[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Life not shining for polishing shoes

2007-10-17 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
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

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

2007-10-17 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
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

[ZESTCaste] Bhaiyyalal begins hunger strike

2007-10-17 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
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

[ZESTCaste] Bharti to train 70 SC/ST students

2007-10-17 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
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] Sethu issue: Now, Rajnikanth urges Karunanidhi to step in

2007-10-17 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
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

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

2007-10-17 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
'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