There is absolutely no doubt that
the ‘caste system’ is an unjust, inhuman and a ‘real’ discriminatory practice
that is still being negotiated by the Dalits and other discriminated sections
of the society. Nevertheless, any conclusion presuming Dalits to be necessarily
anti-Hindu by default would be a blunder. In fact, Dalits are not anti-Hindu
and instead they are ‘more Hindu’ than the upper castes themselves. As a matter
of record, but for Dalits, Hinduism could not have survived the continuous
onslaught by the invaders over the past few centuries. However they feel
disappointed as they have unjustifiably been denied their due place, proper
recognition and a dignified status in the society. For example, their genuine
grudge against the temples is not that they exist and are built, but instead
they want to enjoy dignified entry in them.
Unfortunately the Dalit movement
in India has been hijacked by the left. In their frustrated quest to paint
Hinduism merely as a repressive social construct, leftists relish denouncing
everything that a Hindu likes to be proud of. They fail to realize that all
sections of Hindu society do not have the luxury to abuse their past, condemn
their history and shame their origin. The ‘upper castes’ with rulers’
background find this challenge glamorous enough as they often derive a sense of
‘greatness’ in abusing their own past. On the other hand, the discriminated
castes feel hurt and devastated in doing the same. Making them to disrespect
their Gods, worshipped by their own ancestors and family members, is depressing in itself but
forcing them to worship their ‘Asuras’ creates an emotional disillusion for
them. Snatching their Hindu-pride and at the same time demeaning their past often
force them to pass through an emotional crisis similar to that of Rohith’s.
The ‘left’ rob ‘Dalits’ off
their glorious past so much so that unless they are in a constant state of
agitation and turbulence, which is an unnatural terrorists’ state, it becomes
impossible for them to survive. And as and when they calm down, they feel
miserable and culturally devastated. Dalits, who start believing in left
ideology, are left with only a few options – either revolt and opt for the path
of destruction and terror or stop believing in their ideology or commit
suicide. Being Indian (Hindu) by heart, they rarely follow the first option.
The disenchantment against ‘left’ often grows so unbearable for them that in
search for pride and identity, instead of Marx, they begin looking up to their
own Dr. Ambedkar. But in this process, irreversible emotional damages are
caused resulting in situations similar to those that led to the unfortunate end
of Rohith. The moment you start feeling yourself as empty, worthless and
meaningless and realize that there is no aim worth pursuing in your life, you
end yourself.
You need the luxury of having an
alternate supporting mechanism at your disposal so that you are able to
negotiate the ever-contradicting, self-destroying and frustration-generating
arguments pursued typically by the Indian-leftists. With all their negativity, Indian
leftists – are able to retain these characteristics only if they are able to
get a space in academia or politics – otherwise the ‘Left’ inside them die out
sooner or later. This is because the only skill they are able to develop, while
living with left-ideologies, is how to find enough reasons to hate their own
origin. It is therefore not surprising that although leftists vociferously sell
themselves as being champions of the Dalit’s cause, they have not been able to
improve the condition of Dalits even wherever they were in a position to do so.
RSS, on the contrary, without the
support of the government, carries out several positive initiatives in helping
the socially discriminated sections of the Indian society in achieving their
aims through non-governmental organizations like Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Sewa
Bharti, Samkalp and others. RSS attempts to share the common glorious past with
Dalits that helps them transform into proud individuals – one of the essential
characteristics required to progress. RSS initiatives have helped many Dalits in
realizing their dreams of occupying policy-making positions. Compared to these
the ‘left’ have used only the government-run academic institutions to spread
their political influence and that too only by exploiting the discriminated
class so that they can be disconnected from their roots.
