It is very foolish idea that God is against human and God created the Cast. Also no religious system in India, even Hinduism, makes caste as a part of the religious system. Cast is part of a social system available in this part of continent, and GOD is alos part of social system, so,denouncing religion is only a coward and hippocratic act of Periyar and he was not a brave enough to face the social reality. His thought were always fascinated me but after studying the cast and religion I am exposed to the state of negation of Periyar. His fear turns him in an anti-god, anti-religion, and anti-hinduism. He was not good enough intelligent to differentiate between rituals and DHARMA, the religion and mis-interpreted both.
RE:Hinduism and periyar
by Paddu Iyer on Apr 30, 2007 09:43 AM Permalink
If Caste is not part of the religious system then why do the priests have to be Brahmins. It is very amusing to read that Periyar was coward. On the contrary it was the upper caste that were/are cowards in quick to label him. They knew he had Logic and Reasoning behind him and all these Upper castes had were superstitions and centuries of oppression of fellow human beings.
RE:Hinduism and periyar
by top Prakash on Apr 30, 2007 10:50 AM Permalink
My dear,
fighting with wrong practises in a relihion or a society need you to be part of the same domain. People like Periyar just negated every thing and don't try to change the rong aspects and concepts off his society. Just to get away from a domain and then bleming every thing of that domain is only cowardiness. As in otherr societies there were many wrong things in Hindu society too, but you need to change them and that need a courage to fight with in it. Every priest was not Brahmin, there are many examples where priests and kings wre of so called lower cast. Kind Abhik who surrender to Alexendar against Porus was a Barbar by cast. Even chandragupta was of lower cast and Saint Raidaas waqs a shoe-maker.
In fact those who learned and practise rituals called Brahmins, not all Purohits were Brahmnis.
