Brother Joseph D’souza in this paper brings out a horrifying picture of the cruelties of the caste system in India, the original home of racism. It is because of this one person’s painstaking efforts that Dalits were able to go to Washington and unmask the ugly face of racist “Hindu India” (DV Nov.1, 2005 p.5). But India’s Brahminical monopoly media hit back and there was a tremendous backlash. D’souza was dubbed a Christian agent out to convert India’s poor Dalits. The Govt. of India was mum. Except Dalit Voice perhaps none came to the defence of Brother D’souza. We had talked to D’souza a couple of times about the need for our own media without which we cannot make any progress. He fully agreed with us but did nothing. A great mission that will catapult D’souza into pages of history will
be lost for want of a media – EDITOR.
