Brahminism

by V.T. Rajshekar

The Title 'Brahminism written by V.T. Rajshekar' was published in the year 2015. The ISBN number 9788121212953 is assigned to the PaperBack version of this title. This book has total of pp. 157 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Dalit, About the - Brahminism, which is the scientific name for Hinduism, is not a religion like Christianity, Islam or Budhism. It is an ideology. Those who subscribe to this ideology may be born Brahmins or even non- Brahmins like Kshatiryas, Vaishyas and some top landed shudra castes. In fact, some non ?Brahmin castes are better practitioners of Brahminism than the Brahmins who are its prime promoters. Even some Untouchables and Tribals are getting brahminised. But whether they be Brahmins or non -Brahmins, nobody has gained by holding on to this anti -human ideology except that it helps the strong to exploit the weak., About The - V. T .Rajshekar, in full Vontibettu Thimmappa Rajshekar, also known as V.T.Rajshekar Shetty, (born 1932) is thefounderand editor of the Dalit Voice, which has been described in a release by Human Rights Watch as "India's most widely circulated Dalit journal". He is himself not a Dalit, he is the son of late P.S.Thimmappa Shetty, who retired as the Collector of South Kanara District. He is from well-known Vontibettu Beedu family belonging to the higher caste Bunt community. A Graduate of Madras university and author of over 20 books, translated into many languages, worked for 20 years for leading English language dailies, considered one of India's rare original thinkers, he has attempted to combine the essentials of Marxism and the Philosophy of the late Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a prominent advocate of the human rights of India's Black untouchable. Rajshekar was married to Hema Rajshekar until her death. His son Salil Shetty works for Amnesty International in London. In 2005 Rajshekar received the London Institute of South Asia (LISA) Book of the Year Award.,

166 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

V. T. Rajshekar was an Indian journalist who was the founder and editor of the Dalit Voice, which has been described by Human Rights Watch as "India's most widely circulated Dalit journal".
He was formerly a journalist on the Indian Express, where he worked for 25 years. He founded 'Dalit Voice' organisation a radical wing of the broader movement for Dalit interests.

Reviews

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VT Rajshekhar offers a damning and sorely needed criticism of the animating force of caste oppression in India and offers an introduction to how Brahmins have been a locus in enabling far right ideology in ways most observers are obscured from. Unfortunately, this territory was only explored in a very rudimentary fashion and does not delve deep enough into all the ways Brahmins acted as compradors in the colonial system and how they’ve continued to benefit from it. Rajshekhar also makes clear the plight of the myriad victims of caste oppression and the twisting of Hinduism by the Brahmin castes, but is further handicapped by his diatribes on freemasonry as well as misguided and archaic views on Judaism. What could have been a cogent and sobering critique of the Indian upper classes enablement of the global right wing and Zionist oppression of Palestine is unfortunately marred by these deficits.