04-17-2006, 10:00 PM
In the California SBE open hearing the FOSAs and the akadummies were insisting that 'dalit' is the right word. What this paper has clearly established is that 'dalit' is a manufactured identity - popular among the akadummies and being thrust onto the harijans although I am not sure why Marriott implies that 'dalit' is an Ambedkar identity. It is not and is just being thrust upon the harijans.