868 We should never underestimate bourgeoisie politicians. They are canny (worldly wise) and know what they want

We should never underestimate bourgeoisie politicians. They are canny (worldly wise) and and they know what they want. Mr. Narendra Modi, the crowd-pulling Prime Minister of India, said in Lucknow, Capital of Uttar Pradesh State, on 2nd January 2017, in preparation to State Assembly Elections in that State: ""People of the state have already seen politics of caste and family... For once rise above caste and vote only for development in the elections and see whether UP changes or not". Here is a link, to read important components of his 2016 Jan. Lucknow speech: Click to go to http://zeenews.india.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-rally-pm-modi-slams-rival-parties-urges-people-of-up-to-vote-for-progress_1963809.html. Incidentally, Supreme Court has also, giving a wider meaning to Sec. 123 of Representation of People Act, advised to stamp out the use of religion and community affiliation from elections. Here is a link to study the Supreme Court's direction: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/politicians-cannot-seek-votes-in-name-of-caste-creed-or-religion-supreme-court/articleshow/56288938.cms.

One important appeal of our Supreme Leader 2014-19, at the Lucknow Meeting is:

"... There is this party, which for the last 15 years has been struggling to establish their son as an acceptable leader ..."

"...In the past few weeks, we have seen bitter foes and arch rivals like the SP and BSP come together to seek my removal. When they are all clamouring to remove Modi, I am saying remove corruption and black money..."

"...There is another, which is busy trying to settle its ill-gotten money in various banks and escape scrutiny. "

"Then there is this third party which is busy trying to save their family from breaking up."

"... People of the state have already seen politics of caste and family... For once rise above caste and vote only for development in the elections and see whether UP changes or not, ..."

yb-a-donkey's personal views, not intended to be imposed on others

Mr. Narendra Modi has carefully avoided asking people directly or indirectly TO VOTE / NOT VOTE, on the basis of religion. He did not promise things like Rama Janma Bhoomi (promise to build Ram's Temple at Ayodhya) or to enact Uniform Civil Code. The very basis of the philosophy of RSS (Rashtriya Svayam Sevak Sangh) the parent organ of BJP, and the BJP itself is HIndutva, appealing to Hindu Religion. While BJP has its guaranteed Hindu Vote Bank, Congress and many Regional parties bank on minority vote bank. Another probable reason for Mr. Modi's avoiding to appeal to the religion sentiments of the people may be: UP has a sizable Minority vote bank which is at present attached to Smajavadi, and BSP.

Why didn't Mr. Modi say: For once rise above caste & religion and vote only for development in the elections

Probable answer: Had Mr. Modi asked people to raise above religion, it might have angered RSS.

Bourgeoisie politicians want to eat the cake, and have it too, at the same time. Now, the above sentence in the speech of Mr. Modi, does not violate Supreme Court's advice.
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and in Bihar Assembly elections, Mr. Modi tried to use his Lower caste status, as a tool to evoke sympathy from lower caste voters, while using an occasion to reply to a comment of Ms. Priyanka Vadhra-Gandhi. While the idea seems to have succeeded in Lok Sabha elections, the same method seems to have failed in Bihar.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE READERS WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CASTE COMPLEXITIES OF INDIA

The orthodox branch of Hindu society which sometimes takes pride in calling itself as sanAtana dharma , seems to have adopted (or tried to adopt) a four caste system consisting of:

Brahmins	(Priests, White Aryan migrants + their permitted hybrids)
Kshatriyas -	(Warriors and soldiers white Aryan migrants + their permitted hybrids)
Vysyas -	(Merchants, and in early era Farmers. White migrants.) + their permitted hybrids)
SUdras -	(Servants, in the later era farmers - surrendered natives of India who were later admitted to Aryan Society as menials).
panchamas -	(Outcastes from the above, defeated rebellious Indian natives).

Note: The Aryan white migrants into India, started accumulating melanin in body color, against their wishes. For example, Arjuna of our Bhagavad Gita, First Chapter, 'Arjuna vishAda yOga' (The depressions and worries of Arjuna) was mainly concerned about varNa sankara (pollution of color-castes). Arjuna himself was white. The meaning of the word 'Arjuna' = white. His apprehension was after war, all the white Kshatriyas (warriors) would perish. White widows might get attracted to black natives, and produce polluted persons i.e. varNa sankara. But, this varNa sankara did not probably take place due to Mahabharata war. The hybridisation was a natural consequence of mixing up over a number of centuries. It was also a biological and physical, procreational need.

Ques: TODAY, ARE THE WHITE RACES IN EUROPE, CANADA, ANZ, AFRAID OF VARNA SANKARAM? (color pollution, caste pollution)

In some countries like France, Germany, UK, in some States of U.S.A., Australia, these apprehensions are clearly visible. Some whites of these countries, seem to suffer from this insecurity complex of varNa sankara (color pollusion). Such fears, may also be one of the reasons for the catapult of Mr. Donald Trump to the President-ship of the United States and the White House.

HYBRIDIZATIONS AND CHANGE OF CASTE MIXES, MELANIN MIXES IN INDIA

Owing to continuous invasions from outside, particularly from West and North-West,--- population-mixes, and caste-mixs in India underwent sweeping changes. Hundreds of new castes and sub-castes arose. Number of persons in some castes went to down, owing to numerous reasons. Power-and-Prosperity equations changed. The three key elements of supremacy i.e. ownership of land, ownership of businesses, and ownership+skills of using horses and weapons started defining 'powers' of persons. In 2016, it is not possible to adopt the four/five caste system of yore, and probably except in temple preachings, we do not find the above hierarchial levels.

Ability to control the four key elements i.e. land, big-businesses, arms-brutal forces, and powerful-occupations, like in the mythological, ancient , medieval, British-rule histories of India, decide the respectability of a caste even now. Possessing these four things raise or lower the social respectability of a person. But innocent poor Indians seem to think otherwise. They still seem to believe that their castes are more important, that their castes will give them respectability (or deprive respectability). Hence, caste-based vote-banks come to fore.

Now, we can't have a hierarchy of the above 4/5 caste system. Nor, can we create hierarchies of hundreds of castes. That table will become unwieldy. However, a broad division can be made only for a limited purpose of understanding the current Indian societies in different States of India:

Super-rich (Modern Monarchs and Royals)	Celebrities, Industrial Princes and Princesses. Political Princes and Princesses. E.g. Tatas, Ambanis, Adanis. They can buy MPs and MLAs. They can run proxy Governments. 90% of assets should be held abroad. 90% of borrowings should be in India.
Uppers	Land owners, Business owners, Powerful occupation owners, Political Power holders-- of various castes. Birth caste is immaterial. Landed Ruling castes such as Yadavs, Jats, Patels, Bhumihars, Kapus, Kammas, Reddys, Lingayats, Nayars, Gounders, Chauhans, Upper-Rajputs etc. fall in this category. These leaders control India today. Simultaneously, they are controlled by Modern Monarchs and Royals above.
Upper Priests and Preachers	Beards, Special Head-gears, Special Facial Marks are compulsory. Minimum Qualification: Must be able to occupy Government lands. Must be able to claim monopoly rights on religions.
Lowers	Landless, business-less, powerful-occupation-less sections of various castes. By day's hard-work, they may earn thir food, and live in some sort of dwellings. Birth caste immaterial. A jat without land/business/powerful-occupation or a 'kamma' without these possessions come under this.
True dalits	Those who live under trees, in cement pipes, huts and shanties, on foot-paths, under fly-overs. Birth caste immaterial.

Mr. Narendra Modi, prima facie belonged to the 'Lowers' in the above table, till a contra-evidence of his owning lands, businesses, etc. comes to public light. Hence, his grievance of his being born in a lower caste, and being ill-treated by Upper Caste leaders of UP and Bihar, such as Priyanka Gandhi-Vadhra becomes very very reasonable. At the same time, his clown-like dressing styles, wearing coats and suits costing lakhs of Rupees, using expensive pens, super rich watches, penchants to shake hands and take selfies with film stars and industrialists, --etc. make him vulnerable to loss of sympathy from persons and voters, who have knowledge of Current Affairs.

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS

Example: A shepherd in Telangana State, although belonging to 'yAdav' community, may have low social respectability, because he does not own lands, and goes to forests for months together weathering (withering) himself in the heat, rains and cold, whereas a person of Yadav community in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar may get great respectability in the Society because he owns swathes of lands, and businesses, owns guns and revolvers. The Yadavs of UP and Bihar, de facto become Upper Caste, while in Telangana, the shepherd-yadavs may be as deprived as dalits. In vote-bank politics, the likes of Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Lalu Prasad Yadav, may try to forge All India Yadav alliances and parties by inviting the suffering Yadavs of Telangana, Residual Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.

These things require a thousand pages to write about. Hence a comma, for the time being. To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.

855 BJP Lok Sabha Members have a greater duty to the people of this Nation, and the people of their Constituencies, than to BJP Leadership who may be their benefactors

About 75% of BJP Members of Lok Sabha appear to be Crorepatis, who might have spent some millions of Rupees for getting themselves elected to Lok Sabha. It will, therefore, be natural for them, to be afraid of facing a fresh bout of Mid Term Elections to Lok Sabha. Same was the case with the Members of Lok Sabha, of the previous Houses, whether they belong to BJP, Congress, Regional Parties, CPI, and to some extent even CPIM. Not that Mid Term Elections to Lok Sabha are in the offing, around. Such ideas are only hypothetical fantasies and hallucinations of dissatisfied. Yet, this SHYNESS ON THE PART OF MPS OF ANY PARTY, TO FACE MID TERM ELECTIONS, is a relevant question, because because of that shyness, MPs become SHY TO ASK INCONVENIENT QUESTIONS TO THEIR LEADERS, WHOM THEY ELECTED WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

A LITTLE COURAGE, IS BETTER THAN, NO COURAGE

Here is a link to an article by Ms. Anita Katyal, who writes her column at DeccanChronicle.Com: Click to go to: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/181216/political-gup-shup-behind-closed-door-meetings.html. This article can also be read in the print Edition of 18.12.2016, Editorial Page, Deccan Chronicle..

Shri Amit Shah is reported to have instructed the aggrieved BJP MPs:

"... This is not a Manmohan Singh government... this is a Narendra Modi government and once he takes a decision, there’s no going back on it. ..."

"... The MPs were instructed that instead of complaining, they should convince their voters about the merits of demonetisation. ..."

It can be observed that BJP Members of Parliament, from Uttar Pradesh State started showing some candidness in airing the grievances of the people who were suffering owing to the cash crisis ignited by BJP. Though 50 days from 8th Dec. 2016, and 31st Dec. 2016 are expected to be the last days for the sufferings of people, solution may not be so easy or so certain, owing to numerous instances of corruption which are taking place in movement and distribution of new currency notes. While people in the long ATM queues and Bank queues are clamoring just for a piece of Rs. 2,000 currency note, dons like Mr. Sekhar Reddy and Gali Janarda Reddy are able to get millions of Rupees through backdoors of Reserve Bank of India, and, Banks.

There is also a news report in Andhrajyothy.com, about Mr. Amit Shah, BJP President, chiding BJP MPs for their feedback about the dissatisfaction of people, with demonetization.

BJP LOK SABHA MPS HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT "IT IS THEY WHO ELECT THEIR LEADERS AND ADVISE THEM WHAT TO DO , AND WHAT NOT TO DO. NOT VICE VERSA.

A tendency can be seen among most of the MPs of all Parties, to which BJP MPs are not exceptions, to regard themselves that they are inferior servants to their Leaders. At the same-time, the same MPs seem to posture themselves as the bosses and overlords of common people of India, who voted them to power. The MPs have their briefs from the people of their Constituencies, and not their Party Leaders.

AUDACITY AND CONDESCENSION

Recently, news reports have come, indicating that BJP Leadership wants to run prasikshaN (प्रषिक्षण कार्यक्रम) training programs for their party MPs. Here, a pertinent question should be, Who should train whom? MPs have to train the leaders, not vice versa. MPs of all parties, not only BJP, have to shed their servitudes to their leaders, and make clear to their leaders, that they were appointed by them i.e. the MPs, at the instance of the People of India. The MPs should make clear, that INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD ORIGINATE AT BOTTOM, AND MOVE UPWARDS TO THE APEX. If leaders fail, in fulfilling the ambitions of MPs, then MPs should not hesitate to replace them with more dynamic leaders, of course, following the traditions of morality, uprightness, values etc. of the Party, and the Parliament.

HIGH TIME WE HAVE A RIGHT OF RECALL OF MPs and MLAs., at least MID TERM AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS

Unfortunately, for Indian voters, there is no provision for RIGHT OF RECALL. Though we cannot expect that everyday, voters of a constituency should think of recalling their representatives (MLAs and MPs), at least after 2 1/2 years, there should be a referendum, and feedback exercise on the performance of MPs, MLAs elected by people.

Alternatively, we can also think of having a FOUR year Elections, like the United States of America.

To continue. सशेष. బ్రతికుంటే, వ్రాయాల్సింది, ఇంకా ఉంది.

759 Dr. Kancha Ilaiah and Swami Vivekananda, some similarities.

Dr. Kancha Ilaiah, Professor of Political Science at Maulana Azad Urdu University, Hyderabad, may please study Indian Economic Problems in depth, before he continues to advise people vigorously that they should eat more and more beef and goat-heads. India is a poor country with 130 million population, bulk of whom are unable to earn two square meals a day. He seems to be suffering from an obsession of hating Brahmins. He cannot equate 21st Century Brahmins with 2000 BC Aryan Brahmins, 1000 BC Aryan Brahmins, 0 AD Aryan Brahmins, 1000 AD Medieval Brahmins. He has to do lot of homework, to appreciate the evolution of socio-economic environment in India.

"...Vegetarianism is anti-nationalism. ..." (at Lucknow, on 15th Apr. 2016. Context: His speech on the subject of Dr BR Ambedkar's political empowerment in a function held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, to celebrate 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar.).

"For me, my nation starts with eating beef. Unfortunately, we gave up eating beef and our brains are not growing now. There is no enough protein..."

"... Though I am not very tall and strong but my brain is working because I ate a lot of goat brain in my childhood. ..."

"... Vegetarianism will destroy the brain capacity. You cannot compete with vegetarian nationalism with China, Korea, Japan and America who are full scale `beefarians', `porkians', fisharians and even `frogarians'. Whatever is now poison they are eating, there brain is growing. ..."

"The whole steel industry is collapsing from here to England because China is producing steel in such a manner that all our economists are in doldrums, nothing is being understood by Indian economists. This is because, the Chinese brain has gone so sharp, our economists vegetarians brains are not working."

"... At times, the PM sweeps the road. I said when you were a shudra you were doing that. What are you doing now. Ask Arun Jaitely or Arun Shourie to sweep the roads. I am very happy to know that PM is learning English. At least a Shudra is trying. The only problem is vegetarianism doesn't have a quick learning. He should eat good food ..."

"... At a time when Socrates and Plato were writing about justice and republic, scholars here were busy writing about Kamasutras. ..." "... Do we need to write a book about that (kamasutras)? Animals know how to live a sexual life, why are you teaching it at 1st century AD ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

1. We have to respect the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression of Dr. Ilaiah. At the sametime, sometimes, he appears to cross his limits of 'Freedom of Speech' granted by our Constitution. Then, in India, many others (probably including myself) may be crossing these limits, unintentionally or deliberately. Anyway, I appeal to Dr. Ilaiah to tone down his hatred towards 21st Century Brahmins who are different from 2000 BC Aryan Brahmins, 1000 BC Brahmins, 0 AD Brahmins, 1000 AD Brahmins. Just as Dalits, Upper Sudras, Lower Sudras have changed during these 4000 years of Indian History, Brahmins too have changed. Our Education, our learning has to make us better citizens. There is nothing wrong in speaking or writing truth. But while speaking or writing bitter truths, it will be better to occasionally caution the listeners / readers that it will be better they abstain from listening or reading if their sentiments are likely to be hurt. Dr. Ilaiah may not like Sanskrit maxims, but here is one Sanskrit maxim:

priyam brUyAt
satyam brUyAt
na bruyAt satyam apriyam.

Approximate English: Say what will be liked by the listener. Tell truth. But do not tell truth which is likely to hurt the listener.

This maxim seems to have certain limitations. The speaker/writer cannot withhold truth for unlimited periods, simply because it hurts the listener / reader. Someday or other the truth has to come out. Appropriateness of place and time may have to be kept in mind.

Like sugar coated pills, even unpleasant things can be communicated in carefully worded language, and also by pre-warning the listener / reader.

Dr. Ilaiah has to keep in mind that because some injustice has taken place to Dalits in gone-bye Centuries, it does not mean that he can throw rubbish on 21st Century Brahmins. Besides, he cannot prove with the available evidence that Ancient Brahimins alone were responsible for all the injustices that had taken place to Dalits, and Lower Sudras. Whatever injustices took place, they happened at the commands of Rulers, whether they were Kshatriyas (warrior caste by birth), or by Upper Sudras who were Rulers throughout these 4000 years. Very rarely, ancient and medieval Brahmins ruled India, such as Maratha rule, Pushya Mitra Sringa's rule. Most of the times, Brahmins were only Accountants. Upper Sudras were Kings, and Heads of Regions, Heads of Villages.

2. As long as people do not get misled by the utterances of great pundits of all hues (includes not only Dr. Kancha Ilaiah, Shri Katti Padma Rao, -- but also our pravachana kartas in Temples who have fancy titles such as 'ratnAkara (Ocean, treasure of gems)', 'cakravarti (Emperor)', gnAna putra (son of Supreme-awareness) etc., we can laugh, examine each statement separately and decide whether to accept them or not.

If Dr. Ilaiah is obsessed with finding fault with some castes for the ills done to Lower Sudras and Dalits, he should ask the ancient-medieval upper sudras, why they did that. The 21st Century Upper Sudras who happen to be landlords in our villages, business persons and industrialists in our cities, seem to be continuing THOSE OPPRESSIVE ACTIVITIES on dalits and lower SUdrAs even now.

For example, the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are being ruled by just four LANDED CASTES. Naming them will not be appropriate. Dr. Kancha Ilaiah can go and ask the Telangana State Chief Minister K. Chandra Sekhara Rao, and Residual Andhra Pradesh State Chief Minister, Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, "which are those four landed castes", and why they alone are occupying all the important posts, and ruling these two States. Dr. Ilaiah can also ask them why the personal differences between Mr. KCR and Mr. Naidu, led to an unjust bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh.

3. About Vegetarianism: Swami Vivekananda too seemed to have had views similar to Dr. Kancha Ilaiah. While Dr. Ilaiaih believes that India had started as a beef eating Nation, this ybrao-a-donkey believes that humans having evolved from vegetarian monkeys, Ancient Indians might have started as vegetarians, and later shifted to different types of non-vegetarian foods under influences from foreign invaders and migrants. I wrote at one of my blogposts here, that ancient Indians might have learnt beef eating from Aryan migrants from North Europe.

4. One letter by Swami Vivekananda to Raja Ajit Singh, Ruler of Khetri, arguing that vegetarians should eat grass is worth quoting here. Probably for this wisdom, Khetri Ruler might have given the name of 'Swami Vivekananda' to our Swamiji who earlier had different names, apart from his parent-given name of Narendranath Datta. As a reward for reading his mind, Raja of Khetri might have provided funds to send Vivekananda to Chicago Parliament of Religions. Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ajit Singh on 22nd May 1893, before going to the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

"...If our digestive apparatus is exactly like that of a cow — we ought and must be able to eat and digest grass. In that case poor Indians are fools to die of starvation in famine times while their natural food, grass, is so abundant, and your Highness' servants are fools to serve you while they have only to get up the nearest hillock and get a bellyful of grass instead of undergoing all the trouble of serving others!!! Grand American discovery indeed!!! Only I hope the holy dungs of such human cows may become of great use to the wonderful American author and his Indian disciple. Amen. So much for the cow-human theory. ..."

5. Vivekananda wants us to eat grass, whereas we eat rice and wheat which are nothing but different forms of grass seeds. Are we not surviving healthily with some minor ailments whereas Vivekananda concluded that he should eat nothing but meat and not drink water for combating his illnesses? In spite of eating all types of meat , Swami Vivekananda suffered numerous diseases, searched for 'karakkAya (myrobalan)' as a cure in his last days, and died at an early age of 39?

6. Even from the point of view of Indian Poverty and Indian Economics, it will be cheaper to produce 1 kg. of wheat, when compared to the cost of producing 1 kg. of goat's meat or beef. Our 130 million Indians are unable to get 2 square meals of vegetarian food every day. Where can we get beef and mutton? A pair of idlis cost Rs. 15/- today. How much will a goat-head-curry cost? In University Hostels, it may be cheap.

7. Dr. Ilaiah, like Swami Vivekananda seems to be suffering from an illusion that only non-vegetarians, particularly beef-eaters alone, will be physically strong, & can invent great things, and contribute to production and growth. Numerous factors contribute to growth of Nations. Dr. Ilaiah can, if he wants to help Indians sincerely, conduct research into those numerous factors, instead of harping on the merits of beef eating.

This blog post has Part 2. I shall try to write shortly.

Subject to corrections and deletions. A lot more is to be added. To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.