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Nov 18 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
DAMaN film is a propaganda film of current ruling government in Odisha.
This movie is anti- Adivasi to its core. This film is poorly researched and shifts the blame of poor health of Adivasis to their lifestyle & traditions.

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The doctor from the Bhubaneswar removes the superstitions from the Adivasi community.

*Everyone started clapping*

But ironically, In Odisha rationalist are being attacked by traditionalist for eating chicken Biryani on Solar eclipse.
The doctor from Bhubaneswar doesn't even understand the language of Adivasis after being highly educated.
But the scene was portrayed in such a way that anyone will get the impression that the language of #Adivasis are inferior.
How can one language be superior and other inferior. Who made this distinction.

Adivasis of Malkangiri need to learn the language of Bhubaneswar? Why?

Why #Adivasis have read the books in your language?

Why don't you learn Adivasi language? You guys are educated, right?
Frequent Adivasi protests across Odisha is well known and it convincingly proves the fact that the government is Anti-Adivasi.

Now, Govt has declared "DAMaN" tax-free.

Is that a coincidence?

High rating of DAMaN also expose the people's perception of #Adivasis.
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi's debate on Hinduism and Caste.

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If the victim is from the #Dalit/ #Adivasi community, the Savarna media & intellectuals divert the whole discussion to either Hindu-Muslim or to victim blaming.

They just ignore the caste angle.
I would say ignoring #caste in such cases is a serious form of #Casteism. Image
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Noone is discussing about this increasing violence against oppressed caste community. Dalit/Adivasi women are at the bottom in our community. Even within the women's movement, #Dalit and #Adivasi issues have not been taken seriously.
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Nov 5
I am providing the titles of research papers you need to read to understand the casteism in higher education.

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1.Complexities of inclusion and exclusion: Dalit students and higher education in India
2. Caste-Based Discrimination in Higher Education: An Application of Microaggression Theory in Indian Context.
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Nov 5
Let me clarify the whole thing.

General and OBC category are more likely to have attended an English medium school before joining IIT, & more likely to have taken the entrance exam to IIT in English as compared to the SC/ST students (mostly Hindi or other state board language)
For students from the general caste, both parents are more likely to have at least college-level education, they are more likely to be in a higher family income bracket, and more likely to have a mother who works as a professional.
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But we can't expect that in India.
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REBIRTH - GAUTAM BUDDHA'S VIEW
( From Ambedkar's "The Buddha and his Dhamma)

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Buddha believed in rebirth, but not the brahminical concept of rebirth.

It is better to split the question into two -
1.Rebirth of what?
2.Rebirth of whom?
Rebirth of WHAT?

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