Contrary to the image of India being a nonviolent society, violence has
always been ingrained in the 'Hindu' societal structure, where inequality
is ideologised and rigidified with divine sanction. Any transgression of
this social code is supposed to invite the wrath of divine forces. It is
not for nothing that the Hindu gods personify violence. In no other
religion are gods depicted bearing deadly weapons and indulging in macabre
violence. The Hindus would argue that this violence is against evil and is
hence reassuring to those who are virtuous. The definition of virtue and
vice however rests on caste ideology, as we saw in Khairlanji. Those who
abide by this ideology are supposed to be virtuous and those who defy it
are evil. Those who challenge this framework are reminded by the
weapon-wielding gods of the violent end they would face. In Khairlanji,
the caste Hindus wielded these weapons. All this is embedded in and
communicated through what could be summarily put as 'Hindu culture'.
Nowhere has such an effective and self-regulative system ever been
devised. It is this feature of the system that has seemingly governed
Indian history for over two millenia. This intrinsic violence has kept a
multitude of masses within bondage they are forced to accept as their
karma, their fate. ...

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