Good reading. However, I was coming from a different perspective.
It is the same question as: Are the tribals in Assam, who are not Christians, Hindus?
What were the some sections of Miris and Nagas, before they were converted to Hindus by Xong,kordev?
Many a time, we call some tribe as Hindu simply by default, simply because he is not a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist etc. In fact that is one definition of being a Hindu.
Rajen Barua
>From: Saurav Pathak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: [Assam] re: conversion & supreme court
>Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:15:47 -0400
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>+ In a message dated 9/12/03 7:12:48 PM Central Daylight Time,
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>+ Could you tell me who are the Dalits?
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>http://www.dalits.org/whoaredalits.htm
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>here is ambedkar's theory of the origin of the untouchables:
>http://www.countercurrents.org/dalit-ambedkar050703.htm
>(dalit=broken)
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>ambedkar rejected gandhi's term (harijan). they were previously
>simply called achyut (untouchables).
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>ambedkar died a buddhist.
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