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| '''''Dalit Voice''''' is a political magazine published in ], ] that |
'''''Dalit Voice''''' is a political magazine published in ], ] that expresses the views of the ] movement. The current full title is "''Dalit Voice: the voice of the persecuted nationalities denied human rights''" and it appears fortnightly in both internet and print formats. It was founded in 1981 {{Fact|date=February 2007}} by ], a former journalist for the ], who is still its editor. The editor is a respected advocate for his people although many of his views are controversial. | ||
| ==Positions== | ==Positions== | ||
| The magazine is described by the ] library as <blockquote>"characterized by strong anti-Brahminist, anti-caste and anti-racist stance, advocacy of liberation from Brahminism, and polemical tone. Self-proclaimed as "the sole spokesman for the entire deprived, dehumanised lot of India...", -- Dalits, Backward Castes, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, women -- "all victims of the Aryan Brahminical racism."<ref> </ref></blockquote> | |||
| The publication attempts to represent the views of the oppressed Dalit people of India. | |||
| The publication attacks ], ], ] and ] ]. A reviewer in the magazine dismissed the attempt of a ] ] to distinguish between ] as a religion and the ] ideology of ]: | |||
| ⚫ | <blockquote> | ||
| "One cannot save Hinduism and destroy only Hindutva. The idea of difference, though it may be perceptible theoretically for the highly intellectual, is useless for the masses and needs to be abandoned. Let all Bahujans consider that Hindutva and Hinduism is one and the same thing and the Bahujans need to oppose and fight against both."<ref>K. Jamanadas, "Is it possible to destroy Hindutva without harming Hinduism?", ''Dalit Voice'', Vol.25, No.1 undated</ref></blockquote> | |||
| ⚫ | </blockquote> | ||
| An article of 2005 contained praise for ] as a "patriot".<ref>Iqbal Ahmed Shariff, "Hitler not worst villain of 20th century as painted by zionists", ''Dalit Voice'' June 16-30, 2005 </ref>An article in January 2006 by the same author stated: | |||
| The links between a group of authors including V.T. Rajshekar, ] and ] and writers in the ] movement indicate that there is worlwide concern about the plight of the Dalit people. | |||
| <blockquote>Israel is their national name. Zionists mean that corps of the political-minded, most mischievous, most tricky, richest manipulators among the Jews who struggled for and achieved the state of Israel by a novel method of over-populating the state of Palestine by shifting innocent, vulnerable lot of poor Jews from all over the world to Palestine and throwing bones to them after slicing the flesh for themselves. They plotted to rule the world through their money power by creating dissent between the rulers and subjects, communities and factions, bribing and financing dissenters in all the countries which they desired to conquer and rule from behind the curtain.<ref>Iqbal Ahmed Shariff, "A Reply to Critics of D.V. Article on Hitler: Jews & the "Jews of India", | |||
| ''Dalit Voice'', vol.25, No.1 undated</ref></blockquote> | |||
| In 1981, in Bangalore, India Dravidian journalist V.T. Rajshekar published the first issue of Dalit Voice--the major English journal of the Black Untouchables. In a 1987 publication entitled the African Presence in Early Asia, Rajshekar stated that: | |||
| It said that "the so-called Holocaust of the Jews at the hands of Hitler is the greatest lie and the most highly propagated concoction of history" and offered for sale by mail order the antisemitic hoax text ]. The article was followed by a statement by the editor (V.T. Rajshekar) referring to the 2005 article as having created "a minor flutter" and describing this article as "a fitting reply to critics".<ref>"D.V. and Foreign Affairs", ''Dalit Voice'', vol.25, No.1 undated</ref> | |||
| "The African-Americans also must know that their liberation struggle cannot be complete as long as their own blood-brothers and sisters living in far off Asia are suffering. It is true that African-Americans are also suffering, but our people here today are where African-Americans were two hundred years ago. African-American leaders can give our struggle tremendous support by bringing forth knowledge of the existence of such a huge chunk of Asian Blacks to the notice of both the American Black masses and the Black masses who dwell within the African continent itself." | |||
| Articles have praised ], claiming that "Zionist Jews" have "deliberately mis-portrayed" him as a villain. They have also praised Hitler's ] on their website<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>. | |||
| According to the online version of the Dalit Voice (http://www.dalitvoice.org/about.htm) there mission is as follows: | |||
| Its ] rhetoric, frequently follows to further ] with claims of ] in India being descended from Jews and deriving their "fanaticism" and "arrogance" from "Jewish Zionist Racism"<ref>{{cite book | |||
| | last = Heuzé | |||
| | first = Gérard | |||
| | authorlink = Gérard Heuzé | |||
| | title = Où va l’Inde moderne? (p 87) | |||
| | publisher = L’Harmattan | |||
| | date= 1993 | |||
| }} | |||
| </ref> <ref> {{cite book | |||
| | last = Rajshekhar | |||
| | first = V.T. | |||
| | authorlink = V.T. Rajshekhar | |||
| | title = Brahminism (p 28) | |||
| | publisher = Dalit Sahitya Akademy | |||
| }} | |||
| </ref>. | |||
| The Black Untouchables of India constitute about 20% of India's over 1,000 million population. Together with 10% Tribals, they make up a formidable 30% — far exceeding the population of entire Europe. | |||
| ''Dalit Voice'' has also made various ] accusations and touted "Jewish conspiracy theories"<ref></ref><ref></ref>. The editor V.T. Rajasekhar has treated the hoax text ] a legitimate <ref>Dalit Voice, 1-12-1991##</ref> and has accused ] of a conspiracy to "join hands (with Hindus) to crush Muslims, Blacks and India's Dalits"<ref>Dalit Voice, 16-1-1993##</ref> | |||
| But such a vast humanity, constituting the core of India's original inhabitants, is kept enslaved by less than 15% alien Aryans, India's ruling class. | |||
| Dalit Voice was the first Indian journal to expose this closely guarded secret and shock the outside world and make history. | |||
| Dalit Voice, in addition to publishing articles about "Zionist conspiracies" regarding ] and the ]<ref></ref><ref> See "Abuse of History" Hitler not worst villain of 20th century as painted by "Zionists"</ref>, have also supported the ]ian regime and ]'s ] of the ]<ref> Dalit Voice Article</ref>. | |||
| That is how Dalit Voice has become the organ of the entire deprived destitutes of India, the original home of racism. | |||
| Started in 1981 by V.T. Rajshekar, its Editor and founder, Dalit Voice, the English fortnightly, has become the country's most powerful "Voice of the Persecuted Nationalities Denied Human Rights". | |||
| A veteran journalist, formerly of the Indian Express, powerful and fearless writer, V.T. Rajshekar, had to face the wrath of the ruling class, arrested many times, several jail sentences, passport impounded and subjected to total media boycott. | |||
| It has also claimed that the ] in USA were a "total falsehood manufactured by the zionists controlling the Bush Administration".<ref>. Dalit Voice. September 2007.</ref> | |||
| Published in several Indian languages including Hindi, Dalit Voice has become the sole spokesman for the entire deprived, dehumanised lot of India. Besides the Dalits, it looks after the interests of Backward Castes (35%) and the country's three persecuted religious minorities — Muslims 15%, Christians 2.5%, and Sikhs 2.5% — all victims of the Aryan Brahminical racism. Plus the women of all sections including the Hindu women. | |||
| ==Responses== | |||
| ], who writes on ]-Hindu relations, has criticized the publication, referring to it as "radical" and asserting that its rhetoric does not help alleviate the Dalit situation<ref name="Sikand"> | |||
| {{cite book | |||
| | last = Sikand | |||
| | first = Yoginder | |||
| | authorlink = Yoginder Sikand | |||
| | title = Islam, Caste and Dalit-Muslim Relations in India | |||
| | publisher = Global Media Publications, New Delhi Pg. 98 | |||
| | date= 2004}} | |||
| </ref>: | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| "Far from alleviating the prevailing situation the militant rhetoric of the writers of Dalit Voice offers nothing substantial and instead create even more disunity. One writer calls the Ulema as the ‘progeny of iblis’ and appeals to the Muslims to stop reading their literature at once<ref name="Sikand"/>." | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
| A scholar, ], has written of the links between a group of authors including V.T. Rajshekar, ] and ] and writers in the ] movement. He called this a "submerged network of Afro-Dalit literature". He mentioned Rajshekar's editorship of ''Dalit Voice'', saying that its pages had "welcomed African American scholars for at least a decade". He criticized the views of this group of writers as "epidermal determinism" (seeking solidarity on the basis of skin colour alone rather than on the experience of oppression).<ref>{{cite journal | |||
| | quotes = no | |||
| | author = Vijay Prashad | |||
| | year = 2000 | |||
| | month = April | |||
| | title = Afro-Dalits of the Earth, Unite! | |||
| | journal = African | |||
| | volume = 43 | |||
| | issue = 1 | |||
| | pages = 189–201 | |||
| | language = English | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| The writer ] has criticised the publication for having ] views. <ref> Ayodhya and After, Koenraad Elst (Chpt 14)</ref>, counter-claiming that claims of racism in Hinduism are a "crank ideology". | |||
| ] writes that the ] exhibited by Dalit Voice is a fairly recent and unrepresentative phenomenon among India's ]<ref>] (1994). Histoire de l’antisémitisme 1945-93 (P.395). Paris.</ref> | |||
| Dalit Voice has also been criticized for "buying into anti-Jewish conspiracy theories" by the ] "Maoist International Movement". While praising the ''Dalit Voice'' for having "some good information on caste and other problems in India", they suggest that<ref name="mim">, Google Cache of the Maoist International Movement article</ref>: | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| "We hope to see Dalit Voice drop its conspiracy theories about Jews that underestimate the oppressiveness of oppressor nation people in the United States and Western Europe and take up Marxism-Leninism-Maoism<ref name="mim"/>." | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
| In the course of the last 25 years, DV has become India's largest circulated journal of the oppressed, fighting against mainstream dailies and periodicals which have totally ignored the plight of the original inhabitants. Hence DV is rightly hailed as a new experiment in Indian journalism. | |||
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| Only DV has diagnosed the disease of India which is an exception to all other countries in the world. If others have only "classes", India has not only the "class" but the world's most unique institution of caste system, which is the other word for racism. Here lies the success of DV. It goes to all world famous libraries, universities and invited many Afro-American delegations to India. | |||
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| Its Editor is hailed as India's most original thinker, scholar and also philosopher. As India's most famous Dalit writer, he has authored over 60 world-famous books dealing with the problems of caste, ethnicity, Muslims, Christian, Sikhs, Marxism, Brahminism, Racism, Gandhism, Fascism etc. | |||
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Dalit Voice is a political magazine published in Bangalore, India that expresses the views of the Dalit movement. The current full title is "Dalit Voice: the voice of the persecuted nationalities denied human rights" and it appears fortnightly in both internet and print formats. It was founded in 1981 by V.T. Rajshekar, a former journalist for the Indian Express, who is still its editor. The editor is a respected advocate for his people although many of his views are controversial.
Positions
The publication attempts to represent the views of the oppressed Dalit people of India.
The links between a group of authors including V.T. Rajshekar, Ivan van Sertima and Runoko Rashidi and writers in the Afrocentric movement indicate that there is worlwide concern about the plight of the Dalit people.
In 1981, in Bangalore, India Dravidian journalist V.T. Rajshekar published the first issue of Dalit Voice--the major English journal of the Black Untouchables. In a 1987 publication entitled the African Presence in Early Asia, Rajshekar stated that:
"The African-Americans also must know that their liberation struggle cannot be complete as long as their own blood-brothers and sisters living in far off Asia are suffering. It is true that African-Americans are also suffering, but our people here today are where African-Americans were two hundred years ago. African-American leaders can give our struggle tremendous support by bringing forth knowledge of the existence of such a huge chunk of Asian Blacks to the notice of both the American Black masses and the Black masses who dwell within the African continent itself."
According to the online version of the Dalit Voice (http://www.dalitvoice.org/about.htm) there mission is as follows:
The Black Untouchables of India constitute about 20% of India's over 1,000 million population. Together with 10% Tribals, they make up a formidable 30% — far exceeding the population of entire Europe. But such a vast humanity, constituting the core of India's original inhabitants, is kept enslaved by less than 15% alien Aryans, India's ruling class.
Dalit Voice was the first Indian journal to expose this closely guarded secret and shock the outside world and make history. That is how Dalit Voice has become the organ of the entire deprived destitutes of India, the original home of racism. Started in 1981 by V.T. Rajshekar, its Editor and founder, Dalit Voice, the English fortnightly, has become the country's most powerful "Voice of the Persecuted Nationalities Denied Human Rights".
A veteran journalist, formerly of the Indian Express, powerful and fearless writer, V.T. Rajshekar, had to face the wrath of the ruling class, arrested many times, several jail sentences, passport impounded and subjected to total media boycott.
Published in several Indian languages including Hindi, Dalit Voice has become the sole spokesman for the entire deprived, dehumanised lot of India. Besides the Dalits, it looks after the interests of Backward Castes (35%) and the country's three persecuted religious minorities — Muslims 15%, Christians 2.5%, and Sikhs 2.5% — all victims of the Aryan Brahminical racism. Plus the women of all sections including the Hindu women.
In the course of the last 25 years, DV has become India's largest circulated journal of the oppressed, fighting against mainstream dailies and periodicals which have totally ignored the plight of the original inhabitants. Hence DV is rightly hailed as a new experiment in Indian journalism.
Only DV has diagnosed the disease of India which is an exception to all other countries in the world. If others have only "classes", India has not only the "class" but the world's most unique institution of caste system, which is the other word for racism. Here lies the success of DV. It goes to all world famous libraries, universities and invited many Afro-American delegations to India.
Its Editor is hailed as India's most original thinker, scholar and also philosopher. As India's most famous Dalit writer, he has authored over 60 world-famous books dealing with the problems of caste, ethnicity, Muslims, Christian, Sikhs, Marxism, Brahminism, Racism, Gandhism, Fascism etc.
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