Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Being and Becoming

“Being and Becoming

I am an untouchable for 6000 years.

I am Madiga.

I will be untouchable for the next millions of years.

I can’t speak

I can’t learn

I can’t walk

I can’t decide.

I can’t claim

I can’t own

I can’t drink water

I can’t wear

I can’t perform.

I can’t identify

I can’t hear

I can’t see

I can’t read

I can’t write

I can’t smile.

I can’t love

I can’t feel

I can’t express

I can’t achieve

I can’t acquire

I can’t taste

I can’t touch

I can’t stand

I can’t sit

I can’t breathe in India.

I can’t breathe in South Asia.

I can’t breathe in Asia.

I can’t breathe in the Pacific.

I can’t breathe in Africa.

I can’t breathe in MENA.

But

I am becoming and attaining human status in a non-caste society.”

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla is a progressive scholar with a research interest in human rights and peace building. He is standing with the most oppressed castes or groups in the world, i.e. the Indian Untouchables, the LGBTQ community, and Yazidies, who have never been noticed by the so-called global human rights bodies such as the UNO, the EU, the West, Amnesty, the Nobel Prize, NASA, Hollywood, etc. He is the author of his autobiography, "Why I Am Not Indian: The Untouchable Rejecting India's Citizenship." (https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Suryaraju-Mattimalla-ebook/dp/B09MDXFTY2/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1637756966&qsid=261-0591308-5553230&refinements=p_27%3ASuryaraju+Mattimalla&s=digital-text&sr=1-2&sres=B09MDZM1Q2%2CB09MDXFTY2&text=Suryaraju+Mattimalla)

Author of  “Dalit/Untouchable Anthology: Untouchable Lived Experiences” (https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Suryaraju-Mattimalla/dp/B09M5B7XVS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Dalit%2FUntouchable+Anthology&qid=1638451224&sr=8-1)

Author of “An Intellectual History of Anti-Caste Philosophers in India: A Study on Babasaheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar” (https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Suryaraju-Mattimalla/dp/B09M785T3S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=An+intelectual+history+of+anti-caste+philosophers+in+indien%3A+A+study+on+Babasaheb+Dr.B.R.Ambedkar&qid=1638746824&sr=8-1)

He is also running a personal blog, and he can be contacted at

DALIT ACADEMIC MAFIA(https://dalitacademicmafia.blogspot.com)

TIGRAY GENOCIDE IN ETHIOPIA (dejazamtchnegussebezabih.blogspot.com),

Twitter:  Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla (@DrMattimalla) / Twitter

Facebook: Surya Raju Mattimalla | Facebook

E-mail:suryarajumattimalla1977@gmail.com 

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