DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1267
—i.e., whatever is done by the great should be followed. Those, who are called great in our country today, are doing and out to do such things as are not acceptable to anybody even today. Who will accept them in the days to come ? I beg to submit that this subject should be considered in a definite light, and in such a way that everybody may get an opportunity to think and have his say.
Sir, about usages and customs they say that custom should not exist. These people are prepared to do away with customs and will surely do away with them. They should know that the Scriptures, Vedas, Puranas were not introduced at the point of the sword or by any kind of coercion. Those were such regulations as were be acceptable to any body when formulated. Some give the name ‘customs’ ‘family-customs’ some name it as ‘family conduct’ while others call them ‘customs and traditions.
At a certain place in Ramayana it is said:
“ Raghukul riti sada chali ayi,
Pran jahin par vachan na jayi.”
(Raghu Dynasty has its ever-present custom. Life it will give, but not discard the word.)
It was a trait of the Raghu Family, yes—a tradition, a custom : Life should not be cared for, it should even be sacrificed, but the words given by them should in no case, go futile. What need I say today ? Cheers to the talent of Dr. Ambedkar or the talent of this Government which tells us not to talk of customs and to do away with truth and customs. They say, all the customs and traditions should be done away with. This is just a thing to be understood as to how important the customs were “Raghukul riti sada chali Ayi, Pran Jahin par Vachan Na Jayi” Just look to it that the man who seeks to become our Manu today, says that there should not be any custom nor traditions whatsoever; we should do away with all of them.
Shrimati Dixit: But what is happening today ?
Babu Ramnarayan Singh : If your will were to carry the day, the words could happen. Now comes to question of divorce. In our country, there are some five or six such communities which we know are not more than two to four crores in number. For them they are making this laws so that the right of divorce for them may be secured. In the rest 90 per cent of the society, we know that divorce is a thing of daily routine. And, sir, how is this divorce given ? Two, four or