<!--QuoteBegin-Pathmarajah+Mar 27 2005, 02:49 PM-->QUOTE(Pathmarajah @ Mar 27 2005, 02:49 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Mar 25 2005, 08:28 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Mar 25 2005, 08:28 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> Does this constitue a silent war on dalits ? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes.
Its crimes on a specific group of people, for who they are, and the rights they struggle for (eg. well water, temple entry), and its ongoing. The statistics are there. Therefore its a silent war. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pathma, I have to accuse you of being quite narrow-sighted. You have a keyhole perspective of the so-called dalits, where you conveniently fail to see that the dalit status is maintianed for political gains by none others than the dalit-"leaders" for their survival.
You say that <i>"Its crimes on a specific group of people, <b>for who they are,</b> and the rights they struggle for (eg. well water, temple entry), and its ongoing. The statistics are there. Therefore its a silent war. </i>
Entering a temple, is less important an issue than right to education and right to employment. You conveniently forget - or perhaps deliberately cover-up- the fact that there is a Silent (and unfair) war going on by the incompetent mass against the competent ones thus stagnating a nation. At this point you see only dalits Vs the rest of the world, while I see Competence Vs Incompetence in a democracy. You are trying to wedge a split where none exists, and I am asking you this.. What do you expect to accomplish by whining about things ? Is whining your only strategy or do you have a constructive solution to closing the so-called "dalit"-divide?
PS: I am currently reading the Manu-Smrithi - in Samskrit - I finished chapter 1 2 weeks ago - before I got busy - and I should honestly say that so far I have nothing but admiration for the Smrithi. I will have to read the rest before I comment on the entire Smrithi, but I am sure that the Manu Smrithi is absolutely flawless in it's approach to formation of a society.
Yes.
Its crimes on a specific group of people, for who they are, and the rights they struggle for (eg. well water, temple entry), and its ongoing. The statistics are there. Therefore its a silent war. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pathma, I have to accuse you of being quite narrow-sighted. You have a keyhole perspective of the so-called dalits, where you conveniently fail to see that the dalit status is maintianed for political gains by none others than the dalit-"leaders" for their survival.
You say that <i>"Its crimes on a specific group of people, <b>for who they are,</b> and the rights they struggle for (eg. well water, temple entry), and its ongoing. The statistics are there. Therefore its a silent war. </i>
Entering a temple, is less important an issue than right to education and right to employment. You conveniently forget - or perhaps deliberately cover-up- the fact that there is a Silent (and unfair) war going on by the incompetent mass against the competent ones thus stagnating a nation. At this point you see only dalits Vs the rest of the world, while I see Competence Vs Incompetence in a democracy. You are trying to wedge a split where none exists, and I am asking you this.. What do you expect to accomplish by whining about things ? Is whining your only strategy or do you have a constructive solution to closing the so-called "dalit"-divide?
PS: I am currently reading the Manu-Smrithi - in Samskrit - I finished chapter 1 2 weeks ago - before I got busy - and I should honestly say that so far I have nothing but admiration for the Smrithi. I will have to read the rest before I comment on the entire Smrithi, but I am sure that the Manu Smrithi is absolutely flawless in it's approach to formation of a society.