Each community represented here chooses to maintain its identity – Illathu Pillaimars, the Billavas, the Idigas, the Ezhavas, the Thiyyas, the Nayaks. We have, for example the SNDP, the Sree Narayana Mission etc. The overwhelming membership of these bodies come from all these communities and yet they want to maintain their identity. However, we differ…
Bangalore: The poor shudra (meaning slave) Thackeray of the Shiva Sena has to himself blame if the Brahmins quickly removed the paper tiger’s mask, and cut him to size. (“Shudra nazi chief gets a taste of Brahmin Anger”, DV Dec. 1. 91, p.11). Thackeray’s father, Prabodhankar Thakre, was once running a paper exclusively to expose…
Hyderabad : Rahim Quraishi, general secretary of the All-India Tameer-e-Millat, Hyderabad, and also secretary of the Muslim Personal Law Board, Delhi, said here on Dec. 15 that the Brahminis can be rightly described as the “Jews of India” as they are a branch of the Jews. Both believed in the “chosen people” concept, he said…
“DALIT LIFE IS THE CHEAPEST IN INDIA” The editorial deals with the cold-blooded murder of 24 Dalit (Jatav) men, women and children at Deoli, Mainpuri district of UP, on Nov. 18 1981 – the worst massacre of Dalits since the Dec. 1969 burning alive of 42 Dalits in Tamil Nadu’s Kilvenmani village. But no Shankaracharya,…
To Sridharan Therambil, General Convener, “Anti- Savama Fascist Convention“, P.O. Road, Trissur-I, Kerala. Happy to receive your invitation to the Jan. 17 to 19, 1992″ Anti-Savarna Fascist Convention.“ 2 . We are happy that the term “Savarna- Fascism” has become popular in Kerala. We learn that …
Richard Essex, Unpopular Books, London: We have been engaged in producing some revolutionary literature. We would be interested in regular exchange of material with you. Would you be also interested? P.D. Hunter, London: Your report,“ Warmongers of India holding world peace meet, (DV Dec. 1, 91) did not come as a surprise to me. Today’s…
M.GOPINATH, GENERAL SECRETARY The oppression of Dalits is quite unique unlike many other problems facing India. Most Dalit organisations today are in a dilemma as to whether the Dalit question has to be given a special consideration and treatment or has to be solved along with many other problems. Those who consider the problems of…
The Hindu/upper caste rulers of India have diagnosed the problem of the Untouchables as (1) poverty and (2) lack of education. After diagnosing the disease they are pouring so much of money to cure this disease. But the patient’s plight is going from bad to verse. Operation successful but patient dead. The same diagnosis is…
