Once again, some youths from the upper-caste community raised their voices against reservation, accompanied by a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar. Of course, the uproar did not quite reach the magnitude of the “Cockroach Janata Party” (a metaphor for chaotic, fringe commotion), largely because this upper-caste movement lacked any organized ecosystem. There was no abusive language, no one participated in bizarre outfits, and most importantly, the majority of the very upper-caste demographic for whom this movement was supposedly staged likely had little interest in the subject. Nevertheless, the topic continues to circulate on social media, fluctuating between intense and mild phases.
A few years ago, Rajiv Malhotra and Arvindan Neelakandan co-authored a book titled Breaking India, which is essential reading to understand how anti-India ecosystems operate. The book uses the term “fault line,” which is originally a geological concept referring to cracks and fractures in the Earth’s crust. When activity occurs along these fault lines—such as a fracture widening or colliding with surrounding terrain—it triggers earthquakes, the devastation of which the world has witnessed numerous times. History provides examples of entire villages and cities being ruined; an earthquake was one of the reasons for the destruction of the Indus Valley civilization. The Greek philosopher Plato mentioned the civilization of Atlantis in his writings, which vanished into the ocean in a single night due to a massive earthquake, while Lord Krishna’s legendary city of Dwarka was also destroyed by a severe tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake.
These earthquakes happen because of fault lines in the earth. Understanding this single concept of a “fault line” is crucial before reading Breaking India. According to Rajiv Malhotra and Arvindan Neelakandan, foreign forces are exploiting India’s caste and linguistic boundaries as fault lines to hinder the nation’s progress and destabilize it.
In India, upper-caste and non-upper-caste groups have existed for many years, maintaining a shared coexistence despite various social complexities. Problems arose, but they did not cause major earthquakes within society. The divergences between upper and non-upper castes transformed into wide chasms due to nearly a thousand years of conflict with foreign invaders, and the manipulation of these chasms as fault lines began during British rule. This involved attempts to distort history and introduce such ugly historical narratives into school curricula, the consequences of which society has been bearing for a long time.
During the British era, colonial historians manufactured a racial divide between “Aryans and Dravidians,” which is still kept alive today for Dravidian identity politics by Western-influenced educational systems to create a cultural wedge between North and South India. Similarly, while Dalits and Adivasis certainly have legitimate socio-economic needs for justice, external forces and international human rights organizations continuously project these sensitive issues as “fault lines” to defame India globally and fracture Hindu society from within.
Surprisingly, even though subjects widening these fault lines have never been proven true genetically, historically, literarily, or socially, they are continuously circulated in society. Manu Smriti is constantly brought into discussion, with many of its principles stripped of their original context and presented with bizarre new meanings, particularly concerning the “varna” system and the treatment of women. However, Manu Smriti became obsolete the moment the Constitution of India was implemented. Moreover, Hindu society has always been ready to adapt its social structures with time, making Manu Smriti obsolete centuries ago. Yet, it continues to be used today to widen the Dalit-upper-caste fault line. Similarly, the Aryan-Dravidian theory was falsely constructed. In “Who Were the Shudras?”, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar himself wrote that the Vedas contain no mention of massive invasions or migrations. Addressing the Western argument that Aryans were fair-skinned and Dravidians dark-skinned, Ambedkar noted that numerous deities, including Rama and Krishna, were described as dark-complexioned. According to Ambedkar’s reasoning, Shudras were not a distinct race arriving from outside, but rather part of the Aryan community itself, which anciently consisted of only three “varnas”.
Ironically, these days some Bhim Army intellectuals propagate that Aryans came from a country called “Eurasia.” In reality, a country named Eurasia never existed. Geologically, “Eurasia” is a combined landmass of Europe and Asia. The English author George Orwell wrote a novel titled 1984, dividing the world into three regions ruled by authoritarian dictators. Thus, Eurasia is not a specific country, but a geographical and geopolitical term representing the combined landmass of Europe and Asia, covering roughly 36% of the Earth’s total land area and including India, China, Russia, and all European nations.
The core takeaway is that apart from the two major fault lines—Aryan-Dravidian and Dalit-upper-caste—foreign-minded individuals and international NGOs continuously foster various other fault lines based on language, state, region, and caste to keep the country unstable. Agitations over reservations, language, or caste serve as fuel for processes designed to break the country. Expecting Left-Liberals to stay away from such movements to strengthen national unity is futile, as they are the very architects of them. However, everyone else must thoroughly study the direct and indirect consequences before taking to the streets for their rights.
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