Wednesday, December 22, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Ancient Buddhist Manuments of Isasani Nagpur (India) ........& Historical Conference held on December 21, 2010. [3 Attachments]

 
[Attachment(s) from Dr. Milind Jiwane included below]

Ancient Buddhist Manuments of Isasani Nagpur (India) ........& Historical
Conference held on December 21, 2010.
Due to not proper action taken by the Archoelogical Survey of India, the Govt of Maharashtra sold the land of an Ancient Buddhist Manuments of
Isasani Nagpur (India) to builders and developers and distroy the ancient
Buddhist History by the local MP, MLA and Political Leaders including the Govt of Maharashtra and earn the crores of Rupees by them. This is the big
corruption and there is no control seen on by the Investigating Agency.
Every one knows that Nagpur is the city of NAGAS, the original Buddhist of
India.
Bharat Leni (Cave) Sanvardhan Samiti Nagpur brach has organized the NAGA BUDDHIST CULTURAL HISTORIC CONFERENCE at Isasani Nagpur on the Vesak
Day December 21, 2010. On that conference, lot of Buddhist Monks, Buddhist
People and following dignitaries were the Chief Guests.
* Chairperson : Dr Param Anand
* Chief Guests : Dr Milind Jiwane (President Civil Rights Protection Cell)
Bhaiyya Khaikar ( Dalit Sena)
Pritam Bulkunde ( Lord Buddha Channel)
Uttam Shewade ( BSP)
Lord Buddha Channel has taken initiative of publicity.
With Best Compliment From :
* Dharmesh Patil
* Milind Patil
* Mahendra Lokhande

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[ZESTCaste] Recasting Hinduism for the 21st century

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/dec/21/india-hindu-dalit

Recasting Hinduism for the 21st century

It is important that Hindus take the lead in acknowledging the damage
that caste discrimination does and resolving to tackle it

o Ramesh Rao
o guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 December 2010 16.00 GMT

Caste has become the convenient "hook" to hang the Hinduism portrait
since Hinduism, that "rolling caravan of conceptual spaces," is too
complex a religion/way of life for the "people of the book" who have
reigned supreme the past two millennia. Unfortunately, caste being the
complex conundrum that it is, Hinduism almost always is seen through
the prism of caste.

In a newly published report, the Hindu American Foundation tackles the
issue of caste discrimination, and of the immediate and urgent need
for Hindus to acknowledge that caste is not an intrinsic part of
Hinduism, that continuing caste-based discrimination is a major human
rights problem, and only Hindus, through reform movements, through an
activist agenda, and through education can rid Hindu society of the
scourge of caste-based discrimination.

While there will be naysayers in the Hindu community, who wish to get
into their bunkers and fight a rearguard battle to "defend" Hinduism
from what they see as a concerted campaign of vilification by
Christian missionaries, Muslim fundamentalists, Marxist Hindu haters,
and a global-capitalist-western hegemony, it is important that Hindus
bell the casteist cat themselves. In this regard, the HAF report
points out that caste-based discrimination is a serious human rights
issue in the Indian sub-continent, and that over 160 million people,
whom the Indian government categorises as "scheduled castes" (SCs),
suffer from discrimination by not only a variety of Hindu caste groups
but even by "upper caste" Christians and Muslims after they have
converted to Christianity or Islam.

The Indian constitution, whose chief architect, BR Ambedkar, was
himself a member of the scheduled castes, outlaws "untouchability" –
the act of segregating and ostracising a social group by literally
prohibiting physical contact with members of the SCs. Alas, India is
hobbled by a weak and sometimes dysfunctional judicial system, and
therefore acts of discrimination against the SCs (or Dalits, as many
of them prefer to call themselves) either go unpunished or ignored.

Other lawlessness in India goes unpunished but the challenge of
dealing with caste-based discrimination has been the most
disheartening. This is especially so in rural areas where caste
dynamics continues to play havoc. In 2008, for example, according to
the Indian government, there were 33,615 human rights violations of
various types – from the denial of entry into temples to denial of
service in wayside restaurants, and from bonded labour to the
exploitation of women.

HAF's report therefore begins with an important point: that Hindus
must acknowledge that caste arose in Hindu society, that some Hindu
texts and traditions justify a birth-based hierarchy and caste bias,
and that it has survived despite considerable attempts by Hindus to
curtail it. It notes that caste-based discrimination represents a
failure of Hindu society "to live up to its essential spiritual
teachings," that divinity is inherent in all beings, and that caste is
not an intrinsic part of Hinduism.

Sure, untouchability is practiced not just by Hindus in India and
Nepal but by non-Hindus in Yemen, Japan, Korea, France, Somalia, and
Tibet. But the sheer number of people who are discriminated against in
India makes this a uniquely Indian and Hindu problem. Fishing in
India's troubled waters are therefore missionaries who for long have
sought to make India Christian, and the left/Marxist forces in India
who see only Hinduism as a problem but not religion per se. In recent
decades, and especially after George W

Bush became president, there was a surge in monies funneled into India
for planting churches and converting Hindus. Organisations like the
Dalit Freedom Network, led by and catering to mostly Christians, have
gone on overdrive and sought to categorise SCs as non-Hindus and
therefore arguing that they are not converting Hindus to Christianity.

HAF's report, a first of its kind by a modern Hindu advocacy group,
provides readers a handy but grand sweep of the problem of caste –
from its origins to its role in the past and at present, its use and
abuse, and reform movements from the earliest by the likes of
Basaveshwara to the great 19th- and 20th-century reform movements like
the Arya Samaj movement, and reformers like Jyotiba Phule, Narayana
Guru, Mahatma Gandhi, and others.

Noting that there are defenders of the caste system, not just the
curmudgeon and cruel among Hindus, but the likes of Voltaire and
Diderot who fought against the monotheistic intolerance of Christians
and Muslims, to sociologists like Louis Dumont who argued that the
"distribution of functions leads to exchanges", to the great
Indophile, Alain Daniélou who argued that caste does not equate to
"racist inequality but… a natural ordering of diversity," the HAF
report argues that a birth-based hierarchy is unacceptable, that
inequities against and the abuse of the Dalits/SCs is a human rights
issue, and that the solution to this social ill is available within
Hindu sacred texts themselves, and that Hindus should be at the
forefront of putting an end to the system of birth-based hierarchy as
well as taking the lead in energising the Dalit community to fight
discrimination.

As the British seek to draft a new bill of rights, and from what one
hears, equate caste with racism, similar to what was sought at the
United Nations' Durban conference on racism and racial discrimination,
as western Europe and US-based missionary groups ratchet up the calls
for actions and sanctions against India, and as we move into a new era
of global interaction, it is time for Hindus to act.


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[ZESTCaste] 'Caste Color' To Krishna Bhagawan's 'Extraaas'

http://www.greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=25709&cat=1&scat=4

'Caste Color' To Krishna Bhagawan's 'Extraaas'

Published Date : 21-Dec-2010 11:26:09 GMT
The noted comedian Krishna Bhagawan made a mess of himself and
embarrassed the Tollywood circuit with his drunken speech at an
engineering college recently. Now, it is heard that the Brahmin
community heads are very angry with Krishna Bhagawan.

The reason for that is Krishna Bhagawan insulting the scholar
Garikipati during that speech. In fact, KB's comments should be taken
only for Garikipati but not for entire Brahmin community. One Brahmin
said "actually, Kammas give a lot of respect to Brahmins. Even
Brahmins have high regards on Kammas for their royal manners and
majestic behavior. We never know Kammas insulting Brahmins in this
manner. But Krishna Bhagawan insulted the Avadhanam, Avadhani
Garikipati Narasimha Rao and dropped satires hitting our community."

But the Brahmin who spoke this might have forgotten the fact that an
avadhani is there even in Kamma community with name Medasani Mohan. It
should be considered as Krishna Bhagawan's extraaas on Garikipati but
shouldn't bring caste cards here.

So, it remains to be seen whether Krishna Bhagawan will have remorse
about what he has done or will he keep facing the heat from the
Agrahaaram circuit.


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[ZESTCaste] Gujjar protestors await Rajasthan govt response

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_gujjar-protestors-await-rajasthan-govt-response_1484512

Gujjar protestors await Rajasthan govt response
Published: Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010, 0:35 IST
By Rakesh Bhatnagar | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA

Disregarding the grave inconvenience being caused to thousands of
people due to the troubled railway and road traffic in the northern
states, the agitating Gujjar community is awaiting the Rajasthan
government's response to their demand for providing 5% quota in job as
recommended by the IS Irani committee last year.

That the state government has engaged a top constitutional lawyer of
the Supreme Court, PP Rao, to make his submission before the Rajasthan
high court on Wednesday is an indication that the Gehlot government is
favourably inclined to the demands of the community.

Gujjars want the quota in job and education by deducting 4% from the
OBC's share and 1% under the government's power.

An influential Gujjar leader Ram Bir Singh Bidhuri, who heads the All
India Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, said the community shouldn't
indulge in violence.

"Violence isn't answer to a problem. Let's wait for the outcome of the
court dispensation," he said.

The Gujjar population of India is nearly 5.3 crores. The community is
found mainly in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab, western Uttar Pradesh, northern Madhya Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Delhi, and Maharashtra.

A parliamentary standing committee has recommended to the government
to carry out a survey to assess the size of different communities in
the total population of the country.


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