Brother M.C. Gautam like all others offers plenty of suggestions and advices. He says closing down DV is “not a personal or individual decision as it involves the future of our society”. We are fully aware of this. Ever since we announced this decision we have been boiling inside. No doubt DV has created history which no other Bahujan journal has done. He admits it. But what is the Mulnivasi Bahujan Samaj doing?
“100 BEST BRAINS”
As far back as the year 2000 when we were in Delhi, we called for a conference of “100 best brains” (V.T. Rajshekar, The Second Partition of India ?, DSA-2000) to discuss this very matter. Not one Brother responded.
After 10 years we now announced the “Closing down DV” decision.
Except a couple of our brothers living abroad, those inside India (the sphere of the DV activity) have been totally silent.
We have made it clear that we need no suggestions or advice. Because we know all of them. A totally enslaved people can do nothing except remaining as slaves.
BRAHMIN LOVE FOR THEIR JATI
Had we been a Brahmin and running a journal to promote Brahminism, by this time crores would have poured into our coffers. To that extent Brahmins love their Jati.
But in the case of Dalits it is like a dog hating another dog. The very fact BSP is confined to UP proves, how much Dalits hate Mayawati despite all her proven ability. Brother Gautam, who says he is a great admirer of DV, became a member of our family only in 2010.
HOW KANSHI RAM GOT FUNDS
Yes. Kanshi Ram got plenty of funds. I knew him very intimately for years. He got fed up with BAMCEF etc. It is only when he started a political party, money started pouring.
If we start a party tomorrow, we too will get plenty. But our problem is not political -but social and cultural. We have repeatedly said DV is incurring heavy losses. We make up part of the losses by the sale of our books.
Our decision to “close down” can be averted only if enough fund flows. When all our family members confirm that they have tested our honesty and integrity, why they are not giving? Does it not mean they can live (or exist) without DV?
