So it seems reservations hardly helped Dalits - because now after getting reservations and more reservations; they are still being led to destroy public property to vent their emotions. The author contradicts himself serveral times...on one hand he says Dalits are now having their newspapers, blogs etc, on the other he says the news media did not highlight the brutal incident. If you have channels to spread the word, why are you concerned that the mainstream media did not play the story? By taking the matter to the UN...they have also shown themselves to be unpatriotic; should we also take the matter of destruction of public property to the UN? Should UN be runnin India? It is claimed by the author that a large percentage Dalits are now educated and they know their rights - thats very very good - but do they also know what their responsibilities are? The author does not seem to understand that without responsibility there is no freedom. What responsibility have the Dalits and their leadership shown? Instead of finding excuses for destruction...why does this author not start a company and employ Dalits? 'cause Talk is Cheap.
Retro bias
by Arpan on Dec 07, 2006 04:51 PM Permalink
I can understand Dalits burning trains. I can understand reservations being doled out like sweets. I can understand politicians acting like all they wanted was the welfare of people while in fact filling their pockets. What I cannot comprehend is the sentence : "Let a Brahmin do the dirty work".
I am a brahmin. I am from the upper caste. I am 21 years old. And I have never ever held any kind of prejudice in my mind against the so called lower castes.
Who gives the author the right to hand out justice to Brahmins? I once read an article in a famous daily by some communist leader who maintained that Hindu Brahmins should never be forgiven for their deeds. My question is : Which demographic section of the society is free from its own skeleton in the cupboard? Is it the Muslims, who have subjugated the native Hindus for a thousand years? Or the Rajputs, who partnered with the British? Or the communists, who have never ever took a stance that would appeal to a logical mind? The need is not to hand out verdicts. We cannot look at the past to make our future. If the Dalits want to come out of their dark age, it is themselves who have to light the lamp.
