A small section among the Dalit elites inside India has started a campaign against our "caste identity" thesis at the instigation of their Brahminical bosses. These elites are joined by some affluent Dalits living in the West with hardly any knowledge of the ground realities in India. These internet-walas go on complementing each other and getting kudos from their upper caste admirers.
But these people are out of touch with the thinking of their own blood brothers. So we are not bothered about what they say because "caste identity" has been universally accepted and found as the only effective weapon to beat the casteist Hindu rulers. The Parliament election results have proved it. (DV Edit June 16, 2004). We cannot get a better endorsement than the will of the people.
The internet-wala criticisms, therefore, are like a mosquito bite on the elephant. The campaign against us received a sudden spurt after the defeat of the casteist Hindutva humb
