The Dalit Movement :

Social movements of Dalits show a particular character. The movements cannot be explained satisfactorily by reference to economic exploitations alone orpolitical oppression, although these dimensions are important. This is a struggle for recognition as fellow human beings. It is a struggle for self-confidence and a space for self-determination. It is a struggle for abolishment of stigmatisation, that untouchability implied. It has been called a struggle to be touched. The word Dalit is commonly used in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and many other Indian languages, meaning the poor and oppressed persons. It was first used in the new context in Marathi by neo-Buddhist activists, the followers of Babasaheb Ambedkar in the early 1970's. It refers to those who have been broken, ground down by those above them in a deliberate way. There is, in the word itself, inherent denial of pollution, karma and justified caste hierarchy.

Which among these is NOT the charateristic of Dalit movement ?

(1) Evolutionary

(2) Revolutionary

(3) Reformative

(4) Redemptive

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