dalit

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His ideology is a guide to action for the dalit-bahujan masses.

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  • The Harijan, as Gandhi renamed them, which means ‘people of God,’ but they are mostly still derided as dalit or achuta, which roughly translates as untouchable Gray noted Luca had sheathed his daggers and turned a more attentive ear. —  The Last Oracle by James Rollins
  • This results in all the non-dalit sections of society uniting against them. —  Kafila
  • Besides the error of equating an individual with the party or his caste, there is an intrinsic conceptual error in assuming the BSP as a dalit party. —  Kafila
  • In the mediaeval ages many a dalit-bahujan took a sigh of relief at the demolition of the Hindu temples by the Muslim invaders as these temples were also centres of social monopoly power which was no less oppressive and exploitative than the state power. —  Countercurrents.org
  • Third, to dilute the social contradictions and caste struggle arising out of the assertion of the dalit-bahujan masses by a wider Hindu resurgence and unity. —  Countercurrents.org
 

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