"Didn't Ambedkar meet his life partner in a Brahman woman? His first wife was not a brahmin. The second one, a doctor whom he married in his last days was a brahmin. Yes he was against Brahminism and not against brahmns per se. But it s they who preach(philosophise and popularise) it for the rest (by and large). There is also this allegation that this brahmin wife killed ambedkar. A book is also there abt this (also tranlated in to malayaam).. (Sorry for this intervention. Pls Continue with the discussion)
On 4/8/10, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I will say yes to your first poser. > > Consistent demonization of Dalit/OBC/Muslim leaders- > Yes, that depends.. > For example, how the Yadavs and the male Muslim leadership turn blind > to the plight of women whom they claim to represent. > Many of these elite male leaders (let alone ordinary male folks ) > regularly employ crass sexism and misogyny whenever they feel directly > or indirectly threatened, confronting issues of gender.Remember that > Mulayam has been no different from the right wing nationalist Sushma > Swaraj in his objection to Sonia becoming PM , in spite of the fact > that she was elected as the Parliamentary Party Chief and she is an > Indian citizen. > In the name of protecting the culture, order, morality , nationalism > or whatever, there have been umpteen instances when these OBC and > Muslim male patriarchs emulated Brahmanical nationalists. BSP is > credited a notorious track record of having shared power twice with > the Manu-ites, the anti- Muslim BJP . The BSP also keeps itself at > comfortable neutrality when Gujarat, Orissa, Maharashtra and > Karnataka type mob frenzies against the minorities as well as > criminal Khap Panchayats with notorious honour killings generated > concerns everywhere in India. > Again, also when it comes to the issue of virtual land grab by the > Corporates at a national scale and at the expense of enormous > sufferings to dalits and adivasis, BSP doesn't seem to have a > different stand either. > > Women of Dalit/OBC/Muslim communities are necessarily not defined by > their caste / religion alone. This also applies to the case of UC > women..Didn't Ambedkar meet his life partner in a Brahman woman? > > Therefore, I believe that notwithstanding the possibility of tricks > being employed on either side, our convictions should count. > (thanks, > Venu) > > > > > > > On Apr 8, 11:36 am, damodar prasad <[email protected]> wrote: >> Venu, >> In representative democracies, if the question of reservations concerns >> with >> "Equity", don't you think that any legislation should seriously take into >> consideration, the issues of constituencies that are under-represented, >> the >> historical denial of such un-representaions and how to prioritize the >> representation in view of the future? >> Instead of that you find consistent "demonization" of Dalit/OBC/Muslim >> leaders as obscurantists? Isn' that a trick -in-itself? >> >> Prasad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > > -- " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings." - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
