National Dalit Conference Proves Christian Conversions a Sham - Christian Aggression
MADURAI
Monday August 8 2005
newindpress.com
Political empowerment alone will not help end the historical and cultural injustice being meted out to Dalits in India.
It is possible only by working out an agenda for the overall liberation of Dalits by sustaining their cultural identity, said S Karuppiah, secretary of the Village Educational Service Association (VESA), here, on Sunday.
He was briefing reporters about a three-day national conference held at Kerala on ‘Dalit culture and politics of resistance’. The conference was organised jointly by the Dalit Intellectual Collective, Delhi, Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, and VESA. He said that Dalit politics and politicians by and large have adopted a negative and antagonistic attitude in order to resolve their problems.
Refuting claims that religious conversion of Hindu Dalits to Christianity or other religions had brought about a change in their socio-economic status, he said, ‘‘Dalit Christians are fighting for equal rights and concessions alongside Hindu Dalits as there has been no end to discrimination against them.’’
Monday August 8 2005
newindpress.com
Political empowerment alone will not help end the historical and cultural injustice being meted out to Dalits in India.
It is possible only by working out an agenda for the overall liberation of Dalits by sustaining their cultural identity, said S Karuppiah, secretary of the Village Educational Service Association (VESA), here, on Sunday.
He was briefing reporters about a three-day national conference held at Kerala on ‘Dalit culture and politics of resistance’. The conference was organised jointly by the Dalit Intellectual Collective, Delhi, Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, and VESA. He said that Dalit politics and politicians by and large have adopted a negative and antagonistic attitude in order to resolve their problems.
Refuting claims that religious conversion of Hindu Dalits to Christianity or other religions had brought about a change in their socio-economic status, he said, ‘‘Dalit Christians are fighting for equal rights and concessions alongside Hindu Dalits as there has been no end to discrimination against them.’’
National Dalit Conference Proves Christian Conversions a Sham - Christian Aggression
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