Week - 7 Sapna Indu Pillai

                                                         Weekly Summary – Week 7 


                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                     Sapna Indu Pillai 
                                                                                                                     BALLB Sec – C 
                                                                                                                     2016111


On 14th April 2020 India celebrated the 129th birth anniversary of Dr.  Amebdkar’s who was instrumental in the creation of the Indian Constitution. He was also one of the main voices for the Dalit activist movement by voicing the concerns and demands of the Dalit community and enforcing laws to its benefit. It becomes extremely interesting to shed light on Amebdkar’s contribution in the current political climate. It is no doubt that the world has seen a rise in right wing politics which now has refused to hide its hatred and has created laws and policies which are outright discriminatory and hateful. In the piece “Reminiscing on Amebdkar Jayanti” the attention is drawn to how Anand Teltumbade, a Dalit activist was arrested on claims that dint have solid evidence to essentially stop him from critizing the government and to have controlled discussions that help the government’s motives and  agendas.  The current crisis of the novel coronavirus which India and the rest of the world faces is also discussed as a caste problem. The migrant workers during this pandemic have been given little to no support or help to face this deadly virus by the government and are lambs to the slaughter. Most migrant workers belong to the Dalit community and with no work they have no money to survive in cities and had to walk for miles to get back to their hometown for food and shelter and in the process many died. While this was happening many Indians stranded abroad where flown in and provided medical and financial facilities by government. This shows how even during a crisis, the caste system triumphs Untouchability for the upper caste is now justified due to this virus and has led to many in the Dalit community losing their jobs and more for no fault of their own. 

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