[ZESTCaste] Scholarship function on Jan 13, 2006

Dear friends, The date for function is fixed as Jan 13, 2006 by our organizers in Hyderabad. We have sent letters to the selected students 2 weeks ago and we are waiting for their confirmation. As soon as we get the confirmation, we will post them on our website for everyone to see.

[ZESTCaste] India passes key education bill (News)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4545256.stmLast Updated: Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 14:05 GMT India passes key education bill The lower house of India's parliament has passed a bill to oblige private universities to admit quotas from disadvantaged low castes and tribes.

[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar was a trained economist Jaipal Reddy (News)

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=197955cat=IndiaAmbedkar was a trained economist Jaipal ReddyNew Delhi | December 21, 2005 7:43:15 PM ISTDescribing Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar as a ''public intellectual and a trained economist'', Urban Development and Culture Minister S.

[ZESTCaste] Curfew in Morena as Dalits, upper caste clash (News)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1579797,000900010009.htmCurfew in Morena as Dalits, upper caste clash Press Trust of India Morena (Madhya Pradesh), December 22, 2005Curfew was clamped in this town on Thursday as members of a Dalit community clashed with people belonging to upper

[ZESTCaste] BJP rolls back dissent, quota Bill clears LS (News)

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=84469Thursday, December 22, 2005 BJP rolls back dissent, quota Bill clears LS Pvt Quotas Bill through after BJP move to include minority institutions defeated manini chatterjee NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 21 The UPA government’s first

[ZESTCaste] Upper caste wives of SCs/STs (News)

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1341211.cmsUpper caste wives of SCs/STs PTI[ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2005 02:57:22 AM] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has held that a woman from an upper cast Hindu family cannot take benefit of contesting elections from a reserved

[ZESTCaste] No cremation without Kanshiram, says family (News)

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=199016n_date=20051222cat=IndiaNo cremation without Kanshiram, says familyRopar | December 22, 2005 8:44:41 PM ISTThe cremation of Bishen Kaur (96), mother of BSP founder Kanshi Ram, could not take place today as her family declared that

[ZESTCaste] RPI chief to get Ambedkar award (News)

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=198800cat=IndiaRPI chief to get Ambedkar awardChennai | December 22, 2005 6:43:11 PM ISTVeteran politician and Tamil Nadu Republican Party of India (RPI) President C K Tamilarasan has been chosen for the state Government's ''Dr Ambedkar

[ZESTCaste] GANDHI AMBEDKAR-II

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3theme=usrsess=1id=100224GANDHI AMBEDKAR-II - By SUBRATA MUKHERJEE Ambedkar considered untouchables a “separate element” in India’s social existence and declared the need to choose any religion other than Hinduism to receive equal treatment.

[ZESTCaste] Reserve and rule (Opinion)

http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2cat1=6cat2=42newsid=199269RF=DefaultMainReserve and rule - By Amulya Ganguli When a political party eyes a vote bank, it forgets that others too are on the prowl. As a result, whenever a proposal is made to woo a section of the electorate with