05-14-2007, 08:11 PM
from above link
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Misra took pains to make his audience believe that Brahmins were never the exploiters of the have-not Dalits.
'In the traditional Hindu society, the Brahmin survived only on 'bhiksha' (alms) while the Thakur and Yadav remained the powerful landowner who exploited the poor Dalit at will,' was the oft-repeated reminder that made Misra gel with the socially downtrodden.
He would make it a point to make Brahmins go to the nearest Dalit pockets for the goodwill rallies and not vice versa.
'And that really worked to repose confidence among Dalits that this bond was here to stay,' asserts Misra, who strongly believes that 'the success of the Uttar Pradesh experiment would go a long way in eventually re-writing the political destiny of the nation.' </b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Misra took pains to make his audience believe that Brahmins were never the exploiters of the have-not Dalits.
'In the traditional Hindu society, the Brahmin survived only on 'bhiksha' (alms) while the Thakur and Yadav remained the powerful landowner who exploited the poor Dalit at will,' was the oft-repeated reminder that made Misra gel with the socially downtrodden.
He would make it a point to make Brahmins go to the nearest Dalit pockets for the goodwill rallies and not vice versa.
'And that really worked to repose confidence among Dalits that this bond was here to stay,' asserts Misra, who strongly believes that 'the success of the Uttar Pradesh experiment would go a long way in eventually re-writing the political destiny of the nation.' </b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->