This refers to Dr. N. Suresh’s charge, “DV Editor is going mad”, in connection with the Debate on “caste identity” (DV Aug. 1, 1997 p.18). The language in which he has criticized our Editor is not only bad in taste but highly objectionable as far as the crusade of a dedicated soul like our Editor is concerned.
In this connection, it is to be noted that for the past one year or so, the Editor has been stressing the need for strengthening every Jati to help create an atmosphere in which every Jati can be placed in an advantageous position to demand its legitimate share in proportion to its population. And this he thinks is the confect and sound step. As there will hardly be any Jati left unrepresented in the distribution of share of positions and power.
This formula may not be attractive to many. This may also appear to be unacceptable and unfeasible. But, nevertheless, nobody should allow himself to go be- of his sense of decency and decorum in criticism, particularly in the case in which a noted personality and a tested crusader is involved. Our Editor being no ordinary mortal and he being in the service of the oppressed people all over the world, his credibility, sincerity and dedication is above question. His arguments may not be palatable to a section but instead of contesting these with superior reasoning and logic, Dr. Suresh should not have cast aspersion on and denigrated this noted intellectual giant of the country.
Like Dr. Suresh, I also personally do not subscribe to the Editor’s view on this particular point, but that I want to make public in terminology that befits his great personality.
