Dear Ganesan,

I agree with you, and we shouldn't have done it here.

Vinay Kumar has MADE AN ERROR with his posting - 'Dicci' was opened not on 30th June 2011, but more than 6 years back, on 14th April 2005.

It was only their Mumbai Chapter they inaugurated on 28th May 2011 at the city's Taj.

Dicci has been doing fairly well, and you can know more about them from the following Links :

(a) http://www.dicci.org/en/ (LINK : Dicci's own Website)

(b) http://flyingfootage.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/dalit-chamber-of-commerce-to-start-mumbai-chapter-on-may-28/ (LINK : Info on the Inauguration of the Mumbai Chapter, and how Dicci is doing.)

But I HAVE A QUESTION.

Why did the India-Against-Corruption wallahs still have the 'Anti-Reservation-Forum' running here ? They should gave closed it long back.

I do find the opening of 'Dicci' just on the basis of Caste and Creed unacceptable, and hence my protest. A more beautiful solution would have been to found it as a Caste-Neutral organisation, and keep it open to members of all Castes and Creeds, especially the much poorer ones. That would've been truly Dedicating it to the Service of the Nation, and would have Escalated my Respect for the Dalits a Million times More.

I do think we should be united, and Unity is a multi-sided approach, coming from all quarters; and I urge everyone, including my Dalit brethren, to do their bit.

The Dalits are my Brothers and Sisters, and they reside nowhere else but my heart. If they are still neglected and downtrodden, I'll do everything in my Power to see they come up to the levels as everyone else in Society, and go even beyond. A disciple of Swami Vivekananda cannot think, and be, any different.

Thank You,

Summit.