These are the slogans which pierced the air as vandals from the various militias of the Sangh Parivar roamed through BJP-ruled states, smashing stalls and wreaking havoc upon property on Velentine's Day, 2000. The common man bore the psychological scars of the hooliganism. Girl students were especially frightened, and many stayed at home. Some restaurants refused to serve food to couples, fearing that hoodlums could ransack their establishments. No jeans, no skirts would be allowed, they said.
Irate students are too scared to protest.
It would be a futile exercise, said one as the ABVP was being supported by the state government. Said Yatindrajeet Singh, owner of Little Chef restaurant, who had to call in the police. In order to maintain their totalitarian stranglehold over the helpless non-Brahmins, all feelings of compassion and tenderness had to be erased and destroyed. Hatred, mutual conflict and perpetual wars were the tools by which the Brahmins managed to hold their vicious grip on Indian society. Perhaps more important than the prevention of inter-caste marriage as a motive is the need to suppress women.