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BUDDHA TO
AMBEDKAR
STRUGGLE for SOCIAL JUSTICE, ONGING AND ENDLESS
Many saints have come and gone
over the millenniums, preached and perished like Gandhi, but only Reinforcing
existing Establishment and decaying Indian Social System, Class Structure and
Exploitations, all in the name of reasonable responsible exploitations,
tolerable work load, with a human face and good sweet smile! But at times came
the real great ones, who broke many barriers of evil practices injustices, and
opened the paths to liberation and justice, for the ultimate liberty of the
suffering downtrodden people.
Lord Gautama
Buddha gave us the Philosophies of Peace, Non-Violence, Kindness to all, and Ahimsa or No Torture towards even
Animals!
Mahatma Jyotibha
Phule,
analytically showed the extent of exploitation injustices and parasitic lives
of the brahmanic priestly classes, and the stupidity
of the Rulers in serving the brahmanic interests; and
meeting their unreasonable demands, unproductive needs, and lazy lives.
Sahu Maharaj,
the Kolhapur King showed, what an enlightened
sensible and really responsive Ruler could do, and in
fact should be!
Periyar made the people to
realise their self-respect, and assert their dignity. He asked them to reject the religious
practices, brahmanic
priestly prescriptions, and also boycott all ritualism, brahmanic
demands, and raised them against Brahmanism.
Though Periyar outlived Ambedkar, it is Ambedkar who
could after Lord Buddha, take the Question of Social Justice Nation
wide, and made it a National Struggle of the People!
Ambedkar showed us the ways to
The Struggle for Social Justice to
the Common People, particularly the Weaker Sections like SC&ST Dalits, is long protracted and endlessly ongoing!
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