Re-writing the Destiny of Indian Dalits

The lives of 250 million Dalits of India are destined their destiny by birth, “You are born untouchable, shall remain untouchable forever.” Their destiny is unchangeable. 

The dominion castes, the Brahmins on top as priestly sect, Kshetriya the ruler, Vaisyas the business class and Sudhras the lowest, enjoyed the oppression on Dalit communities at bottom line for centuries. Indian Dalits known untouchable do not fall within the same caste ladder yet the caste oppression and dominion on their heads.

The Law of Manu destined the destiny for 250 million Indian Dalits by birth to perform the most degraded jobs such as manual scavenging, skinning of death bodies and segregated as untouchable and defiled communities. By no means, their lives can become better. Complaining against their designated duties will lead to wretched life in next birth is the teaching of the Law of Manu. Absolutely, no hope to change their destiny in this life.

The tool to crack the code to re-write the destiny of 250 million Dalits of India is English education which Brahmins and upper castes of India have stolen from Western world and kept it for themselves for years.

India has two kinds of education - one by and for elite communities and other by the Indian government which is accessible by the poor and marginalized people. The former is in English medium and later in vernacular languages. The differences of the two is seen when it reaches at higher education, because most of the higher education in India are in English medium. In cooperate and government job industries, those with English education have big margin higher changes of job opportunities.

Indian Christian has household legacy for the educational service but it is mostly benefited by the so called elite society of the India. The message of transforming lives and communities through the gospel of Jesus has not benefited to mass marginalized people of India.

While the education by Christian at large, offered and benefited by the elite communities of India, the story of cracking the secret code to re-write the destiny of 250 million Indian Dalits has already begun. 

Dalit Education Centers of Operation Mercy India Foundation has already begun cracking the secret key and in deed its first 10th standard graduation begun celebrated.

“I want to become a Doctor,” “I want to become an engineer,” and “I want to become a teacher and teach my Dalit communities,” are some powerful testimonies of dreams by the Dalit children. If they were not given a chance to study, they would have ended in bonded child labors and begging in the streets.

The dream to crack the code to re-write the destiny of 250 Indian Dalits through English medium education begun when Dr. Joseph D’souza and his colleagues of All India Christian Council, who were enlightened at the meeting with prominent leaders Prof. Kancha Ilaiah and Dr. Udit Raj in late 1990s. Both the prominent leaders indicated that only the English medium education to Indian Dalit children could bring the transformation to lives and communities.

Under the reformer and visionary leadership of Dr. Joseph D’souza, the dream to establish 1000 English medium schools, have reached a mile stone with 10th standard graduation this year with 82 schools across India.

The package to crack the code to re-write the destiny of 250 million Indian Dalits includes the whole aspects of socio-economic, educational, political and spiritual transformation.

The effort to crake the code to re-write destiny of Indian Dalits is the commitment of 20 to 25 years to each single Dalit child. It will not be possible without honest commitment to the cause.

Whole nation, whole church and whole society got involved to abolish the slavery system in England and America. The whole world will be need to crack the code to re-write the destiny for Indian Dalits who are under the hidden caste slavery of India which is much bigger.

A caste free society and an equal destiny for all irrespective of all, indeed is the beauty of unity in diverse societies of India. This will be possible when Indian Dalits’ destinies are re-written.