A dalit is
a continually oppressed /suppressed /downtrodden INDIVIDUAL, a
victim and NOT a name for any particular GROUP of people. A Brahmin
who is continually a victim of atrocities is a dalit. Most
Shudra's and Ati-Shudrs are dalits because they are continually suppressed
by the Manuvadis.(
The president wasn't a dalit because he doesn't fall in this definition of
dalit. In fact, he was in a favourable environment and doors of
opportunities were opened for him which eventually led him to becoming the
president of India. How is that oppression ? This President was certainly not
downtrodden despite his Ati-Shudra status. This Ati-Shudra, in this instance,
indirectly supported Casteism by not raising his voice.
Those who consider themselves as Shudras or
Ati Shudras should prevent themselves from becoming dalits (the victims) and
should either stop going to temples to avoid being beaten
OR
more wisely, simply stop falling in the trap
of Manuvadi Brahmins who have, for their own selfish interest, very cleverly made
them believe that they are Shudras and Ati Shudras.
Call the spade ‘a spade’. The Brahmin is
called a Brahmin, so why should a person who believes in the varna system and
falls in the Shudra /Ati-Shudra category not be referred to as a Shudra (or Ati
shudra) instead of a dalit.
NOTE:
Another Personality who is often wrongly
referred to as a dalit was one of the greatest humanitarian and social
reformers the world has witnessed, Dr. B.R Ambedkar.
Author: Shekhar Bodhakar
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