Sunday, December 6, 2009

Marx and Ambedkar?

Today Dalits movements are at crossroad. They are devided into many folds on the basis of regions, ideologies, priorities etc. But real problems of Dalits remain same. Dalits movemetns have been controlled by the educated Dalit bourgoise and therefore the focus of dalit movements have been reservation. Reservation has created one class among Dalits communities and the beneficiary of reservation doesnt think beyound it. Major problem of Dalits are gross poverty, malnutrition, hunger, landlessness, illiteracy apart from caste atrocitities and untouchability. Semi-feudal and brahminical social values dominate the practice of upper caste/class but even dalits follow the suit. Working class dalits and their honest leaders have to find out the way. Dilemma of Dalits regarding the leading ideologue for emaniciaption is the question has to be settled. Ambedkar stands for equal but liberal form of society whereas Marx is radical ideologue who has influenced the working and all exploiated class at international level. Dalit question is part of international capitalist and emperialist problem and therefore it has to be fought on Marxist line. But dalits have be coutious of brahminical marxist. there is need to reconcile ambedkarism and marxism for emanicipation of dalit and all working class.

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