Justice V. M. Tarkunde, New Delhi : | heartily congratulate DV for representing the cause of the dalits & all other weaker sections. I wish it all success.
Saifuddin Insaf, Urdu poet, Bombay : 1 have translated quite a few DV articles in Urdu dailies & journals & pass on DV to some Dalit Panther friends like Daya Pawar, Arjun Dangle, Bagul ji etc. We have regular discussion with them on DV. We are all with you in your fight to liberate the oppressed.
Gert Ruppell Hamburg, W. Germany : We wish you all success for the work you are doing to support the people’s struggle for a just & better society.
S. G. Sardesai, CPI leader, Bombay : I appreciate the emotional conviction with which you champion the cause of dalits & other weaker sections as also your uncompromising fight against RSS & other forces of Hindu reaction.
T P. Kuttiammu, president, Islamic Centre, Calicut : Change of religion can’t be done as an expedient or as a solution for some social ills. It is a very serious matter. Buddhism has been absorbed into Hinduism & I wonder if conversion to Buddhism can solve the problems of dalits. Islam will be a revolutionary change. Even that should be done by each individual or groups of individuals after proper study & conviction. Prem Kumar, Ambedkar Sangham, Nagercoil, FN : We are at the extreme south, Dr. Ambedkar is not at all known in this part as the saviour of Untouchables. Hardly any literature on him is available in Tamil. To join the Panther movement we are badly in need of dalit literature & DV has filled this vacuum Through that we have come to know the dalits in other parts of India.
S. R. Kuttan, president, Karala Varnava Society, Trivandrum : We are SCs. Our women take to washing clothes and men climb coconut trees. The Varanavas are suffering discrimination in Kerala.
Navanectham, Kumbakonam, TN : I don’t know which parts of India are covered by DV. But I have a suggestion : DV is in English but the contents are so useful to dalits that it needs to be translated to local language. English can’t. be understood even by 0.5 pc of dalits. So with the help of other minorities they can plan language editions of DV. Towards this I suggest formation of an association called “Brother-hood of DV Readers” in every State which in turn can plan language editions. TN being the most progressive State, our ‘ Madras dalit comrades can make a beginning.
Durai Anbalagan, Dalit Panthers, Bombay : The Maharashtra Govt. is out to smash us with the help of the Shiva Sena and the police.
S P. Rana, Deesa, Gujarat : DV is coming up very well. We are very much enlightened by reading it.
M. C. Ashmella, Bombay : I like the path taken by DV and the Dalit Sahitya Academy which has produced wonderful books. We will suport you. I am named after a Muslim mosque here. I am the editor of Anjamai, a Tamil monthly, which is now stopped for want of funds. Our relatives got converted as Christians & Muslims My father hated Hinduism. So am I. In our Tirunelveli dt. dalits are attacked by Hindus. Lot of them were murdered, It is dangerous to live there DV must write about all these & expose the Hindu treachery.
S. J. Sadiq Pasha, DMK leader & ex Minister, Madras : Several articles of DV really echo the voice of the persecuted minorities. We wish you all success.
Dr. Mumtaz Ali Khan, professor, Agriculture University, Bangalore : You can always count on my support to the dalits. I entirely agree with your criticism of our social scientists’ lack of interest in doing research on the Muslim problem.
Dr. K. V. Pandalai, IIT, Madras : I am glad to learn that the Dalit Sahitya Academy has been set up at the instance of an eminent writer like Dr. Mulk Raj Anand. The emancipation of the Untouchables of India can come about only by organised caste war just as the liberation of Ameri- can civil war.
Prof. M. K Subramanian, Erode, TN : My talk on untouchability for the benefit of students of Madurai University was re corded in the Trichy AIR station on Nov 19. Programme executives objected to certain portions which I was asked to. remove. The broadcast was scheduled for 11 pm that day and the morning bulletin announced the schedule. But the programme was withdrawn .
R. Elumalai, Madras : We are happy that DV has gained the support & sympathy of all sections. How long these high’ castes would suppress & blackmail us. Regarding the IMF loan for Rs. 500 crores a considerable portion should be earmarked to acquire farmlands to the dalits.
T. Balu, SC/ST Telegraph Traffic Emp. Fed, Madras : Our war against caste should not stop at writing articles & books. Thoughts must go into action. Accept our sincere congratulations at your efforts at exposing the real problems facing the society. DV needs all out support of dalits all over India.
A. J. Shetty, Bombay : Whatever help we are doing to DV, we consider it as a great privilege and joy. It is a real opportunity for us to serve.
V. Balraj, Trichy, TN : There is none to direct the dalits in TN. Even the DK movement is not so much concerned with dalits. We have lost faith in all political parties.
V. Ashok Kumar, Guntakel, AP : I was very much impressed with DV. Diwakar Kakodkar, Goa : I wish you all success in the gigantic task of fighting caste.
Walter Fernandes, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi : We have read many of the DSA publications and were very much impressed. I assure you our support for your good work.
Idara e Alhasnath, Rampur, UP : Very happy to see DV. Permit, us to use your articles in our publications.
Sister T. Gonsalves, Vidya Jyoti, Delhi : In your editorial “Dalit Life is the cheapest”, (DV No 4) you insist that Indian poverty is more due to social reasons than due to economic factors. Some people also concerned with dalits say caste & economic advantage go hand in hand and that the only way to break caste is tackle economici inequality as a people united, thus facing those who make decisions. But I find that the entire body of established myths tend to uphold the status quo and economic relief will be temporary if the myths do not change. What do you say ?.
Mohd. Abdul Haq. Ahmednagar: DV must be read by every educated dalit & minority as it gives clear picture of their plight & exposes the false propoganda of the “national press.” I have shown DV & DSA books to my dalit & minority colleagues & all of them appreciated it.
Y A Lokhandawala, president, Indian Rationalist Assn ., Bombay : “OV is rendering yeoman service by exposing the unadulterated true facts without fear or favour concerning the present conditions of dalits & weaker sections.
Syed Asghar Husain. IAS (retd.), president, A-I. Federation of Minorities & Weaker Sections; Hyderabad : DV is coming up very well. Nanadas & Nagappa, both ex-MPs, are working to popularise DV in Andhra.
S. Sudheer Amalapuram, AP : A resident of Rolla Palem: Amalapuram, Tq . was killed by Hindus on a charge of theft. RPI has taken up the matter. We demand a full probe.
Shaheer Alam, Ghorakpur, UP : DV must be a propogator of the epidemic of friendship between dalits and minorities.