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I think Shephard dog jealous to brahman community. Brahman gain Bharat Ratna on the basis of talent not on other things. In 2024 five Bharat Ratna goes , out of 3 are Brahmin s community and left goes with , so called backward classes. Thinking forward to caste brother not think only on caste based.
Now the Brahmins have left no room for doubt, for they have
propounded a most mischievous dogma, which the Brahmins have spread
among the masses, is the dogma of the infallibility of the Vedas. If the
Hindu intellect has ceased to grow and if the Hindu civilization and
culture has become a stagnant and stinking pool, this dogma must
be destroyed root and branch if India is to progress. The Vedas are a
worthless set of books. There is no reason either to call them sacred or
infallible. The Brahmins have invested it with sanctity and infallibility
only because by a later interpolation of what is called the Purusha —
Sukta, the Vedas have made them the lords of the Earth. Nobody has had the courage to ask why these worthless books which contain nothing
but invocation to tribal Gods to destory the Enemies, loot their property
and give it to their followers (have been made sacred and infallible). But
the time has come when the Hindu mind must be freed from the hold*
which the silly ideas propagated by the Brahmins, have on them. Without
this liberation India has no future. I have undertaken this task knowing
full well what risk* it involves. I am not afraid of the consequences. I
shall be happy if I succeed in stirring the masses.
What crap is this!!! Seriously, The Print? You are asking for money to read this nonsense, where the author is indeed sad that he couldn’t find the caste of one of the Bharat Ratna Awardee?
What kind of crap is this journalist writing? I am no Brahmin but belong to Shudra caste albeit a powerful one from Andhra. PV and SPB were doyens of their time . They surely deserve the award . On the other hand no one ever has heard of people this author is talking about. May be they deserve it too., but bringing a caste bias is the height of bigotry I have seen . Surely, this paper can avoid this kind of writing .
Couldn’t hide your love for communists? Could you? Why so much hate for Brahmins? Oh and your viewpoint of seeing everything from the prism of caste is an utter nonsense. People like this author are a curse to the nation. And then you cry when someone calls you Urban naxal. You are just spreading hate nothing else.
Then kancha sheperd should get bharath ratna for writing casteist bigotry contents ??
People like you were busy doing casteism and brahmins were working for the nations
Mr Shephard,
One thing I agree with you is that lot of undeserved Bharat Ratnas are in the list. but what I have issue with your piece of writing is this
M K Gandhi? you omitted “Mahatma” title that world gave him I know you wanted him to be as common as everybody. That itself shows your disdain for anything Indian greatness. by the way you know why communist don’t get Bharat Ratna, they don’t like idea of India .
Ok so this is another angle of BS as if the bhakt, liberal, sickular, minority appeasment, hindutva rights advocates, these are not enough, we have one more cry baby who is talking of discrimination. what a crazy world it has become. i have a question to the writer–do you sleep every day thinking about this, how do you ever get sleep with so much negativity. or is this just a showoff
”The Congress’ inclusiveness was confined to only accommodating Muslims. The party grossly neglected Shudras/OBCs/Dalits and Adivasis.” Congress was following this opportunistic policies which is now carried over by the BJP.
As a journalist you should be ashamed of yourself. Try winning a Pulitzer basis this article. Moron! It is people like you who spread hate in this country.
Yeah.. Very sad that the author didn’t get a chance to segregate one more person into a group..
no dalit member in the article in present days have been mentioned by the author so now heshould first highlight the achievements of dalit activisit whom he consider fir for the award and then debate rather then bringing caste to every thing
I thought ThePrint was above all this casteism ideology. I like it because it is genuinely seculsr, unlike many other avenues. I am therefore surprised (shocked I feel is too strong a word at this moment) to see this article showcasing blatant casteism.
May be. Rajiv Gandhi is still a million times better than NM
Why do you provide a platform for him? He is a person who sees misery in everything and will die never knowing what grace or goodness is. Such a miserable creature!
Let us add reservation to Bharat Ratna. In-fact we should have reservations to everything in India . Just keep one Caveat. People who opt for reservations will be treated by only those doctors who became doctors by reservation and will be educated only by those teachers who became teachers by reservation . Case closed. Everyone should be happy!
Reservation without any caveat is the demand. Why should it rattle you when world over people are asking for equal women representation in every walk of life. If half the population is shudhra, dont you think there contributions have been overlooked or they contributed nothing worthy at all !!
They can also be treated by those who got admission by donation and became doctor, mostly upper caste as they can only pay such vast sums of money.
Everything shouldn’t be seen from the prism of caste.
This writer is an imbecile. Bhart Ratna is not granted for taking birth in a caste. It is also not awarded on the basis of caste-representation. It is also not freely distributed based on the popularity of someone who died recently or long back. It certainly cannot be awarded to someone like Jyoti Basu, who hung on to power for 29 years, when Bengal saw no progress and became a backward State. This writer was not born after May 2014. I wonder why didn’t he write this when UPA and other secular governments were in power?
This writer is toxic. His eyes are jaundiced by caste calculations. Please discourage such writers.
I think Shephard dog jealous to brahman community. Brahman gain Bharat Ratna on the basis of talent not on other things. In 2024 five Bharat Ratna goes , out of 3 are Brahmin s community and left goes with , so called backward classes. Thinking forward to caste brother not think only on caste based.
sanskaar ki ratna
Now the Brahmins have left no room for doubt, for they have
propounded a most mischievous dogma, which the Brahmins have spread
among the masses, is the dogma of the infallibility of the Vedas. If the
Hindu intellect has ceased to grow and if the Hindu civilization and
culture has become a stagnant and stinking pool, this dogma must
be destroyed root and branch if India is to progress. The Vedas are a
worthless set of books. There is no reason either to call them sacred or
infallible. The Brahmins have invested it with sanctity and infallibility
only because by a later interpolation of what is called the Purusha —
Sukta, the Vedas have made them the lords of the Earth. Nobody has had the courage to ask why these worthless books which contain nothing
but invocation to tribal Gods to destory the Enemies, loot their property
and give it to their followers (have been made sacred and infallible). But
the time has come when the Hindu mind must be freed from the hold*
which the silly ideas propagated by the Brahmins, have on them. Without
this liberation India has no future. I have undertaken this task knowing
full well what risk* it involves. I am not afraid of the consequences. I
shall be happy if I succeed in stirring the masses.
B.R Ambedkar
Introduction to Riddles in Hinduism
What crap is this!!! Seriously, The Print? You are asking for money to read this nonsense, where the author is indeed sad that he couldn’t find the caste of one of the Bharat Ratna Awardee?
I was waiting to know the name of the author and there it is Kancha Ialiah. He is a joke. So never mind.
I was waiting to know the name of the author and there it is Kancha Ialiah. He is a joke. So never mind.
satsang
What kind of crap is this journalist writing? I am no Brahmin but belong to Shudra caste albeit a powerful one from Andhra. PV and SPB were doyens of their time . They surely deserve the award . On the other hand no one ever has heard of people this author is talking about. May be they deserve it too., but bringing a caste bias is the height of bigotry I have seen . Surely, this paper can avoid this kind of writing .
Couldn’t hide your love for communists? Could you? Why so much hate for Brahmins? Oh and your viewpoint of seeing everything from the prism of caste is an utter nonsense. People like this author are a curse to the nation. And then you cry when someone calls you Urban naxal. You are just spreading hate nothing else.
Then kancha sheperd should get bharath ratna for writing casteist bigotry contents ??
People like you were busy doing casteism and brahmins were working for the nations
Give me 1 reason a converted ricebag most likely on payroll of CIA and full of hatred for Hindus in their own homeland should be tolerated.
Any comments on it please
Maj. Somnath Sharma ( 1st winner of Param Vir Chakra ) …
Mr Shephard,
One thing I agree with you is that lot of undeserved Bharat Ratnas are in the list. but what I have issue with your piece of writing is this
M K Gandhi? you omitted “Mahatma” title that world gave him I know you wanted him to be as common as everybody. That itself shows your disdain for anything Indian greatness. by the way you know why communist don’t get Bharat Ratna, they don’t like idea of India .
Ok so this is another angle of BS as if the bhakt, liberal, sickular, minority appeasment, hindutva rights advocates, these are not enough, we have one more cry baby who is talking of discrimination. what a crazy world it has become. i have a question to the writer–do you sleep every day thinking about this, how do you ever get sleep with so much negativity. or is this just a showoff
All these awards nonsense- Padma and Bharat Ratna should be abolished- pure rubbish most of the time.
”The Congress’ inclusiveness was confined to only accommodating Muslims. The party grossly neglected Shudras/OBCs/Dalits and Adivasis.” Congress was following this opportunistic policies which is now carried over by the BJP.
Print you ain’t getting any support ffrom me for spreading hate through such shoddy journalism. Did you get this writer in some nut house?
As a journalist you should be ashamed of yourself. Try winning a Pulitzer basis this article. Moron! It is people like you who spread hate in this country.
“The caste of Bhupen Hazarika, the last recipient, could not be located from any source.” sad indeed ???
Yeah.. Very sad that the author didn’t get a chance to segregate one more person into a group..
no dalit member in the article in present days have been mentioned by the author so now heshould first highlight the achievements of dalit activisit whom he consider fir for the award and then debate rather then bringing caste to every thing
I thought ThePrint was above all this casteism ideology. I like it because it is genuinely seculsr, unlike many other avenues. I am therefore surprised (shocked I feel is too strong a word at this moment) to see this article showcasing blatant casteism.
If Rajiv Gandhi can get bharat ratna then anyone can get it. PV NARASIMHA RAO and SP BALASUBRAHMANYAM are million times better then Rajiv Gandhi.
May be. Rajiv Gandhi is still a million times better than NM
Why do you provide a platform for him? He is a person who sees misery in everything and will die never knowing what grace or goodness is. Such a miserable creature!
All over the world paedophiles priest have been found .
The only exception is INDIA.
CAN it be true.
OR have people who have converted cannot dare bring out the truth as this may affect proselytizing activities.
CAN you confirm or deny.
Horrible bringing caste into every issue just denotes the negative non progressive mindset, nothing else, leave alone merits of the issue.
Let us add reservation to Bharat Ratna. In-fact we should have reservations to everything in India . Just keep one Caveat. People who opt for reservations will be treated by only those doctors who became doctors by reservation and will be educated only by those teachers who became teachers by reservation . Case closed. Everyone should be happy!
Reservation without any caveat is the demand. Why should it rattle you when world over people are asking for equal women representation in every walk of life. If half the population is shudhra, dont you think there contributions have been overlooked or they contributed nothing worthy at all !!
They can also be treated by those who got admission by donation and became doctor, mostly upper caste as they can only pay such vast sums of money.
Everything shouldn’t be seen from the prism of caste.
Shall we have reservation, then?
This author is known for his casteist outlook. Print is a mouthpiece of that ideology.
What Nadar is a shudra. I thought they are kshatriya? Ah this caste system is so confusing.
This writer is an imbecile. Bhart Ratna is not granted for taking birth in a caste. It is also not awarded on the basis of caste-representation. It is also not freely distributed based on the popularity of someone who died recently or long back. It certainly cannot be awarded to someone like Jyoti Basu, who hung on to power for 29 years, when Bengal saw no progress and became a backward State. This writer was not born after May 2014. I wonder why didn’t he write this when UPA and other secular governments were in power?
This writer is toxic. His eyes are jaundiced by caste calculations. Please discourage such writers.
well said…this guy is casteist to the core…
Surely,Nehru,Indira,and Mother Teresa were Brahmins.This man should have eaten too much beef before writing this atricle.
Please Mr. Sheperd, can you also classify the awardees list by category of nepotism (i.e.:Being friendly friendly to the ruling elite of the day).
This guy is complete nuts u demean yourself by giving a platform to such serial offenders.