Tamil Nadu Resists New Law Despite Increase in Caste-Related Murders
A few quick points in no particular order -
TN is supposed to be the bastion of the Dravidian movement inspired by the ideals of Periyar & governed alternatively by parties which swear by these ideals.
Anti Brahminism being the core of these ideals apart from promotion of a casteless society, reviling everything from the north including the language, culture, religion, etc.
After dislodging the Brahmins who At best constitute 2-4% of the population today, state politics has come to be dominated by the intermediate castes who apart from having their own representation in the form of socio cultural organizations are also represented by their own political parties aside from the two principal dravidian parties who between them alternated in power for the past 6 decades.
The dominance is so complete that reservation in academia & government jobs exceed the 50% cut off ( the only state in the country to exceed the 50% norm) imposed by the SC implemented in the mid 90's by Jayalalitha under the 9th schedule which includes , believe it or not a 3.5% quota for BC Muslims introduced later by the DMK.( Phadnavis of Maharashtra now seeks to emulate TN in this respect by accomodating the Marathas with an alleged quota of anywhere between 12-16% under the 9th Schedule.)
How Jayalalithaa ensured Tamil Nadu got 69% quota reservation
Judicial Review and the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution
As Dalit emancipation grows, so does defiance of old norms instead of meek submission to them in rural areas leading to increased clashes and widening of the caste divide. TN, ironically reports the highest number of cadte based violence.
Tamil Nadu leads in crimes against dalits - Times of India
This, by no means signifies that caste based violence in TN is the highest in the nation but that the reporting of such events happens more regularly due to advanced literacy levels and consequent better awareness of caste disciminatory laws , higher activism, increase in challenging established caste heirachies despite the grim consequences it brings, etc.
Ironically, almost all such caste based violence if not all of them are between the intermediate castes & the depressed castes ( Dalits) as the article illustrates and is a good example of.
Now consider the article on the tragedy -
A inter caste newly married Tamil couple is brutally murdered in the extreme South of Karnataka.
The article blindly quotes a Samuel Raj ( no prizes for guessing the religion & caste) blaming the permissive atmosphere for such caste based atrocities on the BJP, while indirectly acknowledging the various affirmative action programmes pursued by the various governments at the state and centre which has led to a more prosperous Dalit community or at least a section of it, who given their new found prosperity ( of modest standards) are now challenging accepted caste heirachies across the spectrum.
The proposed law , the article speaks of,seeks stringent punishments for caste related murders but has revieved lip sympathy from the opposition & denial by the state government of the day, irrespective of whichever party is in power .
To sum up, as Brahmin / Hindu baiting news outlets like The Wire, refer to TN in glowing terms coz it widely conforms to their text book case of prescriptions -
An anti hindu ideology
An anti brahmin ideology
An anti North Indian ideology
A bastion of caste emancipation
but where such aberrations to caste equilibrium , as the article reports occur , always characterise it as another example of Brahministic patriarchy and pin it on the BJP/ Sangh in a state widely considered to be the bastion & exemplar of lower caste emancipation even by the standards of a left oriented rag like The Wire.
All this in a state with a devoutly hindu population, as casteist as they come, whose vast majority benefited by the deposition of the Brahmin elite, in the name of an ideology characterised by anti casteism , but was actually an inversion of it, stepped into the power vacuum, but who just can't seem to transcend such man made barriers when it comes to sharing the same privileges with a subordinate, depressed caste, or even accord it the respect and decency that one human being extends to another, thus further prising open Hindu society, by their violent actions, exposing it to further opportunistic assault & assimilation into ideologies by vested groups including our favourite ones like the Commies and other Abrahamic groups.