Dalits / Aborigines
Why Babri Masjid was demolished on Dec 6?
By Ashok Yadav
Was it a mere coincidence that the Babri mosque was demolished on December 6? Of course, there are strong reasons to believe that the event was not an act of spontaneous mob frenzy but rather an outcome of a high-level conspiracy. No wonder the issue was utilised by the Sangha Parivar to generate [...]
Untouchable’ woman dies after Indian medics refuse treatment
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — An “untouchable” woman who gave birth outside an Indian hospital because doctors would not treat her died Thursday, a day after her baby, officials admitted.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pity the Brahmins
By P. SAINATH
A signal achievement of the Indian elite in recent years has been to take caste, give it a fresh coat of paint, and repackage it as a struggle for equality.
The agitations in the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and other such institutions were fine examples of this. Casteism is no longer in defensive [...]
Dalit boy’s eye gouged out by girl’s relatives
AURANGABAD: A love affair in a Marathwada village took a gruesome turn when outraged relatives of an upper-caste girl gouged out one of the eyes of a Dalit boy who had eloped with her.
The relatives then tried to inflict the same punishment on one of the friends of the boy, but he managed to escape [...]
Are Dalits not Hindus? Then why prevent them from praying at a Hindu Temple?
According to news report in TOI dated 9.1.2008, while the Brahmin-Dalit alliance swept Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party to power in Uttar Pradesh last May, the political bonhomie between the two sections has not extended to the social sphere.
The tenuous nature of the alliance was underscored when a Dalit man was beaten up and abused by [...]
British Hindus divided by caste: BBC report
Naresh Puri
A leading British Asian organisation is warning that men, women and children are being abused, attacked and spat at, because they are low caste Hindus regarded as impure and untouchable.
They are the victims of the 2,000-year-old Indian caste system which activists say is flourishing on the streets of Britain, even though it is banned [...]
An open letter to Malaysian Indians
To begin with, this picture is not from Malaysia. It is from Chennai, the capital city of southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to flickr, this photo is part of their most interesting 50 sets. It says a lot about the pain, and struggle of Dalit community in India, above all in Tamil Nadu.
Died [...]
India drops down 2 places in HDI, ranks 128th
India growing? It’s not showing, Country unable to break out of class of laggards in UN assessment
The world’s second highest economic growth rate has not yet helped India hoist itself away from its customary position in the global development report card.
The Human Development Report for 2007-08 released by the UNDP today ranked India 128 [...]
Muslims and Dalits discriminated in corporate India
For some time now and especially after publication of Sachar Committee Report Muslims put much emphasis on acquiring modern education. In rapidly globalized economy of India, education was promised to be the key to a brighter future for Muslim kids.
A recent study, however, finds that getting a call for interview can be reduced to as [...]
316 million Indian workers get below $ 0.49 (Rs. 20) a day
394.9 million workers (86 per cent of the working population) belong to the unorganized sector
316 million workers live on less than Rs. 20, or $ 0.49, a day.
88 per cent of the Scheduled Tribes and the Scheduled Castes, 80 per cent of the Other Backward Classes and 85 per cent of Muslims belong to this [...]
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