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'Dalit capitalism can turn the caste order': Activist Chandrabhan Prasad

Dalit leadership is decaying, limping. It is failing the WhatsApp generation of Dalits

Chandrabhan Prasad, Dalit activist
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Illustration: Binay Sinha

Aditi Phadnis
Chandrabhan Prasad is a Dalit activist and believes capitalism alone can ensure the liberation of the Dalits. In this interview to Aditi Phadnis, he describes how Dalits have set up successful enterprises and corrects many myths about government programmes. Edited excerpts:
 
 
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