The columns says '..Dalits youths are struggling for an identity'. What identity - a Dalit identity? Or an over-arching Indian identity? If they want to belong to a truly casteless society, then any attempt at perpetuating a 'Dalit identity' makes them guilty of perpetuating casteism, and the resultant discrimination.
RE:Dalit movement is more intense
by God and religion are distinct. on Mar 10, 2007 10:55 PM Permalink
Reservations are legislative (not judicial or society) response to historical social evils to certain sections of the society. Government should scrap reservations when 85% of marriages in India are inter-caste or inter-religious.
