim unity conference. Calcutta was rightly called a "dead city" by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 20 years ago. During this visit we found Calcutta making rapid progress to become India's most "stinking city". The whole city has turned into a one vast garbage bin, even the once fashionable Park Street — thanks to decades of manuwadi marxist rule. Calcutta was once a beautiful city, the seat of the British who planned it. But thanks to the Bengali Brahmins, the most notorious among the Aryan upper castes and prime beneficiaries of the British rule, destroyed it and made it the country's most chaotic city. Having witnessed Calcutta's rush to gloom and doom, we can now confidently predict that the whole of India will also go the Calcutta way.
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