Bangalore: When Dalit Voice propounded the theory of “caste Identity” that leads to caste struggle (caste war). Brahminical people, the country’s worst casteists, simply laughed.
Where is the caste, they said without knowing that caste is everything in India. But the country’s premier Brahminical daily, the Hindu of Madras, owned by an lyengar family, writes an editorial on the latest Punjab violence and cells it “The caste war in Punjab” (May 28, 2009).
Caste is our “nation”: But when we wrote our international award-winning book, Caste-A Nation Within the Nation (Books for Change, Bangalore, 2002, Rs. 140) no Brahminical daily or periodical reviewed it.
But the fact is India continues to be a country of castes and communities. Everything in India is decided on the basis of caste even inside Sikhism, Christianity, Islam. Even those who deny existence of castel and make fun of our theory also depend upon caste to fight us.
The caste has not only refused to die but growing stronger. The latest parliament election and subsequent developments prove it. Why people find comfort in caste is because caste is our “nation”.
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