Re: [ZESTCaste] Re: 'Hundred percent reservation in capital punishment'
Who do you mean by you people? and aren't those who put them in jail the ones who are exciting caste hatred? think about the second question, but please ANSWER the first, Gail Omvedt On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:12 AM, ramesh_del123 ramesh_del...@yahoo.co.inwrote: Another beautiful way to incite caste hatred in the society. Please keep it up. This is the way forward. You people can do similar research on the number of dalits/muslims/etc occupying seats in buses/trains/planes etc and then demand reservation in proportion. --- In ZESTCaste@yahoogroups.com ZESTCaste%40yahoogroups.com, Siddhartha Kumar mailsiddharth...@... wrote: http://kufr.blogspot.com/2009/01/hundred-percent-reservation-in- capital.html 7/1/09 'Hundred percent reservation in capital punishment' PATNA: It is unbelievable but irrefutable. That barring Kare Singh, out of 36 prisoners waiting on the gallows in Bihar's Bhagalpur Central Jail, 35 belong to OBCs, Dalits and Muslims. this news report (http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/236742.cms) goes on to say: Kare, a Bhumihar, is the lone exception. This caste has been categorised among forwards in the official list. He comes from Ramdiri village under Begusarai district. The list of 24 other condemned prisoners includes the names of Hariballabh Singh, Bhumi Mandal, Binod Mandal, Indradeo Mandal, Arjun Muni, Dukho Sharma, Jagdish Shahni, Shivesh Mandal, Baidyanath Sharma, Bindeshwari Mandal, Upendra Mandal, Jalim Mandal, Ramshagun Mahto, Singheshwar Rai, Binod Prasad, Mithilesh Thakur, Manoj Rai, Raghunath Shahni, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Prabhat Kumar Rai, Mahendra Yadav, Durga Mandal, Manoj Singh and Naresh Yadav are among those convicts who all come from the OBC group. Bir Kunwar Paswan, Krishna Mochi, Nandlal Mochi, Dharmendra Singh and Shobhit Chamar are among 5 convicts who come from dalit section of the society. Funo Shah, Md. Ehsan Shah, Sheikh Shamshul, Sheikh Gyash, Md. Gayasuddin Khan and Naushad Alam are among those 5 convicts who are Muslims. 5 dalits, 24 obcs, 5 muslims and one upper caste hindu. you could say the gallows are almost totally reserved for the non-brahminized sections of the country. i tried to find the original article (published in the hindi daily hindustan, a few years ago), on the study the report refers to, by prabhat kumar shandilya, without much success. but i did find another reference to the same study here: http://www.articlearchives.com/government-public- administration/government-bodies-offices/1780929-1.html Amid the intellectual debate over the justification for the capital punishment, Gaya-based human rights activist and PUCL member Prabhat Kumar Shandilya gave another twist to the very concept of death penalty. He pointed out that people belonging to only Dalit and lower castes, tribals and minorities are awarded death sentence and no culprit of upper caste ever went to the gallows after the Independence; with the only exception of Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte, the killers of Mahatma Gandhi, and lastly Dhananjoy Chatterjee. Most of them were Dalits, tribals, lower caste people and minorities and belonged to the poor sections of the society, he said. It's like 100 per cent reservation for the lower castes and minorities to the gallows, lamented Shandilya, who some time back wrote to the President of India for a review of this discrimination. [emphasis mine]. nice to know that there's at least one public institution in india that doesn't worry about dilution of merit. please note: the title of this post is the title (translated from hindi, i guess) of the article by prabhat kumar shandilya- if anyone finds the article, please send me the link.
[ZESTCaste] A Dalit leprosy-striken driven out of Bihar village
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/a-dalit-leprosy-striken-driven-out-of-bihar-village_100140278.html A Dalit leprosy-striken driven out of Bihar village January 9th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS - Send to a friend: Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) A Dalit leprosy-striken man was cast out of the village in Bihar.Driven out of the village along with his two very young daughters, the man had to struggle for survival under the open sky in this chilling winter. After being diagonsed of leprosy, Femu Sada, in his late 30s, was first humiliated by the villagers and was later forced to leave his village, Chatia Mushari in the Purnia district. Femu was forced to leave the village due to prevailing stigma, misconceptions about the disease, and untouchability attached to it, said Madan Singh, an activist. Femu earned his livelihood by begging and after he was thrown out has taken temporary shelter in a school's premises outside the village. He and his two daughters - Putul and Suman - are fighting a battle for life after social boycott, Singh added. Singh informed the local administration about the incident, but no action has been taken to help him.
[ZESTCaste] Dalit Christians suffer caste prejudices: HC
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/Dalit_Christians_suffer_caste_prejudices_HC/articleshow/3953733.cms Dalit Christians suffer caste prejudices: HC 8 Jan 2009, 2328 hrs IST, TNN CHENNAI: Dalit Christians are suffering caste prejudices from not only caste Hindus but also converted Christians belonging to other castes, the Madras high court has lamented. Justice K Chandru, passing orders in a case relating to acquisition of land for a housing project for Christian Adi Dravidars, said the social condition of Dalits who had converted to Christianity was no different from the Adi Dravidars belonging to the Hindu fold. He also quoted a Supreme Court order highlighting the plight of Adi Dravidar Christians, which had said that in South India if a person converted from Hindu religion to any other religion, the original caste, as a matter of common practice, continues to exist...If a person abjures his old religion and converts to a new one, there is no loss of caste. The petition pertained to a housing project launched under the Harijan Welfare Scheme in Villupuram district in October 1998. The sites were issued to 37 Christian Adi Dravidar beneficiaries. The petition was filed after the land-loser's objections were rejected by the authorities, who had notified the acquisition and even deposited the compensation sum in court. The original petitioner, M Gopal Goundar (deceased) who is represented by his son G Perumal, contended that Christian Adi Dravidars are not covered by the definition of the term Harijan.' Justice Chandru agreeing that the Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 1978 provided for land acquisition only for Harijans, who did not include Christian Adi Dravidars, said the Supreme Court too had held the definition constitutional. He further added that a larger bench of the apex court was still seized of a case against excluding Christian Adi Dravidars from the beneficial purview of Harijans. Though the judge set aside the acquisition under the state act, he said it would not preclude the authorities from resorting to acquisition under the Central Act 1 of 1894. After notifying the acquisition under the Central Act, the authorities could distribute the lands to the beneficiaries, he added.
[ZESTCaste] Monuments will not save the Dalits: AHRC
http://brpbhaskar.blogspot.com/2009/01/monuments-will-not-save-dalits-ahrc.html 09 January, 2009 Monuments will not save the Dalits: AHRC The following is a statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a political party that has contested elections harnessing the Dalit votes. The BSP's woman leader, Ms. Mayawati, a Dalit herself, has been claiming that her party and the Uttar Pradesh state government she leads, are actively involved in trying to ameliorate the living condition of the Dalit community. The BSP, that claims to be working for 'revolutionary social and economic movement of change with a view to realise … the supreme principles of universal justice, liberty, equality and fraternity enunciated in the Constitution of India' however has achieved nothing much on this front. The BSP, like most of its counterparts in the country, is not interested in the welfare of the ordinary people, but is preoccupied with the welfare of the people who control the party. Uttar Pradesh, with an estimated 243,286 square kilometre land area, occupies one-third of the highly fertile Gangetic plain. Yet, it is one of the most backward states of India and is the most populated state in the country with an estimated 190 million people. The backwardness of the state owes much to its elected representatives. 100 out of the 403 seats in the state assembly are occupied by individuals having criminal antecedents, ranging from charges of corruption, murder, rape and robbery, to name a few. The Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati herself, is accused of corruption involving 40 million USD, in the infamous Taj Corridor case. The state underperforms on various fronts below the national average. For example, the literacy rate is 57.36 percent for the state as opposed to the higher national average of 65.4 percent. India's population stabilisation solely rests upon two states, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Yet, Uttar Pradesh has a population growth rate of 25.8 percent against the national average of 23.8 percent. Even according to the state government, in terms of social development indicators like medical facilities, teacher-student ratio in primary schools, death rate, infant mortality rate, literacy, per capita income, electrification of villages and per capita power consumption, the state currently lag behind other parts of the country. Nothing tangible was achieved in the state to change the status quo after the forming of the current government in May 2007. What is visible however is the omnipresence of statues and decorations in the urban areas, particularly within the cities, where huge statues of Mayawati are erected. Whenever there was criticism against the Chief Minister or a member of the government, stiff resentment was the response, claiming that these are rumours spread by the upper caste or the opposition. It is however true that the current administration will have a tough way forward if at all the government is serious in addressing the people's need. The bureaucracy of the state has a few decades of corruption, nepotism and criminality as their practice and experience to shed off. Experiences and practices that are rooted within the system will take time to be removed. Of particular importance is the widespread practise of corruption. Every aspect of public life in the state is under the influence of corruption. The BSP like many other political parties in the country is known to demand 'donations' from the rich and the poor alike. Those who pay higher amounts of such donations expect to receive favours from the government. Corruption percolates from the top to the lowest levels of the administration. For example, it is common for the government licensees like the Public Food Distribution System (PDS) agents to sell food grains in the black-market. The food grains supplied to the PDS shops by the government to be distributed for the poor, in these conditions never reach the intended population. The effect of this form of corruption is devastating particularly in rural areas where the poor live. The state police, an agency mandated to take actions against this is equally or even worse in terms of corruption. It is public knowledge that recruitment and promotion in the state police, particularly for the lower and middle ranks, are made after paying huge amounts in bribes. It is equally known that the officers, majority of them, soon start making good of the bribe they paid by demanding and accepting bribes. Similar state of apathy exists in state-run health centers. Government hospitals are understaffed and ill-equipped. In rural areas, public health service centers, commonly referred to as PHCs, remain closed mostly throughout the year, denying health services to the poor villagers. Schools are also equally understaffed. Several government schools remain closed or as good as non-functional, since the school buildings are no more safe to house the children. The
[ZESTCaste] ‘T with social justice panacea to all issues’
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=%E2%80%98T+with+social+justice+panacea+to+all+issues%E2%80%99artid=R16NdZdygFQ=SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==SEO= 10 Jan 2009 07:46:00 AM IST 'T with social justice panacea to all issues' HYDERABAD: Yuva Rajyam president Pawan Kalyan today said that separate Telangana State with social justice would be the panacea to all problems. Addressing a huge gathering at Arts College Grounds at Osmania University campus organised by the Telangana Intellectuals Forum (TIF) on Social Justice, he blamed the successive rulers for problems in the last 60 years and mooted `Telangana with social justice'. He said that Praja Rajyam was committed to this. Though Balladeer was on the dais, Pawan Kalyan stole the show by singing few lines of song penned by Masterji. There was huge response, when Pawan started singing a couple of lines from the song. Saying that Gadar inspired his family members, Pawan Kalyan said that the song penned by Masterji inspired him very much and helped him to know the plight of Telangana people. The president of Yuva Rajyam, a youth wing of PRP, said that they would not run away from problems but try to solve them. ``Under any circumstances, the PRP will not run away from problems. We are not cowards, we will try to solve all the problems,'' he said. He came down heavily on Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy for outright sale of lands in Telangana region. However, MRPS activists obstructed his speech. They demanded Pawan to spell out PRP's stand on classification of SCs. Despite his repeated pleas, the MRPS activists continued to raise the slogans. Peeved over this, Pawan abruptly ended his speech. Nava Telangana Party (NTP) president T Devender Goud called upon the youth to come together to achieve `social justice'. He blamed Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu for neglecting Telangana region and their failure for delivering social justice. Balladeer Gadar charged the Congress and the TDP with destabilising the traditional occupations. As a result of this, the social justice concept had emerged in the State, he explained. He said that without the electoral manipulations, all the progressive forces should unite for achieving social justice. He suggested to the PRP leaders to include the photo of Karl Marx along with Ambedkar, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and Jyotirao Phule. TIF president Prof PL Visweswara Rao said that the TIF organised the first meeting in the State on social justice and it would remain a trendsetter. (c) Copyright 2008 ExpressBuzz
[ZESTCaste] HC grants bail to 29 students
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/HC_grants_bail_to_29_students/articleshow/3958049.cms HC grants bail to 29 students 10 Jan 2009, 0334 hrs IST, TNN CHENNAI: Granting bail to 29 law students arrested in connection with the clashes at the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College, the Madras high court on Friday set an interesting condition that they spend at least two hours of the next four weekends reading good books in a public library. The petitioners (students) are directed to go to any public library and read good books on every Saturday and Sunday for two hours, for a period of four weeks, Justice T Sudanthiram said. They shall submit a report about what they had read during the period, he added. A total of 40 students had been named in two cases filed in connection with the clash. In his order, Justice Sudanthiram said except one all injured students had been discharged from hospital. The one student, who has since been re-admitted in the hospital, figures as an accused in a counter case filed after the clash. The judge also pointed out that the parents and relatives of the arrested students have filed affidavits stating that they would take proper care of the students if they are released on bail. On November 12, two groups of students, divided on caste lines, attacked each other, unmindful of the full media presence. Meanwhile, lawyers fielded questions from fellow men in black before the Justice Shanmugam Commission of Inquiry which is probing into the circumstances leading to the clashes. In an unusual spectacle, senior counsels engaged by the police, law college authorities and two groups of students on Friday grilled two lawyers, one of them an eyewitness to the violence. Advocate N Prakasam, whose daughter Abirami is a second year student of the college, turned up before the commission to depose as an eyewitness. Prakasam had gone to the college on November 12 to drop his daughter for the examination. In his account, he gave a clean chit to the suspended principal K K Sridev saying that he repeatedly called the police officers to enter the campus but the latter did not pay heed to his requests. After Prakasam completed his deposition, senior counsel P N Prakash, who was defending Sridev, cross-examined him to extract answers, which in essence faulted the police for failing to prevent the violence on the campus. Then it was the turn of A Ramesh, counsel for the police, to grill Prakasam for over an hour. Later, senior lawyer Rubert J Barnabas, appearing for an injured students, grilled Prakasam.
