[ZESTCaste] On business and caste in India

2007-10-25 Thread Rustam Vania
http://economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9983028 On business and caste in India Oct 18th 2007 From The Economist print edition India's labour divisions SIR – Your briefing on business and caste in India claims there is “no strong evidence” that companies discriminate against

[ZESTCaste] Malas to form new party?

2007-10-25 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=contenttask=viewid=214793Itemid=79cattitle=Hyderabad Malas to form new party? Thursday, 25 October 2007 Hyderabad, October 25: The Mala Mahanadu headed by Karem Sivaji will form a new political outfit, 'Dalit Congress Party of India', with the sole

[ZESTCaste] Cast in bronze (Opinion)

2007-10-25 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1129783 Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:14:00 AM Cast in bronze In her impetuosity and irrationality UP Chief Minister Mayawati can surely rival the Queen of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland. What she says is law. So, when she says that she will have

[ZESTCaste] Dalits vow to be enumerated as Buddhists by 2010

2007-10-25 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/F4A4F67F4D6C2D0E8725737E0045CFF5 Dalits vow to be enumerated as Buddhists by 2010 Date: 10/24/2007 New Delhi, Oct 18 (UNI) As a strategy to secure ''emancipation from social and economic oppression'' and to earn due political clout, Dalit

[ZESTCaste] Global conference to discuss exclusion of marginalized

2007-10-25 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/130247.html Global conference to discuss exclusion of marginalized Posted on : 2007-10-25 | Author : IANS New Delhi, Oct 25 - The many ways in which people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder in India face discrimination -- especially in the labour

[ZESTCaste] Tribals marching towards Delhi for rights

2007-10-25 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Tribals marching towards Delhi for rights http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=87497 Posted at Wednesday, 24 October 2007 14:10 IST New Delhi, Oct 24: At least 2500 dalits and tribals are marching towards the national capital demanding rights to land, livelihood and