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Im ashamed of my Hindu origins

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This is me writing at the age of 31, i have been once thrashed and paraded with torn clothes by hindu Rightwing Shiv Sainiks for taking an objection on an ugly larger than life poster of Bal Thackeray in my neighbourhood. Then once again thrashed by menacing hindoos for objecting to a stupid religious ritual which went all night long. I hereby want to declare that if I die/ get killed for a reason or another i want my dead body buried after all my organs are being put to medical use but it should not be touched by or used for a brahmin/ uppercaste (my parents included) / rich person. It should be put to use for any dalit/ adivasi/ transgender person only. If that is not possible then my body should be buried not cremated.  Regards, Mandar Mallappanavar 

Political & Social Revolutions go hand-in-hand

Ambedkar explains that social & religious problems have a massive & limitless bearing on political constitutions.  The religious transformation by Luther who spearheaded American Independence & led the political emancipation of the european people did take clues from puritanism in England which had led to the establishment of political liberty.  Similarly, Prophet Muhammad had long led religious revolution which led to increasingly political transformation in Arab world. Political revolution led by Chandragupta was preceded by religious & social revolution of Buddha Political revolution led by Shivaji was preceded by the religious & social reform brought about by saints in Maharashtra.  Political revolution of Sikhs was preceded by the religious & social revolution led by Guru Nanak. Chapter 2.21-2.22 Annihilation of Caste by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. 

Dalits from Bhagana kept asking for justice but settled for Islam

Bhanvar Meghvanshi, hails from the Indian state of Rajasthan and writes independently on issues pertaining to human rights Following is an attempt by me to translate his work from Hindi into English in context of the recent developments pertaining to Dalits of Bhagana Village who decided to convert to Islam. The choice of words are mine but are not solely approved of Bhanvar as yet. I have shared the translated content with him and waiting for his approval to let me retain this translation on my blog page. For almost 4 months they were boycotted by their village people, they were robbed off their livelihood and there was no end to their mental agony. They were not allowed access to public water sources nor allowed to use public loos, even the lone upper-caste doctor in their village refused to give them any medical care. They were not even allowed to dump away the dung of animals they reared nor were they allowed any land to bury their deceased cattle. The newly married grooms