Dr. Ambedkar feared revolution but what we see today is Manuwadi counter-revolution

Editorial



Dr. Ambedkar feared revolution but what we see today is Manuwadi counter-revolution
Our worst fears are coming true.

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For long we have been scenting some serious threats to the country’s democratic stricture so laboriously built by its founding fathers headed by Dr. Ambedkar. After the two latest horrendous developments inside India, the fears are proving true.

Contempt for politicians: (1) The latest terrorist attack (Nov.26, 2008) in Bombay so much enraged our upper caste rulers that they threatened “No security, No taxes” at a Gateway of India protest led by fashionable feminsts, film actresses and actors. This is the first time the over-fed rulers are propounding a new thesis, ridiculing the “political class” and hailing officers and men killed in the terrorist attack as their new national heroes. Chief Minister Achutanandan, whose popularity with the masses swept the CPM to power in Kerala, was criticised for his comments on a slain officer’s father who out of his caste arrogance insulted and turned away the Backward Caste Ezhava leader in Bangalore. Choicest abuses were reserved for the “political class”. The “national” toilet papers and TV out-did each other ridiculing the elected representatives.

The currently fashionable mood of the country’s elite is to condemn the politicians and their “dirty electoral politics”.

Abhinav Bharat model hailed: (2) The big support received by the Abhinav Bharat model of Manuwadis which launched a private army for counter-revolution as they have “lost faith in the state”. (DV Dec.16, 2008 “Sacred Brahmin bid to kill RSS bosses for not enforcing Manuwad”).

What did the Father of India say: Dr. Ambedkar in one of his most magnificent speeches delivered in Parliament on Nov.25, 1949 had given the following warning:

On 26th January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality. In politics, we will be recognising the principle of one man-one vote and one vote-one value. In our social and economic life, we shall by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man-one value.

How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life?

If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at the earliest possible moment or else those who suffer from inequality will blow up the structure of political democracy which this Assembly has so laboriously built up. (W&S, Vol.6, Maharashtra Govt., 1989, back cover page).

What he said was if the ruling upper castes (15%) fail to fulfill the noble objectives of the constitution, the oppressed Indians (85%) would blow up the very structure of democracy.

Who is getting angry: But what is happening today after 62 years of “independence” is the exact opposite.

It is not the “oppressed Indians”, groaning under the weight of 62 years of discrimination and persecution that are getting angry and trying to blow up the very foundations of the democracy.

It is the ruling upper castes, the very perpetrators of the crime, that are getting angry and preparing to destroy the democratic structure.

Military dictatorship: Fortunately our ruling upper casts are a micro-minority of less tan 15% but the enormous power they wield through the wealth they command, the gods they control, the media they manage, their fascist tantrum will do immense damage to the country. Because the slaves of India (85%) can be easily manipulated, mesmerised and managed to push the country to military dictatorship which the Brahminical forces love.

This is what we meant when we said our worst fears are coming true. Are the rulers making preparations to clamp a Manuwadi military dictatorship as Lt. Col. Srikant Prasad Purohit, now under arrest, has any number of his jatwalas in the Army who think on these lines?

Cow dung culture: We too have hundred and one complaints against our “political class”. Many of them are corrupt, casteist. Once elected, they go with the urban-dwelling upper caste rulers. Many SC/ST/BC and Muslim politicians have betrayed the people. They have become upholders of the country’s cow dung culture. It is because the politicians cheated the constitution, the Manuwadi ruling class has become so bold, boisterous and threatening.

Useless Home Minister dismissed: Yes. The “political class” is bad. Admitted. But what else is the alternative? Can we live without the politicians? The Times of India (Nov.30, 2008) came out with a front-page story: “Our politicians fiddle as innocents die”. Yes. As “leaders” of the society and the country they should be first to be held responsible. Rightly, the useless Union Home Minister was dismissed along with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

But till the time of writing the officials heading the many intelligence units, security forces, Defence services, police etc. have not been punished. Why? Why our angry film actors and actresses leading the Dec.3, 2008 Bombay protest opposite the Taj Hotel shouting “No security, no taxes” did not demand any action against the officials? Is it because the officials are their jatwalas?

Fashionable fascists: Our MPs, MLAs and Ministers are elected by the people. The elections may not be fair. That is a different question. Whether a parliamentary democracy or a presidential system — or any democracy for that matter — cannot work without politicians.

It is true that too many un-elected politicians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are crowding the Union Cabinet. But our anti- “political class” fashionable fascists love the Khatri Sikh whose love for America and nuclear bomb created much of the current problem.

In other words the current thirst of the fashionable fascists for the blood of politicians is nothing but an indirect attack on our parliamentary democracy.

Who opposed conscription: Hindu terrorist party’s A.B. Vajpayee as Prime Minister tried to quench the fascist thirst for blood when he appointed a commission headed by a retired Brahmin CJI of India to review the constitution. But soon the commission met with a ship wreck.

Deshabhaktas opposing conscription: Our fashionable fascists shouting “Action, not words” (meaning India must straight away attack Pakistan), are they ready to join the army to fight Pakistan and die?

The present army chief made a proposal for compulsory military service after facing acute shortage of officers and men. Who shot down the proposal?

Why our Deshabhaktas are not willing to join the army, navy and air force and then wage a war against Pakistan?

Because they are afraid of dying. Essentially cowards. They only want to criticise Netas, question the patriotism of the politicians. But they are not ready to take any risks. They want kushy jobs with plenty of pay and perks. The dying part is reserved for our people — the Bahujans.

Dedication of Jehadis: In contrast, look at the dedication, courage, loyalty, commitment of the mere 10 jehadi terrorists from Pakistan. They had come prepared to die in the Nov.26, 2008 Bombay terrorist attack.

Why our Deshabhaktas do not display even 1% of their dedication, commitment and the will to die for the country?

This chattering class wants somebody else to die. Their job is to drink, dance, dine and then deliver sermons to others before the Taj Mahal Hotel seafront and criticise the Netas.

The post-Mumbai mood, expressed and being instigated in the “No security, No taxes” campaign, could end up giving an upper hand to the terrorist.

This is the warning given by Dr. Harish Khare, perhaps India’s only right-thinking journalist with a deep insight into the country’s history, in the Hindu (Dec.13, 2008).

Merit, my foot: What is so fondly called the “civil society” by the upper castes is not so civil to the oppressed Bahujans. They want a merit-based leadership. What they mean by that is the Manmohan Singh-type leaders who can’t win even the humblest panchayat election. Shivaraj Patil is one such un-elected merit-based leader blessed by all the corrupt swamis and crowned by the country’s richest godman Satya Sai Baba. How disastrous he was as Home Minister is now a public knowledge.

Fortunately, the reckless TV coverage of the Bombay terrorist attack was rightly condemned by the Chief Justice of India and many others. The live coverage simply helped the directors of the jehadi attack in Pakistan. Did the “merited” TV journalists realise of the danger they brought in their enthusiasm to malign the “political class”?

Abhinav Bharat inspiration: The second development is the rise of the Abhinav Bharat super army brigade which has suddenly become the darling of the ruling upper castes for “initiating” the Malegaon terrorist attack and many more. Though we have congratulated the Abhinav Bharat (DV Dec.16, 2008 p.5: “Sacred Brahmin bid to kill RSS bosses for not enforcing Manuwad”), our fear is the serving army officer, Lt. Col. Purohit, may inspire many more Brahminical officers in the army to think on his line as the Bombay terrorist act has definitely weakened India’s democratic institutions.

“Action, Not words” was the mantra of the upper caste hate-mongers. What they mean is India must straightaway launch a war against Pakistan. Coupled with this slogan is the “No security, No taxes” slogan. The two slogans sum up the fast changing mood of the already fascist Brahminical rulers who in their desperation have come one step closer to embracing death and destruction of India that is Bharat.

Actually it is the 85% deprived destitutes of India, crushed by the ruling class and cheated by its “political class”, who should have become angry and tried to blow up the very structure of the country, as Dr. Ambedkar predicted in 1949. If such a mood was developing in the country we would have welcomed it because such a mood would be the harbinger of a revolutionary situation.

But what is happening today is not revolution but a series of counter-revolutions aimed at destroying the very basic building bricks of democracy to clamp their long cherished Manuwadi monster rule.


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ACHIEVEMENTS OF D.V.

Is there any publication of oppressed
Indians that completed 27 years ?

Dalit Voice family members must be tired of reading and hearing our groaning and moaning. In our speech at the Lucknow DV silver jubilee function on Sept.28, 2008, we had elaborately dealt with the dark clouds gathering over our heads (DV Nov.1, 2008 p.22).

We have nothing to add. Anything that we say on the eve of DV entering the 28th year of publication from Jan.1, 2009 will be mere repetition.

HINDUISATION
Hundreds of our members have not renewed their subscription. Not that they can’t afford Rs. 300 but they are simply not interested in DV. But when their Brahminical bosses kick them they instantly remember DV and rush with their complaints because they know none will publish it. Even those who are not DV members or those who have not even heard of DV write to us pouring out their woes. But the same fellows never remember us during their happy days.

It is not only the “educated” Dalits who are fast getting hinduised (enslaved). The Brahminical enemy has not spared Sikhs, Christians — even Muslims. Budhists were hinduised long back.

As the SC/ST/BCs are being made unthinking, the Brahminical forces have become very alert.

HINDUS CAPTURE OBAMA
They have quickly jumped on the Barack Obama bandwagon and started threatening us through emails from a position of strength. Daily we get threatening emails from upper castes living in America but giving false email ID. Some have given even the Mossad (Israeli secret service) address threatening death.

That means DV has become more popular in our enemy camp. Can we say that more Brahminical people now read DV (in internet) than ever before? Particularly those in America and West?

Can we say the DV bullet is hitting the enemy and the enemy is bleeding?

WE HATE NONE
We have repeatedly made it clear that we hate none. Not even the tiny Brahminical people. History has said that it is the over 85% oppressed Bahujan people who are the victims of these forces. Besides, Bahujans being the productive labour they have neither the time nor the desire to harm anybody. Producers are never given to destruction.

There is no instance in history of the Bahujans harming or killing anybody. All the while we have been the victims of Brahminism.

Recent developments including the latest “War on Bombay” indicate that our ruling class is getting deeper and deeper into confusion and crisis. It is not able to govern India.

Yet our people are not waking up. Deep slumber?

We wanted to shift DV to Delhi and convert into a weekly — but no money.

FINANCIALLY CRIPPLED
We made a request to each DV member to introduce at least one new member. We had also urged each member to order a full set of our books for deeper study. Only a few responded.

Financially we are crippled.

That doesn’t mean the ruling class dailies and periodicals are doing well. No. They are also suffering.

The country itself is in a serious crisis. And the crisis will only worsen as long as we keep the Brahminists as rulers.

But see our achievement. Is there any English journal of the oppressed classes, running without any advt., completing 27 years with flying colours? And achieving an international sweep? DV has done it — EDITOR.

Articles


COMMUNICATION

“Educated” Dalits not following clear-cut guidance of Dr. Ambedkar
GURNAM SINGH MUKTSAR, 2 - BHAGAT SINGH NAGAR, B/H BUS STAND, MUKTSAR - 152 026

Without a strong organisation, I feel dead. I tried to create a good organisation of DV. But from the very beginning it was deliberately sabotaged. None from India and abroad took it as a duty. None liked it except a few. I don’t want to waste my life without an organisation. So after the death of Kanshi Ram, I joined BAMCEF and I am doing all my promised job.

You have repeatedly said that the Dalit world is devoid of hope. Mayawati’s political movement will kill the ideological movement launched by Kanshi Ram. If you stop DV it will be a great help to the Hindu terrorists. Your work should never come to a stop. Any mind without an ideology is like an animal. Dead wood. You have done a lot. You continue your work. You have created history. It is in the right direction.

I know you are a sad man today but burning like a candle in total darkness. I am sorting out all your DV articles. It will take one year. In 2009, we plan to meet you. I will be happy if my book of 100 articles is published before Dec.2009 to be released at a national function of BAMCEF. I am learning much more about Budha from the DV Debate.

DV has produced hundreds of intellectuals among Dalit/Backwards in India and abroad. But they are not getting Agitated to get Organised. They could not even produce a number of youths to take over. DV has over 100 writers who really are Educated and Agitated. They have in turn educated thousands of people. But there are not even 100 among the 90-crore Dalit-Backwards who could create an organistaion.

Our people read Dr. Ambedkar, pose as great Ambedkarites and Budhists. But each person has a different way of thinking and action. They then eat and sleep well. That is the end. None gets Agitated. How can we defeat Brahminism? We are jealous of each other. We are more interested in fighting and finishing our own brothers than fighting the enemy.

DV has given clear-cut guidance. But we did not follow. Brother Musafir of Himachal is really an Educated and Agitated person. He is very faithful to the mission. Yet he is unable to find 100 “Agitated” people to be Organised into a fighting army.

I have worked with Kanshi Ram for over 25 years till his death. Since 1980-81 I have been faithful to DV and have loved VTR for his great works. I am a sad man now but very Agitated. I could not get 100 DV readers/writers/intellectuals to fulfil my desire. I have started searching for 100 best articles of DV to be reproduced in a book.

Dr. Kuldip Rai of Garh Shankar of Punjab is managing all issues of DV for me in yearly volumes. I have discussed this with Brother Vaman Meshram, national president of BAMCEF. I hope to use the zeal of Brother Musafir in this venture of great importance. It will highlight VTR’s Ambedkarite movement in India and abroad. Let us not waste our precious life.

VTR has given a big ideological push to Ambedkarite movement. He has become a man of history. Will Brother Musafir help me out?

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Why blame Brahmins when “educated” Dalits failed on all fronts?
V.T. RAJSHEKAR

Brother Gurnam Singh is a person of considerable experience in Dalit movement being with Kanshi Ram for a long time, then with Dalit Voice and BAMCEF. He thinks that a considerable number of “educated” Dalits are fairly well versed in the thoughts of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Referring to the “Three Commandments” of Babasaheb: Educate, Agitate, Organise, (please read DSA booklet: When Dalits Disobeyed Final words of Their Father: Three Commandments of Dr. Ambedkar, DSA-2005, Rs. 20), he says Dalits are fairly well Educated on the thoughts of Babasaheb. why then are they not getting “Agitated”, which automatically should lead them to get “Organised”? Fine. His worry is understandable. We are much more worried. We have expressed our agony in our different writings and speeches.

The most important point to be understood by Brother Gurnam is when the Dalit movement itself is dead in the country as a whole, who cares for Babasaheb’s “Three Commandments”?

ONLY HOPE OF INDIA
When the Dalits are not “Educated” in the very first thought of Babasaheb in the absence of a burning, militant movement, how can they jump from the ground floor to the first floor (Agitate)? When you have not reached the first floor, how can you reach the 2nd floor?

We have missed the bus.

We have said this hundreds of time (Crisis in Dalit Movement, V.T. Rajshekar, DSA-2008, pp.12, Rs. 5). In the very state of Babasaheb (Maharashtra), the Dalit movement is dead.

The toxic Brahmins have killed it. And we have allowed them to kill it. The fault lies with us. The enemy naturally wants to kill us. How can you find fault with the enemy? The enemy is doing its duty. It is we who failed to do our duty.

CONFRONTATION WITH ISLAM
When we failed in the very first stage of getting “Educated” in the burning thoughts of our Father, everything else gets derailed.

The only hope of India was its Dalit movement. Toxic Brahmins managed to kill it.

Which revolutionary movement they have not killed?

Did they not kill Budhism, the very first and the most revolutionary movement to fight Brahminism?

WHAT HAPPENED TO SIKHISM?
Right now they are in confrontation with Islam. The latest “War on Bombay”, as it is called, is a part of this. Brahminism is trying to swallow Islam but it is not succeeding. The enemy is trying its best to push Muslims into vote politics but they are resisting. Because the enemy knows once you accept vote politics, that signals your surrender.

One exceptional quality among Muslims is they are guided not by their political leaders but their ulema (religious heads). Efforts are being made to corrupt and co-opt the ulema. But they are not succeeding because Islam is a powerful international religion which is confronting a much bigger enemy (zionism) in Middle East and fighting it.

ENEMY MADE A MONKEY
Zionism has not succeeded in defeating Islam. Rather zionism itself has suffered in its fight.

In the latest “War on Bombay”, the Brahminical enemy is made a monkey. A handful of Islamic terrorists (just 10 of them) made the grass-eating Brahminists to piss in their pants.

LIBERATION THROUGH CONVERSION
But Muslim form only about 15% to 20% of Indian population. Quite a large chunk of Muslim are converts from our (Dalit) people. That is how they got liberated.

Babasaheb wanted to liberate us through Budhism, which the Brahmins swallowed centuries back. But did we follow Babasaheb in embracing even the diluted Budhism? No.

DALITS DEMOLISHED BABRI MASJID
Did we follow his Three Commandments? No.

Did we at least join the BSP, the only political party of Dalits that gave stomach-ache to Brahmins? No.

Did the “educated” Dalits, the beneficiaries of Babasaheb’s reservation policy, remain faithful to their Father? No.

Did we accept our Father’s concept of Bahujan Samaj? He said all the Mool Nivasis comprising SC/ST/BCs (65%) and religious minorities 20% — total 85% are pre-Aryan (with minor exceptions) and hence all of us are blood brothers? Did we accept his verdict? No.

It is the Dalits who led the group to demolish the Babri Masjid.

It is again the Dalits who took the lead in killing Muslims in the “Gujarat Genocide”.

In the latest Orissa anti-Christian carnage, it is the Tribals who killed the Dalits.

EDUCATED DALITS’ FAILURE
No doubt, in all these mass murders it is the toxic Brahmins who instigated our people to commit the mass murders. But how could they instigate us if our people are Educated in the burning thoughts of our Father?

Why our “Educated” Dalits failed to educate their poor, illiterate brothers on the thoughts of Babasaheb?

In other words, at every step we have failed.

BRAHMINS DOING THEIR DUTY
Why should we blame the Brahmins for our failure?

They will do their duty. But have we done our duty? We are sorry to note we have not done our duty.

DV has been saying this for the past about 30 years. Did our English-educated Dalit brothers support us?

Sorry. No.

FAILURE ON CONVERSION FRONT
There are hundreds of “educated” Dalits in govt. services in the capital city of Delhi. Our total circulation in Delhi is not even 1,000. What a shame?

The “educated” Dalits are more interested in meditation, going to Vaishnodevi, marrying Brahmin girls. They are not ready even to announce they are Dalit.

Brahmins have hinduised the Dalits which means they have prepared a powerful army to fight the Muslim, Christians and Sikhs.

Did we succeed in at least in embracing Budhism and following our father? No. The total Dalit Budhist population in India is not even a fraction.

Everywhere and in all the fronts we have failed.

D.V. DID NOT FAIL
It is not the failure of DV. We have done our job in the field of “Educating” our people in the thoughts of Babasaheb and uniting the Bahujan Samaj. DV is almost 30 years old.

Our achievements have been acknowledged by our DV family world-wide.

Did the DV family take our request seriously to set up a “media center” in Delhi?

Brother Gurnam is sad. But we are sadder. Much more.

The failure of Dalit movement has had its direct impact on the country’s health which itself is sinking.

EXHIBITION OF HATE
A vibrant Dalit movement would have created a growing, healthy India.

Brahminical leadership is guided by hate. They always walk behind HATE.

As this is written their display of HATE is exhibited on every page of the daily newspapers that you read and the TV that you see.

They have the newspapers to write and the TV to speak. That is all they can do.

They are a destructive force. History has said it.

They are doing their duty. But are we doing our duty?


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Syrian Christian leader calls for Hinduisation of church
COMRADE AYYANKALI

Nobody is denying that the church needs reform but some Syrian Christians are out to Brahminise and hinduise the Indian church in agreement with RSS and make it worse than what it is. As if doing this will solve all the church’s problems.

Kerala church defies CBCI: Look at this shocking development. When the Hindu terrorists physically attacked Christians and their church for converting (meaning liberating) the Dalits oppressed by the Brahminical rulers, Kerala’s Catholic church supported the Hindu terrorists and said it was opposed to religious conversion. This stand goes against the official policy of the Catholic church. Yet it defied the CBCI and the church because the Kerala Catholic leadership is almost 100% Syrian Christians, claiming Brahmin descent — a total false claim. When even the Shankaracharyas are themselves involved in several sex scandals and when the Devadasi temple prostitution still continues, some Christians are out to “Indianise”, “Hinduise” and “Brahminise” the church.

Meet Joseph Pulikunnel, who is out to do this under the guise of “Indianising the church”. Even Tehelka has quoted him in the nunnery sex scam. With such kind of Brahminsation, where is the need for RSS and Hindu terrorists. The late pro-RSS and pro-Brahmin Cardinal Joseph Parekaattil, who originally mooted “Indianisation” of the church, was involved in a scandal trafficking nuns to Rome.

This was reported in the Illustrated Weekly of India long ago. Such are the guys who run the church. Read the story in pro-RSS website, Haindavakeralam and decide for yourself. Many of the issues raised in the article may be true but Brahminising the church is surely a remedy worse than the disease. However, brahminisation and hinduisation process is briskly going on.

Bible quotes Manusmriti: St. Paul Publications had the audacity to print Bibles with quotations from the Manusmriti itself. Perhaps Joseph Pulikunnel wants Manusmriti-like treatment (like Kanchi Shankaracharya’s sex scandal and related murder) to be meted out to the nuns instead of European theological feudalism.

It means Brahminical Manusmriti-style male-domination within the church will only grow and more nuns will be victimised in sex scandals and suicides.

Joseph Pulikunnel’s call for the church to surrender to Brahminical rulers will be published later.


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Dravidian kiss for Prof. Geelani
DR. M.S. JAYAPRAKASH, GURU VIHAR, PUNNATHALA (NORTH), KOLLAM - 691 012

The event that took place at a Trivandrum conference on Nov.29, 2008 under the Jamat Council of Kerala has created history. Prof. S.A.R. Geelani was the chief guest for the conference on “Conspiracy against Muslims and the human rights violations”. As a historian, Ezhava leader and human rights activist (and DV family member since 1984), I told the conference:

We all know that Hindu terrorist forces including the ABVP and RSS have spat on the face of our beloved brother Prof. Geelani. As a protest against this nasty action on their part, I wish to kiss Prof. Geelani.

Then I kissed his forehead in the presence of the audience at the Press Club of Trivandrum. I said:

“Dear Brother Geelani, we have no Aryan blood, we have the pure Dravidian blood — the blood of the original inhabitants of India. This kiss is a token of our solidarity to the entire Muslim community as well as the Dalit-Bahujans who are being persecuted and crushed under the weight of the Hindu terrorists”.

My speech was loudly cheered by the audience.


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DEBATE

Vipassana not for everybody — but only for monks
DR. VINOD ANAVRAT, 113-A, NAIKNAGAR, NAGPUR - 440 027

After DV renewed its Debate on Budhism and Vipassana, glad to note some new people have joined it. But it is still revolving round all old points— discussing its merits and demerits. But the very crux of the matter is being left out.

For whom the Vipassana meditation was originally intended? That is the real question.

The Debate cannot be conclusive unless discussed from the Budha’s viewpoint. What we are trying to do is discussing it from the Budhists and non-Budhists’ viewpoint. Such a Debate helps Goenkavadis, inviting unnecessary explanations. In this process the core issue is sidetracked and discussion on the subsidiary points gets highlighted. Such a debate is no use in our (Ambedkarite Budhists) interest.

VIPASSANA STANDS FOR COUNTER -REVOLUTION
What is the riddle of Vipassana? For the common people, rational interpretations of religious teachings have little significance. For them, the rituals based on religious dictates and preaching by religious teachers are important. And Budhism (though in conventional term not a religion) also cannot be an exception to it, though in principle it doesn’t approve blind beliefs. (The point raised by Dr. Kancha Ilaiah on dhamma and religion would be answered separately.)

This is where the role of Budhist monks and intellectuals acquire prominence. Babasaheb had personally observed the laities going Vipassana way in Burma. However, instead of directly blaming the Burmese for mixing the Dhamma and Abhidhamma, he preferred to caution the Budhists in India. He feared that such a move would make them fatalistic.

Hence he warned that propagating Budhism based on meditation among Indians would be fatal to ‘our cause’. What was that ‘our cause’ to which he referred? This point is seldom discussed by the Goenkawadis.

GOENKA IS NOT BUDHIST
Taking cue from Babasaheb’s statement, the Brahminical forces decided to utilize the warning to their advantage. At an opportune time S.N. Goenka also came to their rescue and the Vipassana fans helped convert it into a cult.

A non-Budhist Goenka going the Budhist (?) way was neither seen with suspicion nor questioned by our Budhist intellectuals. By the time they started suspecting his motives it was too late.

Some of our highly paid Budhist officers were already in the pocket of Goenka. They accepted Goenka as their religious teacher and started projecting him as the ambassador of Budhism.

REAL FACE OF GOENKA
However, anybody attempting to probe the matter from Burmese Budhists would be shocked to know the real face of Goenka and his Vipassana Academy. It would be better if the curious readers verify the facts themselves and unravel the startling truth. My concern is to spell out our responsibility from the point of Brahminical invasion of Budhism.

The riddle of propagating Vipassana initially as an essence of Budhism and gradually converting it into a separate sect could be very easily understood if we try to give a cursory glance into the Ashokan era. It was only after the Mauryan empire and Pushyamitra Sunga ascending the throne that the systematic efforts to counter the effects of Budhist revolution were made. The Ramayana and Mahabharata are the two important texts conceived by counter-revolutionary Brahmins to distort Budhism. Similarly, most of the Mahayana literature in the Budhist garb is strikingly anti-Budhist. The reason is obvious. The Mahayanists were the ones who had earlier infiltrated into the Bhikkhu Sangha with the ulterior motives of tormenting Budhism from within.

BRAHMINICAL COUNTER -REVOLUTION IN BURMA
This realization convinced Ashoka to undertake the drive of cleansing Bhikkhu Sangha to weed out the fake monks. But these rogues driven out of Sangha did not accept their defeat easily. Reaffirming their resolve to adulterate Budhism, they formed another Sangha and yet claimed to be the superior followers of Dhamma. This is how, the term Mahayana (greater wheel) was conceived and propagated. In turn they branded with contempt the Theravadi monks, representing the genuine Budhism as Hinayani (belonging to inferior wheel).

After the counter-revolution, the same Mahayanists further continued their infiltration in the Bhikkhu Sangha. In Burma, the monk Shin Arhan reported this matter to Anavrat (Anawrahta), the Budhist king in Burma. He took serious cognizance and launched the same campaign as the Ashoka did in India. In the Sangha cleansing drive, the fake monks were identified and disrobed as per Anavrat’s order .They were given white cloth to lead the life of a common man. Some of them were asked to join military force and those refusing to obey the order were publicly hanged.

BRAHMINS UNDER BUDHIST GARB
The Mahayanis’ sinister designs became dormant but at an opportune time it surfaced with renewed vigor. After Anavrat, the Mahayanis counter-revolution continued for about 100 years in Burma; sometimes openly and sometimes stealthily. However, in 1948 when Burma got independence, U Nu became its first prime minister, who was under the influence of Mahayanists. It was due to him that, the Vipassana meditation, till then restricted only to monks, was made open to all. Of course, this process might have begun even much earlier but was yet to become a tradition. Hence, after acquiring power till it passed into the hands of military (1962), his Mahayani advisors started popularizing Vipassana among the Budhist laities. Now it is being followed in Burma as a part of Budhist tradition and has already infected the Budhists in India too.

The Mahayanist literature is mostly in Sanskrit and the same was translated to Chinese, Japanese and other foreign languages. The same literature became a source of understanding Budha and Budhism abroad (except Sri Lanka). Unaware of adulteration in original Budhism, they formed their opinions gradually believing it to be the true message of Budha. ‘If the counterfeit coin is in circulation; the good one automatically goes out of circulation’ proved true in this case too and Mahayanists succeeded in popularizing the Brahminised Budhism among masses. Thus, be it a KhadgadhariBudha or Avalokiteshwara or Manjushree or Amitabha Budha or the Nya Mu Myo Ho Reng Ge Quo mantra in the Lotus Sutra, all these Brahminical versions got recognition and reverence outside India.

The Mahayanists (Brahmins) while corrupting and distorting the original Budhism, took care not to meddle with its basic tenets like five precepts and eight-fold path but tactfully fiddled with Trisarana. Yet, they paraded themselves to be the genuine ambassadors of Budhism.

It is no wonder that when the Japanese Budhist monks land in Delhi, they make it a point to pay respects to M.K. Gandhi’s tomb at Rajghat. Gandhi, who was the greatest upholder of Brahminism, is being honored by the Japanese Budhists as the apostle of peace. Strange it may seem, but is a hard reality.

DASARA FESTIVAL IS ANTI-BUDHA
Hence the Lankavatara Sutra text is held in high esteem by the Mahayanists abroad. It is in fact a book meant to systematically distort the original Budhism and present the fake one in some other names. It is a testimony of the sinister designs of Indian Brahmins to corrupt Budhism and popularize it in the name of Mahayana. It is a very important text from the point of understanding the Brahminical machinations and their theft in the creation of Ramayana. The details of which have already been revealed in my Marathi book, Vijayadashmi (Dashraha) is a festival of Budha’s condemnation, (2007, Sugava Publishers, Pune). The aim of the creators of the Ramayana and the writers of Lankavatara Sutra were the same people — wearing the two different garbs (like our Congress and BJP).

Even the Mahabharata is depicts hatred of Aryans towards the Naga rulers and subsequently the Naga (Budhist) kings. Jarasangha, a Budhist king, was treacherously killed by the Aryans projecting him as evil and later “killed” by Bhima in the Mahabharata.

Alas, our Bahujans are under the grip of the opium of the Mahabharata and Ramayana even as the Budhists abroad are under the grip of Lankavatara Sutra and similar Mahayani texts.

VIPASSANA IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY
Removing the ignorance at both the levels is an uphill task. Moreover, the moment such a kind of work is initiated, the Brahminical forces would devise some other tactics to see that the status quo is not altered. But one day or the other, this work has to be undertaken by the people interested in Saddhama.

Unless the Brahminical filth is removed from the minds of Bahujans and the Budhists abroad are apprised of the Brahminical corruptions in Budhism, the process of Saddhama cannot be accelerated.

Vipassana sect was one of those strategies of Brahminical forces to counter the effects of the 1956 revolution initiated by Dr. Ambedkar.

Though Vipassana as such is a part of Budhism but it is not meant for all. Yet, due to our ignorance, some have described it as Hindu poison, some branded it as useless, some described it as anti-Budhist practice whereas some described it as a practice experienced and disowned by the Budha himself. All these opinions, however, are superfluous and totally wrong. We must remember that, Budhism contains everything for everybody. But it does not mean that, everything is for everybody.The Budha did not prescribe the same path to the monks as well as householders. He was adept in convincing different people differently based on their level of understanding. But, believing that, whatever Budha preached applied to all, has led to serious misunderstandings. Some Goenkavadis quote the Buddha and His Dhamma wherein Babasaheb said:

Merely because the sermons were addressed to the gathering of the Bhikkhus, it must not be supposed that, what was preached was intended to apply to them only. What was preached applied to both’.

ABHIDHAMMA NOT FOR COMMON PEOPLE
However, it was in the context of giving reply to the critics who would say that, the Budha’s Dhamma is only for the monks. But ignoring this context some Goenkavadis have been misquoting it to suit their interest. To prove that the Budha’s Dhamma is not only for the monks but for the lay followers as well, Babasaheb gave a detailed reply.This point has been discussed at length in the forthcoming Hindi book, Budha Dhamma Evem Vipassana (to be published in Feb-March 2009 by Dr.Sadhu Ramteke, 3/2-Vishwakarmanagar, in front of Super Specialty Hospital, Nagpur-440 027). It also thoroughly examines the quotation in the book, Buddha & His Dhamma ,often cited by Goenkavadis to prove them right branding Dhamma to be same for all.

This is how we start reaching the hidden truth in the Vipassana meditation. In Budhism there are two words: Dhamma and Abhidhamma.

Vipassana in reality forms the part of Abhidhamma (beyond Dhamma). If this point is understood, then it would become clear that till today the propagation of Vipassana in the name of Dhamma was solely intended to misguide the Budhists.

Dr. AMBEDKAR ON ABHIDHAMMA & VIPASSANA
I raised the basic question on the relevance of Vipassana for the followers of Dhamma. Although Abhidhamma cannot be separated from Dhamma, yet both are distinct at the experiential level. Dhamma is for all whereas Abhidhamma is reserved for a few. Why? It may appear intriguing but it is very logical and pragmatic.

If some are curious to experience the nature of truth related to human misery revealed by the Budha himself, one can certainly experience it. But the Budha did not make such experiencing necessary as a common practice for all. For the curious and eligible yogis knowing the higher aspects of life, Vipassana is definitely a very good technique. That is why it is a part of Abhidhamma.

In Burma too, Budhist monks as well as laities knew that Vipassana meditation was exclusively meant for the monks.

However, the subsequent distortion to make it a general practice was done by some over-enthusiastic Budhists in Burma at the instance of Brahminical infiltrators. Since this mistake was committed in Burma, S.N.Goenka also got an opportunity to propagate it as an essence of Budhism sometimes calling it of Budhist origin and sometimes deriving its origin to Vedas.

Babasaheb at Burma had observed that the Abhidhamma was being mixed with the Dhamma and a cocktail was served to masses. If a similar thing was done in India, it would harm Budhism in its fight against Brahminism. He warned that while propagating Budhism in India, care must be taken not to base it on Abhidhamma. That doesn’t mean he was against Vipassana. The statement that Babasaheb was for or against Vipassana is absurd. So also saying that Budha was for or against Vipassana. There is no question of anybody supporting or opposing Vipassana. It is right at its own place; but the basic truth about it has to be known.

WHY GOENKAWADIS GET ANGRY
Insulin injection may be good for the diabetic but to a healthy individual it may prove fatal. Similar is the effect of Vipassana. If it is practiced by the Budhist monks, it helps them understand the higher planes or understanding of Budhism. But if is practiced by a laity, who is not mature enough to understand the basics of Budhism, it would be counter-productive.

To be specific; the householder is not at all eligible to learn and practice Vipassana.

What would happen if the ineligible person starts learning Vipassana? Hence, all those Budhists, especially the educated, clamoring for Vipassana have become bigots. This is not unnatural. It was bound to happen. Dr. Francis Story (later Sugatananda) was in Burma for eight years and had studied the effects of Vipassana meditation on the Burmese Budhists. That is how Goenkavadis get angry when anybody speaks against Goenka and Vipassana.

The Vipassana academy has succeeded in converting Babasaheb’s lieutenants into bigots and dogs defending their Brahminical masters and biting anybody touching them.

RS. 1 LAKH CASH PRIZE
To make Budhists understand the Vipassana, on Oct. 14, 2005, I distributed 1,000 folders at the Deeksha Bhoomi, Nagpur, announcing a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh to a person showing me only one reference in Tripitaka wherein the Budha advises a householder or a group of householders to practice Vipassana. The Budha never did it, not even once in his lifetime. I have enough evidences to prove it.

Goenkavadis must prove me wrong. After the announcement of the cash prize, the Goenkawadis instead of producing a single reference in support of their claim started giving unnecessary explanations. Goenkavadis can prove me wrong by seeking the help of Goenka himself or the Burmese monks or the Indian Vipassana-charyas or anybody world over.

One GBB (Goenka brand Budhist) from Bombay enraged by the challenge wrote me 4-5 letters with lot of explanations of verses from Dhammapada and Tripitaka to prove him and his Goenka right. Before publishing the book on Vipassana in Marathi (2001), I already had discussions with Goenkawadis. The problem is they get angry when asked to justify the relevance of laities going Vipassana way from the Babasaheb’s standpoint. But instead of giving straight answer to the straight question, they would resort to unnecessary discussions and explanations.

LOSS OF MENTAL BALANCE
Due to the overdose of Vipassana, their vacha (speech) has also become asamayak (unrightful). Hence I avoid any discussion with them. Let them go on barking in defence of their Brahminical masters. If I am wrong and or deviate from my commitment of awarding Rs. 1 lakh, I shall stand exposed. If the Goenkavadis don’t accept the challenge, they would stand exposed. Hence I don’t care for the silly abuses being hurled by the some barking dogs produced by the Vipassana kennel club.

However, one Goenkavadi from Itarsi (MP) after reading my announcement sent the reference of Digghanakh Sutta claiming the cash prize. I clarified the Sutta and told him not to jump into conclusion but read the announcement thoroughly and then try searching reference in the Pali Tripitaka. I have not set a time limit for sending the reference. They can send it to me and claim the prize till I am alive. It is an open challenge. As he wrote sensibly unlike other Vipassanapanthis, I gave him a reply as a moral obligation. But after realizing the futility of his reference this Goankawadi felt defeated. Yet he sent another reference of Chullavedk Sutta. But that again boomeranged as expected.

NEW TACTICS TO STRENGTHEN VIPASSANA
Now the discussion on Vipassana should melt down only to one point: “Why the Budha did not advice Vipassana, hence Abhidhamma for the laity?” As the Brahminical forces have superior strategies (and they also have the media as their loud speaker) they have already resorted to newer techniques to counter the arguments being raised against Vipassana. With the growing realization of the counterproductive effects of Vipassana, many Budhists have preferred to keep away. If such a realization gets stronger, it would be a big defeat for Brahminical forces on an important front.

Please note the Brahminical forces never give up so easily. So they devised new tactics of financing some Burmese monks, stationing them in the Budhist viharas in India. This has already started at Nagpur. Instead of Goenka, Brahminvadis have brought the Burmese to enslave the Budhists through Vipassana. These Burmese stooges are made to say that Goenka is teaching pseudo-Vipassana but we (the Burmese monks) teach genuine Vipassana. Nonsense. These Budhist monks have been infiltrated by Brahmins to fulfill the mission that Goenka started in India in connivance with Brahmins.

NEED OF THE HOUR
That is how Brahmins as the staunch enemies of Budhism make us dance to their tunes. Hence the need to create a pan-India movement to counter the Brahminical forces distorting Budhism. Without such a movement to inculcate the cultural consciousness, the enemy cannot be countered. This is an era of counter-revolution must be also remembered. Though Budhism is a set of righteous ideology, we always ignore that to root out the evils in the society, we must create a conducive climate for the growth of Dhamma is Saddhama. Hence, what is important now is not merely practicing Dhamma but ignite the flame of Saddhama through our sincere efforts and commitment.

Budhism and Brahminism (Hinduism) cannot live side by side. One has to create space for the other. In this struggle any one has to perish. This is the lesson of history. If we ignore this, we are bound to create a greater space for Brahminism instead of fighting against it. “If Budhism has to flourish Brahminism has to die”. Such a spirit has to be inculcated among the Budhists. Babasaheb said:

“If the Hindu Social Order is to fall to the ground, it can happen only under two conditions. Firstly, the social order must be subjected to constant fire. Secondly, they can’t subject it to constant fire unless they are independent in thought and action”.

Babasaheb wanted the educated Budhists to be independent in thought and action. Without which we can’t understand the hard reality that following Budhism and fighting Brahminism goes side by side. One is not independent of another. Doing so would be a sheer folly. Through Vipassana the enemy wants us to remain indifferent to the Brahminical overtures and many of our Vipassanacharyas have fallen prey to it. Hence they have taken cudgel of Brahminvadis of preaching insensitivity to the Budhists.

This is a dangerous signal as the Vipassana sect is bent upon strengthening the status quo; thereby making the Budhists in India dependent upon their erstwhile oppressors. The Vipassana sect slowly but steadily and stealthily performs the same task of turning Budhists intelligentsia and laities into a useless stuff. Since this process is not being understood by the Budhists, they are taking pride in being the supporters of Vipassana sect. Babasaheb wanted the Budhists to break those shackles of slavish mentality hence exposing such distortions become significant. If we don’t do it, that would mean we are allowing the Budhists to toe the line of Gandhians through Vipassana. And remember, Gandhism is another name of Brahmanism. Hence, don’t take it casually.

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We can’t fight Brahminism when we have no media

Brahminism being the creed of a minority of less than 15%, its votaries know full well they can never succeed. Brahmana Jati Party (BJP) itself got defeated in the last election because of this reason. Brahminists know this better than its victims. That is why they give the least importance to vote politics. Their most powerful weapon is cultural counter-revolution. The best of Brahmin brains are enslisted to lead their cultural brigade led by the RSS, the principal Brahminical terrorist party.

Youth attracted to politics: Brother Vinod Anavrat has revealed the devastating power of the Brahminical cultural weapon — Vipassana. To counter this is no joke. Our educated Dalits, products of reservation, have been already hinduised (enslaved). It is this very hinduised Dalits that fall prey to Vipassana and become the barking and biting dogs to guard Brahminism. Here lies the greatness of the Brahminical cultural weapon.

Brother Vinod wants us to start a movement to counter the Vipassana menace. How to do it? The “educated” Dalits and those retired officials are not willing. The Dalit youth heart is in vote politics. Nor have we the media to propagate our mission. Money is impossible to get for such a cause.

BAMCEF units, which cater to the reservationwalas, are not interested. BSP and RPI political parties will not take up revolutionary issues.

Nagpur under counter-revolution: Budhism itself has been hinduised. Innumerable counter-revolutionaries are manufactured to sabotage Babasaheb Dhamma.

Nagpur, from where Babasaheb proclaimed Dhamma, is in the grip of counter-revolutionaries.

We are failing not only on the cultural front but also on the political front. When Babasaheb, our Father, is forgotten where is the hope?

That doesn’t mean Brahminical counter-revolution is winning. No. They are also divided. The recent “Sacred Brahmin” bid to kill two “Socialist Brahmins” of the RSS is part of this contradictions within Brahminism.

India is in the grip of many counter-revolutions. This is the cause of its slow death — EDITOR.

Reports



DV salutes brave Bush beater
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: We are simply thrilled. We salute the young Iraqi Shia Muslim TV journalist, Muntazer al-Zaidi, for rightly punishing the world’s most notorious blood-thirsty criminal and tyrant, President George W. Bush, who killed over 2 million Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan and creator of the world-wide “Islamic terrorism”, at the Baghdad press conference on Dec.14, 2008. “Bush gets the boot” became front-page story all over the world. To that extent the world enjoyed and approved the punishment meted out to the world’s most hated “dog”. There was nothing like “Islamic terrorism” before 9/11. The sole credit for creating it goes to Bush. The world famous mass-murderer of Muslims should be actually sent to the World Criminal Court at The Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity. But USA has not signed the UN protocol on World Court. But he can be tried before the people’s court. Even before he retired he got a taste of the people’s wrath at Baghdad. You can see what will happen after he is out of the White House. Muntazer deserves the world’s highest award from peace-lovers and the Muslims in particular.


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“WAR ON BOMBAY”

“Action” forgotten in the midst of war of “Words”
OUR CORRESPONDENTS

Bangalore: Furious Brahminical upper castes, thirsty for Muslim blood, screamed through their TV and toilet papers: “Action, not words”. Finally, they are now eating their own words. Even after 20 days of the Nov.26, 2008 “War on Bombay”, as the Times of India banner headline said, the ruling class could not force the govt. to take any “Action” on Pakistan. But on the other hand India’s rulers only suffered humiliation when the Prime Minister himself admitted lapses on security front and tendered apology in Parliament itself.

Condi’s caution against war: A stupid Sai Baba fan Shivaraj Patil, the country’s most useless Home Minister, was rightly sacked along with Maharashtra’s Maratha Chief Minister. Hundreds were killed in the “War on Bombay”. Too much of bungling, atrocious lapses.

The boasting Brahminical fellows cried for war on Pakistan but American Secretary of State Condi Rice rushed into Delhi and cautioned the govt. against any such action.

They were excited about waging a war without understanding that the enemy also has the bomb. And China, Russia and the entire Muslim countries are behind it. But India has none.

India’s ruling class wanted war. That is the meaning of “action”. But the govt. was wise enough to understand the consequences.

The political leadership of Maharashtra did not very much bother about the incident because those who suffered in the attack were the urban rich — read upper castes — who never bothered about the rural poor on whom the political leadership depend upon for the votes.

In the heat of their anger, the upper castes forgot the serious lapses of their own jatwalas heading the RAW, intelligence depts., navy, police etc. — all steeped in corruption and casteism. They were only blaming the “politicians” not the bureaucrats. Why? Because they are their jatwalas.

Tata & Ambani as gods: All the crowd that was managed before the Taj Hotel for publicity purpose comprised this very Brahminical class which thrived only on finding fault with others. To them the Tatas, the Ambanis are gods. Those killed in VT Station were never remembered. To them only the super five star hotel Taj and Oberoi mattered.

Till the time of writing this only the war of Words is going on between the two countries. But what about the “Action”? Is it forgotten? What a humiliation?


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Mystery on Karkare murder
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: Pakistani terrorists killed ATS chief Hemant Karkare and two other police officers in Bombay on Nov.26, 2008. The Bombay police on Dec.11 charged Kasab (Ajmal), the lone captured terrorist, with the killing the three top police officers.

According to a Times of India (Dec.13, 2008) report:

Ismail Khan, an accomplice of terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab arrested during Nov. 26 terror strikes, is the one who gunned down three police officials in a gun-battle at Cama Hospital, according to Ajmal’s statement. ATS chief Hemant Karkare, ACP Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar were shot dead by Ismail, who opened fire at them after Ajmal sustained injuries.

But in our report (DV Dec.16 2008 p.4), we had said Karkare “was killed at the instance of Hindu terrorist leader Bal Thackeray to derail the Malegaon Hindu terrorist attack led by Lt. Col. Purohit and his gang of Hindu terrorists”.

We have received many emails from different parts of India and outside that the Pakistani terrorist attack confined only to V.T. Railway Station, Taj and Oberoi Hotels and Nariman House. But the killing of Karkare and Co. at the Cama Hospital gun-battle was not part of this attack.

Reports say Karkare had received a threat to kill him and he had conveyed this to his wife and also a friend at Nagpur.

Sources within the Bombay police say they are under pressure to hush up the case by putting the blame on Pakistani terrorists. Truth is never revealed in India.


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Budhism reduced to chanting
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Bangalore: Soka Gakki International, a global association that promotes the philosophy of the 13th century Japanese Budhist leader, Nichiren Daishonin, has set up its Indian branch claiming 37,000 members.

According to a survey made by a DV family member, who has joined the Bharat Soka Gakki (BSG), all the members belong to the affluent upper castes, mostly Brahmins, and Delhi-based.

37,000 branches: For 1 1/2 hours, twice a month, BSG members gather on Sundays and do nothing but chanting to get relief for their individual problems. Serious collective problems like food, clothing, shelter, health and education — which are denied to a major sections of the Indian population — are not discussed because those deprived are not members. Being poor, oppressed and also dark-skinned such people have neither the money nor the interest to join such elite time-passwala affair.

Akash K. Ouchi is the Japanese head of the India unit of BSG. He came here in 1970 as a PhD. student at JNU and stayed on and registered BSG in 1986 claiming over 37,000 members.

The Nicherin Budhism is based on the famous Lotus Sutra, the last and the most revolutionary message of Budha in which he asks his followers to simply fight and finish the Brahminical oppressors of the Dhamma. But BSG teaches nothing of this. BSG has reduced Budhism to mere chanting which has become the hot favourite of the upper caste leisured class.

Money-driven society: Being the propertied class belonging to the money-driven society, upper castes suffer from lots of connected problems like health, property dispute, broken marriage, sex perversion, jealousy leading to all sorts of crime. Excess eating, drinking, or even leisure naturally leads to all sorts of problems.

Chanting and meditation give this leisured class a sort of temporary psychological satisfaction. This is the secret of its popularity.

But after getting saturated with chanting, the leisured class finds no solution and then falls into a deeper ditch.

Budha with closed eyes: Oppressed Indians, who are primarily a sweat labour, have neither the leisure nor the money to go into games the idle rich play. Budhism was a revolutionary thought, according to Nicherin but its enemies reduced it to chanting and meditation. You can’t see even one statue or photo of Budha with eyes open in the whole of India and even outside. Look at the power of the enemies of Budhism.


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INDIA SHINING

1,83,000 producers of food commit suicide

Bombay: Suicides by farmers of Maharashtra crossed the 4,000 mark in 2007, for the third time in four years, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). As many as 4,238 farmers of the State took their lives that year, the latest for which data are available, accounting for a fourth of 16,632 farmer suicides in the country. The national total represents a slight fall, from 17,060 in 2006, but the broad trends of the past decade seem unshaken. Farmer suicides in the country since 1997 is now 1,82,936. Yet again the five worst affected states — Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka, MP and Chhattisgarh – account for two-thirds of all such suicides in the country. Together, they saw 11,026 in 2007. Of these, Maharashtra alone accounted for over 38%. Of the “Big five”, AP saw a decline of 810 suicides against its 2006 total.

—(Hindu, dec.12, 2008)

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India has largest number of hungry people

New Delhi: Over 40 million people joined the ranks of the chronically hungry in 2008, taking the world further away from its millennium goal of reducing hunger by 2015, according to preliminary data released by UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization on Dec.9, 2008. FAO’s latest report, the State of Food Security in the world 2008, attributes the surge mainly to the world food crisis which led to an unprecedented rise in prices from late 2006 to the first half of 2008. Though there has been a sharp drop in foodgrain prices since then — cereals are now more than 50% cheaper from their peak prices earlier in 2008 — the FAO Food Price Index was still 28% higher in October 2008 compared to October 2006. And, with the global financial crisis showing no signs of abating, the ranks of the hungry are only expected to swell further, FAO says. According to a release accompanying the report, the number of the world’s chronically hungry currently stands at 963 million. Through 2006-07, when food prices began to rise steadily, 75 million people were added to the ranks of the undernourished, the report says. The developing countries account for more than 93% (901 million out of 963 million) of the world’s hungry, the report says. Out of these, 65% are from seven countries alone — India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Congo, Indonesia and Ethiopia. The report says these countries are key to fighting poverty and malnutrition.

India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, accounting for more than 20% of the total.

—(Times of India, Dec.12, 2008)

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LETTERS TO EDITOR

Olaf Childress, Editor, The First Freedom, PO Box - 385, Silverhill, Alabama - 36576, USA: Dalit Voice was first in the world to enthusiastically predict Barak Obama’s win. It’s gratifying to see you as quickly discovering his “change” portends “more of the same”. While Yiddishe Nishama means his Jewish soul, who can say what religion (if any) motivates the Jewish media? Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of Staff, picked by Obama is a hard-core Jew. Both Senators Obama and McCain are solidly in the zionist camp. Mossad controls the American political parties.

Yes. We were the first to predict Obama victory but we also know that the American politics, finance, media etc. are controlled by the Jews. DV has said this many times. Just as it is impossible to achieve anything without the “Jews of India” here, we also know that an equally suffocating atmosphere exists in USA. Obama cannot be an exception — EDITOR.


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ISLAM CAN DESTROY BRAHMINISM

Sufi Nazir Ahmed Kashmiri
Noted Muslim scholar from Kashmir

Introduction by V.T. Rajshekar

The recent “Islamic terrorist” attack on
Bombay is the Muslim reaction to
the Babri Masjid demolition.
But the ruling Brahminical
forces are unrepentant.

The author is one among the few Muslim
religious leaders to clearly
diagnose the Indian
problem and point out the central
duty of every Muslim

2008 pp.28 Rs. 10

Dalit Sahitya Akademy

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