Why named as Namasudra if Sudra means slave or servant?

Answer 1

Namasudra or Nama or Namo ( recently acclaimed as Namaswej or Namassej) is the name of a community who were named as Chandala or Candala which the hatred campaigners liked to pronounce as Charala in rural Banga.

After the British took hold of this Indian continent as their Colony or Empire this community got their name changed as Namasudra. Apparently this is not bad as the Bengali Brahmins at that time told that except themselves all are Sudra(s). And since this community was out-caste so it is a great uplift in their name.

But now it seems obvious that these people might have been ostracized during Sen dynasty for their defying nature.It is a fact ,the namasudras demand , that they understood that the implications are no less worse than the connotations of the word Candala. They proposed their identity from mythological origin theory as Namaswej Or Namassej Or Namassut ( following their founder gotra Or clan from Kasyapa).

At that Time when The Whole Indian Continent is under British control and the elites have been converted to the Serving People of the Rulers or Monarchy which is nothing but Sudra(s) ( public servant) or neo-sudras in India , It looks very astonishing that the Bengalis who never misses the opportunity to demand themselves as progressive

Why at that time Did insisted a Community to be named as "Sudra" when every-one was avoiding that.And not even that only , thence-from Naming people of New professions as new Castes also stopped. It shows the Hypocrisy of the Self Acclaimed Progressive Bengalis who Actually In their Heart were Die-Hard Conservative Hindus at that Time.

Actually Caste System Destroys The mythological Or Divine identity of Human beings.

Since these people were outcast populations they could have been spared like The Rajbanshis or The Gurjars etc. I personally think yet now it is possible to accept their proposed name as Namaswej or Namassej .In a democratic Country Every person is serving His Fellow Peoples so No One should be Named as " Sudra " which invokes a Hatred .

APPEAL :

Without knowing everything don't try to use a forum for a bashing of a particular linguistic community.The Namasudras are well accepted in Bengali society . Dr. N.R.Ray ,a brahmin by caste supported the story of their Ostrcization. It is doubtful whether an alternative name was proposed. Definitely "Sudr" signifies a degraded status if Candala means Defying Social Prejudices. But Emotional connotation of Candala is more Abusing among the common people. The community has not demanded any Change of Their Name to Namaswej Or Namassej or to anything else. The myth of their Origin from Kasyap clan as they Demand has been published in Famous Bengali Magazine like " Anustup" and many others .Please see Namasudra in wikipedia for further references.

What is Necessary is To Be Capable Of Accepting " Others ".

Actually the truth is that they were Socially Known as Namasudras from the Time of The Sen King when they were ostracized .Later In course of time The King Further Haunted them to the swamps of South -Banga and being declared out-caste by The King they Became known as Chandal Or Candala > Charala .And then again During British Regime they were documented as Nmasudra ( back again ) which was most Strongly opposed By Historian N.K.Basu but Dr. N.R.Ray supported It .History , Myths and several other findings supported Dr.N.R.ray's Interpretation of History of Bengali People ( which includes the modern genome research also).