A purely dalit or a purely feminist movement cannot adequately help dalit women. But no matter. Dalit women participants at the Convention against Untouchability and Dalit Women's Oppression were willing to help themselves. Even as they narrated their problems and humiliations, there was pride in a new identity, in being able to withstand hardships, and in the strength and courage to wage attritive battles.
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