Why was the debate on the objectionable line in the title track of ‘Aaja Nachle’ hushed up? Nageswara Rao Thamanam and Chittibabu Padavala argue that the ‘culture of subjectivization, privatization and fragmentation of sensibilities ‘ works against the development of the cultural and intellectual corollary to the political process of ‘mochis coming to power’:
Linked by kuffir. Join Blogbharti facebook group.Much deeper malady that made all of these omissions or diversions possible was the dominant and Left-sponsored conception of the communal. It typically sees both religion and caste as essentially similar. To be sure, they have identical features but not functions are potentials. Religion and caste could both turn fascist. But, Hindu religion alone could be mobilized to establish a fascist system in India, as Nehru clearly saw it. So far the most recalcitrant hurdle to Hindutva has been the so-called casteist forces in India. To be sure, both forms of social bonding- caste and religion- are essentially irrational and therefore similar. But, only religion could forge a majority in our polity while caste is inherently immune from that danger.
The reality of caste is to be honestly recognized, acknowledged and squarely confronted rather than continuing with hypocritical denial or naïvely believing in ‘disappearing’ the caste by not seeing it. We further argue that we should blunt the deadly force of caste by trivializing it through overuse. However, it is likely that the media and film industry would draw the wrong conclusion from this controversy with its spill-over effects on the whole of public discourse: avoiding any mention of caste at all. This only helps support or fail to critique the perpetuation of caste based oppression, atrocities, discrimination and exclusion. What is needed is a sensitization towards caste not the sanitization of it from popular culture.
On Aaja Nachle, so many people are commenting on the issue of the song in which a cobbler is presuming himself as a goldsmith, in there own way. Some are saying cobbler is saying this because he wants to hide his caste. On the other hand, Government has put a ban on the controversial lines feeling pressure of dalits.
Anyways.. whosoever are commenting on and favoring the disputed lines of the songs are totally unaware of the sentiments of dalits and it also shows how they take their matters related with dalit’s dignity? Infact, its answer is lying in the behavior of upper caste with dalits in total since ancient times. Nor, this is a first issue who has come up in this form. Before this there has been a number of cases that are raised by dalits to protect their dignity.
It has been said by someone that if a cobbler is pretending himself as a goldsmith then it is cobbler who is at fault as to why he is trying to hide his caste. I would like to say that this issue also should see in the light of fact lying in the background of dalits present scenario. How made the hierarchy of casteism. It is none other than but upper caste hindus. This matter also demands attention as to why cobbler (lower caste) could not come up with the dignity and still suffering from the upper caste people with their sarcastic remarks and comments. Why they are so poor. Why they have no dignity (as upper caste people think about them. That is why this remark is raised that cobbler is trying to hide his caste in the song). May I ask how such circumstances are born in which a cobbler has to presume himself as a goldsmith (if it is true that a cobbler assume himself a goldsmith) and how worst could be those circumstances are in which he is trying to hide his caste). Both the scenes are the result of baramhmanical structure of hindu tradition. This is not in the hand of anyone in which caste or religion, city or country, family or society it has to take birth. A birth of a child is in itself a wonderful thing. But this barahiminical structure has made such conspiracies in which a major segment and a majority of people are being de-glorified, and since centuries they have been deprived despite the fact that it has been 60 years of independence and implementation of constitution. If people are still say that “why cobbler wants to hide his caste?” then I just can show my pity on their view point. Rather this point is hiding a total history in itself. And why to forget that, the lyricist of this song is himself a Birahmin i.e. Piyush Mishra.