Rahul now not best loved a hearty meal with the society but additionally helped get ready it.
Pristine Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi visited a “Dalit kitchen” all through his contemporary talk over with to Maharashtra’s Kolhapur. His discovery of the Dalit delicacies took place because of his interest about “what they eat, how they cook and its social and political significance”.
All through his talk over with to the house of a Dalit farmer, Ajay Tukaram Sanade, at Unchaon village in Kolhapur on Saturday, he now not best loved a hearty and “spicy” meal with the society but additionally helped get ready it. The Chief of the Opposition used to be additionally accompanied via Shahu Patole, the writer of the reserve ‘Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada’ which highlights meals eaten via the Dalits.
“No one knows what we (Dalits) eat,” mentioned Mr Patole.
“You said an interesting thing that no one knows what you eat, how you cook it. Which is why I have come here today,” mentioned Mr Gandhi.
The 54-year-old heads to the kitchen and tells the writer, “I don’t eat a lot of spice”.
The dialog next strikes to the discrimination confronted via the Dalits. “In my village, they (the upper caste village) won’t even have water or a cup of tea at my home,” mentioned Mr Patole.
“They respect my rank now, but not my caste,” he mentioned, including, “People hide their caste and surname (due to the discrimination).”
Mr Gandhi and Mr Patole cooked ‘harbharyanchi bhaji’ – a vegetable of chickpea vegetables – ‘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 society mentioned they “were totally unprepared for his sudden arrival”. “First, we offered him water and tea, and later he said he was feeling hungry and volunteered to prepare something for all of us in our kitchen,” they informed IANS.
“Drawing on Patole and the Sanade family’s personal experiences with caste and discrimination, we discussed the lack of awareness about Dalit cuisine and the importance of documenting this culture,” the Congress chief posted on X as of late.
The Charter offers Bahujans a percentage and rights, and we can give protection to that Charter, he asserted.
However true inclusion and equality for all within the public will likely be conceivable best when each Indian strives with the spirit of brotherhood of their hearts, Mr Gandhi mentioned.
