[ZESTCaste] Celebrating Diversity And Inclusiveness In The Age of Consent

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaColumn.asp?id=19557 Celebrating Diversity And Inclusiveness In The Age of Consent Sunday, July 04, 2010 One year ago, on July 2nd 2009, a Delhi High Court division bench of Chief Justice AP Shah and Justice S Muralidhar said We declare that Section 377 IPC,

[ZESTCaste] Pray, it’s Goddess English

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/82/201007042010070401502576272ca721d/Pray-it%E2%80%99s-Goddess-English.html Pray, it’s Goddess English In Uttar Pradesh, ABCD has found an unmatched reverence with a temple being built in its name Vikas.Hotwani Posted On Sunday, July 04, 2010 at 01:50:25 AM

[ZESTCaste] Keeping caste system intact

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/keeping-caste-system-intact-1.649296 Keeping caste system intact A visit through parts of Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh may tell you that Khaps are most cruel when a boy from a lower caste or poor family happens to fall for a girl from an upper caste or

[ZESTCaste] Maya's name game has paid poll dividends

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/104013/India/maya%E2%80%99s-name-game-has-paid-poll-dividends.html Courtesy: Mail Today Maya's name game has paid poll dividends Piyush Srivastava Lucknow, July 3, 2010 Whoever says what's in a name should take a closer look at the Bahujan Samaj Party's

[ZESTCaste] Social tension between Dalits and Jats on the rise in Mirchpur

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.merinews.com/article/social-tension-between-dalits-and-jats-on-the-rise-in-mirchpur/15825204.shtml Social tension between Dalits and Jats on the rise in Mirchpur The dalits are demanding that they may be allotted land at Hisar stating that in the village they fear attack from the Jats

[ZESTCaste] Why are we afraid of the caste census? (Opinion)

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article498535.ece Published: July 3, 2010 16:50 IST | Updated: July 3, 2010 16:50 IST July 3, 2010 Why are we afraid of the caste census? BHANWAR MEGHWANSHI The entire debate is centred on removing the caste column in the census questionnaire while the real

[ZESTCaste] Living in the Caste

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.nagalandpost.com/ShowEditorial.aspx?eid=UzEwMDM1Mzc%3D-36Qqbp0eI%2FM%3D EDITORIAL Living in the Caste Article published on 5/28/2010 11:21:34 PM ISTFont Size: It appears that contemporary India has yet to overcome the problems of the past, which instead, dominate the current

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman allegedly stripped, beaten up in UP village

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Dalit-woman-allegedly-stripped-beaten/Article1-566963.aspx Dalit woman allegedly stripped, beaten up in UP village Allahabad, July 03, 2010 A Dalit woman was on Saturday allegedly dragged out of her house, stripped and beaten up by a group of upper caste people

[ZESTCaste] Tumkur Tragedy: 10 held for Dalit woman's murder

2010-07-05 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Tumkur-Tragedy-10-held-for-Dalit-womans-murder/articleshow/6125684.cms Tumkur Tragedy: 10 held for Dalit woman's murder TNN, Jul 3, 2010, 10.56pm IST TUMKUR: Honnamma (45), a dalit woman and an upcoming politician, was murdered in Gopalapura of

[ZESTCaste] Re: Invite to join a discussion forum on Chhattisgarh

2010-07-05 Thread CHITTIBABU PADAVALA
On 4 July 2010 21:01, Shubhranshu Choudhary s...@cgnet.in wrote: Dear Chittibabu Ji Trust this finds you well. Chhattisgarh Net is an online discussion group on issues related to Chhattisgarh and its people. ( www.36garh.notlong.com) We think we would benefit from an exchange with

Re: [ZESTCaste] Caste count hits sub-quota hurdle

2010-07-05 Thread Jagatheesan Chandrasekharan
For Equal Distribution of Wealth, if the Master Key is handed over to the right political party that believes in equal distribution of wealth among all sections of the society, for their welfare and happiness and ultimate peace, the problem will come to an end.  MAY YOU BE EVER HAPPY, WELL AND