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Dalit Critiques of Hinduism
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I had the misfortune of being born with the stigma of [being] an Untouchable. However, it is not my fault; but I will not die a Hindu, for this is in my power. (B.R. Ambedkar [see Zelliot, 1992, 206]) Debates on Nomenclature“Dalit” (meaning downtrodden, broken, torn into pieces) was first used in the context of caste by Jotirao Govindrao Phule (1827-1890), the leader of the Satya Shodhak Samaj, a 19th-century anti-Brahmanical movement. The Marathi word gained prominence as a collective pan-Indian signifier from the 1970s onward due to …
Date:
2020-05-18
