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BEGUM ROKEYA SHAKHAWAT HUSSAIN DURING BRITISH PERIOD TASLIMA NASREEN TREATMENT BY GOVT. OF INDIA

Divorced and Destitute Muslim Women of West Bengal hold Protest-march in Kolkata

Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hussain

I strongly encourage all the Muslimahs on planet earth to go for sex change operation to become a man before they pass away so that they can enjoy the same rights and privileges as all the Muslims when they died and go to that halal heaven where there’s 72 white skin houris awaiting for them as according to Mr MBA(Muhammad bin Allah)’s ‘truthful’ account.

In halal heaven, Mr MBA and his dead moon god, Allah only accept those human beings with a circumcised penis and hairy balls as a sign of recognition and cast all those human beings whose bottom is empty to hell. No wonder all the Muslimahs were treated badly and have to suffer the worst kind of fate on planet earth than all the Muslims!

On Thursday, December 9, 2010, a unique and unbelievable incident took place in Kolkata. Over 2000 divorced and destitute Muslim women assembled at College Square. Most of the women were from the district of Murshidabad, one of the Muslim dominated (70%) districts of West Bengal, a state of eastern India on the border of Bangladesh. Women from a few other districts of the state were also assembled and these unfortunate women were either divorced by oral ‘triple talaq’ or simply driven out by their husbands along with their children. They selected the date 9th December as on this date the Muslim lady Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hussain, the progressive and well known social worker, died in 1932. She spent her life for the uplift of the Muslim women and founded the first Muslim Girls’ school, the Shakhawat Memorial School, in Kolkata for educating the Muslim girls.

Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hussain

But her activities were highly condemned and bitterly criticized by the Muslim clerics, who wanted to see Muslim women illiterate. It is needless to say that these clerics were in favour of using women as sex objects and a machines for producing children as many as possible. In fact, they practically excommunicated her from the Muslim society. The bitterness went to the extent that when she died on December 9, 1932, the clerics refused to bury her body in Muslim burial ground at Gobra, Kolkata, even though many prominent Muslim personalities of her time, including A K M Fazlul Haq, the then prime minister of the undivided Bengal joined her Janaja prayer.

To introduce Begum Rokeya (or Roquia) Sakhawat Hussain, Wikipedia writes, “She was a prolific writer and a social worker in undivided Bengal in the early 20th century. She is most famous for her efforts on behalf of gender equality and other social issues. She established the first school aimed primarily at Muslim girls, which still exists today. She was a notable Muslim feminist; modern feminist writers such as Taslima Nasrin cite her as aninfluence. Roquia Khatun was born in 1880 in the village of Pairabondh, Rangpur, in what was then the British Indian Empireand is now Bangladesh. Her father, Jahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Haidar Saber, was a highly educated zamindar (landlord). Roquia had two sisters, Karimunnesa Khatun and Humayra Khatun; and three brothers, one of whom died in childhood. Roquia’s eldest brother Ibrahim, and her immediate elder sister Karimunnesa, both had great influence on her life. Karimunnesa wanted to study Bangla, the language of the majority in Bengal. The family disliked this because many upper class Muslims of the time preferred to use Arabic and Persian as the media of education, instead of their native language, Bangla. Ibrahim taught English and Bangla to Roquia and Karimunnesa; both sisters became authors.”

Birth Place of Begum Rokeya in Pairabondh, Rangpur

Roquia Khatun was born in 1880 in the village of Pairabondh, Rangpur, now in Bangladesh. Roquia married at the age of sixteen in 1896 to Khan Bahadur Sakhawat Hussain, who was the Deputy Magistrate of Bhagalpur, which is now a district under the Indian state of Bihar. In 1909, Sakhawat Hussain died. He had encouraged his wife to set aside money to start a school primarily for Muslim women. Five months after his death, Roquia established a high schoolin her beloved husband’s memory, naming it Sakhawat Memorial Girls’ High School. It started in Bhagalpur, then she moved the school in Kolkata in 1911.

Begum Rokeya wrote many books and few of her notable works include: Sultana’s Dream Oborodhbashini (“The woman in captivity”), Motichur, Paddorag (“Essence of the Lotus”)Narir Adhikar (“The Rights of Women”), an unfinished essay for the Islamic Women’s Association

She also founded the Anjuman e Khawateen e Islam (Islamic Women’s Association), which worked for raising the status of Muslim women. Begum Roquia remained busy with the school, the association, and writings for the rest of her life. She died of heart problems on December 9, 1932. In Bangladesh today, December 9 is celebrated as Rokeya Day. Begum Roquia was an inspiring figure and it is she who inspired Dr Maleka Begum, Dr Afroja Khatun, Begum Khadija Banu, Begum Mustaei Banu and other women leaders to stage the demonstration in Kolkata, particularly on the ‘Rokeya Day’. These leaders estimated a gathering of around 3000 Muslim women, but many of them were blocked by the local community leaders and Muslim clerics, on their way to Kolkata.

Dr Maleka Begum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studied in the Dhaka University (in the 4th Floor, Arts Building). Begum Afroja Khatun is the Convenor of the “Bengal Forum for Muslim Women’s Right and Empowerment” (BFMWRE), based in Kolkata. On December 6, BFMWRE issued a hand bill where Begum Afroja Khatun appealed to the divorced and destitute Muslim women of the state of West Bengal (WB) to join the Protest March from the College Square to the statue of M K Gandhi on the Mayo Road in Kolkata. It also said that a meeting would be held on the final destination of the protest march and deputations would be sent to the Governor and the Chief Minister of WB to draw their attention to the grievances and demands of the unfortunate Muslim women. The demands contained:

1) Both men and women must have similar rights to divorce their spouses. The Muslim tradition of divorcing his wife by oral ‘triple talaq’ must be abolished and a divorce by a decree of the court be only granted as a valid divorce.

2) The Muslim tradition of polygamy must be stopped immediately.

3) Both men and women must have equal rights over the properties of the ancestors.

4) The law of adaptation must be revived.

5) Laws must be legislated for supporting the tortured, divorced, deserted women and aged women and make them financially independent.

The facsimile of the hand bill issued by BFMWRE

The leaflet also contains a few important quotes of Begum Rokeya e.g.

“The religion (Islam) has tightened our shackles of slavery and males are dominating over us, in the name of religion.” (Nabanur)

“We have gone to the lowest level of slavery, but none of our sisters could raise her head high. The most important reason is, perhaps, whenever any of our sisters raised her head and made a protest, at once her head was smashed in the name of religion.” ( The Downfall of the Women)

“In fact, any ornament is an instrument of slavery. If it is considered as an object for beautification, is that notion not disgraceful? Is an effort of beautification not an weakness of mind?” (The Downfall of Women)

“What is the purpose of veil? Is it not captivity for women inside the four walls of a room being deprived of all kinds of freedom and privileges?” (Three Huts)

“There is not even an iota of doubt that we have not born to live as a slave.” (The Downfall of Women)

After the women assembled at College Square, a meeting was held. The meeting began sharply at 10 am, after garlanding the portrait of Begum Rokeya Shakhawat. Then the protesters took out a procession where more than 2000 women took part. The main meeting was held at that spot where many prominent speakers and organizers spoke about the heart rending sufferings of the Muslim women, who were either divorced or driven out by their husbands.

Women who took part in the procession

The main speaker Dr Dr Maleka Begum, an Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studied in the Dhaka University, harshly reproached the so called secular Government of WB and the Central Government of New Delhi for still allowing the Muslim men to divorce their wives by simply the oral ‘triple talaq’ and without any alimony, whereas in many Muslim countries, the practice has been declared illegal and abolished. She said that even in the neighbouring Bangladesh, which is a Muslim country, the practice of triple ‘talaq’ and ‘hilla marriage’ have been declared illegal and a punishable offence. She expressed her amazement how in secular India these mediaeval practices are being allowed to continue still today.

The important people who were present at the meeting were Begum Afroja Khatun, Professor Khadija banu, the president of Rokeya Naari Unnayan Samiti (a NGO fighting for the rights of Muslim women), the well known human-rights activist Rabindranath Datta, Giasuddin, the founder, and Mujaffar Hussain, the secretary of the Dharmamukta Manabatabadi Mancha (A Forum for the establishment of human-rights apart from religion). Ten divorced and destitute women also expressed their experience. They broke into tears while narrating their heart rending stories.

Khadija Banu, in her speech, said, “An investigation would reveal that in every village of the district of Murshidabad, there are 10 to 15 women, who were either divorced or driven out by their husbands. In fact there are 300,000 to 350,000 such women in this district alone.” Extreme poverty is leading them to leave the district and migrate to adjacent districts. Till date, they have not received any dole or any other assistance from the government.” Wile replying the journalists, she said, “On the contrary, they are facing obstruction and threats from the religious clerics and community leaders.”

While delivering his address, the social activist Rabindranath Datta (the co-author of this article) said that the Muslim Clerics did not allow Begum Rokeya’s body to be buried in the Muslim Burial Ground at Gobra, in Kolkata. Even a request by Fajalul Haq, the then Prime Minister of undivided Bengal, fell on deaf ears. At last her body was laid to rest at the residential area of one of her kin at Panihati. Her offence was – she tried to educate Muslim women.”

Memorial Centre, Pairabondh, Rangpur, Bangladesh

The Meeting was presided over by Justice Malay Ray, who served as Chief Justice of two High Courts. Among other prominent speakers, there were Professor Alauddim, Swapan Mandal and so on. All the speakers harshly deplored the Government for allowing the Muslims to follow separate Islamic Personal Law and accept oral ‘triple talaq’ as a valid practice, even after 63 years of obtaining freedom. The speakers appealed to the Government to abolish the practice as soon as possible. Other speakers said that the enforcement of uniform civil law-code, irrespective of religion, can only end this cruel and inhuman practice of ‘triple talaq’.

It is really shocking that both the print and the electronic media, guided by the Muslim appeasing State and the Central Governments and, perhaps funded by the Arab petro-dollar, maintained complete silence about the incident. Only the organs of several NGOs, fighting for human-rights, highlighted the incident in detail with pictures.

Dhaka (Bangladesh) – The victim of repeated rapes who has become pregnant is being

forced by local Islamic Bengali leaders to marry the man who abused her and sentenced to

beating for the “crime” committed. This is the story of a teenager in the

village of Char Padma in Faridpur district of central Bangladesh.

Omar Faruk is a teacher from the “Maktab”, the village Islamic school. The imam

has long abused the minor, taking advantage of the position of prestige within

the local community. The girl is in the seventh month of pregnancy, her physical

and mental health are not good, and she risks a premature birth.

For several months she hid the violence and pregnancy, for fear and shame. When

her belly started to grow, the news spread throughout the village. On July 18

last the Arbitration Council met, consisting of a group of experts led by Fazlur

Rahman Fazal, to discuss the matter and issue a verdict. The meeting ended with

a conviction of 101 lashings a head for the young girl and the imam, author of

the violence.

Local sources revealed that both have already received 25 beatings, pursuant to

the decision. The girl will even have to marry her torturer, who has two

previous marriages behind him. In Bangladesh, women are often victims of

violence and abuse, most of which goes unpunished. AsiaNews in recent years has

repeatedly documented instances of women and young girls raped, disfigured,

victims of family feuds, excluded because they convert to Christianity and

repudiated by their family.

In recent weeks, Annie Halder, a Catholic activist, denounced a continued growth

in the instances of violence, especially against “anyone who decides to convert

to Christianity”. Among others, the woman recalled the case of Christina Gomez

A critical assessment of the superimposed hypothetical conjectures upon the identity of the women in Muslim culture-  Hindu -Hate them  .

In Hindu Sanskrit ( Culture) women independence is not prohibited. She is not  required to live under the protection of father at young age thereafter under the domination of her husband and lastly under her son domination when she attain the old age. She is not required to stand behind the row of the man despite the fact that she may be more educated than her husband. The demand of the dowry at the time of the marriage of the daughter, permanently joining the family of her husband is not only illogical demand, as is being created by Muslim culture, but the same is again the demonstration to the society by the affluent and educated class of the Hindus to treat the women child with neglect at the time of her growth inside the womb and they are seldom killed through abortion and even after taking their birth. Thus the demand of the dowry and the offering of the same is a crime against humanity. The institution of marriage is subjected to great abuses and has become repugnant to the principles of Hindu law. The polygamy has led to the perpetration of  revolting crime. No marriage should be permitted and the male may not be allowed to make any contact with another women when his one wife is alive. However Has rat mohd. conducted fourteen marriages in his life time and his prophecies to the Muslim for conducting four marriages during their life time is the cause of disparity in the society and there by inviting the Hindu counter part  to commit such crime under the lust of the carnal desire  and on the experimentation as instigated to them by Muslim citizens. Thus the preaching of the Quran provides the discrepancy in the harmonically atmosphere between the two sect of the society living in our nation.  The Muslim according to Sura wakara, aayat of Quran no.223 may treat their wife as that of the agriculture field of harvesting the crop for which they are free to dig the women wherever they want to dig her. In case of divorce by reciting talaq thrice at a time or during the sleep, the wife has to undergone the co habitation with another person only there after she may become the valid wife of her husband. The lady in Muslim is considered as “hurray” and are treated like  the property conquered during the war time of Daruley -e- Islam required to be converted from Daruley-e –herb. Thus the Muslim cannot be permitted to sit idle during the period of living under the predomination  of other religion and he is forced to commit jehad by killing other fellow citizens. Thus the preaching of hazrat mohd and his action during his lifetime have now become detrimental to the interest of majority of the citizens belonging to the non violent community of Hindu civilization. Such a preaching are the seditious crime upon other fellow citizen and thus the same is prohibited under section 95 read with 96 of Cr. P.C and under section 153 –A and also under section 251 – A of IPC .

The women under Muslim law are seldom solemnized as Muslim religion may justify the child abuse.

Thus following the tradition of the muslim women may be given the punishment death penalty.

Amongst the Muslim religion her entrance at the place of worship is prohibited. She is treated as the machine for reproduction of the children.

There has been instances of beating to such women as according to muslim religion, prophet mohd had committed the same atrocities which are described under the haddish, based upon the treatment given by their prophet to his thirteen wives and many concubine during his remaining period when his wife Khadiza died at the age of 75 yrs when prophet mohd. was running at the age of fifty years and survived upto 65 yrs of age. The women is bound to live under the covering of the garment as the exposure of the women in normal dress may induce other person to indulge in sex. The Qumran sheriff is not allowed even to touch by the women during menstruation. Nobody is allowed to react in case a Muslim male co-habit with other women before his wife. It is regarded that no one should provide the constraint upon the carnal desire of the male to indulge in sex with any women except who has  taken the feeding of  the milk at their teenage with the same mother. Thus according to Muslim religion the women is only a commodity and she has no right to express her desire and to live like a living human being. The peer is a Persian word representing to the old person suffering from prostrate gland which enlarges due to the disproportionate secretion of estrogen hormones and this provides the increase of sexual impulse and as such the old man known as the peer and maulvi again stimulate their desire to enter in co habitation with some young girl. The girl married with the old man may be subjected to neglect for rest of the time when the impulsive compulsion of the old man minimizes during deficiency of androgen hormone. Thus the women from their childhood till their death are always subjected to be exploited under the guise of the preaching of Quran and haddies by Muslim. She is considered to be the powerless creature having no right of inheritance in comparison to  male counterpart from their childhood. Under the Bangladesh Muslim civil law the women can only inherit one- fourth portion of the property in comparison to half portion of the property given to the son.

Under our common law children are given the name of their father but seldom the name of the mother is required to be given in any educational institution or even at the time of employment. Thus the lady who carries the child in her womb for more than nine months , may not have any right to remain her identity associated with such child after giving him/ her birth.

The half of the population created by the almighty God just to provide the continuity of the survival of the human being is neglected. Till the orthodox superstitions and hypocrisy with psychopharancy prevalent in these two major religion may not be checked by the strict enforcement of law and drastic punishment may not be awarded by the legislature against such discrimination, the progress of the country may not be given effect to for the prosperity and the growth of progeny amongst the human being .  (  Taslima Nasreen)              

CASTE MENACE PRIVILEGE ORIENTATION DOWRY SYSTEM POWER ATTROCITIES IS PARADISE FOR ANTI NATIONALISTS FORCES

SCAVENGERS - Class Struggle Revolution - Not Reform

Thunders against Dowry demand, Privileged Orientations, Greed for Sex, lust and power atrocities with Caste menace in India ?. PARADICE FOR ANTI NATIONALISTS violent forces anti thesis for survival ?. Why Go For Conversion?

 A Dalit dominated hamlet in remote area of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is on

the radar of top officials of the Mayawati administration nowadays. At

the crux of their interest is a new goddess ‘Angrezi Devi’.

Construction of a temple consecrated to this goddess of English is in

full swing in Jang Bahadur Ganj village of Lakhimpur Kheri district.

But tension has already begun to simmer over this unique campaign to

popularise English and modern education among Dalits. Upper castes

feel this is the first step towards conversion of Dalits to

Christianity. They also feel worshipping ‘Angrezi Devi’ is an insult

to Hindu goddesses.

“Those who are opposing the ‘Angrezi Devi’ temple are either ignorant

or are acting at the behest of some vested interests,” says renowned

writer on Dalit issues, Dr Chandrabhan Prasad, who is the driving

force behind the ingenious initiative. “English education is the

primary need of Dalits. We are working on Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s

inspiration,” he said.

A three-feet high statue of the goddess of English is ready for

installation. The statue is designed on the lines of New York’s Statue

of Liberty. It holds aloft a pen in one hand and a copy of the Indian

Constitution in the other.

But even as Dalits of Jang Bahadur Ganj toil day and night for the

proposed inauguration of the new temple by month-end, top officials in

Lucknow are a worried lot. “We have been getting reports of tension

between Dalits and upper castes over this temple… we only hope this

issue doesn’t flare up,” a senior police official said. State

intelligence agencies, he added, were keeping a close eye on the

situation.

“The upper castes feel this is only a ruse to convert Dalits to

Christianity,” he said, adding that a number of people had apprised

senior district officials of their objections. “They also see the

temple as an attempt to grab land,” the official said.

Because of its Dalit dimension, the “Angrezi Devi” issue is highly

sensitive for the Mayawati government. So, no senior official is

willing to go on record about the controversy.

Meanwhile, students of the Nalanda Shiksha Niketan, a local Dalit

school, have even written a prayer to worship the goddess in English.

The structure of the temple, being built on about 800 square feet of

land, is almost complete. Prasad says the temple walls would be

adorned with scientific formulae, famous quotes and gems of knowledge

from a variety of subjects. However, what remains to be seen is

whether this new temple spreads the light of knowledge or the flames

of caste conflict.

Why Go For Conversion?

By Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

18 September, 2008
Countercurrents.org


In 1935 at Nasik district, Maharashtra, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar had declared his firm resolve to change his religion. He had declared that he was born as a Hindu but will not die as Hindu. About a year later, a massive Mahar conference was held on May 30 and 31, 1936, in Mumbai, to access the impact of that declaration on Mahar masses. In his address to the conference, Dr.Ambedkar expressed his views on conversion in an elaborate, well- prepared and written speech in Marathi. Here is an English translation of that speech by Mr.Vasant Moon, OSD to the committee of Govt. of Maharashtra for publication of Writings & speeches of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

Class Struggle

There are two aspects of conversion; social as well as religious; material as well as spiritual. Whatever may be the aspect, or line of thinking, it is necessary to understand the beginning, the nature of Untouchability and how it is practiced. Without this understanding, you will not be able to realize the real meaning underlying my declaration of conversion. In order to have a clear understanding of untouchability and its practice in real life, I want you to recall the stories of the atrocities perpetrated against you. But very few of you might have realized as to why all this happens! What is at the root cause of their tyranny? To me it is very necessary, that we understand it.

This is not a feud between rival men. The problem of untouchability is a matter of class struggle. It is the struggle between caste Hindus and the Untouchables. That is not a matter of doing injustice against one man. This is a matter of injustice being done by one class against another. This "class struggle" has a relation with the social status. This struggle indicates, how one class should keep its relation with another class. This struggle starts as soon as you start claiming equal treatment with others...

Conversion not for slaves

The reason for their anger is very simple. Your behaving on par with them insults them. The untouchability is not a short or temporary feature; it is a permanent one .To put it straight, it can be said that the struggle between the Hindus and the Untouchables is a permanent phenomena. It is eternal, because the religion which has placed you at the lowest level of the society is itself eternal, according to the belief of the Hindu caste people. No change, according to time and circumstances is possible. You are at the lowest rung of the ladder today. You shall remain lowest forever. This means the struggle between Hindus and Untouchables shall continue forever. How will you survive through this struggle is the main question. And unless you think over it, there is no way out. Those who desire to live in obedience to the dictates of the Hindus, those who wish to remain their slaves, they do not need to think over this problem. But those who wish to live a life of self-respect, and equality, will have to think over this. How should we survive through this struggle? For me, it is not difficult to answer this question. Those who have assembled here will have to agree that in any struggle one who holds strength becomes the victor. One, who has no strength, need not expect success. This has been proved by experience, and I do not need to cite illustration to prove it.

Three types of Strength

The question that follows, which you must now consider, is whether you have enough strength to survive through this struggle? Three types of strength are known to man: (i) Manpower, (ii) Finance and (iii) Mental Strength. Which of these, you think that you possess? So far as manpower is concerned, it is clear, that you are in a minority. In Mumbai Presidency, the untouchables are only one-eighth of the total population. That too unorganized. The castes within themselves do not allow them to organize. They are not even compact. They are scattered through the villages. Under these circumstances, this small population is of no use as a fighting force to the untouchables at their critical moments. Financial strength is also just the same. It is an undisputed fact that you at least have a little bit of manpower, but finances you have none. You have no trade, no business, no service, no land. The piece of bread thrown out by the higher castes, are your means of livelihood. You have no food, no clothes. What financial strength can you have? You have no capacity to get redress from the law courts. Thousands of untouchables tolerate insult, tyranny and oppression at the hands of Hindus without a sigh of complaint, because they have no capacity to bear the expenses of the courts. As regards mental strength, the condition is still worst. The tolerance of insults and tyranny without grudge and complaint has killed the sense of retort and revolt. Confidence, vigour and ambition have been completely vanished from you. All of you have been become helpless, unenergetic and pale. Everywhere, there is an atmosphere of defeatism and pessimism. Even the slight idea, that you can do something does not enter your mind.
Muslim Example

If, whatever I have described above is correct then you will have to agree with the conclusion that follows. The conclusion is, if you depend only upon your own strength, you will never be able to face the tyranny of the Hindus. I have no doubt that you are oppressed because you have no strength. It is not that you alone are in minority. The Muslims are equally small in number. Like Mahar- Mangs, they too have few houses in the village. But no one dares to trouble the Muslims while you are always a victim of tyranny. Why is this so? Though there may be two houses of Muslims in the village, nobody dares to harm them, while the whole village practices tyranny against you though you have ten houses. Why does this happen? This is a very pertinent question and you will have to find out a suitable answer to this. In my opinion, there is only one answer to this question. The Hindus realize that the strength of the whole of the Muslim population in India stands behind those two houses of Muslims living in a village and, therefore, they do not dare to touch them. Those two houses also enjoy free and fearless life because they are aware that if any Hindu commits aggression against them, the whole Muslim community from Punjab to Madras will rush to their protection at any cost. On the other hand, the Hindus are sure that none will come to your rescue, nobody will help you, no financial help will reach you. Tahsildar and police belong to caste Hindus and in case of disputes between Hindus and Untouchables, they are more faithful to their caste than to their duty. The Hindus practice injustice and tyranny against you only because you are helpless.

Outside Support

From the above discussion, two facts are very clear. Firstly, you can not face tyranny without strength. And secondly, you do not possess enough strength to face the tyranny. With these two conclusions, a third one automatically follows. That is, the strength required to face this tyranny needs to be secured from outside. How are you to gain this strength is really an important question? And you will have to think over this with an unbiased mind.

From this, you will realize one thing, that unless you establish close relations with some other society, unless you join some other religion, you cannot get the strength from outside. It clearly means, you must leave your present religion and assimilate yourselves with some other society. Without that, you cannot gain the strength of that society. So long as you do not have strength, you and your future generations will have to lead your lives in the same pitiable condition.

Spiritual Aspect of Conversion

Uptil now, we have discussed why conversion is necessary for material gains. Now, I propose to put forth my thoughts as to why conversion is as much necessary for spiritual wellbeing. What is Religion? Why is it necessary? ... 'That which govern people is religion'. That is the true definition of Religion. There is no place for an individual in Hindu society. The Hindu religion is constituted on a class-concept. Hindu religion does not teach how an individual should behave with another individual. A religion, which does not recognize the individual, is not personally acceptable to me.

Three factors are required for the uplift of an individual. They are: Sympathy, Equality and Liberty. Can you say by experience that any of these factors exist for you in Hinduism?

No Equality in Hinduism

Such a living example of inequality is not to be found anywhere in the world. Not at anytime in the history of mankind can we find such inequality, which is more intense than untouchability... I think, you have been thrust into this condition because you have continued to be Hindus. Those of you who have become Muslims, are treated by the Hindus neither as Untouchables nor as unequals. The same can be said of those who have become Christians...

That God is all pervading is a principle of science and not of religion, because religion has a direct relation with the behaviour of man. Hindus can be ranked among those cruel people whose utterances and acts are two poles apart. They have this Ram on their tongues and a knife under their armpits. They speak like saints but act like butchers...

Thus we are not low in the eyes of the Hindus alone, but we are the lowest in the whole of India, because of the treatment given to us by the Hindus.

If you have to get rid of this same shameful condition, if you have to cleanse this filth and make use of this precious life; there is only one way and that is to throw off the shackles of Hindu religion and the Hindu society in which you are bound.

The taste of a thing can be changed. But the poison cannot be made amrit. To talk of annihilating castes is like talking of changing the poison into amrit. In short, so long as we remain in a religion, which teaches a man to treat another man like a leper, the sense of discrimination on account of caste, which is deeply rooted in our minds, can not go. For annihilating caste and untouchables, change of religion is the only antidote.
Untouchables are not Hindus

What is there in conversion, which can be called novel? Really speaking what sort of social relations have you with the caste Hindus at present? You are as separate from the Hindus as Muslims and Christians are. So is their relation with you. Your society and that of the Hindus are two distinct groups. By conversion, nobody can say or feel that one society has been split up. You will remain as separate from the Hindus as you are today. Nothing new will happen on account of this conversion. If this is true, then why should people be afraid of conversion? At least, I do not find any reason for such a fear...

Revolution - Not Reform

Changing a religion is like changing a name. Change of religion followed by the change of name will be more beneficial to you. To call oneself a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist or a Sikh is not merely a change of religion but also a change of name.. Since the beginning of this movement of conversion, various people have raised various objections to it. Let us now examine the truth, if any, in such objections...

A congenital idiot alone will say that one has to adhere to one's religion because it is that of our ancestors. No sane man will accept such a proposition. Those who advocate such an argument, seem not to have read the history at all. The ancient Aryan religion was called Vedic religion. It has three distinct characteristic (features). Beef-eating, drinking and merry-making was part of the religion of the day. Thousands of people followed it in India and even now some people dream of going back to it. If the ancient religion alone is to be adhered to why did the people of India leave Hinduism and accept Buddhism? Why did they divorce themselves from the Vedic religion?... Thus this Hindu religion is not the religion of our ancestors, but it was a slavery forced upon them...

To reform the Hindu society is neither our aim nor our field of action. Our aim is to gain freedom. We have nothing to do with anything else.

If we can gain freedom by conversion, why should we shoulder the responsibility of reforming the Hindu religion? And why should we sacrifice our strength and property for that? None should misunderstand the object of our movement as being Hindu social reform. The object of our movement is to achieve social freedom for the untouchables. It is equally true that this freedom cannot be secured without conversion.

Caste can't be destroyed

I do accept that the untouchables need equality as well. And to secure equality is also one of our objectives. But nobody can say that this equality can be achieved only by remaining as Hindu and not otherwise. There are two ways of achieving equality. One, by remaining in the Hindu fold and another by leaving it by conversion. If equality is to be achieved by remaining in the Hindu fold, mere removal of the sense of being a touchable or an untouchable will not serve the purpose. Equality can be achieved only when inter-caste dinners and marriages take place. This means that the Chaturvarnya must be abolished and the Brahminic religion must be uprooted. Is it possible? And if not, will it be wise to expect equality of treatment by remaining in the Hindu religion? And can you be successful in your efforts to bring equality? Of course not. The path of conversion is far simpler than this. The Hindu society does not give equality of treatment, but the same is easily achieved by conversion. If this is true, then why should you not adopt this simple path of conversion?
Conversion is a simplest path

According to me, this conversion of religion will bring happiness to both the Untouchables as well as the Hindus. So long as you remain Hindus, you will have to struggle for social intercourse, for food and water, and for inter-caste marriages. And so long as this quarrel continues, relations between you and the Hindus will be of perpetual enemies. By conversion, the roots of all the quarrels will vanish... thus by conversion, if equality of treatment can be achieved and the affinity between the Hindus and the Untouchables can be brought about then why should the Untouchables not adopt the simple and happy path of securing equality? Looking at this problem through this angle, it will be seen that this path of conversion is the only right path of freedom, which ultimately leads to equality. It is neither cowardice nor escapism.

Sanctified Racism

Although the castes exist in Muslims and the Christians alike, it will be meanness to liken it to that of the Hindus. There is a great distinction between the caste-system of the Hindus and that of the Muslims and Christians. Firstly, it must be noted that though the castes exist amongst the Christians and the Muslims, it is not the chief characteristic of their body social.

There is one more difference between the caste system of the Hindus and that of the Muslims and Christians. The caste system in the Hindus has the foundation of religion. The castes in other religions have no sanction in their religion ...Hindus cannot destroy their castes without destroying their religion. Muslims and Christians need not destroy their religions for eradication of their castes. Rather their religion will support such movements to a great extent.

Conversion alone liberates us

I am simply surprised by the question, which some Hindus ask us as to what can be achieved by conversion alone? Most of the present day Sikhs, Muslims and Christians were formerly Hindus, majority of them being from the Shudras and Untouchables. Do these critics mean to say that those, who left the Hindu fold and embraced Sikhism or Christianity, have made no progress at all? And if this is not true, and if it is admitted that the conversion has brought a distinct improvement in their condition, then to say that the untouchables will not be benefited by conversion, carries no meaning...

After giving deep thought to the problem, everybody will have to admit that conversion is necessary to the Untouchables as self-government is to India. The ultimate object of both is the same. There is not the slightest difference in their ultimate goal. This ultimate aim is to attain freedom. And if the freedom is necessary for the life of mankind, conversion of Untouchables which brings them complete freedom cannot be called worthless by any stretch of imagination...

Economic Progress or Social Changes?

I think it necessary here to discuss the question as to what should be initiated first, whether economic progress or conversion? I do not agree with the view that economic progress should precede...

Untouchability is a permanent handicap on your path of progress. And unless you remove it, your path cannot be safe. Without conversion, this hurdle cannot be removed...

So, if you sincerely desire that your qualifications should be valued, your education should be of some use to you, you must throw away the shackles of untouchability, which means that you must change your religion...
However, for those who need this Mahar Watan, I can assure them that their Mahar Watan will not be jeopardized by their conversion. In this regard, the Act of 1850 can be referred. Under the provisions of this Act, no rights of person or his successors with respect to his property are affected by virtue of his conversion...

Poona Pact

A second doubt is about political rights. Some people express fear as to what will happen to our political safeguards if we convert...

But I feel, it is not proper to depend solely on political rights. These political safeguards are not granted on the condition that they shall be ever lasting. They are bound to cease sometime. According to the communal Award of the British Government, our political safeguards were limited for 20 years. Although no such limitation has been fixed by the Poona Pact, nobody can say that they are everlasting. Those, who depend upon the political safeguards, must think as to what will happen after these safeguards are withdrawn on the day on which our rights cease to exist. We will have to depend on our social strength. I have already told you that this social strength is wanting in us. So also I have proved in the beginning that this strength cannot be achieved without conversion...
Political Rights

Under these circumstances, one must think of what is permanently beneficial.

In my opinion, conversion is the only way to eternal bliss. Nobody should hesitate even if the political rights are required to be sacrificed for this purpose. Conversion brings no harm to the political safeguards. I do not understand why the political safeguards should at all be jeopardized by conversion. Wherever you may go, your political rights and safeguards will accompany you. I have no doubt about it.

If you become Muslims, you will get the political rights as Muslims. If you become Christians, you will get the political rights as Christians, if you become Sikhs, you will have your political rights as Sikhs. In short, our political rights will accompany us.

So nobody should be afraid of it. On the other hand, if we remain Hindus and do not convert, will our rights be safe? You must think carefully on this. Suppose the Hindus pass a law whereby the untouchability is prohibited and its practice is made punishable, then they may ask you, 'We have abolished untouchability by law and you are no longer untouchables...

Looking through this perspective, conversion becomes a path for strengthening the political safeguards rather than becoming a hindrance. If you remain Hindus, you are sure to lose your political safeguards. If you want to save them, leave this religion. The political safeguards will be permanent only by conversion.

The Hindu religion does not appeal to my conscience. It does not appeal to my self-respect. However, your conversion will be for material as well as for spiritual gains. Some persons mock and laugh at the idea of conversion for material gains. I do not feel hesitant in calling such persons as stupid.
Conversion brings Happiness

I tell you all very specifically, religion is for man and not man for religion. To get human treatment, convert yourselves.
CONVERT -For getting organized.
CONVERT -For becoming strong.
CONVERT -For securing equality.
CONVERT -For getting liberty.
CONVERT -For that your domestic life may be happy.

I consider him as leader who without fear or favour tells the people what is good and what is bad for them. It is my duty to tell you, what is good for you, even if you don't like it, I must do my duty. And now I have done it.

It is now for you to decide and discharge your responsibility.

The Most Backward , Neglected among the Backward Caste
People - SCAVENGERS - an appeal to honorable supreme court of india


In India, since independence certain affirmative actions by the
government like job reservations , reservations in educational
institutions , loan facilities , etc are extended to the backward class
, oppressed people. However , the persons who have economically,
socially become stronger on the basis of these government affirmative
actions are not letting their own brethren - scavenging community to
utilize the same. The politicians are just making noises about sub
caste reservation for scheduled castes & tribes , but doing nothing. As
a result , today we find some sub-castes & tribes of SC / ST better off
than their previous generation, some other sub-castes & tribes of SC /
ST are reeling under utter poverty , social ostracism , etc.


A human being can be in a civilized form , healthy - if we have
scavengers to clean our toilets , drainages , if we have barbers to cut
our hairs. The very same people who keep us healthy & civilized are not
treated in a civilized manner by the society , why ? most of the town
municipalities , city corporations are employing scavengers on daily
wages without any statuotary benefits & are paid less than the
statuotary minimum wages. every towns & cities in India are bursting
with population growth , however the number of scavengers has not been
increased in proportion to the growth of population , In most of the
cases the existing scavengers are overburdened with the work load. ,
Most of them are suffering from occupational health hazards , are dying
at young ages leaving their families in the lurch.


Hereby, we appeal to honourable supreme court of India to treat
this as a PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION & to order government of India ,
all state governments , statuotary bodies like city corporations , town
municiapalities , etc,


1. to regularize the jobs of all scavengers , to provide all
statuotary benefits like ESI,PF, etc.


2. to take all necessary steps to eradicate manual scavenging -
carrying human excreta on heads.


3. to take all necessary steps to protect their health &
occupational safety.


Bottomline : all the citizens , the society must learn to respect
their brethren who keeps them healthy , tidy & civilized.


AN APPEAL TO H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA - TO STOP ATROCITIES AGAINST DALITS



In India , even today after 62 years of independence & democratic
governance , the plight of DALITS , TRIBALS , DOWNTRODDEN & POOR has not
improved . in fact it has worsened . the government & public servants
just pay lip service to dalits & have totally failed to uplift them in
59 years of independence . the public servants want dalits to be as such
to ride over them & to use them as pawns in power politics , as a vote
bank. let them answer how many dalits have become supreme court judges
in india . even today in india , the practice of carrying human excreta
on head still persists .



what is the use if india becomes an IT POWER or knowledge base . what
is the use if india sends it's own satellites on it's own rockets ot
space . did those scientific achievements has devolved , percolated to
dalits & poor in the society , has it benefitted them ? NO . JUST SEE
THE RECENT ATROCITIES AGAINST DALITS IN KADAKOLA , KARNATAKA &
KARLINJARA , MAHARASHTRA. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THE PAST ATROCITIES
AGAINST DALITS IN BADANAVALU & KAMBALAPALLI , KARNATAKA. THIS IS AN
APPEAL TO OUR HUMBLE , HUMANE FIRST CITIZEN H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA , TO
HELP DALITS & POOR IN DISTRESS .



PRACTICE OF UNTOUCHABILITY BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
- VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF DALITS



In india , rich people belonging to forward castes form educational
trusts , proclaiming that they want to serve the society by providing
education to all irrespective of caste or creed. By this declaration
they get Civic Amenity sites from government authorities at concessional
rates. Further they get tax , duty exemptions on materials , machines
they import for the educational institution. However , while admitting
students they are purely commercial minded , the highest bidder gets the
seats.


IF AT ALL THE SOLE AIM OF THESE INSTITUTIONS IS COMMERCIAL – LET
THEM BE REGISTERED AS COMMERCIAL BODIES , ASK THEM TO GET SITES AT
COMMERCIAL MARKET RATES , ASK THEM TO PAY TAXES ON MATERIALS , MACHINES
& THEIR YEARLY INCOME. ENFORCE MINIMUM WAGES ACT , GRATUITIES ACT , P.F
& ESI ACT TO THESE INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE PAYING A PITTANCE TO THEIR
STAFF.


Some institutions like industrial training institutes ( I.T.I) ,
polytechnics , engineering colleges & medical colleges run by trusts
floated by forward castes lack basic infrastructure , to teach students
properly , they only appoint staff belonging to their castes. Dalits
,minorities , weaker section people are not at all selected. They don't
publicly advertise for vacancies. They fill all posts with their own
caste people & finally even get government grant in aid. How ? These
institutions are getting affiliations , yearly approvals from the
government , how ? actually they should have been shut. These trusts
want government backing for tax exemptions , lands at concessional rates
,monetary benefits , etc , however the same trusts are not willing to
implement the social welfare objectives of the government , by providing
seats to weaker sections , by providing appointments to dalits few posts
in all category of positions ( not just group D - dalits are also
brilliant & capable of performing all jobs, they have proved it ).

Hereby , we urge honourable prime minister of india , government of
india & honourable chief minister of karnataka , government of karnataka
to :

1. before giving lands at concessional rate , tax exemptions , to any
educational trusts the government must ensure that the trust must adhere
to the social welfare norms of the government from day one.

2. Before giving affiliations to educational institutions the govt must
ensure , are the institutions are providing sufficient infrastructure to
students ?

3. Before giving grant in aid to any institution , the government must
ensure have the management provided jobs to dalits , minorities , etc as
per norms from the day one . if not grant in aid should be rejected.
Here there is no meaning in giving reservation of jobs in future
appointments in those institutions , as all the posts are presently
filled with forward castes , there is no expansion projects. So , dalits
have to wait for another 30-40 years to get the vacancies in those
institutions after the retirement of forward caste employees , which is
not at all practical or realistic .

4. In karnataka state , numerous Industrial Training Institutes ( ITI)
have mushroomed , some don't even have basic infrastructure. Still they
are running the show , how ? these ITIs run by forward caste people have
appointed only their caste people to all posts , not even a single dalit
is there. Still they have got government grant in aid , how ? we urge
honourable chief minister of karnataka , to look into this & in future
to provide grant in aid in aid to only those I.T.Is which have proper
infrastructure & dalits , weaker section employees on their pay-rolls.

5. To order all educational institutions to make public announcement of
vacancies in their institutions even though not covered under grant in
aid , as they have already taken sufficient monetary benefits from the
government.

6. To order all educational institutions , to admit students as per
government rates of fees. Some institutions are fleecing higher fees
from the students , but are giving receipts for lesser amount only.

7. If any educational institutions don't agree with the government norms
, those institutions must be asked to be registered as commercial bodies
, no tax exemptions , lands at concessional rates , allotment of CA
sites should be given to them by the government. By these measures alone
poor & weaker section people will get justice . you are aware of merited
but poor students committing suicides year after year , CET fiasco - due
to their financial inability to join medical or engineering colleges.
Numerous similar cases are there with regard to admission to ITIs .
polytechnics. The greed & casteism of these educational institutions is
reigning high. In the positive hope that you will be kind enough to put
an end to this menace.



ANOTHER INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE NEEDED IN INDIA

SCAVENGERS - Class Struggle Revolution - Not Reform

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