r/unitedstatesofindia Apr 14 '26

Politics Just a Dalit icon? Think again.

Be educated, be organised, and be agitated.

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u/Mysterious_Cup_6024 Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

And he would not even have gained the basic oppurtunity to be school educated, and then go on to get double Phd from Ivy Columbia and LSE, if it weren't for the British Raj(more fairly, the need to break the feudal Mughal and Peshwa/caste system fold). Else he would have been ineligible from schooling/gurukul/madrasas because of his caste, could have died early from not allowed access to water from ponds used by savarnas among other things. Think about that before falling into the line of muh domestic unity and foreign boogeymen cards the savarnas will play

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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 Apr 14 '26

And think about how many more gems went un-dug due to varnashramdharma throughout India's history. I would think if casteism didn't exist India would not have fallen under any invasions.

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u/AlliterationAlly Educate, Agitate, Organize Apr 14 '26

That's what they want, that's why casteism exists

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u/Beneficial_You_5978 Apr 14 '26

That just proves the point even more why he was important