Brother Khaprade, a good old friend of Dalit Voice, was an eminent intellectual more than anything else. As an Ambedkarite he had a clear vision and without any fear Identified brahminism as the principal enemy of the Dalits and Bahujans. Such a clarity of thought is becoming a rarity as the Dalits are fast getting hinduised (enslaved). This was the greatness of Brother Khaparde. “But it is a matter of great sorrow that BAMCEF is badly divided and getting further subdivided. Is it because the Ambedkarites have forgotten the Three Commandments of Babasaheb, “Educate, Agitate and then Organise“, and aimed at instant leadership by Ignoring the first two Commandments and setting up mushroom organisations? We have expressed all these fears in our Editorial of March 1, 2000 “The sun is setting on the Dalit world“. Brother Khaparde’s death must make us think on these lines – EDITOR.





