Scavenging dignity
The Hindu
29/6/08
BY HARSH MANDER
Employing manual scavengers to clear human excreta is punishable under
the law. Yet, many institutions, private and public, continue to do so
with impunity.
They remain trapped in a vicious cycle of intense stigma, segregation,
poor
*NREGA: ship without rudder?*
http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/19/stories/2008071954741100.htm*
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Jean Drèze * The tremendous potential of the scheme is in danger of being
wasted in some States. *
Recent events in Jharkhand highlight various issues that need to be urgently
addressed if the National
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*Memorandum*
*Independent and objective inquiry demanded in Ahmedabad and Surat blasts*
w 'Pray, terror does not touch Gujarat. C.M. Knows state's anti-terror
machinery is cracking' warned Times of India on 16th May, 2008.
w Is Ahmedabad safe under new Commissioner
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IMAGINE THE entire population of the continent of Australia turned out of
their homes- eighteen million people losing their lands, evicted from their
houses. Deprived of livelihood and income, yhey face penury. As their
families split up and spread out , their community bond crumble. cut off
A serious situation prevails at the Chengara estate in Pathananthitta district
of Kerala, where several thousand landless families have been camping since a
year demanding farm land. Now the trade union movements under the control of
the political parties, notably the CPI (M), which heads the
and more and
more!!!
peace,
Ajay
S kumar wrote:
Jharkhand Forum |
Jharkhand Blog | Jharkhand Video | Jharkhand Network
1. I
have already
*Let The Hindus Also Do
Missionary Work*
*By Kancha Ilaiah Yoginder Sikand *
31 August, 2008
*Countercurrents.org*
/Kancha Ilaiah, Professor of Political Science at Osmania University,
Hyderabad, is a leading ideologue of the Dalit-Bahujan movement. He is a
prolific writer, and among his
*Chengara inching towards open conflict as talks fail*
*Pioneer News Service | Pathanamthitta*
Horror filled the more than 3,000 makeshift sheds of over 7,000 Dalits and
Adivasis agitating in the rubber estates among the Chengara hills in
Pathanamthitta district on Monday with the meeting of
*Even In Flood, India's `Untouchables' Last Rescued
*
*By Gavin Rabinowitz*
02 September, 2008
*Associated Press*
*TRIVENIGANJ, India *- In the two weeks since a monsoon-swollen river
burst its banks, ancient prejudices have run just as deep as the
floodwaters. India's untouchables are the
*Then They Came For Christians…*
*By Ram Puniyani*
05 September, 2008
*Countercurrents.org*
*O*rissa is witnessing unprecedented violence against the tiny Christian
minority. On August 23, 2008, Swami Laxmananand along with his four
followers was killed, probably by a group of Maoists.
*Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term *
Special Correspondent * Capital punishment given for first time to killers
of Dalits *
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Verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the killings
Subject to confirmation by HC: defence lawyer
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Ajay wrote:
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Police get flak for 'Arabic' scarves of blast suspects
Tue, Sep 23 02:54 AM
The Delhi Police is being severely criticised for covering the faces
of the three blast suspects-Saqib Nisar, Mohd Shakeel and Zia ur
Rehman- with 'Arabic' scarves with many terming the act
Pay Rs 1.5 lakh or be branded
a terrorist, police told him
- Portrait of a victim
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080927/jsp/calcutta/story_9893188.jsp
IMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI
When some police officers asked Milan Molla to choose between the tag of
terrorist and a Rs 1.5-lakh bribe, the
MUMBAI: Two Dalit video graphers in their 20s tried to end their lives at
the IIT-Bombay campus on Monday after they were allegedly subjected to
casteist abuses and sacked. The IIT officials are instituting an inquiry
into the matter.
Both youngsters—Narendra Divekar (22) and Nitin Kamble
November 29, 2008 How politicians turned this man from hero to villain to
hero again Hindustan Times
by Mukul Kesavan
November 29, 2008
The death of Hemant Karkare, the chief of Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorist
Squad, in the battle against jihadi terrorists in Mumbai, puts the recent
squabble over
* A design to block opportunities
*D. Raja * A new Bill puts in peril reservation for the Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes. *
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and Services)
Bill, 2008, passed by the Rajya Sabha in December 2008, restricts, cripples and
http://kafila.org/2009/02/13/the-caste-of-a-scam-a-thousand-satyams-in-the-making/#comment-4830
The Caste of a Scam: A Thousand Satyams in the Making
*Guest post by** D.PARTHASARATHY*
Industry leaders, CEOs, and Corporate big-wigs have been falling over each
other to portray the Satyam scam as
While the Lok Adalats are a possible tool of grievance redressal for
NREGA, the first-ever Lok Adalat, convened by the Jharkhand Legal Services
Authority in Latehar District, shows that its implementation has a long way
to go, say economists
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Put yourself in the shoes — or sandals — of
By Deepa A
Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad plans to set up a Museum of Resistance in
Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society, the site of a massacre during the Gujarat riots of
2002. In this interview, she explains why such a memorial is necessary
In the identical one-room tenements in Gujarat’s
for one thing are
bipartisan and only the guilty will be punished. I guess though everyone around
knew who shot at our late prime minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, but how long it
took prosecution to prove even that case. So have faith in the judicial system.
Just don't draw conclusions.
Ajay Pandey
will find
answers on your own.
Ajay Pandey
venkitesh wrote:
Finally Anand Mahadevan will have to deal with the fact that all his
hindu relatives are going to burn in hell eternally
A kind, loving god will never consign his creations to eternal hell.
Ajay wrote:
i can not resist to respond to this mail. so what cynthia
Dear Friend,
I also agree. No need for further survey.
If that is not the case then why politicians in TN talk about Rs 1 kg rice
before very election.
Ajay
From: J.venkatasubramanian
To: Jharkhand@yahoogroups.co.in
Sent: Tuesday, 28 October, 2008 8:27:55 AM
Subject: Re: Tamil Nadu wages
Chnadrayan may have to return due to protest from Moon Navnirman Sena .
Ajay
it is frightening to see innocent and thinking people falling prey to the worst
kind of chauvinism and incendiary politics. raj thakeray's periodic tirades
have absolutely nothing to do with the unemployed marathi
they take advantage calling it democracy ) . indian
politics is based on benifits of the leaders not of the people .
*A Reform/ Revolt is a thing india needs .*
Ajay
Well Great idea :) .. But why not first channelize the money for betterment
of people , which is already lying with the Govt . The money paid by Tax
payers of india . Why not Govt thinks of spending that money instead of
eating it up by showing some work in paper and some eaten up in form of
11-05-2008
Dear All,
It is really funny the conversion law-
a) Government is just trying to fool the general mass.
b) The quaestion that you have asked
1) Where is the question if some is married or not. Regrding mission schools -
Please dont try to brag that mission schools are good and have
of converting these simple
persons. Is this how you think you are allowing them to follow their culture?
Try and help people , but don't use untowards means to convert these people.
Ajay
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thu, 8 May 2008 05:23:32
+Subject: Re: [ = Jharkhand = ] RE
point of time. Politicians and media can distort the message and gain their
ends but in the end the general public is the looser.
We all have to understand this.
Thanks
Ajay Kumar Tiwari
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:29:20
+0530Subject: Re: Hindustan Times
1-09-2008
Dear All,
Who ever is basically writting on this *. All are just
harping on things , but are you all doing something to improve upon. If all sit
down calmly and go to the root cause of all the issue all will find that the
politicians are the main mischief makers.
with its
etymological reference and political history. Could I request you to
through a light on it.
with regards
Ganesh
Ajay wrote:
spade, there nothing beyond bramanical Hinduism
sorry, we are neither ordinary nor thinks the line what you want!
i repeat the PRIME concern is political
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International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW)
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�In Bihar, teachers complain to the Dalit parents that their children wear
dirty clothes and they smell in the classrooms�
�During a school visit in Rajasthan, while asking who gets beaten up regularly
and why, children immediately pointed out to a student. He was a Dalit�
�Teachers don�t give
of Sabri, Can the even dalit capitalists dare to do that today?
The situation deteriorated after the british rule.
Rajesh Singh Sisodia
Ajay wrote:
hello,
i hope you will not claim manusmrithi and geetha and other texts that
justify caste system and set code of enforcement of varna system
colleges schools started by
them for business :) I tell you will will get multiple time foreign debt what
we have .
And thats were AAM AADMI's Tax money lying accumulated through last 60+
years :) .. India is poor but Indian are rich .
Wish our law stands same for all .
Ajay Raj
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