This is what we have achieved in an Institution Higher Education, which was supposed to produce health professionals of high ethics, after 30 years of non-stop left front rule... Do we need further explanation about the 'apartheid' in our country?
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Ranjit Ranjit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi > > One of our friend Saptrishi (from NUJS, Kolkata) has forwarded me a news > report of Untouchability practices followed by the so called upper caste > students in one of the Medical College in Culcutta. > > The news was carried by Anand bazar Patrika, yesterday. He has translated > below the news item into english so that we can forward it to all > concerned. > > anoop > > > *The Caste Ailment Strikes the **Medical** **College** Hostel This Time* > > > > Ananda Bazaar Patrika, Friday, 30th May 2008, page 4 > > > > > > Is Biman Basu going to arrange a communal dinning at the Calcutta Medical > College? > > > > A few years back, the school students of Birbhaanpur in Bankuda district > had boycotted the mid-day meals cooked by "low" caste women. It was said > that they had been instructed to do so by their family members. The > Left-Front chairman Mr. Biman Basu had gone there and had organized a > communal dinning with all the caste members, thus saving the state > government from much embarrassment. > > > > This time around, there have been allegations that some students at the > Calcutta Medical College hostel have been prevented from taking water from > the taps, on account of their "low" caste by their "high" caste classmates. > For the same reason, the said students have been subjected to physical and > mental torture also. It is surprising, that all those who were so vociferous > against the divisive nature of "caste-based" reservations, should have such > cases of blatant untouchability in their own backyards! > > > > Seventeen students of the first and second years, who are residents of the > men's hostel at the college have expressed their grievances in writing, to > the Dean Mr. Prabir Kumar Dasgupta and Hospital Superintendent, Mr. Anup > Roy. In their written account, the aggrieved students have said that for the > past few days, a group of students at the men's hostel had been abusing and > taunting them in caste based terms. The situation took a serious turn on the > night of 17th May. A group led by three students entered the hostel and > started abusing them in caste-specific terms and warned them against taking > water from the taps. When the latter protested, they were dragged out of > their rooms and beaten up by the mob. The aggrieved students approached the > authorities, in order to seek redressal against such violence. > > > > The authorities and the doctors at the Medical College are extremely upset > about this kind of caste-centric disturbances caused by the students, within > the hostel. On 19th May, the Hospital Superintendent, after making primary > enquiries, constituted a committee comprising of four departmental heads, > for conducting detailed investigations into the matter. The committee > comprised of Dr. Siddharth Chakravarty of the Cardio-Thoracic Department, > Dr. Sukanto Chatterjee of the Pediatrics Department, Dr. Tapan Kumar Basu of > Forensic Medicine and Dr. Samir Dasgupta of Community Medicine. > Investigations over, the committee is more or less certain that the incident > had, indeed occurred. However, since the situation at the Medical College is > perpetually tensed surrounding matters related to the hostels, the committee > fears if the submission of the report would amount to adding fuel to the > fire. The students, against whom the allegations have been made, have > however denied that the incident ever took place. > > > > In the words of superintendent Mr. Anup Roy, "this incident has given me a > mental shock. I am somehow not being able to accept such mentality and > attitude of the students of the medical college. We have requested every > student organization on the campus to monitor that such shameful incidents > do not take place in future". > > > > The members of the investigation committee informed, that in order to test > the validity of the allegations, all the seventeen aggrieved students were > asked to write down their accounts of the incident, separately, in front of > the committee. It was seen that all the seventeen students wrote similar > descriptions. The committee members stated, "our report is complete. It is > extremely demotivating. But given the turbulent situation at the medical > college caused by the student movement, we really don't know what would > happen when we release the report. And it is such considerations that are > preventing us from submitting the report". > > > > The State Backward Class Development Minister, Mr. Jogesh Burman, expressed > wonder when he was informed about the matter. In his words, "casteism is so > ingrained in our psyche since time immemorial, that we have not been able to > transcend it. During the left-front regime, we tried a lot to convince > people against such things. But the fact that such an incident has occurred > at a place like the Medical College implies, that our efforts have not > actualized". > > > > > > -- Regards Afthab Ellath --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
