[ZESTCaste] Dalit youth strangled
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Dalit-youth-strangled/Article1-562817.aspx Dalit youth strangled Peeyush Khandelwal, Hindustan Times Ghaziabad, June 25, 2010 The spate of honour killings in and around the Capital showed no sign of abating as yet another case emerged on Thursday — a young man was strangled and left hanging from a tree by his girlfriend’s father and three other of her relatives. Police found the body of Sonu Kumar Jatav (20) in a mango orchard in Ghaziabad’s Badauda village, 45 km east of the Capital. Investigations revealed that he had been involved with Reena (19), whom he wanted to marry, but whose parents disapproved of the relationship. Both of them were Dalits. “The girl’s family had already threatened the man. His worried family members had in fact sent him away from home for his own safety,” said Capt. M.M. Baig, Superintendent of Police. On Wednesday, however, police said, Reena’s father forced her to call Sonu and invite him over to discuss their marriage. “He turned up the same evening,” Baig said. “They were after my son’s life and planned the murder,” said Kishan Kumar, Sonu’s father. The suspected killers are all absconding. 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: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com 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 feminism to the fore
http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/dalit-feminism-to-the-fore/184480.html Dalit feminism to the fore G Babu JayakumarExpress News ServiceFirst Published : 25 Jun 2010 04:31:01 AM ISTLast Updated : 25 Jun 2010 09:53:47 AM IST CHENNAI: The struggle against onslaughts on Dalit women's bodies will be an epoch-making one as it would create situations demanding the rewriting of history, thundered a woman poet at an academic session of the World Classical Tamil Conference on Thursday. The seminar on 'Dalit Studies' at Mangudi Maruthanar Arangam with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) MLA Ravikumar on the chair, saw Thenmozhi, a poet, making a distinction between feminism and Dalit feminism. In her paper 'Passing power - physical body, social body and Dalit body', Thenmozhi said that all women do not face the same kind of oppression. They do not encounter a common type of power structure. Perhaps there could be some common features and that could give rise to a sense of temporary solidarity. Yet Dalit women face a different power structure and suffer varied forms of oppression, Thenmozhi said, setting the tone for the new breed of feminism. She said that all problems of our times were more or less related to power. It is doubtful if the idea that power flows from a point is relevant now, she said, adding that it was doubtful if there could be an escape from it. This is a fact that all those caught in some form of bondage or the other through oppression more so with someone who identifies herself as a Dalit woman should reckon with. The strident voice against oppression sought to fight all forms of exploitation and domination not just those based on gender. Thenmozhi said Dalit women have the need to be highly aware of all forms of exploitation and power structures they face as they would be entering the war field alone. She pointed out that all governments till recently followed the Manu Dharma, adding that the formation of alternative governments had not completely weaned the administration away from the influence of ancient Dharma shastras that uphold certain traditions. Apart from Thenmozhi, A Murugupandian traced the history of Dalit poetry while V Prabhakaran and K Nagarethnam spoke about Ayodhiya Dasar, one of the foremost Dalit intellectuals. Ravikumar wondered if Dalit poetry has lost its fervour.
[ZESTCaste] Orissa assembly passes ICFAI Bill
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Orissa-assembly-passes-ICFAI-Bill/Article1-562626.aspx Orissa assembly passes ICFAI Bill Press Trust Of India Bhubaneswar, June 24, 2010 After several deferments, the ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India) University Bill-2009 was passed by Orissa assembly. The Bill, first tabled in the assembly during the monsoon session last year, was deferred thrice due to lack of time and members' opposition to certain clauses. The bill was passed by a voice vote with some changes last night with Higher Education minister Debi Prasad Mishra saying that the self-financing private university would provide high quality education. According to changes made in the Bill, two MLAs and the Secretary of the Higher Education department will in the Board of Management (BOM) of the proposed varsity. The Bill also incorporated proposal of granting concession to ST, SC and OBC students. The ICFAI authorities would now have to prepare fee structure on the guidelines of University Grants Commission (UGC) and other regulatory bodies. With the Bill getting nod of the assembly, the ICFAI would invest Rs 150 crore in setting up a campus for the university in the state. The university would have strength of about 1,500 students and offer courses in various disciplines like engineering, management, law, science and humanities. ICFAI has identified 30 acres land between Bhubaneswar and Khurda for setting up its university. It had inked an MOU with the state government in 2007.
[ZESTCaste] On Dr Ambedkar play (Telugu)
Dear friends, Though I have been mentally stressed as I struck up in India unprepared, I am trying my best to use this time as purposefully as possible. One of the exciting times for me was watching a live play live last weekend. I got this opportunity after more than two and hald decades. I was thrilled as it was on the life of my hero Dr Ambedkar. I watched it for two consecutive days. As a child and as a teenager, I would go for miles to other villages to watch art forms of various kinds and forms. This musical play based on the real story of Dr Ambedkar’s life (up to burning of Manu Smriti) was a feast to my eyes and senses. It was created by a school teacher Mr Patibandla Ananda Rao with a cast of nearly 80 actors. According to him it was not yet perfected, it was played only a couple of times so far. Still, it was so perfect that I started thinking how marvelous it would be watching it after a while when it was perfected. I am was not an art critic, still I would like to express my feelings. The play was so real that I could not control my emotions while watching some of the scenes. The performance of the child actor (little Dr Ambedkar) was superb, so was that of the actor played adult Ambedkar. Every other actor performed well and the music was melodious. I surprised how such a talented man (Mr Ananda Rao) was unnoticed so far. I was told his another play, Padamata Gali (Western wind) based on the globalization, was a superhit. Talent, when not recognized and noticed dies out. It is very much real in the case of talented Dalits. I remember watching such great art forms of various kinds as a child. They are all dying out for lack of patronage and invasion of unrealistic movie culture. Recording (even in crude form) of such dying art forms of Dalits and Tribals was one of my pet projects. But, it never took off for obvious reasons. At the end of the play, while talking about the art form he used in the play Mr Ananda Rao spoke about an old man who can recite 20 different plays from memory. How great it would be if someone come forward and immortalized the man and his talent before it is too late? How wonderful it would be if someone take the task of recoding various Dalit and Tribal art forms before they are died out? It needs dedication, sincerity, and above all money. Something needs to be done before it is too late. With regards Benjamin Kaila -- An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. -Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar Please visit www.friendsforeducation.org or www.ambedkarscholarship.org
Re: [ZESTCaste] The Dalit evangelists
The easiest and surest way to get over all the problem is to empower Bahujan Samaj Party with the master key. The Cadres must become BSP cadres and do all the work they are doing to avoid any attack from any quarter. JC MAY YOU BE EVER HAPPY, WELL AND SECURE MAY YOU LIVE LONG MAY ALL SENTIENT AND NON-SENTIENT BEINGS BE EVER HAPPY MAY YOU BE ALWAYS HAVE CALM, QUIET, ALERT,ATTENTIVE AND EQUANIMITY MIND WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT NOTHING IS PERMANENT --- On Wed, 23/6/10, Siddhartha Kumar mailsiddharth...@gmail.com wrote: From: Siddhartha Kumar mailsiddharth...@gmail.com Subject: [ZESTCaste] The Dalit evangelists To: zestcaste zestcaste@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 23 June, 2010, 4:04 PM http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-dalit-evangelists/636003/ The Dalit evangelists Shaju Philip Posted online: Sun Jun 20 2010, 00:16 hrs
