A SEAMLESS ASSIMILATION NOT POSSIBLE !
The RSS, always led by upper caste functionaries, relies on a model of Hindu assimilation that the late sociologist M.N. Srinivas would have called “sanskritisation” of lower castes. But millions of Dalits can’t join a Hindu unity platform that ignores or gravely undervalues the truly shabby treatment they have historically received from castes ranked higher on the traditional hierarchy. For them, an explicit recognition of their suffering has to be the starting point of their inclusion.
The RSS, always led by upper caste functionaries, relies on a model of Hindu assimilation that the late sociologist M.N. Srinivas would have called “sanskritisation” of lower castes. But millions of Dalits can’t join a Hindu unity platform that ignores or gravely undervalues the truly shabby treatment they have historically received from castes ranked higher on the traditional hierarchy. For them, an explicit recognition of their suffering has to be the starting point of their inclusion.
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