[ZESTCaste] Can you help this Dalit girl in education?

2007-10-20 Thread Benjamin Kaila
Dear friends, Here is another request for help. This request came from a dedicated social worker cum professor on behalf of this girl. Please read the message below and let me know if any one has any desire to help this poor girl. I have been approaching everyone I know. Hope a few will

Re: [ZESTCaste] Has caste-based affirmative action worked?

2007-10-20 Thread Sarbeswar
I am working on the issue of reservation and affirmative action during last couple of years.Even yesterday I was there in a remote tribal village of Dahod District,Gujarat.If we really are interested in the improvement of life of the masses belonging to dalits,adivasis and bahujan then only

[ZESTCaste] Praying without brahmins (News)

2007-10-20 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=23theme=usrsess=1id=173837 Praying without brahmins Statesman News Service RAMPURHAT, Oct. 19: Puja without a brahmin! It may sound surprising ~ but the villagers of Bosoya under Margram police station have been worshipping Devi Durga without the

[ZESTCaste] Help centre for youth from northeast in Delhi (News)

2007-10-20 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/127092.html Help centre for youth from northeast in Delhi Posted : Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:36:02 GMT New Delhi, Oct 19 - The youth from the northeastern parts of India often get discriminated for their distinct looks and are branded as chinkies, but help is

[ZESTCaste] Dalit activists demand share of development

2007-10-20 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Dalit activists demand share of development http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Pioneer/400x60/0 Pioneer News Service | Bhubaneswar The National Federation of Dalit Land Rights Movements (NFDLRM) and the National Dalit Forum (NDF) jointly organised a two-day consultation programme at

[ZESTCaste] Bhotmange ends fast unto death

2007-10-20 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Bhotmange ends fast unto death http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur/Bhotmange_ends_fast_unto_death/articl eshow/2472253.cms 19 Oct 2007, 0314 hrs IST ,TNN BHANDARA: The lone survivor of Khairlanji massacre, Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, who launched a fast-unto-death in front of the Bhandara

[ZESTCaste] Dalit organisations to stage protest

2007-10-20 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Dalit organisations to stage protest http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 Staff Reporter KANNUR: Dalit organisations will stage protests against the Kerala State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation alleging irregularities in its vehicle loan