Re: [ZESTCaste] Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation

 

in total agreement of the position. i think we should be back to pedagogy of oppressed . why should international thesoophical institute, chennai by led by elite. how many position holders are dlaits, adivasis, and oppressed groups of different counties?. let us start an altrenative movement of such kind where the oppressed are leaders, and people like me the back seat Ranjani --- On Wed, 4/5/11, Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com> wrote: From: Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com> Subject: [ZESTCaste] Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation To: "zestcaste" <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wednesday, 4 May, 2011, 4:36 PM   http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/02/stories/2011050253160300.htm Tamil Nadu - Vellore Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation Special Correspondent VELLORE: South India has the largest number of oppressed people in the world, according to A.M. Chinnappa, Archbishop of Chennai and president of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops' Council (TNBC). Releasing the Dalit Bible Commentaries (DBC) at a function organised in connection with the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies (CDS) at the Bishop's House here on Saturday, Rev. Chinnappa said that in no other part of the world there are so many oppressed persons as in South India. Tamil Nadu is the State where casteism is most prevalent in India, followed by Andhra Pradesh. The attempt of the Dalit Bible Commentaries, namely Deuteronomy and 1 & 2 Samuel Commentaries, is to lead the people from darkness that casteism symbolises, into light. The Archbishop said that the Dalits constitute the root of theology, and therefore, the task of liberation of Dalits should be taken up after integrating the different theologies. Any attempt at Dalit liberation should not only involve the oppressed people but also the oppressors, to have a holistic approach towards the goal of Dalit liberation, he said. Rev. Chinnappa honoured James Massey, Director, CDS and author of 1 & 2 Samuel Commentaries, and Monodeep Daniel, author of Deuteronomy. I. John Mohan Razu introduced the commentaries. The guests received copies of the commentaries from the Archbishop. Rev. Y. William, Church of South India Bishop of Vellore, released the Leviticus and Numbers Commentaries. Rev. P. Soundararaju, Catholic Bishop of Vellore and Chairman of TNBC Commission for Youth, welcomed the gathering.

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