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January 15, 2001

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Rural India has been living on Agriculture - braving draughts, famines, floods and other ravages of Nature. Rural India has so far survived, only because of the ingenuity of local Agricultural Workers. They are the Unapproachable (today’s SC Dalits) Tribals (today’s ST Dalits) and other unknown numbers of numerous Other Backward Classes (today’s OBCs) including the Converts of these three clear solid identifiable UTB Class of People to Christianity and Islam. This survival was in spite of the few wrong elements, the BKVs – brahmins (priestly classes) kshatriyas (warrior classes) and vaishyas (business classes) dominating the Indian Society everywhere in the Country. These BKVs have been always setting bad examples, and through out the history have been exploitative. They change their colours quickly, and swiftly adopt the culture, values and life styles of the rulers – be they the traditional ones, or the new crop of local adventurous upstarts or goons, or foreign mercenaries and raiders, or foreign conquerors who have come in search of new pastures to win and rule, or for trade and to buy silk, spices etc. Thus, many BKVs have gone to the side of various raiding and invading local, near by and foreign armies and rulers, or joined the dominant traders.

The BKVs always adopted the culture of the new rulers and their partners only to hob-knob with them for their own personal and private benefits and advantages. They were always ready and wanting to be identified and co-opted by the new rulers. They were indifferent to the Social and National Interests, or to the future of the Country and the People. Their only aim was their own survival, comforts, benefits and advantages in life, however small or insignificant they may be. Hence they were ever willing to serve as the tools, agents, informers, helpers, guides and partners in the loot; and in the exploitation, trade, manipulations, cheatings, frauds, dominance, rule and governance. They became the visible tools or representatives of the dominant groups, administration and Govt in the rural and local areas. They always helped the powerful and the rulers, to exploit control suppress and oppress the People, who mostly belong to the UTB Classes.

The UTBs are generally experts in farming, and are skilled artisans. Their labour, hard-work, ingenious adaptations, innovative capacities, virgin minds and productive skills alone sustained the Rural Areas, and kept the People there alive, though now in an emancipated condition. Their work, creations and other contributions to the Economy and the Society also helped to maintain and keep the BKVs and the Local Agents, Regional Chieftains and the Rulers, be they the old traditional ones, or new enterprising upstarts, or the camping marauding raiders, or the near-by or far-off conquerors or the foreign colonial rulers.

With the permanent settlements made by the British, the so-called intelligent, learned, co-opting BKVs, became the petty agents or sub-agents to agents, clerks, teachers, or small and big zamindars. On the alternative, they resorted to money lending, and became moneychangers, or traveling salesmen and settled retailers or comprador agents. Readily and willingly they became the representatives of, the British Industries producing surplus goods, as a result of many Innovations and the consequent Industrial Revolution in England and Europe, for marketing all over the World and in the British Colonies and Protectorates. While the unproductive BKVs were enjoying the gifts, and sharing the spare able bread, butter, cheese, jam, sauce, rum, beer, brandy and wine, because of their comprador role, association and other forms of partnership in the loot with the Colonial Rulers and Administration, the British who were basically interested in Economic Activities of Production and Productivity, realizing the values capabilities and merits of the uninitiated UTBs, particularly their skills stamina ingenuity intelligence honesty openness and loyalty, recruited them for useful and productive service, even though they were otherwise uneducated or even illiterate, as ayahs, cooks, butlers, attendants, helpers, domestic workers, watchmen, sentries, and later as soldiers into their armies. They also took them as Cooks and Waiters in their Canteens Clubs Messes and Hotels in their Cantonments Towns Cities and distant Hill-Stations. Thus, the UTBs made poor and rendered voiceless and powerless, by the BKVs exploiting Agriculture and Agricultural Workers in the Rural Areas for their own personal survival comforts and well-being, and for and on behalf of the Empire, survived – with the help of the money sent by their boys working in the Cities and Towns in the British Canteens, Clubs, Hotels, Messes, Offices, Factories, Workshops, Mills, Tea Gardens and Households. Thus, the Rural Areas began to survive in a new order and style, the Money-Order Economy. This style and system survived till the British were here.

The new Govts of BKVs, by the BKVs, only for the BKVs, just could not manage the Country and the Nation’s Economy. Development Growth and Production is one thing, and the People and the Rural Areas surviving is another. The BKVs, not being intelligent or creative, and not being concerned about others, particularly the UTBs, did not bother and could not manage the Country and the Society there in. They could never generate adequate wealth, either to create assets or govern or run the Country. They were also not willing to leave the natural resources in the hands of, or for the People, for them to survive on their own. Thus, the Rural Areas began to collapse, leaving the Rural People with no alternative than to migrate to the Cities and Towns, as unskilled manual laborers etc. Meanwhile, the BKVs – almost every one of them, began to cheat the Govt, build their own houses, Private Bungalows which were poor copies of the British Govt Bungalows built for use by the officers and sahibs. Many of them also built their own unimaginative Taj Mahals, just for themselves and their families to live-in. Thus the Nation’s Wealth, Public Money, Govt Resources and the Funds of the Exchequer, got diverted into private pockets. It is sad and a great tragedy that most of them are lying idle and unproductive, in the form of dead unviable poor quality houses, that too in private hands. Still they charge and earn huge rents from poor UTBs. These invariably get hoarded as part of unaccounted black money. Consequently, no money is left in the Public Exchequer for use by the Govt, for any Public Work, Social Good, Education and Health Care of the People, particularly for the benefit of the Children – the Future Citizens and Rulers of the Country. And no money is also available with the Govt for any other useful and productive development, meaningful Welfare Schemes or even for Governance.

With no or little money in the hands of the Govt, the Public/Govt Economy began to collapse. And there is now no money in the Public Sphere, even though billions and billions of Rupees are idle in the Country in private hands. Similar huge amounts are locked up and hidden from public-view as Dollars Pounds Francs etc, in secret or other hidden accounts abroad of private individual BKVs living in this Country. They are all the ill gotten unaccounted black money. The black money and private economy of the BKVs, with unaccounted and unexplainable money and wealth is booming in this Country. There is no one in the BKV Govts to question or check these. These private money and hidden wealth are not productive, nor do the money circulate in the Society and amongst the People for the benefit and good of the Country. They only role and pass hands, secretively amongst the BKVs. Hence, both the Productive Capabilities and Purchasing Capacities of the People had drastically gone down.

The BKVs, basically being useless unproductive exploitative bad elements, and co-optable fifth columnists, allowed themselves to be readily corrupted by their association with all-foreign and colonizing traders and rulers. They were much influenced by the colonizer’s rum, beer, wine, whisky and women. Examples for the whole BKVs were their agents and representatives in administration and other civil and military services, both in private and public Govt Services, who were more impressed by the bad influences of the West – education, employment, canteens, clubs, messes, hotels and women and whisky. Short sighted and ignorant of the rural areas and the real problems of the people, they thought it wise, prudent and a right option to introduce Liquor – the Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) amongst the People to raise money to run the Govt. They badly wanted the excise duties, to facilitate the Govts pay salaries to them, and by the way take up some namesake Welfare Measures (WM) Public Health Schemes (PHS) and Poverty Amelioration Programmes (PAP) to repair a little, the damages caused to the people and the society by taking liberally liquor into the society, particularly the ignorant illiterate helpless and option-less poor people. But already the BKVs had taken to the business of brewing and selling illicit Country Made Liquor, or illegally market IMFL openly through unauthorized outlets in the black market.

The BKVs used to a life of parasites and comforts, being historic exploiters and fifth columnist comprador agents, have no tradition of working, stamina or capacities and capabilities to withstand any stress and strain. Yet, they assumed themselves to be the most educated intelligent meritorious elements, suitable for appointment to all decent well paid Govt and Public Services. Thus, they began to increasingly monopolize all Govt and Public Services, Employment and other good beneficial opportunities. Also, to this end, the BKVs began to deliberately neglect Education in the Rural Areas, and for the Common Poor People in the Urban Areas also, so as to keep up their policy of denying developmental progressive liberal education and good employment to the masses of UTBs. But at the same time, they began to systematically increase the qualifications and level of education and Degrees required for both Govt Jobs and Public Employment. Along with that, they also started to copy from the West, and introduce ever increasing diverse special higher education, degrees, specializations and super-specializations. Strangely enough, They have even made them as the basic education and minimum requirements for many employments in Govt and Public Services. And treacherously now, the BKVs want the UTBs away from all higher education, particularly those leading to Degrees in Specializations and Super-Specializations.

The Colonial British gave Liberal Education, generally free and open to all the People, and accessible by different Sections of the Society, without any exception. But, these days, the Courts and the Govts all say that, it is necessary to keep Certain Levels of Education and Certain Spheres of Education away from the UTBs. Even today, British Universities, and for that matter foreign Universities in different parts of the World, do not deny admissions to any Class, Colour, Race, Sex and Caste of People, as do the Courts and the Govts today do in India. That is suffix to say, about us and the Democracy in the Country.

During the British Days, three types of Certificates awarded to the students completing their School Education –

Passed and Fit for Higher Education, Govt Jobs and Public Services,

Failed but suitable for Govt Jobs and Public Services, and failed.

Thus, those days, even certain types of failures, though not eligible to pursue higher studies till they Pass their exams again, were considered to be good enough to take up Govt Jobs and join Public Services, which then were considered to be much superior to private jobs. Today, the BKVs themselves understand clearly that, the Country’s Education System in the hands of their fellow BKVs is so bad that most of the Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates by the Universities and Govt or public and private Institutions are so worthless to be fit only for dumping in the dust-bins and waste-paper baskets. They and their own officials, know the real worth and quality of the Education being dished out by their fellow BKV caste academicians and educationists. Thus, majority of the poor rural UTBs, denied education and jobs, have slid down below the Poverty Line, and have finally ended up in the City Slums and gone into the unorganized marginal Labour Market of Industrial Areas, Brick Kilns, Construction and Building Segments, Mining Areas etc, or have been sadly sucked into the vortex of the Under World and Red Light Areas. Whatever little may they earn, is also mostly lost by them in Govt promoted IMFL Outlets, or BKVs’ Black Markets for IMFL or Country Made Liquor or in getting other dangerous and oftentimes poisonous products of the illicit liquor trade. Hence, they are left with no money to spare or save, to send to their homes and families back in the villages. And with increasing stupid or meaningless higher educational requirements, even for employment as routine manual labourers, waiters, cooks, attendants and orderlies, security guards and soldiers etc, employment chances have also shrunk. Thus, the old Money-Order Economy of the British Days has now practically come to an end.

The collapse of traditional Agriculture, entry of retired bureaucrats and business houses into the farm-sector with mechanized equipments, and the shift towards cash-crops, orchards etc have left many of the Rural Poor without any jobs, or proper work, or full employment, adequate earnings and proper livelihood. Thus, today the Rural Areas, the Villages and the Poor are in shambles, and the Agricultural Economy is collapsing. Now, while the BKVs are bragging about Green and White Revolutions, Communication and TV Technologies, and the Computer and Inter-Net breakthroughs, the Market and Economy do collapse at the failure, or slightest shortfall, or even some delay in the monsoons and quantum of rain they deliver in any part of the Country. While the BKVs boast of their whiz kids, nothing has been done to ensure their own food-security. As rightly observed by Mr Bill Clinton, while more than a million Inter-Net Connections are there in India, many millions of poor here do not yet have water connections; and while India claims itself as having the third largest Scientific and Technical Man-Power in the World, nearly half of India is illiterate and live below the Poverty Line. That is, half of India has been left in such a hopeless position of not being able to afford, even one meal a day, for survival and live a life with some dignity. Yes, the President of America was right there for once. Truly, one can’t be partying forever or the whole day, or be playing games, whatever they may be. At the end, one has to pay the bills, say good-bye to others and go home, and eat too. One has to therefore produce food, and pay other domestic bills and expenses.

India prides itself as being the Largest Democracy in the World. But in content, it continues to be the most Oppressive Country and an Unfair Nation, which exploits its own people cruelly and shamelessly, that too often criminally. For, this is only a Ritualistic Democracy, a Democracy where Elections will be held only when it becomes Constitutionally Inescapable and Inevitable. That too, only to elect the BKVs and to install their own Govts. Otherwise, the Govts would be openly subverted from with-in, shamelessly sabotaged from outside, and unreasonably pulled down at the earliest opportunity. Similarly, the oft-repeated claim of having the so-called third largest Scientific and Technical Man-Power of the World in, is only a big bogey. Most of them, with Admissions secured and Degrees purchased by paying Millions of Rupees, from namesake Colleges and Technical Institutions, are even unfit for Screw Driver Technology Industries. Hence, it is no wonder that, the Nation and Economy are still dependant on the Monsoons and vagaries of nature, and the Health-Care System in the Country built so laboriously by the British, is sliding back to the dark days of witch-craft and empirical systems of hearsay ritualism and superstitions.

Govt Policies Practices Decisions Schemes Programmes Budgets and Sanctions only help Funds Resources and Wealth to be transferred from the Rural to Urban Areas, and from the Urban Poor Masses to the rich elite groups, then from the Urban Areas to the State HQrs and ultimately to the National Capital; and also from the Govt to private individuals and business houses. That is how many have become rich and grown powerful overnight, without working earning or doing anything. These always happen silently slowly but steadily. The common-man hardly realises these, and even when doubts or speaks out nobody bothers or hears or takes notice, and nothing ever happens to correct or remedy the situation and set things right. The People understand the damages done, only when the acts are complete. The beneficiaries are always the BKVs, and the loosers and sufferers obviously are the UTBs. Even otherwise, in this Country, the Market Forces are organised on Caste Lines. The Govt is on the Caste Lines. The Administrative Hierarchy is based on the Castes. Hence decisions invariably are taken on the basis of the Castes. The Castes being silently and internally antagonistic, often openly inimical, nothing can happen for the Good of the People and the Nation. The Market Forces are therefore a big danger for the Common Man and the Country. To believe in it is suicidal. It is like straying unconsciously or by mistake, unarmed into the Lion’s Den. But the Govts and the BKVs there, are eagerly opting for the Market, to make the best use the existing environment around, as usual for their own benefit. They are clear in their mind, though they may not speak out openly. The Govts of the BKVs and the BKVs are for – Concentrating Wealth and Power, Emergence of Monopoly and Restricted Trade Practices, Dominating and Holding the Society to Ransom, Speculative Business, and for misuse, misutilisation, wrong usage, wastage, and for keeping the funds and resources idle and or locked up without any benefit to anyone, other than themselves. What if in the Free World, the Govts and Courts there find even Inter-Nationally famous big-business and modern enterprises guilty of misusing Trust, and are against Concentration of Wealth, Centralisation of Power, Emergence of Monopolies, and Practices of Restrictive Trade? In this Country, each Caste is a closed self-consuming Unit, always wanting to benefit itself at the cost of others even by cheating and exploiting all others not belonging to their own Caste. Hence, one can never expect Justice, Fairness, Honesty, Equal Treatment, Rule of Law, Equal Application of the Law and Equality before the Law, especially from any of those small Dominant Castes and those who have suddenly come to the lime-light or center-stage for the first-time.

The all-round collapse of the Country, Govt, Administration, Economy, and the falling standards of life and health of the people, are all telling on the Govt and the Country as a whole. True to their Genes, the BKVs still do not want to see the writings on the wall, see reason, accept the realities of life, or mend and change their ways. They keep exploiting the people by double-talks, and try to shift the blame on others. At the same time, they are very serious and busy in finding new avenues of survival, as well as newer and newer, and stranger means and methods of exploitations, to hoodwink the People, the Country and the World. All their great guns, the products of modern rational liberal scientific British Education System, Socialistic Planning, State Administered Economy and Public Sector, have now got a new and strangely enough the same enlightenment. That is - All the Evils, and anything and everything bad in the Society are due to Govt Policies, weaknesses in the Constitution, wrong Economic Strategies, wasteful creation of PSUs, unwanted Govt Controls and so on. The results of these include themselves, who had lived through and grown with all these, and in fact are here today only and directly because of these alone. What then would Survive? And what would the BKVs indulge and promote in future? Why, sure, they would take to their traditional businesses of – Liquor and Drugs Promotion, Prostitution and Call-Girl Companionship, and Money Lending and sheer Exploitation. All three of them, their oldest Professions, of which they and their families are the past masters!

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