tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.comments2010-09-10T06:48:41.291-07:00EkalavyaEkalavyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-24614461490405382242010-09-10T06:48:41.291-07:002010-09-10T06:48:41.291-07:00This is a very interesting post. I hope Spatiality...This is a very interesting post. I hope Spatiality is still following my blog MEGHnet. I have put some additional information regarding Balijan Cultural Movement on it. I hope you will enjoy it.Bharat Bhushanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407764714563263985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-28007656256657359802010-03-10T08:59:36.156-08:002010-03-10T08:59:36.156-08:00Hinduism has many layers. Yet it has a connecting ...Hinduism has many layers. Yet it has a connecting thread. The many layers accrued over the centuries never question the authority of sruti, the vedas despite seemingly different philosophical traditions. Here the discussion is on 'caste' and 'religion'. The endogamous 'jati' system existed in south Asia even before the spread of Brahmanical culture into different regions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-72158168454877584582010-03-10T07:28:30.431-08:002010-03-10T07:28:30.431-08:00Thanks again for your response. Sir, but tell me w...Thanks again for your response. Sir, but tell me what exactly you think the in your criticism you want me to respond to? Of course, you did say Dalit Marxism is distorting, playing into the hands of business class, corporate class and misses the nuances of Marxism's analysis of labour etc. I am not sure in what exact ways Dalit Marxism does all that because you are yet to tell me why do you Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-61754324689483159092010-03-10T06:45:52.414-08:002010-03-10T06:45:52.414-08:00Dear Sir,
only one question before I respond. Why ...Dear Sir,<br />only one question before I respond. Why it has to be within Hinduism's orbit?Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-48624898990307618822010-03-10T03:39:28.850-08:002010-03-10T03:39:28.850-08:00Sir - I agree with your criticism of me on one cou...Sir - I agree with your criticism of me on one count. That is the following: "What prevents you from acknowledging the labor of dalits to be subjugated?"<br />I should not have used "may represent" which is a error on my part. They in fact represent the subjugated labour in India. I still want you to respond to my criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-41804940081134142532010-03-10T03:37:13.912-08:002010-03-10T03:37:13.912-08:00certainly not. u read hinduism, understood hinduis...certainly not. u read hinduism, understood hinduism and developed hatred for hinduism through coloured "preachings". to meet the cliches kancha iliah & co float, it is janmana jayate sudra, karmana brahmanaha - says Sri Krishna Himself. So your basic premise of telling hindus "please forget the teaching of your God who said he created human beings unequally’ is wrong. the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-55804618285710335642010-03-09T16:37:48.116-08:002010-03-09T16:37:48.116-08:00Sorry for not mentioning that the author of the ar...Sorry for not mentioning that the author of the article is Perry Anderson and available online for free at: http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2695Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-5401012232191747122010-03-08T23:14:03.986-08:002010-03-08T23:14:03.986-08:00"As you know, this point is as political as e..."As you know, this point is as political as economic, though, strictly speaking, such distinction is meaningless beyond a point in Dalit Marxist analysis just as in any Marxist analysis."<br /><br />I do not subscribe to your understanding of Marxism here. To say that such points are strictly meaningless beyond a point in Marxist analysis is a crudest distortion of Marxian method. The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-15417513419860445742010-03-08T08:43:39.337-08:002010-03-08T08:43:39.337-08:00True, there are genuine friends of Dalits or at le...True, there are genuine friends of Dalits or at least those who are decent enough to think that Hinduism should be cured of this evil of humiliating and oppressing Dalits for no reason. Some of them even go to the extent of realising that oppressing Dalits is not just Dalits' problem but the Oppressing Castes themselves: you become inhuman by oppressing others. <br />And, there are people Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-440983785415581292010-03-07T23:50:50.826-08:002010-03-07T23:50:50.826-08:00Sir, I like to join the discussion on this thread....Sir, I like to join the discussion on this thread. I believe that 'Dalit Marxism' is a distorted category which not only distort Marxism but also reactionary in nature. By reactionary one means that it pays to the interest of the business class in India. <br /><br />First, 'Dalit' prefixed to Marxism robs the Marx's theoretical framework for understanding history from the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-65338626172102474002010-03-07T21:29:02.171-08:002010-03-07T21:29:02.171-08:00read with interest Sri Kanchi Illaiah and co's...read with interest Sri Kanchi Illaiah and co's argument. Hindu fundamentalism, brahminism et al. favourite whipping boys. idelogogical bigotry in that there are many brahmins who go all out to support dalit cause and there many self-seving dalit leaders who thrive on the suppression of their brethren. idelogical blinkers too in that they embrace muhammad and jesus forgetting prevalence of Srinivas Ghantasalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404128056745476940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-56898476056682903022010-03-07T11:23:02.209-08:002010-03-07T11:23:02.209-08:00Anonymous Friend,
You are absolutely correct in ta...Anonymous Friend,<br />You are absolutely correct in talking about the casteism in Christianity and Islam. But, one clarification, I am against only one form of casteism, the one practised by Oppressing Castes ("Upper Castes")and Communists. I defend the casteism of Dalits and other victims of caste system. <br />It is fairly clear that you are talking about untouchability and Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-80118380849891091322010-03-07T08:04:29.459-08:002010-03-07T08:04:29.459-08:00Brahmanism, casteism, and Hindu fundamentalism . q...Brahmanism, casteism, and Hindu fundamentalism . quite familiar whipping boys of dalit supporters. what about casteism in christianity and islam which these avowed supporters of dalit movement unabashedly claim to follow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-43650155040013472582010-03-07T07:50:34.997-08:002010-03-07T07:50:34.997-08:00‘Balijan Cultural Movement’, quite interesting to ...‘Balijan Cultural Movement’, quite interesting to know about it. But why do we have to follow the traditions of Jesus and Mohammad? The movement should be non-religious when it is fighting against another religion.After all it is a fight against caste and religion. And the term ‘Balijan’ still means suppression, people of sacrificing.Shankar Mokenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241907342712698265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-69383688696981739042010-02-23T08:26:03.053-08:002010-02-23T08:26:03.053-08:00Original interview has a couple of good photos inc...Original interview has a couple of good photos including Gorringe's. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20100312270511700.htm&date=fl2705/&prd=fline&Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-44305477055364595362010-02-19T07:02:08.418-08:002010-02-19T07:02:08.418-08:00http://drqanungo.blogspot.com/2010/02/their-master...http://drqanungo.blogspot.com/2010/02/their-masters-bootlickers.htmlEkalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-81927636457659919632010-02-16T09:06:51.051-08:002010-02-16T09:06:51.051-08:00Dishonouring someone was never done in such a hono...Dishonouring someone was never done in such a honourable manner. B would never have even anticipated in his wildest telanganaesque (Yes, B is a coastal fellow but such things keep happening to him) dreams that just by accompanying C in his night escapades and chasing chai-shops in an around the semi-arid and yet (deservingly or undeservingly) expensive lands of Ranga Reddy district that his sheerBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-10612217288765896262010-02-15T23:15:30.063-08:002010-02-15T23:15:30.063-08:00'single largest threat to the nation' is n...'single largest threat to the nation' is none other than the police, including all the so-called security forces. <br />Really heart-wrenching story...<br />tks Chittibabu for ushering ....nareshnunnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413538839786932270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-90081238426427101002010-02-15T07:16:03.440-08:002010-02-15T07:16:03.440-08:00Well, firstly congratulations on finding something...Well, firstly congratulations on finding something best to do: noticing my screams for attention. I have an issue with B and it was far less in intensity than what I have with you. Mr. B did not send any of Raymond Williams's work. Mr. B considers the set of RW's books a piece family property and indeed he was right. It is an underrecorded and unknown story how B terrified his Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-79032851805857223262010-02-15T06:43:35.779-08:002010-02-15T06:43:35.779-08:00SO C do you have an issue with B sending you the c...SO C do you have an issue with B sending you the copy of raymond williams or your issue is that he sent raymond williams and not the book on Nationalism that you wanted. DO you have an issue with marxists who like Raymond Williams or do you have a problem with marxists. Please explain in your next post. <br /><br />Dfor want of something better to dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338383461645231802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-85647529081481553382010-02-15T03:12:49.674-08:002010-02-15T03:12:49.674-08:00I would like to correct Dr.Ilaiah in one aspect. C...I would like to correct Dr.Ilaiah in one aspect. Contrary to what he said in the article, upper caste women did, and do play bathukamma. But it is a private, household affair for them, unlike the Dalit-Bahujans. However, that is not the point. I would like to draw a parallel between the way bathukamma used to be played in upper-caste household, and the nuances of the situation brought out by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678760029812642783.post-15370943119833764512010-02-14T21:07:26.532-08:002010-02-14T21:07:26.532-08:00This post usefully points to the danger of dispers...This post usefully points to the danger of dispersing and marginalising Dalits even after Nepal becoming a democracy, paradoxically through the most democratic constitution building in the world. But, what democratic credentials of the UML and Nepal Congress the author is talking about? There is one thing certain about both of them none did anything to bring democracy to Nepal. Why the author Ekalavyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550571870524859101noreply@blogger.com