The name of Hindi paper uploaded is JANTA KA AYENA,/(not AVAZ/ [ it means Peoples' Mirror] My apologies for a mistake in the earlier post.
On Jun 27, 3:55 pm, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > The major difference with the Chitralekha case is that the victims here are > Marathi speakers (local) and the attackers Hirdu (outsiders). > The Hindu report looks to be decidedly better. > > Sukla > > On 27 June 2010 16:17, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It is true that the police registered a case and that is quite good. > > Let us hope that at a later stage the offenders will not ask > > for the sympathies of the politicians and a section of the civil > > society > > by saying like "it all happened due to their bad behaviours". > > The things that had happened to Chithralekha(Kerala) have many things > > in common with this incident! > > I'm afraid there will surely be some concerted efforts to dilute the > > case so that > > the culprit might escape this gruesome "crime of consensus"! > > > [Please see the file which I'm going to upload: A version of the > > Wadala(Mumbai) incident that appeared in the Hindi paper Janta Ka > > Avaz, 26-06-2010]. > > > Best, > > Venu. > > > On Jun 27, 2:51 pm, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's actually not "few women". It appears to go well beyond that. Women, > > > running a sort of water mafia, committing atrocities against women, of > > > course with their men duly in aiding and assisting. Apart from caste > > > dimensions, it has also ethnic/linguistic dimensions. > > > > The saving grace is that the victims have been provided police > > protection. > > > Attackers arrested. > > > > Sukla > > > >http://www.thehindu.com/news/article487516.ece > > > > <http://www.thehindu.com/news/article487516.ece>Dalit woman stripped, > > beaten > > > up in Mumbai slumSTAFF REPORTER > > > > MUMBAI, June 27, 2010 > > > > Rape of a minor girl triggered the attack > > > > ‘Neech jaat' (low caste) was a word Kavita (name changed) kept hearing > > when > > > she was being stripped and beaten up. “They beat me with bamboo sticks. I > > > kept saying ‘no.' They ripped off my gown, pulled my hair and dragged me > > out > > > of the house to a nearby shop. Many were filming the act on mobile > > phones. > > > In Hindi, they kept saying, ‘*neech jaat* [low caste], come, take your > > > turn.' Men were beating me too,” Kavita told *The Hindu* on Saturday. > > > > From a polythene bag, Kavita's mother fished out a clump of hair plucked > > > from the woman's head. > > > > The shocking incident took place last week in a Mumbai slum, where a > > group > > > of upper caste women assaulted the 22-year-old Scheduled Caste woman. A > > case > > > under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) > > Act > > > (POA) has been registered at the Sewree police station. The police have > > > arrested 10 women and two men. > > > > The arrest of Kavita's brother in a case of the rape of a minor girl > > > triggered the assault. However, deep-seated caste hatred towards the > > family > > > runs a long way back. There are two water pumps in the locality. “The > > main > > > reasons are water and house. Ours is the only Dalit Marathi family in > > this > > > area, and they want to oust us from here,” said her mother. > > > > “It all began in 2007 when a water pump was sunk here. Sharda Yadav and > > > Mumtaz [residents, now under arrest] would routinely demand money for the > > > water supply. It's a community pump. We refused to pay up. I would fight > > > against these illegal practices all the time. I have complained to the > > > police several times about it. The women would say, ‘These people have > > > gotten too big for their boots. Sticks should be shoved inside them.' > > They > > > have used such abusive words that I cannot even utter them,” she said > > with > > > difficulty. > > > > “The rape case was just a pretext. Owing to the fights over water, there > > was > > > already much anger [against the family]. So they targeted her [Kavita]. > > Her > > > mother was also beaten up. The mother ran to the police, and they called > > the > > > police control room,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Dilip Waghmare > > told* > > > TheHindu* on telephone. > > > > On the day of the incident, the victim's mother was the first to be > > beaten > > > up. “They had a meeting somewhere. All of them entered together. The > > whole > > > lane was packed with people. After I ran to the police chowky, help > > arrived > > > on time. The molesters were arrested. They were laughing even while being > > > taken away,” Kavita's mother said. > > > > In 2008, she had written to the police about the death threats her family > > > had received and the harassment her daughter suffered. “As my son was > > here, > > > nobody dared touch us, but when he was arrested, they saw an > > opportunity.” > > > > The family said Ms. Yadav, who led the attack, was a Shiv Sena worker, a > > > claim Mr. Waghmare has denied. > > > > None came to the rescue of Kavita, except her neighbour Sayeeda Quazi, > > who > > > put a dupatta around her. Sayeeda's statement has been recorded. > > > > The entire neighbourhood, meanwhile, is tight-lipped. “Something > > happened, > > > but I was on work,” said a resident. Some said they were away at their > > > native places, or away from home. > > > > “Basically women were enraged by the rape of a girl. When they went to > > > [Kavita's] house, her mother shot back, saying [it wasn't as if] it had > > > happened to them. Any woman would be enraged by that, won't she?” asked a > > > shopkeeper, who claimed to know nothing of the incident. > > > > Kavita and her mother have been given police protection. “A police guard > > has > > > been posted here. He checks on us at regular intervals,” her mother said. > > > On 27 June 2010 14:38, Venugopalan K M <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What is shocking more than the crime itself, is reported complicity of > > > > the crowd which even included few women. > > > > > This is does not just seem to be a case of atrocity against dalits. > > > > > It has rather surfaced from the underbellies of a larger > > > > socio-political and cultural millieu > > > > in which institutionalization of crimes against women has come rather > > > > the rule, than exception. Increasing cases of 'honour killing' and > > > > sex-gender related cruelties point to that. > > > > > Recent protests and struggles by LGBT communities > > > > (gay,lesbian,bisexual and transgenders) in the wake of suicide of a > > > > high profile academic following ostracizing are a case in point. > > > > > Defying the norms of 'decent living' (which incidentally,are being > > > > pursued by all, though put in place by the upper class/caste male) is > > > > apparently a factor in braving the atrocities and resisting. . > > > > The (un)civil society is madly busy celebrating marriages and > > > > families; abysmally insensitive and stupid 'normal' family lives will > > > > most likely consider obedience to caste, religion,gender norms and > > > > above all an unflinching loyalty to the powers that be the factors > > > > that would boost the prospects of normalcy.It will never question the > > > > murderous wars waged by the state rather than preach non violence to > > > > the victims. > > > > Similar atrocities are always being perpetrated against women and the > > > > so called (un)civil society watches on and even enjoy... > > > > > In a narrative of DALIT POLITICS, it is by THE REST against DALITS. > > > > > In a narrative of COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, it is by Hindus against Muslims > > > > > In one of (our) FEMINISM, it is MAN against WOMEN. > > > > > In one of TERRORISM, it is a fitting response by the State to > > Terrorists > > > > > In PATRIOTISM, it is a matter of TEACHING THEM a LESSON > > > > > In HONOUR KILLING, it is about giving SEVERE WARNING to others. > > > > > Just see the terrible lack of sense of culpability of the onlookers, > > > > let alone the perpetrators; > > > > > Also see the terrible sense of GUILT and shame by the WRONGED, > > > > And their kith and kin who don't feel like talking at all. > > > > > Is it not possible that the same kith and kin would madly run for > > > > taking the lives of their adult daughters and sons showing the guts to > > > > offend the HONOUR of their families by opting their own choices in > > > > love and partnerships? > > > > > Where is the resistance outside expressions of tokenism, though we > > > > know that they also terribly matter ? > > > > and where are people who we expect to rise up from the slumbers and > > > > say that enough is enough? > > > > Will they ever be able to break the shackles of their parochial > > > > identities, to make some sense out of the social beings who we are? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > (Venu) > > > > > In one of > > > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Kamayani <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Dear All > > > > > This is pathetic , eight days back a dalit woman was paraded naked > > in > > > > > Mumbai I am attaching here paper " janta ka aina " run by friend > > shakeel > > > > > ahmed. No main stream newspaper has reported it . > > > > > Here the SSP wadala division has clearly stated that it was a planned > > > > event > > > > > and the culprits are in police custody till 1st July. > > > > > We need to come together and protest . > > > > > Pl reply asap with suggestions and action points. > > > > > > kamayani > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > From: Shakil Ahmed <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:52 AM > > > > > Subject: hi > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > janta ka aaina > > > > > > -- > > > > > Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > > > > +919820749204 > > > > > skype-lawyercumactivist > > > > > > "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means > > respecting > > > > > all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the others. > > When a > > > > > society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines > > peace > > > > and > > > > > leads it back to war.” > > > > > -- Maria Julia Hernandez > > > > > >www.otherindia.org > > > > >www.binayaksen.net > > > > >www.phm-india.org > > > > >www.phmovement.org > > > > >www.ifhhro.org > > > > > > -- > > > > > Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > > > > +919820749204 > > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an 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.
