go to a govt office for a certificate. say for eg; a caste/community or income. the officer will ask u to put ur father's name. they wont accept if use ur mother's name .. if u question them, the answr is ; "we live in a ptriachal soceity"
as far as i know some subcaste organisations have raised voice against the govr order initially. but r also not very active, perhaps bz of dalit patriarchy the issue is of serious concern as it denies the woman, her parental role denying a generation to her, that too to a woman who has shown the courage to defie/break caste codes/barriers in solidarity On 6/20/08, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today, about hundred individuals participated in a convention held in Bank > employees Union hall > against the anti democratic order of the government issued on May 22, 2005 > denying parent status to women > in case of inter caste marriages. Convention was orgenised y MANUSHA. > > K.Ajitha inaugurated the convention. Rekha Raj presented the issue . She > wondered why the civil society is > keeping a safe distance from this issue as if it affected only a minority. > She also wondered why Dalit organisations are > insensitive to this isssue. caste for dalit and adivasi women is not > something could be erased automatically through marriage, she opined. Women > should also be given the status of 'natural parent". > > K.M.SalimKumar , Jyothi Narayanan, Rajagopal Vakathanam, M.B.manoj, Sajini, > Purushothaman, K.Sadanandan, Adv.Anila George, Dileep Raj and Adv. Rashmai > participated in the discussion.P.D.Jose presided. > > A state level committee was formed with K.Ajitha ( chair person) and Rekha > Raj, Anila George, Sasikumar Kizhakkedom (convenors) > to lead future struggles. > > -- > Dileep R I thuravoor > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
