
Chandra Bhan Prasad on Ambedkarism, Caste, and Dalit Capitalism
Ideas of India
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The Importance of Separate Electorates
I agree with you that we need to move to a place where society can cheer Dalit achievements. But the first step is we at least need to punish people who participate in Dalit atrocities. Right now they just perpetrate these crimes with complete impunity because there is no law and order stake when it comes to these kinds of crimes. We have a shortage of caste Hindu martyrs. So we need an Indian civil rights movement like that, the way there was in the 60s and 70s in the US. Because caste is not a legal problem, it is a social problem and it needs intervention from society more than from state.
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