Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Avoid 'demonstrably perverse identification of the backward classes' warned the Supreme Court

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=c1309805-4d34-4721-baa4-56840a1fbfbb&MatchID1=4456&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1104&PrimaryID=4456

'Crude determinism in all forms endangers democracy. Economic determinism gave socialism a bad name and eventually dismantled the mighty Soviet Union. Even the charismatic intellectual reputation of Marx was belittled by the dogmatic material determinism of latter-day Marxists. By the same token, let not caste slurs and sneers, and a few tarnished pieces of political silver, undermine our hard-won democracy.'
Children of a Lesser God! 'The Sacrilige of worship'

For Dalits, the battle against oppression is not easily won.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=09c0b2cc-4090-4fc3-9c92-d9fef8a590f1

Unless we address this how can we fight reservation....it will always be polular.... it will always win votes. Upper caste, society, religious, spiritual, and social leaders, need to address this. Politicians will not. It is too easy to let status quo be so, so that they can win votes. If the issue does not exist then an easy way to win votes goes away.