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Rakshabandhan: The Unbroken Bond 55
the nation and they declared untouchability as a blot. Jagat Guru
Shankaracharya had said, ‘Na Hind£ Patit∞ BhavÆt!’ (The hindu
should not be deviated.)
Our society has tried hard for the revolution. Perhaps we
don’t get the expected result but the historical causes behind
that should be remembered. We were surrounded by continuous
terror and struggle in the last 1200 years of slavery, although
the positive work of reconstruction went on throughout.
If there is darkness in a room, crying and cursing won’t be
able to remove darkness. One has to enter the room with a bright
light. True and constructive is only long-lasting. Suffered people
must be having a pain because of unexpected results. But they
should forget that every class of the society has understood that
the situation should be changed everyone should try in this
direction with control and should use language and behaviour
which can give strength to that work.
Muslim and Christian Society
“Dalit Muslim bhai bhai” – Can this slogan be the solution
to the problem? This question warrants deep thinking. What
would be the condition of a society which conspires for forcible
religious conversions in the name of equality? Arab Muslims
consider themselves to be superior as Islam originated in Arabia.
The Egyptian Shia Muslims consider themselves the best and
other Muslims as inferior. The Aga Khan Ismailis who separated
from the mainstream Muslim society have to flee for their lives
in their own country. In Pakistan, the Ahemadiyas are
proclaimed as non-muslims and are kept away from regular
Muslim rights. In Yahya Khan’s military rule during the
Bangladesh war, more than two lakh women were subjected to
unspeakable tortures. Iran is also suffering from several
problems.
Muslim women have to bear the brunt of several ills such
as the Shariat laws, the custom of polygamy and oral divorces
but not even their community heads are willing to pay heed to
them.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar has written in his enlightening
book, Pakistan Athva Bharat nu Vibhajan:
