From: ssankara@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sornam Sankara)
Subject: Truth is bitter !
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:56:46 GMT




     Lately I have been getting indecent and impolite mails from the so-called
defenders of Brahminism and I just delete them and do not tend to reply.
Still, I want to share my observation here.

     Any person who reads my postings in this newsgroup regarding caste will
know that I have been condemning all the castes and the casteist attitude of
all the people including my parents.  I have never started any of this type of
discussion in SCT because I have many better things to post in this newsgroup.
But I choose to object any body who brings up any issue with a casteist
outlook.  When the people talked about caste based reservations and ethics, I
joined issue with some netters expressing my views regardless of what caste I
am going to hurt.  I mentioned about the domination of Brahmins, Pillaimar,
Mudaliyar, Gounder, Naidu etc and the neo-brahministic attitude of the newly
developed castes like Gounder, Nadar etc.  I appreciated Bharathi Raja's
message in 'vedham puthithu'  condemning the Brahmin fundamentalism and the
'thevar pride' mentality etc.  I will not hesitate to condemn the casteist
attitude of any other caste also.

     But what surprises me is that nobody from any community other than Brahmin
voice their opposition to my views in the net.  Nobody from other communties
have sent any indecent or impolite mails. But only some Brahmin zealots have 
been doing this.  Again,  I am not generalizing all the Brahmins
because there were a few people who discussed with me through e-mail very
sensibly.  Some of them just expressed their displeasure. I prefer to explain 
them my stand.



     For all Brahmin fanatics who indecent (for that matter any other casteist
fanatic), I would like to say one thing.  I just dont care about you.  I will
not give up my opposition to casteism in any place.  By indulging in this kind
of tactics you may wish me to push to take an anti-Brahmin stand.  This is what
they did with Periyar, Ambedkar or Phule (oops, I am not comparing myself with
such great men who sacrificed their life for the downtrodden, irrespective of
their own ideological limitaions).  But you will be disappointed.  I will
repeat my earlier sloagan. I will be anti-Brahmin, anti-Pillai, anti-Mudali etc
etc because I am anti-caste and even my parents cannot do anything with that.


     If you want to discuss things seriously, let us debate it in the net or
through personal mails.  Or if you simply want to curse me, do it.  I wont give
a damn for it.  YOU WILL BE THE LOSER !!  I will not lose anything because I
dont care about my future.


   I may not be liked my own friends.  But all my good friends whether
he/she is a Brahmin or any other caste know about me whether I keep hatred
against any particular community alone.


I will seriously write about the upper caste domination of India in future
articles.  And also the expoitation of the rich people of the lower castes.


Please excuse me if some people feel this as kind of preaching or something.  I
am sick and tired of the caste feeling of the educated (certainly not the
illiterate or the last generation).


Thanks,


S. Sankarapandi

ssankara@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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