The second example comes from the so-called Neo-Dalit movement in India, which identifies
two main problems facing the country: a culture of impunity, and the context of market
democracy and economic globalization: “…the Neo-fascist Hindutva project is used to perpetuate
caste domination and allow the Indian leaders to realise profit by selling the country to national
and international companies… this economic deregulation marginalised lower castes, and
therefore, strengthened social division based on castes.” The suggested call for action goes as
follows:
In the final analysis, we wish to emphasise three ways that the Neo-Dalit movement must take
to improve their political, economic and social conditions. First, we may fight against political
repression and impunity by legal process. Many human rights organisations are already
fighting the system to transform the Brahmanical ‘rule of the lord’ by coercing them respect
the imperfect ‘rule of the law’. Secondly, the social impunity should be defeated by changing cognitive weakness. It made some people victim of their inferiority complex and other
tormentors due to their superiority complex. We need to create commons forums for NeoDalit,
in order to break the wall of silence, which leads to the acceptation of this situation. We
need to launch a speech (read dialogue) process, which will teach them that they are equal and
that they share common interest. PVCHR is developing nearly two hundred model villages
based on concept of Neo-Dalit movement.
The Neo-Dalit movement is a sign of hope, honour and human dignity for the most
marginalised people facing discrimination based on race, caste, religion and gender. The
Nelson Mandela model is the path for PVCHR’s Neo- Dalit movement to bring unity of
different communities against the caste system, feudalism, communal-Fascism and NeoLiberalism,
through reconciliation for justice and human dignity against the culture of
impunity based on silence. It promises to contribute, in posterity, to the pluralistic democracy
in the world.
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