"Firstly, The Present Day Shudras Are Collection Of Castes Drawn From Heterogenous Stocks And Are Racially Differents From The Orginal Shudras Of The Indo - Aryan Society. Secondly, In The Case Of Shudras The Centre Of Interest Is Not The Shudras As A A People But The Legal System Of Pains And Penalties To Which They Are Subjected. The System Of Pains And Penalties Was No Doubt Orginally Devised By The Brahmins To Deal With The Shudras Of The Indo - Aryan Society, Who Have Ceased To Exist As A Distinct, Separate, Identifiable Community. But Strange As It May Seem, The Code Intended To Deal With Them Has Remained In Operation And Is Now Applied To All Low Class Hindus, Who Have No Lock Stock With The Original Shudras." - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Who Were The Shudras) "Every Brahmin To-Day Believes In This Philosophy Of BrahminismPropounded By His Forefathers. He Is An Alien Elements In The Hindu Society. The Brahmin Vis-A-Vis The Shudras And The Untouchables Is As Foreign As The German Is To The French. As The Jew Is To The Gentile Or As The White Is To The Negro. There Is A Real Gulf Between Him And Lower Classes Of The Shudras And Untouchables. He Is Not Only Alien To Them But He Is Also Hostile To Them. In Relationship With Them. There Is In Him No Room For Conscience And No Call For Justice.........Perhaps The Illustration Of A Bar And A Hyphen May Help To Give A Clear Idea Of What The Difference Is. Nobody Can Mistake The Difference Between A Hyphen And Bar. A Bar Divides But Does Not Link, A Hyphen Does Both, It Divides But It Also Link. In India The Governing Classes And The Servile Classes Are Divided By A Bar." - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. (An Appeal To The Foreigner...) "Do They Not Know That This Governing Class In India Is Not A Part Of The Indian People, Is Not Only Completely Isolated From Them, But Belives In Isolating Itself, Lest It Should Be Contaminated By Them, Has Implanted In Its Mind By Reason Of The Bramanic Philosophy, Motives And Interests Which Are Hostile To Those Who Are OutsideIts Fold And Therefore Does Not Sympathise With The Living Forces Operating In The Servile Masses Whom It Has Trodden Down, Is Not Charged With Their Wants, Their Pains, Their Cravings,Their Desire, Is Inmical To Their Aspirations, Does Not Favour AnyAdvance In Their Education, Promotion To High Office And Disfavours Every Movement Calculated To Raise Their Dignity And Their Self- Respect?" - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (An Appeal To The Foreigner...) "In Every Country There Is A Governing Class. No Country Is Free From It. but is there anywhere In The World A Governing Class With Such Selfish,Diseased And Dangerous And Perverse Mentality, With Such A Hideosophy Of Life Which Advocates The Trampling Down Of The Servile Classes To Sustain The Power And Glory Of The Governing Class? I know Of None." - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. "The Brahmins Form The Vanguard Of The Movement For Political Reform And In Some Cases Also Of Economic Reform. But They Are Not To Be Found As Camp Followers In The Army Raised To Break Down The Barricades Of Caste. Is There Any Hope Of The Brahmins Ever Taking Up A Lead In The Future InThis Matter? I Say No. You May Ask Why? You May Argue That There Is No Reason Why Brahmins Should Continue To Shun Social Reform. You May Argue That The Brahmins Know That The Bane Of Hindu Society IsCaste And As An Enlightened ClassCould Not Be Expected To Be Indifferent To Its Consequences. You May Argue That There Are Secular Brahmins And Priestly Brahmins And If The Latter Do Not Take Up The Cudgels On Behalf Of Those Who Want To Break Caste, The Former Will. All This Of Course Sounds Very Plausible. But In All This It Is Forgotten That The Break Up Of The Caste System Is Bound To Affect Adversely The Brahmin Caste. Having Regard To This, Is ItReasonable To Expect That The Brahmins Will Ever Consent To Lead A Movement The Ultimate Result Of Which Is To Destroy The Power And Prestige Of The Brahmin Caste? Is It Reasonable To Expect The Secular Brahmins To Take Part In A Movement Directed Against The Priestly Brahmins? In My Judgement, It Is Useless To Make A Distinction Between The Secular Brahmins And Peiestly Brahmins. Both Are Kith And Kin. They Are Two Arms Of The Same Body And One Bound To Fight For The Existence Of The Other." - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar...
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