Santosh Banjare

Guru Ghasidas was born in an era when evils like casteism, untouchability, religious fanaticism and conservatism thrived in Hindu society. Humans were treated worse than animals. Brahmanism was the order of the day. Through his Satnam Panth, Guru Ghasidas hit out at caste-based atrocities, untouchability and the varna system. Not only Dalits but also tribals and a large section of OBCs were drawn to the Satnam Panth. This was the biggest anti-caste movement of the region and a large number of people became its adherents. Life and times Guru Ghasidas was born in Giraudpuri village of what is now Balodabazar district. His was a family of humble means. His father was Mehgudas and his mother Amrautin. Ghasidas' exceptional mind was evident even in his childhood. Casteism did not allow him to seek an education and at an early age, he was married to Safura, who was from Sirpur. Subsequently, Ghasidas abandoned familial life and devoted himself to the service of humanity. He travelled on foot, spreading the message of the Satnam. He spent a large part of his life in Bhandarpuri, Telasi and Chatwadham villages. He delivered his sermons in these villages, which were attended by people of all religions and castes. Impressed by his thoughts, they adopted Satnam Panth. Today, the number of Satnamis is around 4 million. Guru Ghasidas passed away in 1850. The exact date of his death is not known. Satnam movement Guru Ghasidas' movement to make people aware of their rights and the need to assert these rights earned him the ire of the brahmanical forces. Hundreds of thousands of people – mainly the backward Telis, Kurmis, Rauts and Ahirwar – came under the in»uence of Satnam Panth and adopted it. The brahamincal forces adopted a new stratagem to contain the panth. They crafted new surnames like Ramnami, Suryanami, Suryavanshi and Satnami. All his life Guru Ghasidas assailed the inhuman Manuwadi system of caste, untouchability and varna. He made the common man aware of its evils. Later, his younger son Guru Balakdas took the movement ahead. It is said that Balakdas was very courageous and tenacious. He started the Rauti system to increase the reach and in»uence of the panth, and succeeded. The number of members of the panth grew exponentially. Guru Balakdas started wearing the janeu (scared thread) and always carried a sword with him. The idea was to show that merely by wearing the sacred thread or by carrying a sword, one does not become a Brahmin or high-caste. He would say that it was one's deeds that made one high or low. He also stoutly opposed the Dola system prevalent then and received the full backing of the entire Shudra community in this endeavour. The Savarnas started seeing him as a threat – so much Forever on the margins Guru Ghasidas was born in an era when evils like casteism, untouchability, religious fanaticism and conservatism thrived in Hindu society. Humans were treated worse than animals. Brahmanism was the order of the day. Through his Satnam Panth, Guru Ghasidas hit out at caste-based atrocities, untouchability and the varna system

The Indenture Labour System that was practiced in 1830s helped Indians to save their hardearned money and bring that savings to India along with them when they returned to their motherland. In those days, the Indian Diaspora had no easy means to send their remittances to their homeland. The meagre amount that they saved helped them to progress when they returned to India. This was the beginning of expatriate remittances. Today India has a vast diaspora network that sends money to India by using different modes.
Indian Diaspora is spread across the world. It is the second largest diaspora in the world. In terms of foreign remittances, India is in number one position. During the past several months, the principle currencies have been fluctuating every now and then. The oil prices have come down but the diaspora communities keep on sending their savings to their motherland without much problem. The prominent NRIs and PIOs are willing to invest in India because they are convinced about the stability of government at the central level.
However, currency war, which rules the western world, has a positive and the negative impact on the pattern of remittances that India gets from its diaspora population. The present paper of mine focuses on the potential areas of investment that Indian diaspora is willing to do in India which has direct and indirect influence that it gets from the international currency war system and the domestic policies. It also focuses on the management skills and patterns of negotiation of diaspora members while dealing with currency war and the domestic policies.