Pranam The first salvo absolute statement which Thiagarajan did not report as his grandfather was one of the elements in the forward community to earn the dividends from the "JUSTICE" (party). Let's see others react. KR IRS 11122
On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 at 18:24, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Following is a forward. …..lengthy but interesting with facts….!!! > Never mind about the language but look at the agony, the write up may be a > little ling but our patient wait for justice was & is also equally long ….. > > A friend on FB : > Ayyo Rama! Those who are not Tamil Brahmins are busy writing up editorials > on why the community is migrating or migrated. Enough. Let me share my > perspective. I am a Tamil Brahmin who is yet to migrate or may not migrate > at all in my life time unless forced to migrate. I am one of those rare > Brahmin who won't hesitate to support MK or Prabhakaran or who studied > Tamil ignoring Sanskrit. > > Having said these, let me share my perspective. > > Anti-Brahminism started in the state way back in late 1910s pioneered by > Non Brahmin Forward Castes - Mudaliars, Naidus, Reddys, Pillais and Chettis > (MNRPC). They were all feudal castes owning lands and dominating trade. > They were pro-British as well. Brahmins were once subjugated to them. They > lived on the alms or the grants given by these castes in line with Dharmic > traditions for centuries. Even the great Pachaiyappa Mudaliar supported > many Veda patashalas. Manali Muthukrishna Mudali patronised the likes of > Muthuswamy Dikshithar. Brahmins in turn looked after the business of these > guys, offered counsel and took care of their ritualistic requirements. > > A Brahmin-Vellala alliance lasted for centuries. With advent of Macaulay > education, Brahmins started finding employment with British or private or > set up their own institutions right from law firms to Banks. And by late > 1880s, Brahmins were swayed by Congress and became anti-British. > > MNRPC castes largely remained pro-British to take care of their land and > business interests. Empowered by English education, Brahmins in just 40 > years became rivals to these castes in all spheres. The feudal castes could > not digest it at all. *The guys who lived on our alms are now our rivals*. > That was their thought process. Natural thought process - you see this now > among OBCs when SCs get empowered and moved up. > > MNRPC ganged up and formed Justice party to take on their professional > rivals. > > But Congress of those days was grass root party. Its Brahmin leaders were > able to build a much larger social coalition uniting OBCs, SCs and > minorities. So in all electoral battles till 1967, Justice party and > offshoots suffered defeat when they took on Congress. Only when Congress > boycotted the polls like in 1920, Justice won. It was a party of elites. > You must google and see the Cabinet of Justice party govts - all rich > Telugu polygars and Zamindars. On the contrary, Congress Govt of 37 > included SCs, Minorities and OBCs. > > Brahmins in the meanwhile reaped the benefits of first mover advantage. > Right from film industry to hotel industry to bureaucracy to judiciary, > they gained prominence. Brahmin teachers, a rarity in TN these days, was > the norm. Even non Brahmin writers like Jeyamohan who has conscience > acknowledges the pivotal role played by Brahmin teachers in delivering > quality education. > > Though Kamaraj is revered by Brahmins, I would say he started the process > of instititionalising anti - brahmnism in TN Govt departments. > > Then became 1967. Offshoot of Justice Party, DMK captured power with the > help of CR's Swatantra. Over the last 55 years, anti -Brahminism is > properly institutionalised in the state. > > Slowly and steadily, the community was marginalised. It began with > Teacher's recruitment. Teachers are the opinion makers. You can't > institutionalise anti Brahminism if B teachers are around. It began there. > You have an Interview process through which such eliminations were done > slowly and steadily. > > MGR abolished hereditary VAO further crippling the community's power. Jaya > bought 69% reservation disincentivising the community from even thinking > about writing TNPSC and other state exams. > > And politically too, the community which once had dozen Mlas had just one > or two. Parties like Admk and Congress which could have given the community > atleast 6-8 seats refused to oblige fearing criticizms from DMK. MGR once > thought about giving EWS quota in 80s but did a somersault after an > electoral defeat. The defeat was for a different reason but pundits > attributed it to this Quota cleverly. > > Political alienation was complete in 1980 itself. That story ends there. > Social stature ended with abolition of VAOs. 69% means the community will > struggle to get into Bureaucracy. Recruitment by PSU banks, Railways and > various Union enterprises helped the youth of the community get a job for 3 > decades - 50s, 60s and 70s. > > With the Youth getting a job outside their villages and moving out, the > community left agriculture, sold their lands and houses in villages lock, > stock and barrel in 80s and 90s. > > Luckily, the economy opened up in 90s. The millennials of the community > went places. They made best use of the liberalised era, adapted to the > forces of the market and migrated and escape the subtle prosecution of the > state. > > Yes, they migrated because of opportunities. But what made them to look > out for such opportunities? You need to look deep into that. > > 1. With advent of DK, you had increase in incidents of violence against > Brahmins like cutting their hair and Janeu. EVRists proudly posts about > this even today. Once you undergo such trauma, you will definitely feel the > need to migrate out. Is it fair to think about migrating when subjected to > such trauma?? > > 2. With institutionalisation of anti Brahminism in Govt offices, no > Brahmin today prefers to work in a Govt job. My Dad was an employee of SBI > and every other day he was under some sort of harassment. He would not get > a preferred choice of seat and posting. So many such tortures. And the > Union subjected him to such miseries were dominated by the DK castes > mentioned above. The only advice he gave me was "Leave the country at the > earliest to escape from such office pressures". I am pretty sure most of > the B parents who worked in Govt would have given this advice to their kids. > > 3. And so many B students faced minor harassments at their peer hands in > schools like forced consumption of Non Veg food. Kids would have done it > seeking pleasure after misguided by parents. But such incidents leave an > indelible impression during formative ears. An impression which makes you > look out for better opportunitues when you grow up. > > I can write a book itself writing pages and pages about such harassments. > > Harassments have reached a stage now when EVRists call for genocide of > Brahmins in social media now but get away without any action. > > A Brahmin can't become a councillor, Mla, Mp, Doctor, a lawyer or a > teacher or a Tahsildhar or an Inspector now. Data available in public > domain over the last 20 years support this. A combination of various > factors like 69% to instituionalisation of hatred is the reason. > > But we did not take up arms like our counterparts in Lanka. They were > subjected to all what we were subjected here. It all began with denial of > college seats and Govt jobs in Lanka. We took up education instead. My mom > used to ingrain every other day "Unless you get 99%, you won't get the > college of your choice". We took such advises seriously, channelised our > efforts towards that and overcome the challenges. > > If all Tamil Brahmins come back to TN, we will be numbering 50 lakh. We > need just 50000 jobs every year to survive. Not a big deal. Our > entrepreneurs are capable of generating so many jobs every year just like > they provide now. We can survive without Govt help and we have proved that. > > But will that hatred come down?? > > If yes, I agree with what PTR said. We migrated because of opportunities. > But we sought those opportunities because hatred pushed us to seek. > > -- > *A.SURYANARAYANA* > *The weak and idle mind can not create powerful thoughts* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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