I apologise for coming back again, on this subject. The reason: Right now, in the southern districts of TamilNadu, life has come to a standstill. All shops are shut, may be also schools, may be some factories also. Perhaps, ordinary people of all castes are unable to find any transport to go to work. Hospitals may find doctors are unable to attend. It is too dangerous to drive around in your car, because large number of "hot heads" are waiting around to burn your car, with you and your wife inside it. Why, what is happening? Someone had damaged the statute of "Muthu Ramalinga Thevar", an important leader of the Thevar and Maravar communities. These were the castes that supplied most of the soldiers to the Pandiyan and Chola kings of the past. I expect in the "Reservation Raj", they woiuld be considered either BC or OBC. Some Dalits do not like them. In the past, there had been clashes between the two communities. But, of late, the Dalits have had the upper-hand. Because of the deep-set "casteist thinking", the Dalits are now out "to teach the Thevars a lesson for their past behaviour". So, "let us damage the statue of their leader to humiliate them". Now how long can this go on? Rationality is a must in any productive human enterprise. Politics cannot be an exception. The tragedy is that with every election, caste is reinforced. Past friends from different castes become enemies. Erect statues, then damage them, then fight. What wins, who loses?
