Dear friend
Official records are revealing that in a span of two years (2008 and 2009)
three dalit students have committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh. They have
also recorded one attempt suicide. . But there could be several more such
cases which were either not reported or the reasons were
Caste and the Census http://sanhati.com/excerpted/2385/
*May 23, 2010*
By Gail Omvedt. *Also published in Frontier and Forward*
“See no caste, hear no caste, speak no caste.” The policy of the Indian
elite towards the issue of caste has been that of the three monkeys: one of
denial. It doesn’t
Yesterday, as scheduled, Mumbai saw a lively protest demo , under the banner
of the Anti-POSCO Struggle Solidarity Front, outside the Churchgate Rly.
Station, the virtual heart of the city, for more than an hour since 5 in the
evening.
At least eighty activists from a broad spectrum of
Veiled ThreatThe many problems with France's proposed burqa ban.By Wajahat
Ali
Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 2:37 PM ET
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As a practicing Muslim, even I admit to being somewhat startled by the
appearance of the black burqa that entirely veils a woman's face and
