Dalits in INDIA

Dalit, also called Outcaste, is a self-designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as of Untouchables and unsuitable for making personal relationships. Dalits are a mixed population of numerous caste groups all over South Asia, and speak various languages.

While the caste system has been abolished under the Indian constitution, there is still discrimination and prejudice against Dalits in South Asia. Since Indian independence, significant steps have been taken to provide opportunities in jobs and education. Many social organizations have encouraged proactive provisions to better the conditions of Dalits through improved education, health and employment.

There are many different name proposed for defining this group of people like ‘Panchamas’ (5^th varna), ‘Ashprush’ (untouchables), ‘Harijans’ (Children of God), ‘Dalits’ (Broken People) etc. The constitution of India recognizes them as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. M.K. Gandhi used the name ‘Harijan’ to define untouchables but it was denied and banned by the government of India.

The man who stood half nude for Nations freedom has suggested an unique name to identify the particular community but the government had denied that persons proposal… Still calling them as Broken people although they are UNITED…. 

What is the reason to call them as broken people….. Why to make our own Nations citizens to feel guilty about it… Arent they like us all?

Dalit status has often been historically associated with occupations regarded as ritually impure, such as any involving leatherwork, butchering, or removal of rubbish, animal carcasses, and waste. Dalits work as manual labourers cleaning streets, latrines, and sewers. Engaging in these activities was considered to be polluting to the individual, and this pollution was considered contagious. As a result, Dalits were commonly segregated, and banned from full participation in Hindu social life. For example, they could not enter a temple nor a school, and were required to stay outside the village. Elaborate precautions were sometimes observed to prevent incidental contact between Dalits and other castes. Discrimination against Dalits still exists in rural areas in the private sphere, in everyday matters such as access to eating places, schools, temples and water sources. It has largely disappeared in urban areas and in the public sphere.

In 1997, K. R. Narayanan became the first Dalit President.

In 2008, Mayawati a Dalit from the Bahujan Samaj Party, was elected as the Chief Minister of India’s biggest state Uttar pradesh.

And the man who formulated the INDIAN CONSTITUTION is also an outcaste.

Still there are people doing their best…

But,

Still there are diff burial grounds for the dalit people in various parts of INDIA. What a shame..?

In which century the country is living…?

What the government is doing? Still sleeping..

They came into the politicians account only during Election times. The politicians entirely use them for their welfare and dumping them onto the ground. Still we have people demanding for their basic needs..

For what all these… cant people of the NATION be accredited with proper position and status in the society what we are living in…?

Lets see for how many decades the government is being gonna process the issue….