This is Kanwal Bharti’s preface to his first book in English to be published by Forward Press shortly. In the book, Bharti focuses on North India and provides glimpses of the long struggle against brahmanical casteism – the struggle that is a legacy of Buddha, Kabir, Raidas, Phule, Guru Ghasidas, Bodhanand, Swami Achootanand, Periyar, Ambedkar and other Bahujan heroes