Dalit writer-student attacked for ‘anti-Hindu’ writings
Writer and anti-writer protests held
New Delhi: A literary body comprising leading writers Nayantara Sahgal, K. Satchidanandan and Romila Thapar among others strongly condemned the attack on Dalit writer-activist Huchangi Prasad for his “anti-Hindu” writings. “The Indian Writers’ Forum strongly condemns the attack on a young Dalit writer, Huchangi Prasad, for his writings against the caste system,” it said.
Prasad, a 23-year-old journalism student in Davanagere, Karnataka and author of a book Odala Kichchu which speaks against the caste system, alleged that he was assaulted on Wednesday and was threatened that his fingers would be cut for writing against Hinduism.
Prasad alleged that on October 21 night, “a group of eight to nine persons came to SC/ST hostel where I reside and told me that my mother was unwell. Worried I followed them. They took me to a place and started threatening and assaulting me for writing against Hinduism and caste system,” he said.
Prasad said he received some minor injuries, adding, “They said I’m born as Dalit, because of sins I had committed in my previous life.”