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Dalits and the Dalit Movement. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, June 2009, Pages: 116
This work analyses the Dalit Movement with regards to
the twentieth century Indian nationalism and
independence movement.In this epoch, India was
dealing with double freedom movement rolled into
one.On one side Indian nation was fighting against
the British Imperialism and on the
other hand the least level of the ancient Hindu
social order varna, the Untouchables, were fighting
against the higher castes for eradication of their
historical backwardness. This solution those
problems was possible via social and political
terms.The mentioned movement under the leadership of
Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar, who is recognized as the
architect of the Indian constitution, aimed to obtain
both political and social rights and freedom for the
Untouchables.By this movement, Dalits
initially managed to attain political rights and to
outlaw discrimination among people.And then, in order
to facilitate the integration of Dalits within the
social sphere, they decided to convert from
Brahmanism to Buddhism in year 1956 and ten
thousands of Dalits converted following Dr.Ambedkar.
In the present day, the ex-Untouchables are living
under the umbrellas of Buddhism,Islam or Christianity
in various parts of India.
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