Justification of jyotirao phule for
criticism of caste inequality in society
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Jyotirao and other reformers questioned the ancient religious texts which had supported the inferiority of the people belonging to lower caste and superiority of the people belonging to the upper castes.
Jyotirao Phule claimed that the people of lower castes were the original inhabitants of India. According to him, the Brahmans, who traced their genealogy back to the Aryan Age were foreigners as they had come from outside the subcontinent. They had then defeated and subjugated the original inhabitants of the country –those who had been living here before the arrival of the Aryans. Once they established their dominance, they began looking at the defeated population as inferior. He felt that the upper castes had therefore no right to the land and power. The land belonged to the indigenous people who belonged to the low castes.
Like Birsa Munda who envisioned a golden age free from diksus and all other forms of evil, Jyotirao Phule too believed in a golden age free from the Aryans and their ideas of caste. He also extended his criticism of the caste system and linked it with all other forms of inequalities and injustices prevalent not only in Indian society but also in Western society. He linked the miseries of the black slaves in America with those of the lower castes in India.
Shri Narayana Guru, another reformer who criticised caste inequality in society, proclaimed the ideals of unity of all people within one sect or caste and inspired them to have faith in one guru-himself .
Ambedkar criticised caste inequality and advocated that all humans are equal whether they are men or women, high castes or low castes.
E. V. Ramaswami Naicker (or Periyar) contended that Brahmins were the heirs of the Aryans who had invaded north India. They later moved to south India and suppressed the Dravidians, who were the original inhabitants of the land. Like Jyotirao Phule, he too saw the Brahmins as having no claims to the power which they used for oppressing the lower castes. He pointed out that social divisions and inequalities were not God-given. Periyar criticised Ramayana, Bhagvad Gita and the Codes of Manu. According to him, these texts were used for establishing the authority of the Brahmins over the people of lower castes.
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Jyotirao and other reformers questioned the ancient religious texts which had supported the inferiority of the people belonging to lower caste and superiority of the people belonging to the upper castes.
Jyotirao Phule claimed that the people of lower castes were the original inhabitants of India. According to him, the Brahmans, who traced their genealogy back to the Aryan Age were foreigners as they had come from outside the subcontinent. They had then defeated and subjugated the original inhabitants of the country –those who had been living here before the arrival of the Aryans. Once they established their dominance, they began looking at the defeated population as inferior. He felt that the upper castes had therefore no right to the land and power. The land belonged to the indigenous people who belonged to the low castes.
Like Birsa Munda who envisioned a golden age free from diksus and all other forms of evil, Jyotirao Phule too believed in a golden age free from the Aryans and their ideas of caste. He also extended his criticism of the caste system and linked it with all other forms of inequalities and injustices prevalent not only in Indian society but also in Western society. He linked the miseries of the black slaves in America with those of the lower castes in India.
Shri Narayana Guru, another reformer who criticised caste inequality in society, proclaimed the ideals of unity of all people within one sect or caste and inspired them to have faith in one guru-himself .
Ambedkar criticised caste inequality and advocated that all humans are equal whether they are men or women, high castes or low castes.
E. V. Ramaswami Naicker (or Periyar) contended that Brahmins were the heirs of the Aryans who had invaded north India. They later moved to south India and suppressed the Dravidians, who were the original inhabitants of the land. Like Jyotirao Phule, he too saw the Brahmins as having no claims to the power which they used for oppressing the lower castes. He pointed out that social divisions and inequalities were not God-given. Periyar criticised Ramayana, Bhagvad Gita and the Codes of Manu. According to him, these texts were used for establishing the authority of the Brahmins over the people of lower castes.
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