Saturday, December 29, 2007

Intercaste marriage

Untouchability is a sin

Untouchability is a crime

Untouchability is inhuman.


I was watching one of the talkshow in Vijay TV.One girl told that having born in a forward community she is very blessed and she had done lot of good deeds for getting a birth in this community and she will marry a person from her caste only .Lot of criticisim for the speech of the girl what she had spoken.But she was talking what she was thinking and very open enough to say that this is what I am.So many people in our country are not talking like her openly but doing what she had told and disguising that they are very open minded.

But you would be surprised to know about people like Gora Ramachandra Rao.Recently, I was reading about Shri Goparaju Ramachandra Rao(Gora Ramachandra Rao) born in a forward community fought against castesism in India.






Though by birth he being a Brahmin Gora Ramachandra rao had put a lot of efforts to eradicate untouchability and discrimination within the people by the name of caste. He had arranged intercaste marriage for his own daughters from a different (low )caste. Thus,Gora acquired moral authority in his efforts for the eradication of untouchability and caste system and encouraged others to follow the example to strive for social change.This was the thought of the people 50 years before and wanted a caste free society.

I don’t know how many parents today had the guts to arrange an intercaste marriage for their own daughters for a social cause like Gora Ramachandra Rao did 40 years before . Definitely I would say ‘No’.