Mul Bhartiya Vichar Manch : We Think :
Thus said Jedhe and Jawalekar in their Book ' Desha Che Dushman
Deshache Dushman branded Brahmin leaders as traitors sprung from
a stock of foreign invaders of low status and questionable origins. The
authors argued that Brahmins were well known for using any means to
assert their superiority—from chicanery and cunning to falsifying history.
Tilak and Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar—the latter famous for his vitriolic
criticism of Phule and the social reformer Gopal Hari Deshmukh,
or Lokahitawadi, in his 1874 Nibandhamala (Garland of Essays)—were
referred to as enemies of the country “born from the vomit of Brahmans”
(in reference to Brahmins’ claims that they were birthed from the mouth
of Purusa, or “the original man”).95 Chitpavan Brahmins were generally
described as “Satan,” “cobras,” “sons of prostitutes,” and “mother goers.”96
Indeed the litany of complaints against Brahmin patriotism comprised
an account of Brahmin treachery, sexual licentiousness, and female
exploitation. This text, like others that followed, described Peshwa
history as a period of maximal corruption, when Brahmins sold their daughters
and loaned their wives.97 Shivaji’s protection of Brahmin women from
the depredation of Muslim men was mentioned in conjunction with Brahmin
hypocrisy about the behavior of their women—“the Bhat mind thinks
religion is destroyed when a Shudra is crowned king but cannot comprehend
when a Brahmin woman comes jumping from the bed of a Shudra.98
Brahmins, it was noted, had the vile tendency to “suspect their
mother’s chastity,” “shave women,” and to allow widows to throw their
illegitimate children on “crossroads eight times a week.”99 At the same
time, the Brahmin priest “who calls the non-Brahmins Shudras an enemy
is a badmash dacoit [bandit] who casts evil glances at their women.”100
Equating Brahminism with slavery, the text noted, “it is a sin to give alms
to a Brahmin who smokes ganja, drinks wine and ascends the staircase
of houses of ill repute. To get marriage solemnized by Brahmins is tantamount
to polluting an auspicious occasion [and] writing the horoscope
of a future slave generation.”101
Nv. D.D.Raut
Vicharak , MBVM
Our Message to Nation : Janeu Chhodo , Bharat Jodo
Thus said Jedhe and Jawalekar in their Book ' Desha Che Dushman
Deshache Dushman branded Brahmin leaders as traitors sprung from
a stock of foreign invaders of low status and questionable origins. The
authors argued that Brahmins were well known for using any means to
assert their superiority—from chicanery and cunning to falsifying history.
Tilak and Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar—the latter famous for his vitriolic
criticism of Phule and the social reformer Gopal Hari Deshmukh,
or Lokahitawadi, in his 1874 Nibandhamala (Garland of Essays)—were
referred to as enemies of the country “born from the vomit of Brahmans”
(in reference to Brahmins’ claims that they were birthed from the mouth
of Purusa, or “the original man”).95 Chitpavan Brahmins were generally
described as “Satan,” “cobras,” “sons of prostitutes,” and “mother goers.”96
Indeed the litany of complaints against Brahmin patriotism comprised
an account of Brahmin treachery, sexual licentiousness, and female
exploitation. This text, like others that followed, described Peshwa
history as a period of maximal corruption, when Brahmins sold their daughters
and loaned their wives.97 Shivaji’s protection of Brahmin women from
the depredation of Muslim men was mentioned in conjunction with Brahmin
hypocrisy about the behavior of their women—“the Bhat mind thinks
religion is destroyed when a Shudra is crowned king but cannot comprehend
when a Brahmin woman comes jumping from the bed of a Shudra.98
Brahmins, it was noted, had the vile tendency to “suspect their
mother’s chastity,” “shave women,” and to allow widows to throw their
illegitimate children on “crossroads eight times a week.”99 At the same
time, the Brahmin priest “who calls the non-Brahmins Shudras an enemy
is a badmash dacoit [bandit] who casts evil glances at their women.”100
Equating Brahminism with slavery, the text noted, “it is a sin to give alms
to a Brahmin who smokes ganja, drinks wine and ascends the staircase
of houses of ill repute. To get marriage solemnized by Brahmins is tantamount
to polluting an auspicious occasion [and] writing the horoscope
of a future slave generation.”101
Nv. D.D.Raut
Vicharak , MBVM
Our Message to Nation : Janeu Chhodo , Bharat Jodo
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