Revolution to End Oppression

            I begin with a poem that I learnt in Telugu years back written by a Dalit Poet:

In the name of Freedom they (privileged)

Fight with the Government,

Demand Independence, but

(Privileged) don’t give us freedom

(Privileged) don’t allow us into their temples

Prevent us from drawing water from wells,

They say no right to people (Dalits),

If our rights are denied

How will you achieve freedom?

            Marx’s admonition in his 11^th Thesis on Feuerbach, that “philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways whilst the point is to change it.”  It has often been taken as a command to abandon philosophy or rather theory. Reading in between the lines, I found out that Marx is throwing a daring challenge to all those who desire to be practicers of theory, thinking alone is not sufficient to change the world. The society needs a revolution to change, as revolutions are made not in the heads of people but in the real world.

            The Society needs a Revolution. It indeed needs a revolution, that will stand and support the underprivileged, a revolution that will say no to oppression of violence, a revolution that will end dehumanization, a revolution that cancels out education authoritarianism,  a revolution that deletes scapegoatism, a revolution that dismantles the dominant class, the revolution that erases poverty, a revolution that will cross out hegemony, a revolution that will wipe out the unnecessary myths, and a revolution that  will promise hope, that will stand with poor, that will give new heart for humanization and finally  a revolution that will change and promise a new life.

            In the end, revolution should not only just happen but should give birth to new way of life, new way of being, and new way of emergence of human being. Revolution stands authentic in as much as it is fed and nourished by critical education, participation, and dialogue. It is with this software kit that person emerges as authentic revolutionary fighting for the empowerment of underprivileged.