Whenever I hear any discussion going on “caste system in India”, I am sure that there will be a lot of banging to Brahmins and Thakurs. Dalits, OBCs will be presented as the deprived sections and correctly so. There will be arguments about how these upper cast people ruled, and still ruling, the innocent, hard working SCs and STs without giving them any chance of a decent life. They made them untouchable. They barred them from getting education. They forced them for eternal slavery. And hence, dalits now deserve to be treated in “reverse discriminatory” way by reserving seats in schools, colleges, jobs, promotions, elections and every other place where a “competition” can exist.
But the problem is no one realizes that “Freedom is not free”. No country, no community, no group has ever got their independence without any “self willing” sacrifice. And I believe no one should get it without working hard for it. I am not aware of any “mass movement” of dalits against their suppression. I am not talking about one or two individuals, who fought for their rights but a movement where general public participated.
When we read about the independence movement of India, the first thing we read is the “reasons behind our failure”. Normally, we blamed ourselves for our loss of freedom. We say that we were divided, we were weak, and we were less developed. We blame ourselves for not understanding the British policy of “Divide and Rule”. But have we ever analyzed the reasons behind Brahmins supremacy. No, we don’t want to accept the facts. We just want someone to give a soft touch to our wounds. We are afraid of treatment, because that will show us our own faults. This behavior is very much similar to the behavior of a mother who when her child falls, tell her that it’s not her fault but the floor itself is bad.
If we really want to improve, we must know our own faults; take a lesson from it and then work hard in right direction with proper planning and intelligence.
Manoj
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