Rahul not solely loved a hearty meal with the household but in addition helped put together it.
New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi visited a “Dalit kitchen” throughout his latest go to to Maharashtra’s Kolhapur. His discovery of the Dalit delicacies happened resulting from his curiosity about “what they eat, how they cook dinner and its social and political significance”.
Throughout his go to to the house of a Dalit farmer, Ajay Tukaram Sanade, at Unchaon village in Kolhapur on Saturday, he not solely loved a hearty and “spicy” meal with the household but in addition helped put together it. The Chief of the Opposition was additionally accompanied by Shahu Patole, the creator of the e-book ‘Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada’ which highlights meals eaten by the Dalits.
“Nobody is aware of what we (Dalits) eat,” mentioned Mr Patole.
“You mentioned an fascinating factor that nobody is aware of what you eat, the way you cook dinner it. Which is why I’ve come right here in the present day,” mentioned Mr Gandhi.
The 54-year-old heads to the kitchen and tells the creator, “I do not eat lots of spice”.
The dialog then strikes to the discrimination confronted by the Dalits. “In my village, they (the higher caste village) will not even have water or a cup of tea at my dwelling,” mentioned Mr Patole.
“They respect my rank now, however not my caste,” he mentioned, including, “Folks conceal their caste and surname (as a result of discrimination).”
Mr Gandhi and Mr Patole cooked ‘harbharyanchi bhaji’ – a vegetable of chickpea greens – ‘tuvar dal’ with brinjals and a dish constructed from spring onions for lunch. They paired the greens and lentil with Maharashtrian-style jowar bhakris (bread made with sorghum flour).
दलित किचन के बारे में आज भी बहुत कम लोग जानते हैं। जैसा शाहू पटोले जी ने कहा, “दलित क्या खाते हैं, कोई नहीं जानता।”
वो क्या खाते हैं, कैसे पकाते हैं, और इसका सामाजिक और राजनीतिक महत्व क्या है, इस जिज्ञासा के साथ, मैंने अजय तुकाराम सनदे जी और अंजना तुकाराम सनदे जी के साथ एक दोपहर… pic.twitter.com/yPjXUQt9te
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The Sanade household mentioned they “had been completely unprepared for his sudden arrival”. “First, we provided him water and tea, and later he mentioned he was feeling hungry and volunteered to organize one thing for all of us in our kitchen,” they instructed IANS.
“Drawing on Patole and the Sanade household’s private experiences with caste and discrimination, we mentioned the ignorance about Dalit delicacies and the significance of documenting this tradition,” the Congress chief posted on X in the present day.
The Structure provides Bahujans a share and rights, and we are going to shield that Structure, he asserted.
However true inclusion and equality for all within the society might be attainable solely when each Indian strives with the spirit of brotherhood of their hearts, Mr Gandhi mentioned.