Question

How did joyti Roy ,the reformer,inequality in society

Answer 1

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The reformers questioned the brahmanical texts that supported the caste system and the inferiority of the so-called “low castes” and the superiority of the so-called “high castes”. They challenged the brahmanical claims to power and authority.

Jyotirao Phule claimed that the lower castes were the true children of the land known as India. According to him, the Brahmins—who traced their genealogy back to the Aryans—were outsiders. The upper castes had therefore no right to their land and power. Like Birsa Munda who envisioned a golden age free from diksus and all other forms of evil, Jyotirao Phule too believed in a golden age free from the Aryans and their ideas of caste. He also extended his criticism of the caste system and linked it with all other forms of inequalities and injustices prevalent not only in Indian society but also in Western society. A case in point is his linking of the miseries of the black slaves in America with those of the lower castes in India.

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