[ZESTCaste] Sethu issue: Now, Rajnikanth urges Karunanidhi to step in

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/229201.html Sethu issue: Now, Rajnikanth urges Karunanidhi to step in Express News Service Posted online: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at hrs CHENNAI, OCTOBER 16: The Ram Sethu issue once again took centrestage in Chennai, this time on an unusual platform,

[ZESTCaste] Bharti to train 70 SC/ST students

Bharti to train 70 SC/ST students http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Pioneer/400x60/0 Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi ... as Centre offers freeship to 50 SCs for commercial pilot training The private sector has finally started responding to the Government's call for affirmative action to

[ZESTCaste] Bhaiyyalal begins hunger strike

Bhaiyyalal begins hunger strike http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur/Bhaiyyalal_begins_hunger_strike/articleshow/2465143.cms 17 Oct 2007, 0359 hrs IST ,Gopu Pimplapure ,TNN BHANDARA: The lone survivor of the Bhotmange family Bhaiyyalal launched an indefinite hunger strike, along with 13 sup

[ZESTCaste] 'In UP, Dalits have to fight for rights'

'In UP, Dalits have to fight for rights' http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/In-UP-Dalits-have-to-fight-for-rights/229035/ Express news service Lucknow, October 16 Even though the state has a Dalit chief minister, cases of human rights violations against the community are still not being highl

[ZESTCaste] The Mayawati story: from lecturer to Chief Minister

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-mayawati-story-from-lecturer-to-chief-minister/50633-3-2.html The Mayawati story: from lecturer to Chief Minister CNN-IBN New Delhi: Mayawati is fiery and unpredictable yet she is politically often invincible. "What steeled me in those trying days was the ill-tre

[ZESTCaste] Has caste-based affirmative action worked?

http://nitawriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/has-caste-based-affirmative-action-worked/ Has caste-based affirmative action worked? Posted on October 17, 2007 by Nita Indian industry has already made it clear to the government that job reservations and industry don't mix…and that they will go by mer

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Life not shining for polishing shoes

http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=28841 Life not shining for polishing shoes [ 2007-10-17 ] By A Staff Reporter Kathmandu, Oct. 16: Krishna Bahadur Nepali arrives early in the morning at Damkal Chowk of Lalitpur from Dhapakhel and spreads his paraphernalia at the roadside. He spends