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Re: Great Contribution of Backward Classes to Hinduism & India
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To: editor@rbhatnagar.ececs.uc.edu
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Subject: Re: Great Contribution of Backward Classes to Hinduism & India
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From: Name Withheld By Request: Posted By editor
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 16:18:23 EDT
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Jaladhar Vyas in one of the replies said that Swadhyay is not a revolution,
silent or otherwise.
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I think it was Shyam Benegal who called Swadhyay as the 'silent revolution'
after 6 months of field research for his movie "Antarnaad' which relates
transformation of a village of robbers, a village of smugglers and
transformation of the Swadhyay volunteers themselves. All the stories
in the movie are real, only village names & character names are changed.
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So Jaladhar please do not judge a movement by some small group in Jersey
city you came across. I think 15,000 villages and 6 million swadhyayees
are significant numbers.
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Many of the ideas are basic, simple and hence revolutionary. Some of these
are Matsya Gandha boats built by fishermen in 27 villages, Yogeshwar krishi,
Van Mandirs etc, etc.
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It is against Swadhyay's principles to advertise there way, that is why you
don't see it flashed across headlines. It is for this reason I was cryptic
in earlier note about Swadhyay. All I will suggest is readers should see
"Antarnaad' to form any impression. By the way Antarnaad represents a third
party view of Swadhyay. Swadhyay did not invite Shyam Benegal, they did not
fund the movie.
