OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bangalore: We thank President Musharaff of Pakistan for giving a slap on the face of India’s Hindu rulers in his famous May 27, 2002 speech that “Hindu extremists were committing atrocities on Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and their own Scheduled Castes (lower castes) from Kashmir to Gujarat”. (Deccan Herald May 28, 2002). This is perhaps the first time a head of Pakistan, a Muslim country, has made bold to strike at the weakest spot of India’s Hindu rulers.
Untouchables, called Scheduled Castes in the Indian Constitution, are victims of Hindu casteism which is worse than racism. The United Nations Conference Against Racism held at Durban in 2001 took note of this worse than Apartheid situation in India. (DV Edit Oct.1, 2001: “World comes to know of racism in Hindu India“).
We thank Musharaff for taking up the cause of Dalits subhumans who form almost a third of India. He must also criticise India’s Muslim leadership which is totally ignorant of this fact and still considers us blood brothers-as Hindus though we are the worst victims of Hinduism.
