“I was born into chains.
Chains of caste
I was born into chains.
Chains of untouchability
I was born into chains.
Chains of racism
I was born into chains.
Chains of purity and impurity
I was born into chains.
Chains of boundaries
I was born into chains.
Chains of persecution
Everywhere, graphene chains
Everywhere chains
Everywhere boundaries
Everywhere subordination
Everywhere subjugation
Everywhere, iron walls
Celebrations of chains
Celebrations of boundaries
Celebrations of subjugation
Celebration of iron walls
Celebrations of purity and impurities
Celebration of persecution
I tried and tried to escape the chains.
But iron chains are human chains.
Nobody can escape.
Except tightening them
No human agency unchained me.
No natural agency has cut my chains.
Chains are iron chains.
Human chains are iron chains.
Wherever I go, I am chained.
But differently
But these different chains are not
Like the other one, I was born with it.
It is easy to unchain.
I am trying to take my son.
Where he can grow up in free space”
I was born into an untouchable caste with black skin in India. India is the most dangerous country for any untouchable caste person. It is a dangerous country like any caste-based society. Race-based society is too dangerous for black-skinned, untouchable caste people. Caste is omnipresent and omnipotent. Caste is not a race. A race-based society is not a caste-based society. One can free herself or himself in any race-based society. Ethnic-based African societies do not have untouchables. African societies are more civilized than any human society. But Asian societies are glorified for their culture of persecuting marginalized groups in Western societies. I am trying to save my son from the clutches of caste and untouchability.
Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla
Author of the globally acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia".
Author of "Why I Am Not Indian: The Untouchable Rejecting India's Citizenship"
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