12-28-2006, 01:15 AM
<b>Turns and turmoil of Dalit politics </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Incidentally, the high point in Dalit politics came far away from Ambedkar's karma bhoomi of Maharashtra, in Uttar Pradesh.
In 1995, Mayawati, a Jatav by caste and a disciple of Kanshi Ram School of politics, became India's first dalit woman chief minister.
<b>The death of her mentor and BSP founder Kanshiram in October this year was an important date in Dalit politics.</b>
But if the elephant, the political symbol of the BSP, otherwise peace loving that many would like to befriend, goes berserk, even its mahout cannot control it.
The unchecked violence in Maharashtra over a Dalit family's murder is a case in point.<b> But opportunistic politics has left the Dalit movement ideologically famished and vulnerable to unscrupulous alliances.</b>
In an editorial in Saamna, <b>Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray waxed eloquent about Bhim Shakti aligning its forces with the Shiv Shakti</b>.
While Ambedkar's statues become mute witnesses to the real-politik of Dalit leaders,<b> many Dalit thinkers are searching for new Gods to show them the way</b>.
<span style='color:red'>This year Dalit intellectuals celebrated the birthday of Lord Macaulay with great fanfare, unveiling the portrait of English, hailing the language as the real Dalit Goddess.</span>
<b>In 2006, the Dalit politics took a decisive turn away from Ambedkar's vision, the question is, which way is it heading. </b>
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In 1995, Mayawati, a Jatav by caste and a disciple of Kanshi Ram School of politics, became India's first dalit woman chief minister.
<b>The death of her mentor and BSP founder Kanshiram in October this year was an important date in Dalit politics.</b>
But if the elephant, the political symbol of the BSP, otherwise peace loving that many would like to befriend, goes berserk, even its mahout cannot control it.
The unchecked violence in Maharashtra over a Dalit family's murder is a case in point.<b> But opportunistic politics has left the Dalit movement ideologically famished and vulnerable to unscrupulous alliances.</b>
In an editorial in Saamna, <b>Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray waxed eloquent about Bhim Shakti aligning its forces with the Shiv Shakti</b>.
While Ambedkar's statues become mute witnesses to the real-politik of Dalit leaders,<b> many Dalit thinkers are searching for new Gods to show them the way</b>.
<span style='color:red'>This year Dalit intellectuals celebrated the birthday of Lord Macaulay with great fanfare, unveiling the portrait of English, hailing the language as the real Dalit Goddess.</span>
<b>In 2006, the Dalit politics took a decisive turn away from Ambedkar's vision, the question is, which way is it heading. </b>
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