How successful are you in convincing Dalits to adopt English?
On the day of Lord Macaulay’s birthday I said on the invitation letter that ‘hereafter, any Dalit parents or their relatives who knows English should whisper A,B,C,D in the ear of a new-born child within two minutes of his or her birth and the first picture shown (to the child) should be of the English goddess.’ The child will not understand but the Dalit person will have a sense of responsibility to teach English to a newborn. I believe India should adopt the American way of Affirmative Action, it should extend beyond government jobs. It should be extended in business and economy. Dr J J Irani is looking into the issue of reservation in private businesses. I also recommend Dalit capitalism to integrate Dalits and non-Dalits as it happened in the US after the race riots. Americans have given a stake to Blacks in every walk of life. They are into a supplier-dealership chain. For instance, army uniforms, Blacks may be given the order to supply buttons but they will have some contract. In
