Untouchability is basically not from INDIA.It was practised in parts of Europe until a few centuries ago,and Japan still has a large number of "Untouchables",called the ' Burakumin '. But it is in the Indian Sub-continent that this system survives,closely bound with culture,religion,history and politics. Today over 170 million people in INDIA are considered Untouchable, and their development has been slow despite the Legal safeguards and the Government programs.
According to the " Manu Smriti " there are four castes in Hindu society and each caste has assigned duties,responsibilities and privileges.The Brahmins are the learned, the Kshatriyas are the warriors, the Vaishyas are the traders, and the Sudras perform menial tasks and physical labour,and are considered as the lowest.And only uppers castes have the right to study the Vedas. The upper castes alone have the right to the thread ceremony which is performed as a rite of passage, allowing them to be termed twice-born.
What is a Dharma ? A study reveals that " he who has the knowledge of Brahmagnan is called the Brahmana", and not by caste or not by the birth. Each one of us is an untouchable, because who among us is free from disobedience to Nature's laws, from impurity of heart and mind, from fears of a thousand kinds, from selfishness and greed.Let us remove the untouchability in us. Anyone is not perfect, but through right dharma, by eliminating our differences and by strengthening our virtues, we move towards perfection. Let us develop the virtue of effiency and skill to become Shudras;the virtue of charity and become Vaishyas;the courage and become Kshatriyas;the sacrifice and become Brahman,and make ourselves in the copy of the Great Purusha, the Radiant.
According to the " Bhagwadgeetha " or " The Bible " or any other,written ,or said,is the same,that all humans are equal.The Air we breath, the Water we drink, the Fire, the Sky, the Earth are same.These days Indian students and citizens are being attacked in some countries,and we are discussing and talking about the " RACISM " and craving for justice.we should condemn these at any cost, but it would be fair if we stop those things in here.THINK AGAIN..
