One of my old post on Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh drew a comment today. It posed a few question about the stand RSS takes on the issues of caste system in our contry. The reader also asked if RSS could be a possible solution. And this, my dear readers in the fuel for this post.
Let me put forth some facts about the organisation called RSS right at the beginning.
The Sangha cannot force anyone into not believing in the caste system since it does not control any individuals thoughts. However, it certainly practices non-discrimination. For example, I have been to a shakha which is like a grassroot level proceeding of the sangha. Here I have taken instruction from a non-bramhin, had food with, bathed, prayed and lived with lower caste individuals. It is what I practiced as a swayamsewak. The Sangha will not issue a diktat or a fatwa. It will merely preach by practicing. So more the number of people who start going to a shakha the more they will stop believing in the caste system.
Go through the facts I have mentioned about the Sangh and you will realise it is no different from Orkut...but the sangha comes with a purpose, with an ideology and with some discipline.
To sum it all up, RSS is as biased as Orkut, when it comes to an individual's caste. :-)
Let me put forth some facts about the organisation called RSS right at the beginning.
- RSS is a social organisation. There is no formal registration and participation is completely voluntary.
- It is not a political, religious or profit making orgnisation.
- There are no posts, there are only responsibilities (in fact that what they are called).
The Sangha cannot force anyone into not believing in the caste system since it does not control any individuals thoughts. However, it certainly practices non-discrimination. For example, I have been to a shakha which is like a grassroot level proceeding of the sangha. Here I have taken instruction from a non-bramhin, had food with, bathed, prayed and lived with lower caste individuals. It is what I practiced as a swayamsewak. The Sangha will not issue a diktat or a fatwa. It will merely preach by practicing. So more the number of people who start going to a shakha the more they will stop believing in the caste system.
Go through the facts I have mentioned about the Sangh and you will realise it is no different from Orkut...but the sangha comes with a purpose, with an ideology and with some discipline.
To sum it all up, RSS is as biased as Orkut, when it comes to an individual's caste. :-)
Comments
so called "low caste" would have been better
Thanks for visiting. Point I wanted to make was very personal. That as a Bramhin, regarded to be from higher caste, I mingled with "low caste" individuals because I was a swayamsewak at the Sangha. No controversy intended. :-)
Political correctness is something I need to learn. It mostly gets crucified at the expense of simplicity & brevity.
RSS might be a very good social network, but everyone has a different opinion about it.
Can RSS change RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION too?
RSS might be a very good social network, but everyone has a different opinion about it.
Can RSS change RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION too?
RSS and religion...coming up soon.