For example, Siva Sena had been a dormant organization for some time in Varkala. The recent incidents in fact made them more popular – ironically even among Dalits. For example, a unit of Siva Sena was started in Thoduve Colony a few weeks earlier.

Also, it is not for the first time DHRM has run into problems with another organization. In Valiyavila colony near Kaipatti Mukku, Attingal, there had been clashes between DHRM and another Dalit organization called KPMS. Even now, some local Dalit leaders accuse that DHRM indulges in militant activities.

Let me add something about the murder. Nobody has seen the murder. It seems there is no video recording of the incident either. So, the main witness is Mr. Ashokan, a tea-shop owner, who was also attacked on the same morning. He has identified the second and third accused, who are still in police custody. It is not sure that the two people belong to DHRM and whether they are the same people who killed Shiva Prasad. But the police case has been strengthened by the confession of Adv. Ashokan, who is the legal adviser of DHRM.

I would be really really surprised if the arrested guys escape from a court of law without any punishment.

People who know Shiva Prasad say that he was quiet person who was not very socially active person. Nobody is sure whether he was a follower of Shiva Sena. However, everybody I talked with says that he had never been a visible activist of Shiva Sena.

I would also like to comment on two points in the original article.

1. “… the Ambedkarite and Neo-Buddhist-inspired DHRM has been seeking not only to end alcoholism and drug-consumption in these settlements”.

I know three colonies where DHRM has been active: Valiyavila colony, Kattumpuram colony (both near Attingal) and Thoduve colony (near Varkala). Please visit these colonies or adjoining areas in the evening, any day. You can see for yourself whether alcoholism has ended or even subdued.

2. “… their introduction of a unisex dress code of jeans and black t-shirts with Ambedkar’s image have led to the circulation of horrendous stories about sexual excess. In fact, the opposition to the dress code is strongly reminiscent of the savarna anger against lower caste women’s appropriation of the savarna upper-cloth in early-mid 19th century South Travancore!”

I have not seen anybody with the above-mentioned uniform, except in some protest marches of DHRM (I live and work in these parts). It seems that DHRM activists do not wear black Jeans and T-shirts in “normal life”. (To provide contrast, many Muslim women wear Parda whenever they go out). I talked with some woman DHRM activists a few weeks ago. They were wearing sari and “matching” blouse, like many other Kerala women do.

What I wanted to say is that nobody had been aware of this uniform before the violence started. So, attributing their dress code as a reason for the violence is far-fetched. Also, I do not understand why such a dressing style should ignite the so-called Savarna anger. Upper caste people have been making fun of dressing preferences of Dalits for ages, the same way Chennaites make fun of Tamil film actor Ramarajan’s dressing style. I do not think they would be provoked by this Jeans and black T-shirt uniform.

I am sorry to say that Baba Sahib Ambedkar diverted the movement from politics to religion . Whichever he gained for his people was due to politics and by the religion . He admitted many times in writing that he had did a blunder mistake by signing a pact with Mr. M.K. Gandhi on 24th September , 1932 at Pune ( Maharshtra ) . Sahib Kanshi Ram started the political movement to nullify the Gandhi-Ambedkar pact which is known as the Poona Pact.

I ask the Ambedkrites if they want to melt the shackles of their slavery , They must be extremely active in politics , business , judiciary , army , higher study and feminist movements .

” What I feel and I shall tend to agree with Mr Chumber, better to stay in the system. In stead of finding a fault, try to work in the system; of course raising voice against the wrong practices. “

I am to say that we must act on what we preach . I admire Dr. Ambedkar’s 22 vows but Mayawti the so called disciple of Baba Sahib not only killed Kanshi Ram ji but she also betrayed from the principles of Baba Sahib and Sahib .

The Buddhists and other religious socities have no agenda to eliminate the caste . There is no differences among all the religious socities on casteism . On 14th June , 2005 , I addressed a Bamcef meeting at Jalandhar City . I requested the Maharashtrian chief guest in my speech to find a Maharashtrian groom for my M.B.A.( U.K. ) passed daughter working in Maharashtra but in vain . But I succeeded performing inter caste marriage of my daughter on 28/29 November , 2009 . My daring and visionary wife always encourages our children for intercaste marriages . We have three other highly qualified and well placed children .

Mr. Kumarpushp ! you know very well that I am very much against the rapist , racist and fascist Hindu Gods . I challenged the Hindus in the http://dalitnation.wordpress.com that if they said ‘ Ambedkar was a false God ‘ , we might say ‘ Your Gods were rapists , racists and fascists .’ We must be rulers not only through legislature but also through executive and judiciary . We must be deserving and desiring . We must assert constitutionally . I AGAIN ASSERT THAT THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION IS OUR FOREMOST RELIGIOUS, HUMANITARIAN AND LEGAL BOOK . LET US STRUGGLE HARD TO IMPLEMENT IT PEACEFULLY AND LEGALLY .
At last , I admire Mr. Kumarpushp for his humanistic sentiments .

And by the way, Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism is as much a matter of politics as your insistence that it would make sense only if it ‘benefited the dalits’. It is not for you or for anyone else to decide whether he was right to convert – alone or with 300, 000 other dalits. If he felt and even today dalits feel suffocated within the Hindu fold, then it is entirely upto them to walk away, whenever they please – irrespective of whether that benefits them or not. You or anybody who wants to dictate whether or not they should have the right to leave should see the absurdity of this claim if you are made to forcibly sit in a place where you feel suffocated. Just try doing it as an experiment!

I first address to Mr Lamudar with an humle appeal, as also to Mr Kumarpushp, it is a wise idea to be polite and kind. Simply shedding adrenaline and reaching no where on the road to conclusion makes the whole exercise self defeating. Then the
whole purpose is lost in wilderness. This is a debate only, meant for exchange and addressal of our problems. Adrenaline is the last requirement.

Mr Kumarpushp, I have full concurrence to the cause of not just the ‘Dalits’, but all those including without “Baba-Chaachaa-Bhatijaa-Beti-Betaa-and etc” clans. You are, rightly or wrongly, very critical of ‘Hindus’. I say, but the ‘Hindus’ themselves are no more in majority, kindly think for a moment calmly. See it for yourself.

I quote here Ranju herself (I hope I am not mistaking the gender), A K Balan, being a Dalit and is acting against the cause of Dalits themselves if you look into her comment carefully. I am avoiding a needless repetition by quoting in the same post.

I, with a profound sense of admiration and respect to Dr. Ambedkar, and in concurrence with Mr C L Chumber, if you again go in the life and conduct of Baba Saheb, what good did he do to the cause of Dalits. He converted to Buddhism at the last hour of his death, only to satisfy his personal ego and expiate his anger against the dissatisfaction of treatment recieved from the so called upper class. He is said to have to have converted the 300,000 other Dalits too, but did that conversion over night changed their life style; is the big question in front of me. If
it did, then fine, but it didn’t. Then what good did it do. I have no quarrel with The
Religion as such, but with the politicking of it.

Ms Mayawati keeps repeating that she will convert to Buddhism once she is elected the PM of India. Do you think she is sincere to the cause of “Dalits”? I am not quite sure. The last election coalition of her various castes, if any, is a good indicator of her crocodile tears for the “Dalits”. She wasted so much of money on erecting so many statues, I thought the money could have been utilised a little better otherwise. As I think.

I give you my own example, I am a person from “Marwari” community who are traditionally a business class. They were less inclined in any other professions. When I started my career in Bihar in medical college, I remember (though painfully) the sarcasms, e.g. ‘Aadami hai yaa marwari hai’, ‘Are marwaria’, and such pejorative exclamations were common place, though now very rare. I am sure you are aware of it. What could I do?

With the above background, I now would like to point out that the leadership in India today, you talk of caste, or religion, or language, or any other concept, they all are worth the garbage bin. Take latest example of Mr Madhu Goda, how do you think these leaders are going to do anything for the people. The word “Nation” is a
dying and nebulous concept. All these leaders are busy in staking the money in the
Swiss Bank – the height of anarchy, mutiny, rebellion and sedition against the country.

That is why, I call it a DEMO(N)CRACY – “Of the Leaders, For the Leaders, and By the Leaders”. The people are lost in the mellee of “Bhai-Bhateezaa-waad” and the same people condemn this practice who are the benefactors of this rogue system. There is no point in calling names. You know them all more than me. Babu Jagjeevan Ram, Sri Seeta Ram Keshari, Mr Ram Bilas Paswan and so on, you can fill the pages, but they are all politicians of the same corrupt breed and hue.

What I feel and I shall tend to agree with Mr Chumber, better to stay in the system. In stead of finding a fault, try to work in the system; of course raising voice against the wrong practices. I shall always support the right cause irrespective of any hue. Remember, the wildest animal is the ‘Man’, be it a Hindu or a Muslim or a Brahmin, or even a Dalit (Bigwig). You can trust a dog, but not a ‘Man’. He is even worst than a beast. Religion today, itself has become a business, it is no more a “Spiritual”organisation. Probably, to be very careful of.

Lord Macaulay quoted Lord Bacon (I think wrongly), “nine/tenth of human problems are due to a combination of high intelligence with low desires.” I agree with its spirit, even though I have failed to get a verification of its veracity.

With my loving regards to all of you,

Dr. O. P. Sudrania

Dr. Ambedkar witnessed to the Simmon Commission , Lothian ( Franchise ) committee and the three Round Table Conferences at London that the ex-untouchables were not the Hindus . He also wrote two chapters ‘ Are not the untouchable a separate elements ? ‘ and ‘ Poona Pact- A mean deal ‘ in his Book ‘ What the Congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchables .’

The Buddhism is not the ancient religion of the aboriginal Indians as it is 2560 years old only . The established all religions can not annihilate the caste except the implementation of the constitution .

I just visited Pune and I found that the same quality of apple is for sale at the double rate in Punjab . There is no control of the constitutional government . The anti-social elements are challenging the constitutional norms .

A person injured a foreign country`s PM by blows . The same can be repeated in India .

Your comment brought in a lot of light in the incident. I think, considering your inputs, the person was killed as a result of some squabbles within sivasena.

But that now leaves another problem. The person in the teashop, who was also attached that day but not killed, has identified some perople who apparently belong to DHRM. How can we explain that. He even saw the same guys attaching the killed person.

Monday, December 14, 2009
Commission proposes, government disposes
B R P BHASKAR
Gulf Today

The fate of a set of proposals sent to the Kerala government by the State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission illustrates how the political establishment scuttles efforts to address the problems of the weaker sections.

The commission, headed by PK Sivanandan, a former IAS officer, received on Oct.6 a complaint from VV Selvaraj, chairman of Dalit Human Rights Movement, alleging police atrocities against the organisation’s supporters in Varkala. It also received a petition signed by 536 Dalit women containing the same allegation.

The commission forwarded the complaints to the Chief Secretary, the Director General of Police and the Secretaries to the Home and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare departments. It received no response from any of them.

Varkala was the scene of a dastardly murder on Sept.23. The victim was a person named Sivaprasad with no known affiliation. Within hours of the murder, the police said DHRM members had killed him to proclaim the organisation’s strength.

Police swooped on Dalit colonies and arrested many DHRM workers. However, it has still not filed a charge-sheet in the murder case.

On Oct.21, the commission visited Varkala and gathered evidence directly from all concerned. It went to the Dalit colonies and spoke to both supporters and opponents of DHRM. It found the police version of events suspect and the testimony of DHRM supporters credible.

In the report, approved on Oct.29, the commission specially drew attention to the evidence of two women. One of them was a pregnant woman, who said police had taken her in a jeep and abandoned her on the roadside. The other was the mother of Das, DHRM organising secretary. She said the deputy superintended of police (DySP), Attingal, had taken her son to the police station and tortured him after a magistrate had remanded him to judicial custody.

The commission referred to the high-handed action of the circle inspector in locking the house of an arrested person and walking away with the key, denying his mother and sister access to their dwelling.

The key was returned to the family a day before the commission’s visit after the chairman took up the case with the superintendent of police.

During the visit to the Thoduve colony, noting the prevailing tension, the commission’s chairman directed the police superintendent to set up a picket there to prevent anti-social elements from taking advantage of the situation.

The report pointed out that if the police had taken adequate security measures, the clash on Oct.27 in which several women were injured could have been averted.

To put an end to the continuing strife, the commission suggested a visit to the colony by a high-powered government team, preferably under the leadership of the Chief Minister. It also proposed the formation of a committee comprising officials and elected representatives at the local level to maintain constant vigil.

The commission asked the government to order an impartial inquiry into the charges against the police, keeping the DySP and the Circle Inspector and Sub-Inspector of Varkala away.

The commission noted that many residents of Thoduve were living in tenements put up on government land. It proposed that they be given preferential treatment under the EMS housing scheme and rehabilitated.

Seven weeks have passed since the report was sent to AK Balan, Minister for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare, with copies to the Chief Minister, the Home Minister and a host of officials. So far there has been no action on the basis of its recommendations.

Inquiries have revealed that Balan, who is himself a Dalit, turned down the proposal for a visit to Thoduve by a team headed by the chief minister, saying it was impractical. He termed the proposal for rehabilitation of the colony residents also as impractical. He effectively killed the proposal for an impartial inquiry into the police conduct by referred it to the DGP.

The government’s inaction reflects the ruling establishment’s callous attitude towards the problems of the Dalits, who have been victims of discrimination for centuries. Since DHRM has been propagating the view that all established parties have betrayed the Dalits, it has invited the enmity of the entire political spectrum.

A campaign waged by DHRM has weaned away a large number of Dalits away from liquor and drugs. It has endeared the organisation to Dalit women but earned it the wrath of the drug mafia and those in its pay.–Gulf Today, Sharjah, December 14, 2009

You wrote ” the guy who was killed had a relation with siva sena”

Thats a real stunner which could alter the course of narrative. Please provide some evidence for the same. We can take that up and show the world the truth behind varkala incident.

Upper cast people lead by NSS – RSS Nairs don’t want to see dalit participation Kerala. They need dalits to be their permanent slaves. DHRM was the only organization in Kerala which tried to empower dalits by changing their life style. Kerala’s media is in the hands of some rich christians and NSS nairs. Both of these communities consider themselves as born brothers. They share their own business interests. Wealthy Christians need rubber tapping labourers and Hindu Nairs are in need of slaves for their home jobs. Traditionally dalits are serving both of these job categories. RSS- NSS and wealthy christian media want to hunt dalits using police forces.

The main stream left parties in Kerala is in the hands of psudeo leftists Nairs, who merely write and speak for communism but never practice it. They never allow inter caste marriages among party cadres. Dalits don’t have to keep any hope on these groups.

As a community, Dalits should organize themselves by joining hands with new leftists, dalit christians and back ward muslim groups and form a political alternative.

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Next you wrote ,” time has come BSP and DS4 should support the DHRM.I would request Chumber and Dalit voice editor to look into matter and give moral support to DHRM who are teaching dr Ambedkar literature to dalit masses nothing else. ” It is for your kind information that DS4 and BSP have been debunked as Mayawati betrayed from the Bahujan theory . As far as my concern is , I always support to all humanist activities based on equality , equity , quality , liberty , fraternity and justice .

At last , we must understand that Dr. Ambedkar`s teachings and actions were modified as per the situations required . We must modify our selves in implementing the constitution of India . The constitution is our religious book which has the moral as well as the legal support . Thanks .