P.O BOX 842066 HOUSE, TEXAS 77284-2066, U.S.A
DEAR SISTER/BROTHER,
We have recently started an organization, “The International Dalit Support Group (IDSG)”, to support our suffering Dalit (The Black Untouchables of India) brothers and sisters. By helping the Dalits, we are in fact helping India as a whole, and promoting its units and integrity. Your support is very important to us and we are counting on you. The Dalits of India will appreciate your help and support. Probably the most substantial percentage of Asia’s Blacks can be identified among India’s approximately 160 million Untouchables or Dalits. They are probably the most oppressed and exploited people on earth. India’s Untouchables number more than the combined populations of England, France, Belgium and Spain. Frequently they are called Outcastes. Dalit, meaning crushed and broken, is a name that has come into prominence only within the last three decades.
Objectives:
- To educate the American public in general, and the United States elected officials in particular, about the status and the pathetic living conditions of the Dalits, the Black Untouchables of India. The Dalits have been segregated, discriminated against, oppressed, victimized and denied all basic human rights for centuries strictly on the basis of the teachings and practices of the Hindu religious Caste System. The primary purpose of the International Dalit Support Group is to massively publicize the Dalit issue, which has been largely hidden by the Hindus for all these years.
- To provide all possible assistance to the Dalits in their difficult struggle for advancement in education, in gaining self-respect, in protecting their human rights, and to channel the energies of all those interested in creating. positive change. Membership: Membership is open to all persons genuinely interested in understanding the horrible condition of the Dalit people and willing to do their part, no matter how small or how big it may be, to pull them out of the hell they are living in. General Member — US $ 25.00 per year, Life Member — 250, patron — 500. The IDSG is not a non-profit organization as per the Internal Revenue Code, and therefore your membership and other contributions to it are not tax deductible. One of the prime aims of the IDSG is to develop and maintain contact with as many elected officials as possible in order to educate them of the plight of the Dalits. Such _ activities are not permitted if an organization is to have a non-profit status. Officers: The following three persons will coordinate the IDSG: – Velu Annamalai —- President — Houston, Texas, Victor Jackson — Vice President — San se, Texas, Runoko Rashidi — Advisor — Los Angeles, California. Velu Annamalai is also acting as Secretary cum Treasurer. Mailing Address: The International Dalit Support Group, P.O. Box 842066, Houston, Texas 77284-2066
