Dear Sir, Ur allegation that Dalits want to be known as Dalits to enjoy privileges, if taken to be true will apply to a very small portion of the entire population of Dalits in India. It is probably true that some members of the scheduled castes get reservations even if they dont need it. By that i mean that they have enough economical and environmental opurtunities to not need reservations.But that highlights the plight of the rest even more so,who are still living in penury and under exploitation.They are being denied reservations which they need by the \'creamy layer\' within them which dont. Majority of the Dalits live in rural India where they are mostly landless labourers.Do you not believe reports like the Khairlanji killings?They have been historically exploited against and are still subjected to terrible cruelty.True,ideally Brahmins were supposed to believe in simple living,hence your reference to their poor living.But in India social dignity has never been related to economic conditions.Poor or not,Brahmins have always enjoyed respect while they have propagated discrimination.By Brahmins i certainly dont mean individuals i mean the community in general.So of course i dont support that they shd be made to pull rikshas.Similarly if some dalits choose to show their indignation by burning,u cant denounce all of them.And lastly pls dont fool urself,no Brahmin lives in voluntary poverty today, none of their ancient ideals remain,while cruelty to dalits does.
