Sword wielding can be a form of sport, such as fencing, and people belonging to any caste can learn the skill. It was their individual acts that mattered. Ambedkar did not succeed because of their castes. Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Similarly, India’s freedom fighters such as M.K.
The monkey god Hanuman was not considered brave because he was a monkey. Nor it is because of caste that the legends of Lorik, Lachit Borfukan, Tanhaji are sung to this date. It is not because of his caste that the valour of Maharana Pratap is celebrated. Ravindra Jadeja forgets that the Rajputana bravery that he seems so obsessed with were individual acts of soldiers and kings. Scholars have overlooked his labour activism Should Sachin Tendulkar, a brahmin, now wield his bat to show the wrath of Parashurama, an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu, who is believed to have wiped out Kshatriyas 21 times from the earth? In a casteist society like ours, these things can take ugly turns, triggering a competitive show of caste valour, which is why public figures are not known to engage with their followers in such ways on common platforms.Īlso read: Ambedkar’s fight wasn’t just against caste. Jadeja’s act also demeans the culture of sports, of which he is an ambassador and therefore knows that players are honoured for their skill and not for their caste. Ravindra Jadeja’s hashtag ‘Rajput boy’ is offensive and hurts the sentiments of every Indian who is working to improve the lives of those discriminated against on the basis of caste and end this culture. The cricketer desperately tried to match the caption of the tweet with his angry facial expressions: “A “SWORD” MAY LOOSE IT’S SHINE,BUT WOULD NEVER DISOBEY IT’S MASTER #rajputboy”.Ī “SWORD” MAY LOOSE IT’S SHINE,BUT WOULD NEVER DISOBEY IT’S MASTER #rajputboy /kKyKQ9vSWk He recently uploaded on Twitter a 17-second clip of himself swinging a sword as a Bahubali song plays in the background. But just in case you don’t, Jadeja has you covered. If you have seen Ravindra Jadeja off the cricketing field, came across his videos on social media or read his interviews, then you know he is a Rajput. Respect them and Ambedkar would clap for you The Indian cricketer, famous for his fielding on the cricket ground but also popular for the bat swirl after scoring a half-century or a century, leaves little room for doubt about his identity - not of an Indian, not of a cricketer, not even of a sensible adult, but his big, all-encompassing identity: caste.Īlso read: You clapped for them as they picked garbage.
How are Indians going to react? With something like ‘my sentiments have been hurt’? We will outrage to no end. Or if the players of Sri Lankan team enter the ground after a victory as Ravana’s ten heads. Or if the English players flaunt themselves as Dalhousie’s Boys. Imagine if the Pakistani cricket team beats India and its players wave their bats as if they were the swords of Ghazni or Babar.
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