Do you think you will gain anything by becoming non-Hindus, he told them, do not think you will gain anything by abusing, Brahmins or burning their homes. “Who were Tilak, Gokhale, Ranade and Agarkar?” he asked them. They were Brahmins, they were in the forefront of every nationalist struggle, they served the cause of non-Brahmins at the greatest cost to themselves, it is in many cases through the work of Brahmins that the non-Brahmins have been made aware of their rights, he told them. It is the Brahmins who exert for the uplift of the depressed classes, more than anybody else. Lokmanya Tilak is revered by all classes for his services to the country. The late Mr. Gokhale, Mr. Ranade and the Hon’ble Mr. Sastri have all done splendid work for the regeneration of the backward classes. You complain of the Brahmin bureaucracy. But let us compare it with the British bureaucracy. The latter follow the ‘divide and rule policy’ and maintains its authority by the power of the sword, whereas, the Brahmins have never restored to the force of arms and they have established their superiority by sheer force of their intellect, self-sacrifice, and penance. I appeal to my non-Brahmins brethren not to hate the Brahmin and not to be victims of the snares of the bureaucracy…”

“By indulging in violent contempt of a community which has produced men like Ramdas, Tulsidas, Ranade, Tilak and others,” he told the non-Brahmins, “it is impossible that you can rise.” By looking to the British for help you will sink deeper into slavery. ”

I have not a shadow of doubts,” he declared, “that Hinduism owes its all to the great traditions that the Brahmins have left for Hinduism. They have left a legacy for India, for which every nation, no matter to what varna he may belong owes a deep gratitude. Having studied the history of almost every religion in the world it is my settled conviction that there is no class in the world that has accepted poverty and self-effacement as its lot. ”

By indulging in violent contempt of a community which has produced men like Ramdas, Tulsidas, Ranade, Tilak, and others”, he told the non-Brahmins, it is impossible that you can rise.”

Your post shows how the seeds of hatred speard by EVR has posioned this socierty. He blamed all the evil in the world on brahmins. Today, if TN society is severely fractured along caste lines, it is thanks to EVR.

முகமதீயர்கள் அரபுநாட்டிலிருந்து இந்தியாவுக்கு இறக்குமதி செய்யப்பட்டவர் அல்ல என்கிறீர்கள்! அதே சமயம் வார்த்தைக்கு வார்த்தை “உங்கள் முன்னோர்”, “உங்கள் முன்னோர்” என்கிறீர்கள். இந்தியா ஒருகாலத்தில் இந்துனாடாகத் தான் இருந்தது என்பதை ஒப்புக் கொள்கிறீர்கள், அப்படியென்றால் உங்கள் முன்னோர்களும் இந்துக்கள்தானே! அவர்களும் நீங்கள் சொல்லும் சாதிக்கொடுமைகளை செய்திரிக்க மாட்டார்களா? நீங்கள் சொல்வதைப்பார்த்தால் உங்கள் வம்சமே நபிகள் நாயகத்திற்குப் பிறகுதான் தோன்றியது என்பதுபோல உள்ளது!

இதுதான் என் கேள்வி, முடிந்தால் விடையளிக்கவும்!! நீங்கள் சொல்வது ஒப்புக் கொள்ளும்படி இருந்தால், நான் ஒப்புக்கொள்கிறேன்….