New Delhi, Aug 23 : Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has said that scientifically and anthropologically “no God is a Brahmin and the highest form of God is Kshatriya”.The keynote address was delivered in the B R Ambedkar Lecture Series organized by the Ministry of Social Justice, here on Monday, the vice-chancellor stated, “I don’t think that Brahmins are able to sit in crematorium.
Lord Shiva wears snakes on his neck and sits in crematoriums and wears fewer clothes, which suggests he could be part of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community”.
She highlighted the necessity of “caste elimination” to make society more tolerant.
“We should know the source of our Gods either scientifically or anthropologically.From an anthropological perspective, Laxmi, Shakti and even Lord Jagannath are not part of the upper caste.
Lord Jagannath is a member of the Adivasi (tribal) group,” she said.
The vice-chancellor explained, “As per Manusmriti women are Scheduled Caste.In this case, women are not able to claim that she is a Brahmin or another community.”
“No God is a Brahmin.The highest is Kshatriya.” she claimed.
She claimed that, until wedding, a woman receives her father’s casting and then after the wedding, she gets her husband’s casting which is itself regressive.
“There are many who claim that the definition of caste differs according to the community you were born in but today , it is determined by the place of birthplace,” she claimed.
A Dalit child was killed in Rajasthan after allegedly touching the water that was intended to be used by students of the upper caste.
In reference to human rights, she declared that nobody should be singled out with this kind of behavior.
She also expressed her support to the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), she said Bhim Rao Ambedkar himself had a desire to bring it into effect.
“Unless we have a social democracy our political democracy will be an illusion,” she said, noting that the most significant honor to gender equality will be the implementation of the UCC.
“Today also, of the 52 universities only six have women vice-chancellors of which one comes from the category of reserved,” she added.
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