Saeed Ismat, Flat-33. Vicarage Court, Vicarage Gate, London W8 4HE: It was a pleasure meeting you. In fact I had always wanted to see you in person. I am pleased that we met. Of course I am interested in your work and wholeheartedly support your efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the millions of people. I am a believer that efforts do not go waste and in the long haul it pays the dividends. Please do send me copies of Dalit Voice at my London address.
Miss. Katherine A. Isojoki, USA (camp Bangalore): I was one of the American students from the Global College that came to visit you recently. I want to thank for allowing us a chance to meet you, as well as opening up to us about your experiences, values and portrayals of history. What I hope to acquire more than the material and non-material pleasures that India has to offer, is the chance to hear alternatives to the history so forcefully fed to us in every history class in the US. I find it very sad that we learn about the horrors of the European Crusades of the Catholic Church, we learn about the horrors of pre-abolition and pre-civil rights movement for the Blacks in America, but no one has thought to educate us on the continuing perils of those who are born a Dalit in India. I hope to acquaint my fellow student at Long Island University (New York), C.W. Post Campus, as well as whoever else I can reach, with the trials and tribulations withstood by the Dalits historically and perpetually. You may have noticed my lack of use of the word Dalit during our meeting. See, I was under the impression that the term was derogatory, and to be used with discretion. As soon as I got home later that night I dove right into some poetry from The Anthology of Dalit Literature, and in the introduction to the book the narrator explained that the term Dalit became one of pride, being that it became a metaphor for these people having been oppressed by others, and that there was nothing inherently wrong with them. I will be reading with great relish your books that you have so generously shared with Ralph and I, and I hope to keep in touch and discuss these issues in the near future.
Your Letter brought us so much of cheer because It is from a young woman from the world’s most powerful country. Please read all our literature carefully. Since you will be meeting onty upper castes (Hindus) who are our oppressors, you will never get an honest and faithful picture of India. Women of all communities, including the Brahmin ate equally oppressed. India itself is fast going down-EDITOR
Ms. Saleena Karim, UK (hydro@cyberblurb.co. uk): The whole world’s Muslims are still asleep after their political downfall in the last century. As for South Asia, there are some in Pakistan who have a awoken, and there is hope, even though they are in the minority. I hear what you say about India’s Muslims. Unfortunately those who became Pakistanis did not realise their duty to those left behind, and those left behind had not fully understood what had happened and why. I myself admit I was completely ignorant of this history until only very recently. I am still learning.
Pirtpal Singh Sidhu, Ludhiana (address withheld): Meeting with you in Bangalore recently gave me lot of confidence. It has given us a relationship to be in constant touch with each other. Brother S.C. Musafir was also encouraging. I have already spoken to our team in Canada. I was in the Army as a major, got premature retirement in 1986. I made a deep study of Punjab/Sikh problem. I met Kanshi Ram and joined BSP, studied Sikhism and Hinduism in detail and learnt about Brahminism. The practical knowledge 1 gained in BSP is of immense value. Most of my predictions have come true and it has given me a lot of confidence. I was a subscriber of Dalit Voice for long. I am now settled in Canada. A Sikh is not supposed to have any caste. In fact the very purpose of Sikhism is to annihilate the caste. But the Brahmin controlled the gurdwaras for 300 years (1625 to 1925) directly and now controlling indirectly. The Brahmin changed its very face. Many young men are working in Punjab under our guidance. They are to call themselves Sikh only instead of Jat Sikhs, Majbhi Sikhs etc.
So happy that at last we found a real Sikh who says he is determined to further the goal outlined in the Guru Granth This is in contrast with the Sikh authorities in Golden Temple who have compromised with Brahmins and Sikh political leadership in implementing the Brahmin agentla in Punjab. If your commitment to Sikhism is as sincere as you have stated, we have a big pian Punjab is fully under the clutches of the enemy. Last year it instigated the Jats against Dalit Sikhs by staging a murder at Vienna. RAW did the job Punjab is given the top priority in the Brahminist laboratory to finish Sikhism on ane side and co-opt Dalit Sikhs. We have written so much on the “Slow death of Sikhism which you can see in our Dallt Volce website- EDITOR.
Nagesh, Kodiyalam, Bagalur tpt., Krishnagiri, Hosur-635 109: I had an inter-caste love marriage. But now my wife’s parents brainwashed her and arranging for a second marriage with her uncle. Now they are searching to kill me. My caste is Kuruba (shepherd) living in Hosur taluk, Krishnagiri dt. Tamil Nadu. My wife belongs to Balija caste. Even the police are supporting them. The only problem is caste. Please guide me whom shall I contact to get justice and save me and my parents. (nagesh.889@ rediffmail.com).
Yours is a love marriage, how did your wite’s love vanish so quickly and she succumbed to brain- washing? You must know that the caste system cannot be killed by some stray “love marriages”. It is deeper and the most serious and deadly cancer killing India. Join our DV family warld-wide to know the Truth. And Truth shall make you free -EDITOR.
D.V. Meshram, Plot No.30, Ward No.22, Ashirwad Nagar, Chamorshi Rd., Before Bilt Office, Gadchiroli 442 605: I have heard and read that the Tirupati temple was an ancient Budhist shrine in AP. It is a fact that Brahminism spreads its religious jaws like an octopus. An industrialist from AP has built Venkatesh Trust near Ketkawade village, Purndar Taluk, Pune dt. occupying 50 hectares of land and constructed a Balaji temple. I do not believe in Brahmin gods. The people working there as sweepers and zaduwalas are from the local Bahujans. No mobile phones or cameras are allowed there but plenty of donation boxes are kept. But all the priests are Telugu Brahmins. This is called the “Shining India”. Who can save the Bahujans from this octopus
S.H. Somkuwar, 102 Nehali CHS Ltd., Shani Nagar, Badlapur (W), Thane dt. 421 503: When I read V.T. Rajshekar’s book, Shape of the Things to Come, (DSA-2005, Rs. 50), I found it entirely different. Since 1947 there were neither revolutionary nor even ordinary changes in the life of common people. The “common people remained common even after 57 years. All those common people were pushed under the BPL dome. India is rich but Indians are poor. The wealth of India is distributed between two segment-human beings and non human-beings. Human beinga consist of big industrial houses while non-human beings consist of big houses of god. V.T.Rajshekhar says this in his book, The Shape of the Things to Come. Our democracy-mongers say that a system of governance by which a majority decides is the most healthy one. But our experience is that by monopolizing the media it is possible for a micro-minority to manipulate the opinion and become a majority. The best example for this is India where the Brahminical strategy is to keep the masses deliberately poor and hence illiterate and then manipulate the hungry stomachs. China has better democracy than India, China is today a major world power and the standard of living of its people is much above that of India’s average person. This will prove the efficacy of communism to liberate its people. Democracy in India enslaved its people but communism in China liberated its people. No less a person than Jayprakash Narayan on a visit to china had said that China had better democracy than what it is in India
V.S. Samsudeen, Postal Asst. (CO), 0/0 PMG, CR Annexe,. Ernakulath HPO Bldg., Kochi-682 011: I am an old DV family member but years ago. I did hear your speech at the BAMCEF conference in Cochin Town Hall. I purchased latest DV issues and your books and renewing my subscription. I assure to enrol the Public Library, Friday Club and some others as DV subscribers. I look forward for a happy reunion with DV family. My prayers are with you.
D. Gnaniah, 11Ayyannan St., Coimbatore 641 001: I had visited your house about 20 years ago and bought some books. I am a member of the CPI for 70 years. I am now 90. Wisdom dawns late. Better late than never. Mandal opened my eyes. For the last two decades I spent more time in studying Indian (Brahmin) philosophy and the caste question. My small book on Mandal Report in Tamil became a best seller. In the national council of the CPI in which I was a member for about 10 years, I moved a resolution on legal han on endogamous marriage as a much needed legislation to abolish the cursed caste system. I was laughed at in the debate. I insisted on a vote and got 6 votes (110). The rest later. I am a graduate of American College, Madurai, Madras University. Visited a number of countries abroad and stayed in London, Moscow and Atlanta (USA) as well as visited Middle East Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Cyprus and Karachi in early life. I had stayed in Delhi for about 15 years as the secretary-general of National Federation of Postal and Telecom Workers and had toured all over India several times. I have authored about 25 books mostly in Tamil. My latest books in English are: Islam & India (496 pages) and Terrorism-Sources and Solutions (370 pages)
Rev. L.M. Ramajan, MSW 1st Semester, (Im. ramajan@gmail.com): I worked with Malayalees from CSI church, South Kerala Diocese, Kerala, for three years in Orissa by being deputed from my church and sadly returned to my church after working with Syrian Christians. I thank you for sharing about them in Shillong. They are ruling the Indian churches and institutions holding all the posts top to bottom.
We received an English journal from Orions Theological College, Shillong, fified Encounter, and found to our shock the whole lot top to bottom the Syrian Christians from Kerala heading the Institution. Meghalaya is a North-East tribal state Inhabited by one of the finest Mongoloid tribcls who are so good. These Syrians are dominating entire church, whether Catholic or Profestant. Why do you allow the innocent Mongololds to be exploited by outsiders?-EDITOR.
M. Aliyarukutty, Muslim Employees Cultural Association (MECA), Peediakkal Road, Ernakulam North PO, Kochi 682 018: Among the Kerala Backward Classes community that is enjoying highest reservation is Ezhava/Thiyya/Billava. The Kerala Muslim population as per the 2001 census is 24.7% – far above the Ezhava population. Our complaint with the State Backward Class Commission is pending for years for want of authentic figures on the actual population of Ezhavas. Hence we urge a caste-wise population enumeration.
E. Suresh Abraham Raj, No.630 7th Street, Sector-D, Anna Nagar West Extn., Madras-600 101: I was a DV subscriber about 15 years back. I left India to work in Gulf and got intimation from my father about a bill amounting to around Rs. 1,200. Some years later my father died and I was not in contact with DV afterwards. Now I came to know about DV from the internet. Currently. I am back in Madras. 1 would like to pay the due amount. As many years have passed I would like to know the revised amount instead of the above.
Your letter came as a surprise Scores of our people had cheated us but you remembered your old dues Great – EDITOR
Gopi Tadaka, Hyderabad: I am studying integrated MA Telugu in the University of Hyderabad. I was born in Padmashali (weavers) community. I didn’t know about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Phule and our forefathers. I being a Telugu student, I am poor in English. My friend Hari Krishna told me about you. Hari Krishna was attacked by ABVP students. He is very active in Bahujan politics. Every day posters are being put up by Hari about Dalit Bahujan political philosophy. Now he is spreading your philosophy to Dalit Bahujan students. I read your article, “In defence of Brahmins”. I attended the BAMCEF convention. I heard there Brahmins are not Indians. They came from Eurasia (near of Russia). But I know that Brahmins are not Indians. (gopitadaka@gmail.com)
Suny Digal, c/o Surath Nayak, at Deoghariagaon, Selenghat PO, Jorhat dt. 785 636″: 1 was a DV subscriber from Orissa (Phulbani dt.) Your literature educated me so much about India’s political and social conditions. Abut three years ago we had the bloody riots in Orissa between Hindus and Christians. Just before that I left for Assam (North- East) in 2007. Earning through tuition but in great difficulty. Mostly “lower caste” people work as tea labourers in plantations getting only Rs. 700 a month as daily wages. But upper castes occupy all high posts in tea factories. Labourers are all illiterate and no hope in life. I am in the midst of a tribal group called Arhum, who are ferocious. Mostly they are in govt. services. They will never give any chance to ST/SC people. I am in the midst of them as a lamb among the wovles. But still I have a duty to spread DV literature among the states of North-East India. But the problem is DV literature is not in Assamese language. Once I went to (Kohima) Nagaland and noticed a hill board advertising “An Aryan hospital” to fool the innocent Nagas who do not know anything. of the Brahminical caste system. You are a great revolutionary next only to Dr. Ambedkar.
