Anti-Hindu and racist statement of Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit (Vice-Chancellor of JNU) in Union Government sponsored lecture series
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New Delhi – “Anthropologically, none of the Hindu Gods are from upper castes”, said Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Vice-Chancellor of the controversial Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), speaking at the Dr Ambedkar lecture series on 22nd August. This series was organised by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on the topic ‘Dr BR Ambedkar’s Thoughts on Gender Justice : Decoding the Uniform Civil Code’. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit was a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Savitribai Phule, Pune University.
The JNU VC also said that the “Manusmriti” has categorised all women as “shudras”, which is “extraordinarily regressive”.
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Pandit further said that,
1. All the other Hindu Deities, including Lakshmi, Shakti or even Jagannath do not seem to have come from higher castes. In fact, Deity Jagannath is tribal in origin. Most Hindu Gods are Kshatriyas.
2. Deity Shiva may be from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, because He is sitting in a cemetery with a snake. I don’t think Brahmans can sit in graveyards. This proves that anthropologically the Gods do not come from a higher castes. Then, why caste discrimination in society ? This is very inhumane. It is very important that we are rethinking Dr Ambedkar’s thoughts.
3. Manusmruti classifies all women as ‘Shudra’. So, no woman can call herself a Brahman or of any other caste.
4. Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. If so, why are people afraid of criticising it ?Pandit referred to a recent incident of a 9-year-old Dalit boy being beaten up by a teacher in Rajasthan. She said that the boy touched drinking water; hence, he was severely beaten up, and later, he died. This is very inhumane. How can one person treat another like this ? If the Indian society is to progress, castes must be eradicated. (It is laughable for a Vice Chancellor, who herself is a racist, to speak about the eradication of castes ! – Editor)
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