Wrapping up the "caste" panel, we hear powerful words from Dalit Activist and Senior CoHNA Member, Aldrin Deepak, who has lived and worked in the Bay Area for decades. #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater 1/n
“None of my Hindu friends have ever asked me about caste. The Cisco case is where I HAD to come out as a #Dalit” -Aldrin Deepak #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater 2/n
“Has oppression happened? Yes. But it has nothing to do with what is happening in America. Why has this become center-stage in California?” -Aldrin Deepak "Dalit discrimination is nothing but hatred toward “minorities of minorities." #BreakingIndiaADecadeLate 3/n
“We do not want to deny the voice of others but we need to tell our side of the story and we need to be heard as well! You cannot isolate a community and say people are the way they are based on religion.” -Aldrin Deepak #BreakingIndiaADecadeLate 4/n
“People cannot make decisions based on a community that they know nothing about.” -Aldrin Deepak. But that’s what is happening in California Universities #BreakingIndiaADecadeLate 5/n
“Until we stand up and claim our own narrative, someone else will tell our story. We have to unite and take our narrative back.” -Aldrin Deepak, Dalit Activist He emphasizes importance of telling our story from our own lived experiences. #BreakingIndiaADecadeLate 6/n
Aldrin Deepak highlights that if a person does not understand themself, shastra will not help them. So we must know who we are and then project it to the world #BreakingIndiaADecadeLate 7/n
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