Dalit existence is under constant attack and the silence is deafening
What does a casteist society really gain by killing a human being just for falling in love? The truth is nothing. The men who uphold caste pride don’t progress in life, they don’t grow as human beings, and they gain nothing except the illusion of control over other lives. We’ve been told for decades that education is the tool to empowerment. But what happens when even the most educated among us are not allowed to survive because of caste? What is the use of receiving a degree if loving someone from an oppressor caste means they could be murdered? Which “criteria” really define survival in this casteist society merit, or the caste we’re born into? The False Narrative of ‘Nadaga Kadhal’ and Victim blaming After every killing, there rises casteist and patriarchal narratives that would twist the story so that the victims the ones who got killed and the ones who lost their partners become the problem. This strategy divides the oppressed, preventing unity against the system that ha...