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The PRESIDENT is a dalit man. It would have been impossible for him to become the president two/three decades ago. This shows that we have indeed improved in ce
by sbmthakur 6y ago
The PRESIDENT is a dalit man. It would have been impossible for him to become the president two/three decades ago. This shows that we have indeed improved in certain aspects. It's true that a lot of work still remains.
That temple incident is certainly bad and many social evils still persist in the society. The only way to quickly get rid of them is to have a China style 'cultural revolution', which involves destroying temples and other religious sites. But I guess it's not something which will go well with any Indian.
- vijaybritto 6y ago>The PRESIDENT is a dalit man. Oh you mean that he's there 'despite' being a dalit? Thank you for making this short
- tsimionescu 6y agoI think they meant that having a Dalit man be presidett is proof that there has been some progress, same as Obama's presidency in the US. That showed that progress has been made in the battle against racism, even if it certainly doesn't mean that racism is over.
- vijaybritto 6y agoThe president is not an elected post but a selected post. They selected a dalit exactly for this reason the person above states. For tokenism. The current govt is a Hindutva ideology based govt meaning they literally believe Dalits are just lower humans. The president from a dalit community was just tokenism.
- tsimionescu 6y agoOh, OK, I wasn't aware, sorry. Thanks for the explanation!
- sbmthakur 6y agoPlease ignore their reply. Our Prime minister, which is the most powerful position in the country, is also from a 'lower class'. They're deliberately giving it a negative spin as it suits their policial viewpoint.
- tsimionescu 6y agoI understand that possibility, but their reply is still right in that a named position is fundamentally different than an elected position, which I assumed the president to be. That of course does NOT mean that someone being named to such a position is automatically tokenism.
- sbmthakur 6y agoI anticipated such a reply. Obviously you don't know anything about his law career and work towards the poor sections of the society[1]. As far as the tokenism goes, keep in mind that the current PM is from an OBC. So much for the 'lower human' theory. 1. https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ram-nath-kovind-a-crusader-for-the-rights-of-weaker-sections/articleshow/59218717.cms https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ram-nat...
- vijaybritto 6y agoTheory. Yes
- sbmthakur 6y agoThat's what I meant. Thank you.