Brahmanical Patriarchy

Women holding a signs condemning "Brahmanical Patriarchy" "National Solidarity Day" from the "National Federation of Indian Women" via Twitter

Brahmanical Patriarchy is a derisive phrase against Hindus used by leftists in India.

Civil activists demand change in Religious Traditions

Leftists demand change in religious traditions. From an article in India dated January 10 2019:

"In a letter to the Chief Minister of Kerala, the President of India, Chief Justice of India and the Governor of Kerala, over 200 women’s activists, Dalit activists, Adivasi activists, human rights groups, social organisations, cultural personalities and well-known citizens demanded the dismissal of priests in Sabarimala over violation of constitutional rights and returning the shrine to Adivasis."

Signatories

• Swami Agnivesh, Swami Agnivesh ,AryaSamaj Leader , Chairperson, Bonded labour Liberation Front .
• Medha Patkar, NBA, NAPM
• Kancha Ilaiah, Writer, Academic, Dalit Activist
• Teesta Setalvad, Writer, Human Rights Activist
• Aruna Roy, MKSS
• Anand Patwardhan, Film Maker
• Ram Puniyani. Writer, Retd. Professor, IIT
• Satchidanandan, Writer, Poet, Former Secretary of Sahitya Akademi
• Sandeep Pandey, Former Visiting Professor, IIT, Social Activist
• Harsh Mander
• S. Parasuraman, Former Director, TISS
• Tirumurugan Gandhi, May 17 Movement, Tamil Nadu
• Lubnasarwath, General Secretary, Socialist Party (India), Telangana, Hyderabad
• Guru Moorthy, Socialist Party (India)- Bangalore
• Radhika, independent legal researcher
• Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director, People's Watch
• Manohar, Human Rights Defenders Alert India
• Denzil Fernandes, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi
• Abdul Mabood, Director, SNEHI -Healthy Minds. A Healthy India, New Delhi
• Apoorvanand, Delhi University
• Nivedita Menon, JNU
• Shabnam Hashmi, Social Activist, New Delhi
• Jolly Chirayath, Actress, Activist
• Archana Padmini- curator, actress
• Vidhu Vincent -filmmaker
• Sruthi Namboothiri- filmmaker
• Muktha Deedi Chand-filmmaker
• Sajitha Madathil-actress
• Deedi Damodaran-script writer,filmmaker
• Jeeva KJ- filmmaker
• Asha Achy Joseph- filmmaker
• Shiny Rajan- actress
• Miriam Kienle –
• Sudha KF-filmmaker
• Radhika Padmakumar- cameraperson
• Revathy Sampath- actress
• Kani Kusruti-actress
• Divya Gopinath-actress
• Kavita Srivastava, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Vidya Dinker, INSAF, Karnataka
• Brinda Adige, Activist
• Kritika Agarwal, Activist, Mediaperson
• Mercy Kappen, Director, Visthar
• Kamayani Bali Mahabal, feminist and human rights activist
• Gerda Unnithan
• Elizabeth Philip, Women’s Activist.
• Tara Murali, Chennai.
• Nafisa D’Souza
• Indira Pancholi, MahilaJandhikarSamiti
• Karuna Philip, MahilaJandhikarSamiti
• Bhanwari Bai, MahilaJandhikarSamiti
• Sister Carol Geeta, SaswikaSanghathan, Ajmer
• Anuradha Marwah, Ajmer Adult Education Association
• Lata Kanchawaha, SURE
• Tara Ahluwalia, MahilaEvamBalChetnaSamiti
• Nisha Chauhan
• Chaya Pachauli
• Madhulika, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Maya Pandit
• Indu Prakash Singh
• Ganga Gupta
• Kalpana Kannabiran, Professor & Director, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad
• Mridula Bajaj, Development Consultant
• Anila George, Advocate, Ernakulam
• V.S. Roy David-National Adivasi Alliance (NAA) Convener
• J.P. Raju- President BudakattuKrishikaraSanghaKodagu District
• K.N.Vittala President BudakattuKrishkaraSanghaChickmagalore District
• Venkataswamy President BudakattuKrishikaraSanghaPeriyapatna Mysore.
• National Adivasi Andolana(NAA) Global Justice Ecology Project
• Rajya Moola Adivasi Vedike
• Budakattu Krishikara Sangha Kodagu
• Budakattu Krishikara Sangha Mysore
• Budakkatu Krishikara Sangha Periyapatna Taluk Mysore
• Budakattu Krishikara Sangha Chickmagalore
• Rajya Soliga Abhivruddi Sangha
• Hassan Jilla Adivasi Hasalara Sangha
• Iruliga Kshemabhivruddi Sangha(IAKS)
• Betta Kurubara Paramparika Sangha.
• Adivasi Yuvajana Vikasana Samithi (AYVS), Wayanad
• Asangatitha Vanitha Thozhilali Union (AVTU) Wayanad
• Forum of Deserted Wives- STHREEJWALA, Wayanad
• Bodi & Agamalai Adivasis Paliyar Federation (BAAPF)
• Renganathan State convenor Tribal associations for Fifth Schedule campaign TN
• Gunasekaran General Secretary TamilagaadivasiammippugalinKuttammaippu TN
• Thangaraj State honorary president ST peoples munetranalasangam Kollihills.
• Venkadesan State President TN palangudivivasayegalsangamJawdhu hills
• Shivashanthakumar Humane Trust Kodai kanal Tamil Nadu
• Shiva Shankar, Chennai Mathematical Institute.
• Mohan and S.Devika, Advocates, Chennai
• Andrew Sesuraj. M, Dept of Social Work, Loyola College,Chennai
• Ravi Nitesh, Engineer, Social Activist, Member- Civicus International
• Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil. Indian Institute of Management, Trichy.
• Sandeep Pattnaik, Researcher
• Lalit Vachani, Film Maker
• Harish Chandra IAS, Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Samiti
• Jai Sen, Researcher, Editor, New Delhi
• Bharti Ali, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights.
• Kumar Shailabh, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights.
• Enakshi Ganguly, Founder, Adviser, HAQ Centre for Child Rights, New Delhi
• R. Chandramohan, Devakottai
• Dr Walter Fernandes, Senior Fellow, North Eastern Social Research Centre
• Andrew Sesuraj. M, Dept of Social Work, Loyola College, Chennai
• Ramkiran, SWRC, Tilonia
• Noratia, SWRC, Tilonia
• Arvind, Urmul Network
• Narendra Gupta, Prayas
• Irfan Engineer, All India Secular Forum
• Wilfred D’Costa, INSAF
• Dr. Cameron Ahmad, Brampton ON, Canada
• S Karthikeyan, Santa Clara, California , USA, Convener Ambedkar King Study Circle, California , USA.
• Anjali Monteirro, TISS, Mumbai
• Madhumita Dutta, Researcher
• Natasha Khan, Advocate, Chattisgarh
• Shiva Shantakumar
• D.N. Reddy, Hyderabad
• Prashant Paikray, Anti-POSCO Movement, Odisha
• E.P. Menon
• Maglin Philomena, President, Theeradesa Vanitha Federation
• Hamida, Secretary, Theeradesa Vanitha Federation
• Dr. Anand Teltumbde, civil rights activist with CPDR, Maharashtra
• Madhu Bhaduri, Ambassador of India (Retd)
• Gabrielle Dietrich, NAPM
• Stan Swamy, Jharkhand
• Society for Integrated Development of Tribals [SIDT] Kodaikanal.
• Yemuna Sunny, Ekalavya, Madhya Pradesh
• Yogesh Diwan, Social Activist, Madhya Pradesh
• Biju Negi, BeejBachaoAndolan, Uttarakhand
• Asit Das, Researcher, Delhi
• Arjun, PDFI, Delhi
• Dr. George Mathew, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences
• Walter Fernandes, Writer, Researcher
• Pradeep Esteves, Context India, Bengaluru
• Chand Peer, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore
• Kiran Kamal Prasad, JEEVIKA – JeetaVimukti Karnataka.
• K.P. Jayashankar, TISS, Mumbai
• Fr. Aloysius Irudayam, S.J., Social Researcher, IDEAS, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
• Dr. Prof. Saradakkuty, Writer, Women activist
• Prasad Chacko, Social worker, Ahmedabad
• Sandeep Pattnaik, Researcher
• Vira Sathidar, Actor and Writer
• Aurobindo Ghose, Advocate, Human Rights Activist, Peoples’ Rights Organization (PRO)
• Arun Khote, PMARC
• Amit Bhaduri
• Prafulla Samantra, Lok Shakti Abhiyan
• Dr. N. Bhattacharya, Former Employee of Delhi University.
• Rajendran Samiappen
• Neeraj Jain
• Anita Cheria, Open Space, Bangalore
• Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar, Theologian, Peace-Justice Activist
• Ambassador K.P. Fabian (Retd)
• Geeta Seshu, Independent Journalist and co-founder, Free Speech Collective
• Priti Gulati Cox, Artist
• Ananya Gaur, Singer, Musician.
• Anvar Ali, Poet
• Lata Singh, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Shabnam Aziz, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Harsh Kapoor, independent researcher
• William Stanley, Social Activist
• Subendu Dasgupta
• Atindriyo Chakraborty, Advocate and Researcher, Kolkata
• Dr. Y. Srinivasa Rao, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Prem Singh, Dept. of Hindi, University of Delhi
• Tridib Reeves
• Pushpa Achanta, Agriculturist
• Subhash Mendhapurkar
• Shobha Aggarwal, Adovocate and member, PIL Watch Group
• Dr. P. S. Sahni, Member, Aids BhedbhavVirodhiAndolan
• Dr Koshy AV, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jazan University,Saudi Arabia
• Tushar Kamble, Instrumentation Engineer
• Nidhin Sowjanya, IT Professonal, Bangalore
• Kuldip Chand, Punjab
• Kabir Deb, Author and Poet
• Ajay T.G., Film Maker
• Dr. Goldy George, Founder, Dalit MuktiMorcha, Chhattisgarh
• Leo Saldhana, Environmental Support Group
• Binu Mathew, Editor, Counter Currents
• Satya Sagar, Writer, Public Health Activist
• Fr. Cedric Prakash, Human Rights Activist
• Cynthia Stephen, Independent Researcher and Policy analyst; Founder, DAWNS
• Dinanath Keshav Manohar
• Ganshyam Shah
• Valson Thampu
• Arun Kumar, Malcom S. Adiseshiah Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.
• Hiren Gandhi, Darshan Organisation, Gujarat
• Dr. Saroop Dhruv
• Dr. Renuka Pamecha, Women’s Rehabilitation Group
• Dr. Pawan Surana, Rajasthan University Women’s Association
• Dr. Laad Kumari Jain, Rajasthan University Women’s Association
• Dr. Asha Kaushik, Rajasthan University Women’s Association
• Nisha Sidhu, National Federation Indian Women
• Bharat Vishakha, Women’s Research
• Janasadhana, Odisha
• Prem Krishan Sharma, People's Union for Civil Liberties/ Academi for Socio Legal Studies
• Kailash Kumbhakar, Academi for Socio Legal Studies
• Nishat Hussein, National Women’s Welfare Society
• Komal Srivastava, Bharat VigyanSamiti
• Mamta Jaitley, Vividha
• Sumitra Chopra, AIDWA
• Kusum Saiwal, AIDWA
• Rakhi, CFAR
• Vijay Lakshmi Joshi, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Y. Srinivasa Rao
• Malti Gupta, RUWA, National Federation of Indian Women
• Suman Devathiya, All India Dalit MahilaManch, Rajasthan
• T. Saju
• Sathish Samuel, Bangalore
• Anitha Mathur, Azad Foundation
• Deepak Kalra, UMANG]
• Minakshi, APARAJITA
• Shubha Jindel, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Pradnya Deshpande, Psychologist
• Dr S Faizi, Ecologist
• Raj Kumar Dogra, National Federation of Indian Women
• Deba Ranjan, Documentary film maker and Human rights activist
• Inba, SCM India
• Ramesh Asher, Film Maker
• Bharath Bhushan Mamidi, Centre for Action Research & People’s Development, Hyderabad.
• Gerda Unnithan, Kejri Health Trust, RUWA
• Adv, A. John Vincent, Vice President, People's Union for Civil Liberties, Madhurai
• Akhil Chowdhari, Lawyer, People's Union for Civil Liberties
• Nesar Ahmed, BARC
• Chaya Pachauli, Centre for Health and Equity, Jaipur
• Nirja Mishra, Academic
• Pritam Pal, Women’s Studies and Public Health Consultant
• Alaka Rao
• R.N. Jha, Patna
• Rabin Chakraborty
• Mustafa Desamangalam, Film Maker, Writer
• Baburaj, Film Maker
• Gopi, Film Editor
• K.P. Sasi, Film Maker, Cartoonist, Writer.
• Maya Pandit
• Meeta Singh, People's Union for Civil Liberties, Foundation for Dignity of Girl Child
• Asha Kaira, Children and Woman Welfare Society
• Shobita Rajgopal, Women Studies Consultant, Jaipur
• Kanchan Mathur, Women Studies Consultant
• K. Lakshmi, Public health researcher, Hyderabad
• Sheelu, Women’s collective

Jack Dorsey holds sign "Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy"

Twitter's Jack Dorsey holds sign "Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy"

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met a group of activists in India in November 2018 "for an off-the-record conversation." From an article from a leftist perspective where he held up a sign by Equality Labs referencing Brahmanical Patriarchy:,

"However, a photo of him from the session did make it to to the outside word, in which he was seen holding a poster titled “smash Brahmanical patriarchy”.

"The photo set off a storm. “By holding that offensive poster Twitter head, Jack just proclaimed he is a Brahmin hating, racist, bigot, masquerading as a woke Feminist,” thundered columnist Smita Barooah. Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Eduction, called it a “hate poster” which served to “malign a community” and Bollywood screenwriter Advaita Kala termed it “hate speech”. Most confusingly, Chitra Subramaniam, editorial advisor with Republic TV, drew an analogy between Brahmanical patriarchy and Chinese totalitarianism, rhetorically asking whether Dorsey would ever “hold up a poster asking Xi Jinping to hold free and fair elections?”