Dalit-Bahujan Discourse

Valerian Rodrigues
Dalit-Bahujan Discourse in Modern India

“Dalit-bahujan thought, particularly dalit thought, is frequently characterized as veering between assimilation and segregation in relation to mainstream nationalism..... Jotirao Phule, for instance, distinguished between Shudras and Atishudras, and combined them into shudratishudras. He argued that they together faced a common enemy, and were subjected to deprivation, humiliation and exploitation in common, although the extent of it varied.”