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I did not read the name of author before reading article. I would never have read it if I had known it to be Kumar ketkar’s article since he is known for his jaundiced views.
The suppression of dalits is not new phenomena .That it has lasted and exists evev in 21 st century is shameful I think the dalits count over 35% of the population As many could not stand the insults heaped at them made them embrace other religions.That did not prove to be any better . The attempt to provide reservation in govt. & other employment agency ,without preparing them through education & social engineering to lift their morale is expectingto win aolympic medal.
A special educational programme should be prepared taking into the ground realities , offer them good dresses ,a decent abode from chi!d-hood The cost should not matter as when 35% are not in the mainstream ,the responsibility of 65% is to see their brethrens join the mainstream. This is certainly not the making of the RSS or BJP. The congress did nothing beyond a few window dressing & lip services .Right from Jag jivanRam, Mayawathi,Karunanidhi, Athale. ,Paswan engaged themselves in promoting their family welfare. than those who voted them ,They took them for a ride & granted
The dalit leaders will oppose a different educational curricula for the downtrodden dalits as they may start to think & come to know of the treachery of those they thought to be leaders were in fact were dealers profiting out of their mystery The case of Laloo is onesuch After looking ,when sent to jail named his wifeas CM and later his son as deputy CM and now claims he is sentenced jail term is political vendetta Only if the dalit shrug these charlatans from their shoulders and find some ground -to- earth & purposeful representative to take their cause ,the problem doest seem to disappear Politicians never allow any problem to be dealt in a manner to solve it as they are potential votebank for them ….take from Kashmir ,garibi. ,,dalits
If govt under Modi is interested to solve this ,they should train them to squire some skill which is not related to their menial works by caste ,move away ,if acceptable ,to another place where the local population do not access to torment them India can afford the expenses when Vijay Mallyas can be afforded
This is a classic piece by Ketkar. I think RSS should read it. It will atleast explain to them one thing – you CANNOT unite all Hindus under one banner. It’s humanly impossible for the brightest souls, and RSS ain’t even that bright. They are probably at rank #87 or something among Hindu groupings in terms of brainy intelligence. So they should stop dreaming of Hindu Rashtra. It’s never happening, because it’s not necessary and based on a faulty premise that Hindus are monolithic. The caste system is vile, but it might inadvertently stop foolish Hindus from dreaming of a Hindu nation. Forget inter caste or inter language wars, two Hindus of same caste, same gotra, same mother are also capable of quarrelling and not living in peace. So stop this nonsense of Hindu Rashtra. Get uself better full pant uniforms, read as many science journals as the Vedas, ensure all those Americanised half baked Hindus are not thrown out of US, and live peacefully with everyone who is born in India. It is too much to expect RSS to try and coexist with Pak and China – they just don’t have that bandwidth thinking out of Nagpur. But dump the Hindu Rashtra idea – it’s just not happening. It’s also uncool.
Aditi you are inadvertently throwing your own self image into this discussion — “two Hindus of same caste, same gotra, same mother are also capable of quarrelling and not living in peace”
India is changing! Hindus are adopting Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda on mass scale. This changes their social dynamics. Cast is becoming more of a bargaining chip rather than social constraint. Inter-caste marriages are everywhere! (I’m from a rural background)
Could you have imagined someone like NAMO becoming PM 10 years back? It has happened isn’t it? Rahul and Mamath are wooing hindus. What is it that they are seeing and you are not? 🙂
This is the problem with most journos — they are still stuck in their old paradigm / lense of seeing things.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
SHUT UP PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAVE SOLD THE NATION SOUL.
Only Pakistan has the power to unite us.
I did not read the name of author before reading article. I would never have read it if I had known it to be Kumar ketkar’s article since he is known for his jaundiced views.
Despite, Mevani and Una. Why Dalits in Gujarat voted BJP is still a question mark? Can any one explain??
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The suppression of dalits is not new phenomena .That it has lasted and exists evev in 21 st century is shameful I think the dalits count over 35% of the population As many could not stand the insults heaped at them made them embrace other religions.That did not prove to be any better . The attempt to provide reservation in govt. & other employment agency ,without preparing them through education & social engineering to lift their morale is expectingto win aolympic medal.
A special educational programme should be prepared taking into the ground realities , offer them good dresses ,a decent abode from chi!d-hood The cost should not matter as when 35% are not in the mainstream ,the responsibility of 65% is to see their brethrens join the mainstream. This is certainly not the making of the RSS or BJP. The congress did nothing beyond a few window dressing & lip services .Right from Jag jivanRam, Mayawathi,Karunanidhi, Athale. ,Paswan engaged themselves in promoting their family welfare. than those who voted them ,They took them for a ride & granted
The dalit leaders will oppose a different educational curricula for the downtrodden dalits as they may start to think & come to know of the treachery of those they thought to be leaders were in fact were dealers profiting out of their mystery The case of Laloo is onesuch After looking ,when sent to jail named his wifeas CM and later his son as deputy CM and now claims he is sentenced jail term is political vendetta Only if the dalit shrug these charlatans from their shoulders and find some ground -to- earth & purposeful representative to take their cause ,the problem doest seem to disappear Politicians never allow any problem to be dealt in a manner to solve it as they are potential votebank for them ….take from Kashmir ,garibi. ,,dalits
If govt under Modi is interested to solve this ,they should train them to squire some skill which is not related to their menial works by caste ,move away ,if acceptable ,to another place where the local population do not access to torment them India can afford the expenses when Vijay Mallyas can be afforded
Fine tutorial. Winning over the Dalits is not a walk in the park, any more than coming to power in Tamil Nadu is.
This is a classic piece by Ketkar. I think RSS should read it. It will atleast explain to them one thing – you CANNOT unite all Hindus under one banner. It’s humanly impossible for the brightest souls, and RSS ain’t even that bright. They are probably at rank #87 or something among Hindu groupings in terms of brainy intelligence. So they should stop dreaming of Hindu Rashtra. It’s never happening, because it’s not necessary and based on a faulty premise that Hindus are monolithic. The caste system is vile, but it might inadvertently stop foolish Hindus from dreaming of a Hindu nation. Forget inter caste or inter language wars, two Hindus of same caste, same gotra, same mother are also capable of quarrelling and not living in peace. So stop this nonsense of Hindu Rashtra. Get uself better full pant uniforms, read as many science journals as the Vedas, ensure all those Americanised half baked Hindus are not thrown out of US, and live peacefully with everyone who is born in India. It is too much to expect RSS to try and coexist with Pak and China – they just don’t have that bandwidth thinking out of Nagpur. But dump the Hindu Rashtra idea – it’s just not happening. It’s also uncool.
What a witty and incisive comment, Aditi!
Aditi you are inadvertently throwing your own self image into this discussion — “two Hindus of same caste, same gotra, same mother are also capable of quarrelling and not living in peace”
India is changing! Hindus are adopting Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda on mass scale. This changes their social dynamics. Cast is becoming more of a bargaining chip rather than social constraint. Inter-caste marriages are everywhere! (I’m from a rural background)
Could you have imagined someone like NAMO becoming PM 10 years back? It has happened isn’t it? Rahul and Mamath are wooing hindus. What is it that they are seeing and you are not? 🙂
This is the problem with most journos — they are still stuck in their old paradigm / lense of seeing things.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
SHUT UP PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAVE SOLD THE NATION SOUL.