Only recently I started taking interest in Dalit issues, but have noticed some peculiar facts. I was shocked to find from your works that the genocide of Dalits which started in 1500 BC has continued right up to the present. But was still more stupefied to find that no memorial exists on the same to provide basic education about this. The Afro-Americans have set up several “African-American Holocaust museums” (http://www.maafa.org, http://www. blackholocaustmuseum.com) in various cities across the world (eg. Milwaukee, Wisconson) to depict for all the world to see the Holocaust of more than 20 million Africans. There is likewise an “Arab Holocaust Museum” (http://www.hoffman-info.com/palestine.html) depicting the brutal genocide of Arabs at the hands of Israeli Jews and a “Native American Holocaust Museum” (http://www.nativeamericanembassy.net/Holocaust.html).
Question on Jews: Even the Jews have several “Jewish Holocaust Museums” on their alleged extermination at the hands of the nazis, despite the fact that reputed historians have questioned the existence of any genocide (http://abbc.com, http://zundelsite.org).
Black demand at Durban: These and many other similar museums were set up by patriots to ensure that the world and their own communities never forget the plight and historical sufferings of their peoples, and to obtain possible financial compensation from those who perpetrated these terrible crimes against humanity. The Africans recently demanded compensation for the “African Holocaust at the Durban conference on racism. (DV April 16, 2002 p.16: “US Blacks seek compensation”).
I was ashamed to find that the Dalits did not demand any similar compensation for the Dalit Holocaust.
Moreover, I was surprised to find that there is no museum for the greatest holocaust of them all, the “Sudra Holocaust” spanning an incredible 4,000 years from the Aryan invasions of ca. 2,000 BC continuing to the present, far longer than any of the other genocides in human history. Ironic indeed.
1 million dead: The modern phase of the “Sudra Holocaust”, ie the “Dalit Holocaust”, alone numbers more than 1 million dead in fifty years:
“The religion based on caste system has annihilated millions of Dalits over the centuries. About 3 million Dalit women have been raped and around one million Dalits killed from the time of Independence.” – (Dr. Tulsiram, The Pioneer, 30 Jan. 2000)
I would like to request you to enlighten the younger readership of DV regarding the details of this Holocaust. Kindly help in establishing a “Sudra Holocaust Day” as a national holiday, and engage your efforts towards the establishment of one or more “Sudra Holocaust Museums in the large cities of India so that those ignorant of historical facts (like me) can quickly learn the truth.
We will be publishing material on the Sudra and Dalit holocaust shortly in DV. Stay tuned – EDITOR.
