BANGALORE: The monster of Hindu communalism which has tured into the world’s worst form of Nazism is having its dance of death before our eyes daily but Indias upper caste rulers seem to enjoy it. Being rulers they could have easily checked it if only they had found it harmful in the interest of the country (DV Jan. 1 1991: “India Heading Towards Fascism”) To these rulers their jati interest became more important than the interest of the country its unity and integrity.
The rulers are merciless in crushing the nationality demands of Sikhs Kashmiris Gorkhas Jharkhandis Bodos Tamils etc in the name of communalism. Those fighting for identity human rights honor of their women are dubbed communal and violently dealt with. But when it comes to “Hindu communalism” which is nothing but the communalism of upper castes the rulers are silent In fact they are indirectly encouraging it. Even the demand of SC/ST/BCs for reservations is called communal
M.A. Jinnah whom Sarojini Naidu once called as the “young ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity” in 1918 was dubbed by the upper castes as communal. Sant Bhindranwale was also called communal. Even Moulana Azad described as “Indias only secular Muslim” was called communal. Every religious minority demand is called communal. Even if they assert their constitutional rights to establish minority educational institutions they are called communal. But when L.K.Advani went on his rath yatra and his Nazi hordes entered the Babri Masjid and tied to demolish it it was not called communal
Cow slaughter ban: The battle against “Hindu communalism” was lost not now We can say that the “battle was lost” only if the battle had begun. To tell the truth such a battle had never begun. The very “Father of nation” MK Gandhis demand for ban on cow slaughter was communal. If the very Father of Nation is communal what is the surprise if his children also follow his example? Beef is not th food of Muslims and Christians alone It is the food of all Dalits tribals and even among Backward Castes and the innumerable foreigners living in India. So by this ban on cow slaughter Gandhi tried to hit the very stomach of the countrys religious minorities and also his own children of god (““Harijans”) meaning bastard.
That means the very founding fathers of this country were soft towards “Hindu communalists”. This view was endorsed by a person hailed by the upper cast themselves as “a noted historian of India” Bipin Chandra. This is his verdict:
The basic failure of the national movement on the communal question lay precisely in the ideological arena. Gandhiji with all his deep-seated secularism failed to understand communalism as an ideology. He therefore failed to challenge it except at the Hindu-Muslim bhai-bhai level. He hoped to counter communalism with humanism. Nehru of the 1930s clearly saw that communalism was basically an ideology that was rooted in the existing class and political structure. But he too except very briefly in 1933-34 and 1936-37 failed to organise a struggle against it and assumed that changes in the class and political structure (anti-feudalism and anti-imperialism) would gradually erode communalism. After independence while heroically standing in opposition to communal violence he depended on economic development and spread of education and science to bring about this erosion. Throughout the communists and socialists have continued to rely on class struggle and struggle for social transformation to achieve this result”. (Hindu Dec.211990).
“Hindu communalism” therefore is not knew. “Hindu communalism” mean brahminical social order which is today struggling to overpower the Indian social order sought to be established by Babasaheb Ambedkar through the Constitution of India. (DALIT VOICE)
Article extracted from this publication >> March 22, 1991
