I was on X/Twitter the other day. And I saw this post “Dalit daughters are toppers.🔥”
And I remembered the day I got an award for scoring good marks in class 10th from our Adivasi Akhra which is an association for our indigenous communities.
And I feel joy and satisfaction that Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s(Babasaheb’s) dreams are being fulfilled.
If not for Babasaheb, we and our marginalized communities would not survive.
It is because of him that we have a chance at starting the race of life at a level which is equal to the general caste people.
Still there is discrimination. Still there is inequality. Still there is hatred.
But we must stop it.
We must stop it not by raising a sword, but by raising our pens.
We must study harder. We must educate, agitate and organize.
We must raise our voice. We must learn to argue.
Not with violence, but words.
And so there’s no other way than to educate ourselves to be free.
I’m sure Babasaheb would not be happy by seeing the state of India today, but he would always want us to study harder and argue with knowledge and not swords or guns.
Thank you for reading this line! It means a lot.