Re: [ZESTCaste] Shalinitai summoned for derogatory remarks against Dr Ambedkar
Good luck. Incidentally, she was his mistress, and marrying her was for those days a revolutionary act. She's not lived up to it. Her politics are stupid, pro-Maratha, and western Maharashtra Marathas are either stupid or arrogant (Kunbis have reservation according to Mandal commission, and all western India Marathas were originally Kunbis -- if they don't want to admit that they're farmers (kunbi = kulwadi = peasnt) then they don't deserve anything. being derogatory to Ambedkar is only an offshoot of all of this. You have a history, and then try to overcompensate by becoming more Brahman than the Brahmans (she was also at this recent Brahman maha-adhivesan in Pune) and more Maratha than the Marathas. Incidentally, Sheila Dixit, the CM of Delhi who went to that program, is actually a Sikh married to a Brahman. A devout Sikh, I'm told. She must really have been furious when she found out how reactionary it was. And, finally, I would advise all women, in this group or not, to have a good male guard dog (like a German shepherd etc) if they're worried about being attackied. Ours would have torn those RSS goons in mangalore apart. in solidarity, Gail http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/497027/National/1/20/1 Shalinitai summoned for derogatory remarks against Dr Ambedkar Published: February 7,2009 Aurangabad , Feb 7
[ZESTCaste] Knowledge council in line of fire
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090211/jsp/nation/story_10517238.jsp Knowledge council in line of fire OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, Feb. 10: Several members of the country's top advisory body on education today criticised the National Knowledge Commission and asked the government to reject its recommendations. The criticism came at the first meeting of the reconstituted Central Advisory Board of Education chaired by human resource development minister Arjun Singh. The board's remarks, prominently mentioned in a press note released by the HRD ministry late this evening, strengthens sections of the government keen to see the end of the commission headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda. The panel was set up by the Prime Minister in 2005 to prepare a blueprint for India's transformation into a knowledge society — a key vision of Manmohan Singh. But the commission has since had several clashes with the HRD ministry centred on the panel's complaint that the ministry is strangling the autonomy of higher education institutions in India. Its term — already extended by six months — ends on April 2. Board member Zoya Hasan, also a member of the National Commission for Minorities and teacher at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, criticised the panel's recommendations for promoting expansion without accountability. The NKC wants India to expand its higher education like never before but at the same time wants deregulation when higher education in our country is already under-regulated. The government, with all its failings, is accountable, she said. Autonomy and regulation are not contradictory, Hasan added. Another member, K.K. Aboobacker, the president of the Muslim Educational Society, alleged that the commission had ignored the needs of minorities in its recommendations. At least two state education ministers belonging to the Congress also criticised certain aspects of its recommendations. They applauded Arjun's efforts in implementing OBC reservations despite the panel's opposition to quotas in higher education. INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[ZESTCaste] Dalit girl rape: cop dismissed
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dalit-girl-rape-cop-dismissed/421807/ Dalit girl rape: cop dismissed Express News Service Posted: Feb 11, 2009 at 0019 hrs Lucknow A member of the National Scheduled Castes Commission visited Ferozabad on Tuesday to take account of the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Dalit girl by the former station officer of the Fariha police station. Satyendra Sheel, the accused policeman, has been dismissed. He was suspended on Monday after the victim's brother lodged an FIR accusing him of raping his sister within the police station premises. Satya Bahin, the member of the SC Commission, met the DM, the SP and the Zila Samaj Kalyan Adhikari and collected the details of the incident and the action initiated into the matter. She will meet the victim on Wednesday to record her statement. Bahin said: The girl is still kept at the Mahila police station and is being harassed even though there is no need to make her stay with the police. The ASP Ferozabad told me that the girl was keen to return to her village. A report into the matter will be prepared and action will be taken after going through her statement, she added. Ferozabad ASP Jagdeep Singh, who is supervising the investigation, said: The girl was staying with her brother in the city for last several months. Her parents live in a village. She was not ready to go to her parents even though her brother was forcing her to return. Hence, she has been kept at the Mahila police station. ADG (Law Order) Brij Lal confirmed the dismissal of Sheel but refuted the charge of rape. He said the inquiry revealed that the SO had taken the girl in a room and misbehaved with her. The allegation of rape has not been corroborated in the medical examination, Lal added. The Superintendent of Police Ferozabad, Chandra Prakash, said: The member of the SC Commission collected the details about the rape of the girl by two youths earlier and the one in which Sheel was involved. The girl, a resident of Keshpura village, had come to the police station to record her statement after her brother lodged an FIR at the Fariha police station on February 7, alleging that two local men had raped her.
[ZESTCaste] Dalit youth murdered, 2 held
http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/500027/National/1/20/1 Dalit youth murdered, 2 held Published: February 11,2009 Dehra Dun, Feb 11 A Dalit youth was beaten to death allegedly by a group of 12 persons at Karanpur locality here. Salim and Javed were arrested today after the family members of the deceased Sanjay lodged a FIR naming them in it. They were then produced in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate who sent them to 14-day judicial custody. Sanjay was beaten up by a group of 10-12 youths yesterday following a tiff. The murder of Sanjay led to tension in the area as the people of Valmiki community, to which Sanjay belonged, gheraoed the police demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. Source: PTI
[ZESTCaste] Fw: A Rally by Bahujan Students Front, JNU against University bill
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27315...@n02/ http://www.youtube.com/dalitjade http://dalitindia.blogspot.com/ Know Buddha, Know Life No Buddha, No Life..! --- On Wed, 11/2/09, Bahujan Students bahujanstudents2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bahujan Students bahujanstudents2...@gmail.com Subject: A Rally by Bahujan Students Front, JNU against University bill Dear Friends Please find attached herewith a pamphlet (in English) announcing a national level students/teachers Rally against the higher Education Bill passed by the Congress UPA govt at the centre proposing to end reservation for SC/STs in 47 higher education institutions. This rally is going to be a warning to the central govt to desist from this misadventure or be ready to face the music in the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections. Hence, this Rally has been named as CHETAVANI RALLY ( Warning rally). You are all requested to spread this pamphlet further through E mail or by taking printouts and distributing it amongst in various Universities/olleges all over the country. The activists of BSF spread all over the country are appealed to take printouts of this pamphlets and after enlarging it to A3 size, paste them on walls of their institutions. The Hindi version of this pamphlet will be E Mailed to you in one or two days time. Thye printed pamphlets and posters for this Rally are arlso being printed which will be sent to various Institutions all over the country through BSF activists/sympathizers. You are all appealed to participate in this rally in a big no. Thanks Jai Bheem, jai Bharat Raghunath Prasad Saket National President Bahujan Students' Front JNU, New Delhi-110067 Ph : 09968591765 BAHUJAN STUDENTS' FRONT * HQ-JNU, New Delhi-67* * * *CHETAVANI** RALLY* *A NATIONAL LEVEL RALLY TO EXPOSE, OPPOSE WARN THE CONGRESS-UPA GOVT.FOR ITS ANTI-DALIT POLICIES** *** * __ * *Dear Friends* *A*s you may be aware that on 23rd Dec.2009, the Congress-UPA govt. at the centre has passed a bill in the Rajya Sabha, proposing to end the reservation in faculty positions for SC/STs in 47 Institutions of higher learning* *(like IITs, IIMs, NITs etc) spread all over India. It is no secret that the record of the successive manuvadi govts, especially that of Congress party has been rather shameful as far as filling up of reservation quotas for the SC/ST/OBCs is concerned. Especially in such (so called) institutions of higher learning, it has become a sort of manuvadi *religious ritual* to discriminate against SC/ST/OBC/Religious Minorities students and faculty members. Statistics show that in these institutions in the past 62 years, not even 5% quota has been filled from the SC/ST/OBC categories in the faculty positions. In fact it has become a crooked policy of the Congress Party to always talk loftily about the welfare of Dalits while doing everything in its power to hurt their social-political and economic interests at all levels. This *gandhian* doublespeak has become the trademark Congress style over the years. *T*his Bill is nothing but a hidden agenda of the brahminical forces of the country under the leadership of the Congress party to introduce *manusmriti*in this country through back door once again. As Baba Saheb Dr Ambedkar had rightly said that the key to progress to any society lies in Education. More over the real development of any society can take place only when it has sufficient nos. of highly educated persons who can give leadership to the society. The hidden agenda of the Congress Party led present govt at the centre is to hit at the very root of the Bahujan Samaj especially the SC/ST categories by diluting or finishing off the reservations for them in the higher positions especially in the field of higher Education. This Bill is another step in that direction. *K*eeping in mind this conspiracy by the Congress Party govt, the *Bahujan Students' Front (BSF)* has decided to oppose this Higher Education Bill *tooth nail*. The BSF is organizing a national level Rally on 23rd Feb. 2009 (Monday) to expose this brahminical gameplan that's being implemented by the Congress Party and its other allies. More than Ten Thousand students and teachers from all over the country are expected to participate in this Rally. It is appealed to all the students teachers hailing from Bahujan Samaj, representing various colleges Universities all across the country, to come together and register their protest against this Bill. This Rally is also going to be a warning to all those MPs (whether in the govt or in opposition) who
[ZESTCaste] Protests against 'purification' in Rajasthan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Protests_against_purification_in_Rajasthan/articleshow/4114259.cms Protests against 'purification' in Rajasthan 11 Feb 2009, 2116 hrs IST, TNN AJMER: Extra police forces were deployed in Rajasthan's Tiloli village which witnessed strong protests on Wednesday against humiliation of Dalits who were asked to purify'' themselves by drinking cow urine to attend a `yagna'. Bhilwara district administration also began recording the statement of villagers about the incident. Members of Ambedker Manch, a Dalit organization, gathered at the divisional headquarters here and shouted slogans against untouchability'' and upper caste members who allegedly made the purification'' demand. The manch threatened to launch an agitation if no action is taken within a week against those involved. We want a case to be registered against those who still believe in untouchability,'' said Desh Raj Megwanshi, the manch's president. BJP MLA Anita Bhadel condemned the incident and asked the chief minister to order a high-level probe.
[ZESTCaste] Murder slap in Cong’s Dalit face
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090212/jsp/nation/story_10522807.jsp Murder slap in Cong's Dalit face OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Prasad: Resignation ruled out Lucknow, Feb. 11: The Congress suffered a blow today when a criminal case was filed against Union minister Mahavir Prasad, the party's most recognisable Dalit face in Uttar Pradesh. Prasad, the minister for small scale, agro and rural industries, has been accused of being part of a conspiracy to murder a resident of his village in Gorakhpur. I will face the trial but not resign from my post as a minister, the Bansgaon MP said, alleging he had been framed. The case against him was filed on the orders of Allahabad High Court. Subhavati Devi, a resident of Ujjarpar in Gorakhpur, moved a local court last week alleging that the minister was involved in a conspiracy to kill her husband Ram Pargat, a farmer and BSP worker. When the court refused to entertain the petition, she moved the high court. Ram Pargat, who was in his thirties, was found dead by the road on the evening of January 28 with head injuries. On January 29, police registered an accident case, saying the farmer had been knocked down by a car. However, some local residents said he might have been hit by a blunt weapon on his head and asked the widow to move court. It is our task now to find out the truth behind the case and, in the next few days, conclude if it is a case of murder or accident, Gorakhpur special superintendent of police Aditya Mishra said. Mishra said two other accused — village head Rajesh Singh and resident Gauri Shankar, both close to the minister — had been charged with murder, destroying evidence, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of public peace, criminal intimidation and the SC/ST act. Brij Lal, the additional director general of police, said the probe would be fair. However, the Congress legislature party leader in Uttar Pradesh, Pramod Tiwari, is already crying foul. It is part of a conspiracy by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayavati to defame Dalit leaders of the Congress. We have been facing this since long. But we will fight it politically, he said. The case against Prasad is a blow to the Congress's efforts to woo Dalits in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the general election. Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi has been trying to reach out to Dalits over the past many months. His night stops at homes of Dalits in the state had rattled BSP chief minister Mayavati, who sees the community as her captive vote bank. State Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi refused to comment. It is not appropriate to come to any conclusion before seeing the order, she said. INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[ZESTCaste] Cops suspended over Dalit woman's death
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lucknow/Cops_suspended_over_Dalit_womans_death/articleshow/4115026.cms Cops suspended over Dalit woman's death 12 Feb 2009, 0057 hrs IST, TNN LUCKNOW: As many as nine police personnel, including the police station in-charge, were put under suspension on Wednesday in connection with the death of a Dalit woman, who was assaulted by the cops from Itwa police station in Sidhartnagar district. Additional director general of police (ADG) Law Order, Crime and Special Task Force (STF) Brij Lal said that the action was initiated on the basis of the news report (front-paged by TOI in its edition dated February 11, 2009 highlighting police attempts to hush up the case). Senior officials have been directed to look into the lapses including the delay in lodging of a case in connection with the woman's death and fix responsibility accordingly, Brij Lal said. The nine policemen suspended include all those who were involved in the said raid at the house of victim Baasumati in Itwa police circle late night on February 7. Apart from the police station in- charge, a sub-inspector, six con stables and a police driver have been put under suspension with immediate effect and an inquiry has been ordered into the entire episode, Brij Lal said. Allegations are that a police team from Itwa in Sidhartnagar district reached the house of Baa sumati looking for her teenaged son Bindeshwari on February 8, 2009. The police action came after two alleged robbers picked up by the Itwa police earlier the same evening, named Bindeshwari as their associate. When the police failed to find Bindeshwari, they allegedly assaulted his mother Baa sumati, who suffered severe injuries and was admitted to the hospital, where she later died. Surprisingly, the Itwa police tried to hush up the case and the station officer (SO) Itwa himself denied that any such incident had happened when contacted by the TOI on phone on Tuesday night. Sidharthnagar SSP though admit ted to be aware of the incident, ex pressed his inability to confirm if any FIR had been lodged in connection with the incident. I think the scene of the incident would come under Balrampur district but I am not sure, SSP Sidhartnagar Srid har Pathak said. SP Balrampur, however, claimed that he too had heard that such an incident had taken place, but even he was not aware of the details. It must have been registered with the Itwa police in Sidhartnagar, SP Balrampur K Eji learsan told TOI on phone on Tues day night. Corrigendum: In the related to police atrocities published in the TOI edition dated February 11, 2009, the headline erroneously stated that SSB jawans assaulted a woman in Balrampur who later died. How ever, the victim was very much alive. The error is regretted.
[ZESTCaste] Various organisations protest humiliation of Dalits
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jaipur/Various_organisations_protest_humiliation_of_Dalits/articleshow/4114825.cms Various organisations protest humiliation of Dalits 11 Feb 2009, 2354 hrs IST, TNN AJMER: Various socio-political organizations on Wednesday protested against the alleged humiliation of dalits in Tiloli village of Bhilwara district where they were asked to drink cow urine to be part of a yagna'. The Bhilwara district administration deployed more policemen in Tiloli village and started recording the statement of villagers. An organisation, Ambedker Manch, threatened agitation if no action was taken within a week against those involved in the incident. Students belonging to Ambedker Manch gathered at the divisional headquarters here and protested against the incident. We want a case to be registered against those who still believe in untouchabilty, said Desh Raj Megwanshi, president of the Manch. Students shouted slogans against untouchability and demanded that government register a criminal case against those who asked dalits to drink cow urine for purification. The memorandum given to the district collector says that after sixty years of Independence, the discrimination still prevails in the state which shows social backwardness. On other hand, BJP MLA Anita Bhadel condemned the incident and asked chief minister to initiate high-level inquiry. See how people dared to practice such discrimination? Bhadel asked. Ambedkar Vidyarthi Manch representatives went to the village to record the statement of dalits who were asked to drink cow urine. We have given an ultimatum to the district authorities to take action otherwise we will have a halla bol' in the village after four days, said a leader, Anil Chawaria. We have demanded removal of officials who remained mum on such incidents and and an inquiry should be initiated against them, said Ashok Sukaria, Youth Congress leader. Congress leader Lalit Bhati said that they had also apprised the chief minister about the incident and requested him to take action on the issue.
[ZESTCaste] Dalit girl gangraped in Uttar Pradesh
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Dalit+girl+gangraped+in+Uttar+Pradeshartid=j51gMg0I8G4=SectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=MainSectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=SectionName=pWehHe7IsSU=SEO=rape,%20UP,%20dalit,%20girl Dalit girl gangraped in Uttar Pradesh IANS First Published : 12 Feb 2009 12:32:00 PM IST Last Updated : LUCKNOW: A 15-year-old Dalit girl was abducted and raped at gunpoint by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambhi district, police said Thursday. The girl, a resident of Mitupurwa village, was abducted by two men when she was returning home from the fields Wednesday evening and raped at gunpoint, police inspector Sudhir Pandey told IANS on phone. Following a complaint by the victim's father, a rape case against the two men was registered Thursday at the Khokhraj police station but the accused are at large. Kaushambhi is over 230 km from Lucknow. We have sent the victim for a medical examination and are awaiting the medical report, said Pandey.
