Real Revolution — Page 31
31 solid core of a definite message. They did not just take up the sword and conquer country after country. they also obtained a hold on the mind of the conquered people. That is why, when their political power came to be broken, their philosophy survived. The ruled in time broke their fetters, to become independent but on their mind the hold continued of what they had imbibed from their former rulers under political pressure. There was thus a sort of mental and intellectual continuity from era to era, though the roles of the rulers and the ruled changed frequent ly. The founders of these movements ruled over their world for some time, then passed away, but the movements survived for long periods, many of them being found in different forms to this very day. Influence of the Aryan culture is still strong in India where the Brahman does not allow a member of the. Shudra caste to touch him, not to come near him, in fact. . Some time ago it was reported from Madras in the newspapers that the son of a Brahman married a. Chamaran (a low caste held untouchable,). His parents drove away the youngman to live in a lonely hut. After some days, however, it occured to them to test the faith of their son. So they sent for him one day and plied him with pickles to make him extremely thirsty. Then they broke all the pitchers of water in the house, or hid them somewhere. At the end of the meal, when the youngman felt thirsty, he