Brahminism is indeed good. Go back and refer in our old books. Among four varna's Kshatriyas, Brahmanas, Vysias and Sutras are talked and their role are described very clearly. It is simply the way they live. Not by birth. In those days, a person born to a Vysia father (who is a business man) can be a Brahmana (who is a educated person) It is whether a person is a Brahmin or Vysia or Sutra is not by birth, but based on what they do. It was a partialiality the Brahmin community developed, by educating their child and also making them to brahmin, by way of helping their education. As if Dhuriodana helped Karna to be a Kshatriya. Later after a long time gap, today people think that a brahmin is by birth, even if they do business. Truth is not that.
Periyar belogs to Justice Party, who were opposing Gandhi, at the time of freedom fighting and said it openly, that freedom should not be given to India and wanted that the English Rule to be continued. And they call themselves as God's opposers. And it is evident that they went to temple and used sheos on god to show their anger or disbelief on God.
If a person is whether a God follower or not should only be allowed for his own beliefs and disbliefs. And this may not be a political strategy. God opposition can never be a slogan of an ancient country like Bharath and I am certain that Hindus should not vote for these type of parties. Even muslims or christians should not be voting for them.
The base is not strong. so whatever effort we put more and more will always go as waste, as if one gets into the mud.
Periyar should not be his Hero.
I see the artists dreams of portraying his hero. let him do on his own. Let him figure his hero, and bring him out , but that background story does not suit his hero, who he wants to project.
RE:what is Brahminism!!!
by Prakash Gomathinayagam on May 01, 2007 11:20 AM Permalink
Brahminism is indeed good!?!?!?!. you dumb head. see what has happened. We are not questioning why it was introduced. but how it has become ?.
"Not by birth". that is theory part. Most Practical part is very ugly. only when u were born as a sudra and beaten up and/or raped by an upper case, u will realize.
RE:RE:what is Brahminism!!!
by sridhar gorantla on May 01, 2007 11:42 AM Permalink
Dear Prakash, The original caste system consisting of only 4 types of people in any society purely on the basis of a persons character has to be followed for SURE. IF YOU OBSERVE IN DIFFERENT SOCIETIES LIKE CHRISTIAN OR ISLAMIC WORLD, YOU WILL SEE THAT A PARTICULAR PERSON BASED ON CHARACTER IS ALLOWED TO BECOME A CHURCH PRIEST OR A MOSQUE IMAM. SO, IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, CASTE SYSTEM CONSISTING OF ONLY FOUR TYPES OF CLASSIFICATIONS IS INHERENT IN EVERY SOCIETY, WHICH IS ESSENCE OF THE CREATION OR EVOLUTION. NOT EVERY ONE IN A SOCIETY WILL BE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF CHARACTER. I AGREE THAT THIS ORIGINAL SYSTEM WAS MISUSED IN THE HISTORY BY SOME RESPONSIBLE PERSONS FOR THEIR SELFISH GAINS, BUT NOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, WE HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE BY THE WILL POWER OF THE WISDOM AND BY UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE MISTAKE HAPPENED, INSTEAD O FBLINDLY TRYING TO HATE THE BRAMHINS OR OTHER SECTIONS. I HAVE MYSELF BEEN SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION IN THE NAME OF CASTE SYSTEM. BUT I AM NOT BLINDLY HATING EVERY PERSON WHO BELONG TO THE CASTE OF THE SECT WHO SHOWED DISCRIMINATION, BUT WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS IDENTIFY WHY CASTE SYSTEM WAS IN THE VERY BEGINNIGN IDENTIFIED AMONG THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF A SOCIETY(NOT CREATED OR NOT INTRODUCED), WHY IT WAS MADE COMPULSORY, WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO CLASSIFY A PERSON AS A PARTICULAR SECTION OF ORIGINAL 4 CLASSES, WHERE THE CURRENT CASTEM SYSTEM OF SO MANY DIVISIONS CAME IN TO EXISTENCE. BY CAREFULLY ANALYZING THE THINGS, WE CAN FIND THE EXACT PROBLEM AND WE CAN TRY A GOOD AND PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT DEFINITELY NOT BY HATING JUST BECAUSE I WAS SUBJECTED TO SUFFERING. REMEMBER ONE THING: THOSE WHO CAN ENDURE SUFFERING IN THE TOUGH TIMES, BUT YET BE CAPABLE OF KEEPING MIND CALM & CONTROLLED ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN LEAD THE WAY OUT OF THE MESS. OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE AN ENDLESS MESS AND OUTSIDES WILL LAUGH AT US.
RE:what is Brahminism!!!
by Kishore on May 01, 2007 11:24 AM Permalink
Good one for a idealistic environment ,but unfortunately the scenario today is very Chauvinistic
