Poverty and Education
The Samanwaya Ashram
Dwarko Sundrani
One morning in September 1968 I went to village Bharatpur, 6 km east of Bodh Gaya, to bring a Musahar child to our school. Bharatpur had been established by us on a plot of 100 ha of land on the other side of the river Niranjana. The land had been donated by the Bodh Gaya Math. The villagers suggested Dharmanath, an eight-year-old boy, for schooling in the Samanwaya Ashram. I was returning with Dharmanath, an orphan from the poorest of the poor Musahar community, with an Englishman, Alan Lether. The Niranjana, which had witnessed the historic moment of Siddhartha?s becoming Buddha, was witnessing yet another event. We were crossing the river and when we were in midstream, about fifteen persons armed with sticks (lathis) and led by a landlord, Bhawan Singh, came to beat us because we were taking Dharmanath for schooling.
Dharmanath had committed the sin of being born a Musahar and the landlord had paid Rs. 6 to perform the last rites of his mother. Dharmanath could not pay back that money and thereby became a bonded labourer for life. Bhawan Singh hurled abuses and wanted to beat me because if Dharmanath began studying he would lose a labourer. My whole philosophy of non-violence and peace was at stake. I gave many arguments against the system of slavery and labour but the more I argued, the more angry Bhawan Singh and his goons became. Mr Lether had taken a photograph when they wanted to beat me and had run away with his camera lest it should be snatched from him. Some of the men feared grave consequences because of the evidence of beating taken by camera. The landlord and his men went back. Dharmanath was so frightened that he ran for his life. I returned to the Ashram, without Dharmanath and with a heavy heart. Read more »
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