Jyotirao Phule was a rabid Hindu hater in the disguise of anti-Brahminism, proponent of colonialism in India, and creator of another mythical theory that only the lower castes and adivasis are the real inhabitants of India. Jyotirao Phule was enemy of the Sanatana Dharma.
In his outlook, Phule was no less Brahmin hater than Francis Xavier who had even advocated for use of force against Brahmins & Portuguese actually did so against Brahmins.
For him, Brahmins were responsible for every exaggerated injustice so called lower castes faced for epochs.
For him, Brahmins were responsible for every exaggerated injustice so called lower castes faced for epochs.
Brahmins were responsible for the poverty of lower castes, all the social evils, illiteracy of women and possibly big bang too.
Jyotirao Phule's hatred for Brahmins was to the extent that he wanted schools for Shudras in every village but no brahmin teachers in those schools.
Jyotirao Phule's hatred for Brahmins was to the extent that he wanted schools for Shudras in every village but no brahmin teachers in those schools.
For him, Hinduism was essentially Brahminism which propagated slavery, human rights violations, oppression and even massacre. Thus, he called Vedas as "false consciousness" and rejected all texts of Hinduism along with rejecting rituals, asceticism and other associated practices.
Phule was such a fierce advocate of British India that he even termed it as "divine dispension", which will free the Shudras from the atrocity of Brahmins. Coming to the slightly more curious part now, he coined the term 'Dalit' for Shudras and atishudras.
Remember that Dalit is an unconstitutional word but it is frequently used in mainstream discourse for referring people of scheduled castes.
It's no wonder that the evangelical organisation called 'Dalit Freedom Network' uses his created word to strike the blows against Hinduism.
It's no wonder that the evangelical organisation called 'Dalit Freedom Network' uses his created word to strike the blows against Hinduism.
His third and probably most politically motivated agenda, devoid of any truth and hallmark of mediocre intelligence was his theory that Dalits and Adivasis are the real inhabitants of this land while all the upper castes are Aryan invaders who imposed Brahminism here.
He conceptualised a mythical Kingdom under the reign of Raja Bali, in which all the Shudras will live happily without any persecution.
This myth has become fairly widespread in Maharashtra with celebration of Bali as a liberator, and being appropriated by missionaries too.
This myth has become fairly widespread in Maharashtra with celebration of Bali as a liberator, and being appropriated by missionaries too.
The genesis of the idea that dalits are not Hindus, can be traced to the writings of Phule in which he had called Rama as an Aryan conquerer.
The culmination of the seed planted by Phule is the emergence of frauds like Braj Ranjan Mani who had written Debrahminising History and
The culmination of the seed planted by Phule is the emergence of frauds like Braj Ranjan Mani who had written Debrahminising History and
Kancha Ilaiah who wrote Post Hindu India.
For his theories on women emancipation, one can read the work of Friedrich Engels on Family (The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State) by replacing 'class' with 'caste' and 'capitalist' with 'Brahmin'.
For his theories on women emancipation, one can read the work of Friedrich Engels on Family (The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State) by replacing 'class' with 'caste' and 'capitalist' with 'Brahmin'.
About his social reforms, too tiny as compared to the damage caused by him and it's not my duty to talk about those as I'm interested in the damage caused by him to Dharma. No sympathy for false intellectuals like Phule!
