Gandhi's Dalits:Re-finding the Mahatma

Off late the Dalits have made them more alert and organised than what they were few decades ago. Not only in political field, but in social life also they have rightfully asserted themselves to be honoured as a powerful social force. It is a matter of great satisfaction. Their struggle is still alive. Surviving against the illogical age-old discriminations, exploitations and countless insults, facing endless insecurities in lives, the Dalit society, in some respects, has successfully recovered itself to question its depleted conditions and create its respectable place in mainstream society. The Dalits are no more ashamed of their so-called lowly social positions; rather they use it as the adhesive force of their social unity and future political action plans. This has become the most powerful achievement for them to put aside the stigmas and bravely identity with their ischolar_mains. This showcases one of the most powerful successes they have achieved towards social justice and equality in recent years.