Sai Baba of Shirdi - His rise and Popularity among the backward Castes

Dear Bhatt Saheb, I have brought this photo on this site after great efforts ! I have visited Shirdi many times but have not seen this picture before. It is the first time that I saw it.

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  Amir Khan Sai baba Musalman toh tha, tabhi toh Musalman aadmi saath mein hai.See Translation

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  Bharatbhai R Pandya Vo to ham jante hihai.Ham unki namrata aur aakar vihin paramatma ke sidhdhant aur samanta ki unki himayatke karan unapar aafrin hai.Unhone jab ye baate aavamke samne rakhi us vakt Brahmanoka Hindu Shudra janta par bada hi julma thaShudroko ye Brahman mandirome jane nahi dete the ,Bhagvan ke didar nahi karne dete ua vakt Sai Babane apneb darwaje shudra janta ke liye khol diye.Sai Babane ek paak jindagi hamare samne pesh ki joki vyabhichari aut bhrasht Brahman vaad se kai guna unchi thi.Aur unhone Mohammad Paygambar aur Jisas Christ ki tarah pichhadi jatioko bataya ki Paramatmake samne sab insaan saman hai or Paramatmane unke bich koi bhed bhav peda nahi kiye hai.Ham is liye Baba ko chahte hai. Aur yah sab hamko bataaneke kaaraN hindu dharmatma o Sai Bababke virudhdha zahar okate hai. Jaha Hindu samajme anek dev deveeyaa thi , harek ka rup rang alag alag tha, kaama alag tha, vo bachche bhi paida karte the or bade paymaane par hinsa chalate the vaha Babane bataya ki Paramatma sirf ek hi hai nahi ki anek. or Uski nazar me sab saman hai or vo param krupaLu hai nahi ki hazaroko mautke ghaaT utarne vala.

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A common man shows the solution to the problem of the Dalits

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Shyam Singh and his community were told by the priest that they could not perform puja at the Baghpat Valmiki temple. Photo: Shivam Agarwal
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A month ago, he called himself Shyam Singh. Now he declares himself “Azad” (liberated). The symbolic name not only sums up his situation, but is also his new identity.

Shyam, a member of the Dalit Valmiki community in Moga village of Meerut, converted to Islam two weeks ago.

A landless labourer, he didn’t convert only because the community was denied access to a prominent Valmiki temple, located in nearby Baghpat district, to perform the traditional puja.

He changed his faith also because of the “continuous threats and harassment” he and his fellow community members had to face from the local law and order officials after he persisted with his demand to have the right to perform puja at the temple.

The temple is controlled by the dominant Yadav community, and the priests had problems with the Valmikis performing puja. After their efforts to get equal rights failed, they announced that they would convert to Islam. Last week, the Meerut administration booked Shyam and his family for “disturbing peace and communal harmony” by persisting with their demand to perform puja at the temple and the announcement about converting to Islam.

In November last year, Shyam and his community members were told by the priest that they didn’t have any rights to perform puja.

‘What is the point in being a Hindu if I can’t enter a temple’

Since November last year, Shyam has petitioned the District Magistrates of Baghpat and Meerut, and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He also petitioned the Prime Minister’s Office.

“What is the point in being a Hindu and having this sacred thread around my wrist if I can’t even enter a temple and perform puja,” he argued.

While Shyam has converted to Islam, his fellow Valmikis, numbering over 100, are scared and don’t want to raise the issue. They are thinking of migrating to some other part of the State to escape official harassment.

Shyam himself now plans to migrate to Nepal.

Interestingly, the announcement of the conversion plan by Shyam and his fellow Dalits provoked immediate attention from right-wing Hindu outfits, which requested them not to convert.

“All of them wanted us not to convert to Islam, but none of them want us to get equal status among Hindus. This is how we have historically and traditionally been cheated,” said Shyam.

Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Baghpat, Rajendar Singh told The Hindu that the Valmikis were denied permission to perform the elaborate puja in their own style as it was a “new” religious tradition.

Note: He has shown the way how to fight casteism. When your self respect is trampled, humiliation is heaped on you, what is the sense in sticking to such a religion, Christianity, Budhdhism or Hinduism ?

How people pay the price for incompetent officers

I feel sorry for Jt. Commissioner of Police,Ahmedabad M.K.Tandon IPS as he was my batchmate and my junior in selection order.His brother was S.P. then rose to be DIG then I G P and ultimately Director General of Police,Gujarat.My brothers were mill workers .That was basic difference of Social Hierarchy.They were on top of that unjust social hierarchy and I was at the lowest rung under that pyramid. They got all help from superior officers to Judges and Minsters while I had to struggle for survival . They managed to reach the top and we see the ultimate result, the people paid the price .

Assessment of Gandhi in the wake of blog by Retd Justice Kailanath Katju

nopoly of the dominant castes like Brahmins, Vaishyas and Kshatriyas , the upper levels of the Hindu Society and kick the backward castes back to the occupations of their ancestors 4. He had no vision for India's advancement and increasing incomes of the backward castes , he never thought in terms of advanced economics, Sociology , he only was eager to see that the Britishers leave India to the care and explotation of the BVK combine.5. Now comes the thrust of the thinking. He was very well looked after by the Britishers , and was treated as angel so that Britain's domination continued , and so propagated the cult of non-violence , so that any idea of attacking the Britishers would never usher in the mind of the Indian public.6. He took services of the Britishers in finishing his enemies or competitors one by one, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh etc. Bhagat Singh was the most popular person in India , more than Gandhi, and so the Britishers removed him from the scene once for ever. . 7 He kept constant touch with the powers of England through one Miss Sladen, renamed Meera bahen by Gandhi , other wise what was the reason for keeping a foreigner particularly a daughter of a British naval Officer in the house of Gandhi ? Now see her behaviour. She left India immediately on death of Gandhi. Britishers employed another woman power Mrs .Edwina Mounbated with Nehru . This group of two British women did great service to their England by keeping both leaders under influence of England , one before Independence and another after Independence ! 8. When Mahadev Desai died , some wireless instruments were caught from his personal possession , it is suspected Gandhi maintained contact with the Britishers even from the Jail ! 9. His favour of Khilafat was most foolish thing any national leader could do. When Kemal Ataturk wanted to modernise his Muslim Society from religion to science , why Gandhi should oppose his social programmes ? Because he also wanted that religion should permanently ride in the mind of people . ------ I hate Gandhi on one pure reason that he was greatly against the Dalits .

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A christian prayer before my ailing wife Champaben 24th Jan 2014

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  Bharatbhai R Pandya Life of my wife fluctuated like a pendulum. She did not know that she was passing through a dangerous phase. The doctors 1. Ramesh Surti and 2. Gaurang Desai struggled for two days to save her. At the end a ray of hope appeared on the horizon and lucktook a good turn for the good. Meanwhile a priest from the staff turned up at her bed side and spoke a long prayer in Gujarati, which was well understood by the patient. She acquired tremendous strength from the God and recovery became speedy and visible. Meanwhile a couple came to occupy the half one of the twin-sharing room of ours and both of them by their humurous nature and jokes made my wife recover the remaining moral strength. her life was saved by all these angels and now she is hale and hearty and returned home alive today !

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  Rajiv Lal Chaudhary May she keep good health.

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  Jayesh Maru What would be the views of Rationalists ?. Can you imagine.

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  Bharatbhai R Pandya Jayeshbhai, who cares about the rationalists ? 1. How many rationalists have given their daughters to lower caste persons ? 2. How many rationalists have changes their surnames to " Ambedkar ", Parmar, Chauhan, Solanki etc which are visibly surname...See More

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  Jayesh Maru Wow ; what a balanced and ideal views ! Many time I argue saying that denying existence of Supreme power itself does not prove that one is rationalist. We are part and parcel of this planetory earth and earth is part and parcel of universe. It never in...See More

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  Dhansukh Dhimar Adbhuttttttttt

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