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dalit realisation
by aaaa on Mar 29, 2007 07:13 AM

Historically the reason why brahmins were considered superior or became superior was not because of the the religion or religious texts. It was the noble qualities that Brahmin forefathers displayed - Like not drinking , not smoking , not having illicit relationships , not cheating others , value of money is limited to a brahmin, being courageous(mentally and physically),upholding truth and dharma , being religious, being good to others etc...
Some of the reasons why other castes were considered lower was because of not following those noble qualities. Now a days Dalits ,that even though they do not accept openly have realised this fact. I could see this a lot during my interaction with the dalit students during my college days. Some of them make friendship with brahmins and try to emulate them. And in my experience i have seen them to do good in studies and also in real life.
Again iam not saying that all brahmins are noble or people from other castes are not. But in general i think my observations hold.
I also think we are moving in the right direction, we should brahminise the dalits especially when the christian funded dalits like Kanchi Iliah are trying the opposite


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