Thursday, May 5, 2011

[ZESTCaste] AICTE to withdraw 45% eligibility

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/aicte-withdraw-45-eligibility-465

AICTE to withdraw 45% eligibility

May 5, 2011
DC Correspondent
Chennai
The state government on Wednesday asked the All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) to withdraw its recent circular fixing 45
as eligibility percentage for SC, ST and MBC students to join
engineering colleges.

The state government, terming the circular meaningless, said that it
would not follow AICTE's directive and go ahead with its present
minimum eligibility criteria.

"The government, under Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, is determined to
ensure social justice and provide engineering education to all
students. The state government issued an order during the 2010-11
academic year stipulating the minimum eligibility marks: 50 per cent
for general category (OC), 45 per cent for BC, 35 per cent for SC/ST.
This is in force since then," a government press release said.

However, the AICTE had recently sent a circular to all state
governments stipulating the minimum eligibility as 50 per cent for
general category and 45 per cent for all others falling under the
reservation category from 2011-12 academic year.

"If the AICTE directive is adopted, then it would affect SC, ST, MBC
and rural students which will render the social justice concept
meaningless," the government said.

The state government insisted that it would follow its present
eligibility criteria for admissions to engineering courses in the
2011-12 academic year also and urged the Council to withdraw its
circular in the interest of students of the aforesaid communities.


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[ZESTCaste] UP failed to protect Dalits: Govt

http://www.hindustantimes.com/UP-failed-to-protect-Dalits-Govt/Article1-693536.aspx

UP failed to protect Dalits: Govt
Vikas Pathak, Hindustan Times

New Delhi, May 05, 2011
Minister for social justice and empowerment Mukul Wasnik has shot off
a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, listing the state's
institutional failures in preventing atrocities against the Dalits.
With less than a year to go for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections,
the letter may mark t
he beginning of a political confrontation between the BSP and Congress
over the Dalit vote in UP, which is 21 % of the state's population.

This vote — which was once part of the Congress' rainbow coalition of
upper castes, Dalits and Muslims in the state — has over the last two
decades been gradually captured by Mayawati's BSP.

Wasnik's letter says that the state has not yet identified
atrocity-prone areas, which Section 21 (VII) of the Prevention of
Atrocities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1989, requires
it to do.

A ministry official said the state had last identified these areas in
1986, three years before the Act itself came into existence. In other
words, UP has not identified these areas since the Act came into
force, though it has declared 20 districts as "sensitive".

Wasnik has also pointed out to the absence of a state-level
vigilance-and-monitoring committee in the state, as required by Rules
16 and 17 of the PoA Rules, 1995. This committee, under the
chairpersonship of the chief minister, is required to meet twice a
year. In UP, however, it is non-existent.

The letter comes after a meeting of officials of the central ministry
with its UP state counterpart in April, where Wasnik is believed to
have flagged these concerns vis-à-vis the implementation of the PoA
Act in the state.

Of the 33426 cases of atrocities against Dalits registered across
India in 2009, UP accounts for 22.3 % (or 7461). However, UP officials
are believed to have said that the high number of cases registered was
primarily because of the huge population of the state.

The state officials also pointed out that the state has a higher
conviction level than the national average. The all-India average
conviction rate in such cases between 2007-09 was a mere 31 %, while
it was 54 % in UP.


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[ZESTCaste] Discriminated Dalits in Nepal seek hope in education and employment

http://mediaglobal.org/article/2011-05-04/discriminated_dalits_in_nepal_seek_hope_in_education_and_employment

Discriminated Dalits in Nepal seek hope in education and employment

By Toni Bacala


Fatalities of discrimination: A Dalit woman and child hope to build a
better future. (Photo credit: Creative Commons)

4 May 2011 [MediaGlobal]: In the Kailali district, deep in the
mountains of western Nepal, children from the Dalit caste go to school
only to be shunted to the rear of the classroom, excluded from
activities, and return home with exam papers unmarked by teachers.

Decades since Nepal officially rejected the customary caste system,
the lower-caste Dalits, which comprise over 20 percent of the nation's
population, remain viciously ostracized. Dalit women and children are
especially vulnerable, barred from receiving education, employment, or
the possibility of social equality.

"Caste-based discrimination continues to raise serious human rights
concerns," Representative Jyoti Sanghera of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal told MediaGlobal .

The Dalits, literally the "suppressed," have long endured the caste
system established by migrant Hindus in South Asia centuries before.
Their marginalization permeates the basic aspects of life, such as
denial of access to potable water, practice of religion, and freedom
to marry outside of their caste.

In the less developed western regions of Nepal, the economic,
physical, cultural, and psychological violence against Dalit women and
children is acute. Dalit women endure double discrimination based on
gender and caste, which renders them prey to violence and
prostitution.

"Women also often bear the brunt of acts of vengeance against Dalit
communities that try to better their circumstances," explained Maria
Brink Schleimann of the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN).

Poverty and discrimination push Dalit children further to the margins.
The few who are able to go to school are banned from taking certain
classes and from drinking from communal water fountains. "This type of
discrimination has a devastating effect on the self-esteem of Dalit
children and the prospects for them to better their circumstances,"
said Schleimann.

Literacy provides a tangible gauge of discrimination in the country.
The average literacy rate of Dalits is significantly lower than the
national rate, with Dalit women about 20 percent below the average
Nepalese woman.

"Their limited access to quality education reduces their possibilities
of alternative and better paid employment, pushing them further into
the cycle of poverty and marginalization," Sanghera said.

Recent OHCHR investigations revealed that prevalent discrimination of
Dalits in the workplace bind them to hard labor such as garbage
disposal, butchering, or scavenging. They are restricted to work in
trades that require contact with food and water because, as their
caste implicates, they are deemed impure.

According to Sanghera, there have been several attempts of resistance
from Dalits who sought better lives. However, these were met with
violence, displacement, and further deprivation of daily sustenance.

The prevalent exclusion of Dalit women and children from education and
employment was addressed at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of
Nepal in Geneva last January. The UPR is an evaluative mechanism of
the UN Human Rights Council to ensure the compliance of UN member
states to their human rights obligations.

At the review, attending nations called for Nepal to adopt an
inclusive constitution grounded on human rights, strengthen the
National Dalit Commission, criminalize caste-based discrimination, and
improve educational and economic opportunities, especially directed
toward Dalit women and children.

Humanitarian programs are instrumental in providing Dalit women and
children opportunities of social mobility. Nonetheless, much of the
future of these destitute groups depends on the commitment of the
government to protecting Dalit communities.

In the past year, the Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF-Nepal) and USAID
Nepal's Education for Income Generation Program have collaborated to
develop literacy and skills trainings program for the disadvantaged
youth of western Nepal. The program provides capacity building and
training in agriculture, technology, commercial marketing, enterprise
creation, and scholarships for vulnerable groups including Dalits.

"The government needs to ensure access to justice for the victims,"
said Sanghera. This requires an aggressive implementation of a
comprehensive legislative framework and justice system against
caste-based and gender discrimination.
As the international community intensifies its call for social
equality in Nepal, special attention must be directed to vulnerable
Dalit women and children to empower themselves for a better future.


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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST, OBC 'preferred' in PSU top jobs

 

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-st-obc-preferred-in-psu-top-jobs/785856/

SC/ST, OBC 'preferred' in PSU top jobs

Agencies Posted online: Wed May 04 2011, 15:27 hrs
New Delhi : In the name of "professionalisation", the government has
come out with an advisory that candidates belonging to SCs/STs and OBC
categories should be given preference in the appointment of
non-official directors on PSU boards.

In addition, the advisory states that women candidates should also get
preference for appointment to the boards of the central public sector
units (PSUs).

The advisory has been issued by the Department of Public Enterprises
(DPE) to different administrative ministries on the recommendations of
the Standing Committee of Parliament on Industry.

In an office memorandum (OM), the DPE said it considered the
recommendations of the parliamentary panel and decided to convey the
same to the administrative ministries.

The title of the OM is "Professionalisation of boards of Central
Public Sector Enterprises..."

It said the DPE has "decided to communicate" the concern expressed by
the committee to all the administrative ministries/departments which
initiate proposals for appointment to such positions.

There are 217 operational PSUs, of which 158 are profit-making

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[ZESTCaste] Untouchability taking new forms, says study

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/untouchability-taking-new-forms-says-study-480

Untouchability taking new forms, says study

May 5, 2011
G. Jagannath
chennai


Caste discrimination in Tamil Nadu appears to have moved with the
times and stayed abreast of new developments.

An attack on a dalit in Villoor village in Madurai, for riding a
motorcycle in the streets where caste Hindus reside, is not an
isolated incident.

A survey conducted by Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front
(TNUEF) in 22 districts has revealed the prevalence of 86 forms of
untouchability in the state's villages.

Dalits are not even allowed to use ringtones of movie songs. "A dalit
in Coimbatore was beaten by caste Hindus for using MGR movie song Naan
Aanaittal Adhu Nadanthu Vittaal as his ringtone," TNUEF convenor P.
Sampath said.

The discrimination against dalits even exists in matrimonial websites.
"We have come across entries made by upper caste persons stating that
dalits need not apply," he said.

In the survey, Mr Sampath said they come across the practice of dalits
being prevented from walking on the public road wearing slippers,
riding bicycles, wearing dhotis folded or polyester dhotis, wearing
towels on their shoulder, wearing cloth headgear, sporting thin line
moustaches and getting clothes washed or ironed.

Apart from the two-tumbler system and denial of temple entry, Mr
Sampath said dalits are not allowed to watch TV programmes in village
panchayats or speak or sing at any public platform.

In some villages, he said the postmen do not deliver letters to dalit
houses and the dalits have to obtain them from the post office. Dalits
are also prevented from rearing cattle or keeping male dogs.

Mr Sampath said untouchability is widely prevalent in the state as the
DMK government failed to take any concrete steps to eradicate the
practice.

"Even when we staged an agitation in Uthapuram, Kangiyanur and
Gudiyatham to seek action against dalit discrimination, the DMK
suppressed the struggle by arresting the protesting dalits," he said.


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[ZESTCaste] Beef controversy a result of socio-political change in Eflu

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Beef-controversy-a-result-of-socio-political-change-in-Eflu/articleshow/8163668.cms

Beef controversy a result of socio-political change in Eflu
Nikhila Henry, TNN | May 5, 2011, 05.03am IST
HYDERABAD: Is the beef war raging in English and Foreign Languages
University (Eflu) campus rooted in the changing caste composition of
the varsity? While the controversy at the face of it seems to be about
inclusion of beef in the mess menu, sociologists and political
analysts say that the real problem is a growing resentment among
certain caste groups against the increase in the number of dalit and
BC students on the campus.

According to faculty members of university, with the implementation of
OBC reservation (22.5 per cent) and an increase in the number of dalit
students taking admission even in the general category seats (about 6
per cent), other caste groups on campus seem to be nursing a grudge
against the changing caste composition of the university. "The beef
controversy only brought the fight out in the open," they say.

"Eflu till four years ago was just an institute (Centre for English
and Foreign Languages) which did not have an integrated variety of
students. And an elite, caste group used to be the face of this
institute. But the change of the caste composition that happened soon
after its conversion into a central university (2008) created a strong
resentment among certain faculty and student members. This resentment,
however, is not usually spoken about," explained a faculty member of
the university. However, with the beef controversy the divide is
visible, he added. Currently, out of the 2,500 seats in the university
over 56 per cent are from dalit and BC students.

While some cited the emergence of a strong dalit group on campus for
the reason for the beef controversy, political scientists said that
the fight is not just about a resentment against reservation. In fact,
a larger cultural battle is brewing in the background, analysts
pointed out. "The university is going through a transitory period
where certain traditional cultural forms including that of food
culture are getting challenged and uprooted. Eating beef in public
becomes a part of the assertion of dalit identity which is considered
unholy by other castes," said Prof G Haragopal, political scientist
and faculty University of Hyderabad.

Political scientists said that a discourse on food in the country,
especially when centred around beef has larger implications. "Certain
food items in the state are associated with certain caste groups. Beef
is identified with SC/ST and some section of OBC castes," explained
Prof Kancha Iliah, political scientist, Osmania University.

Sociologists said that Eflu's beef feud could actually be a milestone
in the dalit movement, where a food culture, less celebrated in
society is trying to breach its way through established social norms
in educational institutions.

However, this is not the first time that such a challenge is being
taken up by students. In 2005, in a similar incident, Dalit Students
Association (DSU) of University of Hyderabad had established a beef
stall on their campus during a cultural fest, Sukoon, a practice that
has been repeated till date.

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[ZESTCaste] Himachal Pradesh more oriented towards dalit than Prem Kumar - Prem Kumar Dhumal

 

http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-199944.html

Himachal Pradesh more oriented towards dalit than Prem Kumar - Prem Kumar Dhumal

Lucknow, May 1 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal
here today said his government was working to uplift dalits and was
not making any false promises like being done in Uttar Pradesh.

"We are really concerned for the uplfit of dalits and have taken up
several programmes to upgrade their economic, social and cultural
status", he said.

Talking to reporters at a function here, Mr Dhumal said that in
Himachal Pradesh, every assembly segment has been sanctioned funds for
construction of Ambedkar community building which will have a capacity
of 2000 people.

"This building would help the dalits and poor to hold social and
cultural functions like marriages at a very low price,'' he said.

He said besides this, all the villages of more than 40 per cent
population of dalits has been identified as Chief Minister Adarsh
village where all basic infrastructure would be provided.

These include drinking water, solar power, health, education and other things.

"In UP, such schemes are not available and nor the present government
was so committed towards the dalit cause", he said without naming
Mayawati.

Though maintaining small states was good for accelerated development,
there was no need for division of the bigger states.

"Political commitment is required for development", he asserted.

He said the government was more focused on the field of education and
thus has earmarked 18 per cent of the budget under the head.

--UNI

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[ZESTCaste] Re: please contact arul directly for further details also follow save thervoy kandigai on face book

 



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From: ranjani k.murthy <rk_km2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:03 AM
Subject: Fw: Re: [D.M.A.-:942] please contact arul directly for further details also follow save thervoy kandigai on face book
To: dalit siddharta <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com>


  

--- On Wed, 4/5/11, Goldy George <goldymgeorge10@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Goldy George <goldymgeorge10@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [D.M.A.-:942] please contact arul directly for further details also follow save thervoy kandigai on face book
To: "Ranjani Murthy" <rk_km2000@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Dalit Movement Association" <dalit-movement-association-@googlegroups.com>, arul.borntowin@gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, 4 May, 2011, 7:11 PM

Dear Ranjani,
Jai Bhim!

Thanks for bringing these details before the group. Generally its
difficult to know such details of movements as media has become too
much localised and also emails get so much stuffed that it becomes
difficult to filter information.

I have been hearing a few aspects of SIPCOT industrial park and its
likely socio-politco-economic and environment impact from Madhu, Sweta
and others  like CR Bjoy. It is also very encouraging that populist
leaders like Medha had come to extend support towards the movement.
What I understand from your mail is that this movement is gaining
support from

I have a few questions based on my closed association and observation
of many of the environmental movements.

a) I understand that two-third population consist of Dalits (SORRY IT IS 76% AS PER LAKSHMANAN'S REPORT AND 0.5% STS). How does
the caste equation works? 

I have seen discriminatory practices within
many of the high profile and populist movements like Narmada where
there were clear cutting lines between the Patidars vis-a-vis Bhils
and Bhilalas right at the beginning of the Maheswar dam struggle in
early 90s.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. I AM A NEW ENTRANT INTO ACTIVISM. CAN YOU SEND DETAILS. 

FRANKLY AS AN INDEPENDNET RESEARCHER AND ACTIVIST I AM CONCERNED THAT JUSTICE COMES TO DALITS OF THERVOY (75%) AND OTHERS THERE.

WHAT HAPPENED IN NARMADA MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE DALITS OF THERVOY AT THE CENTER OF DECISIONS.    

b) What is the land holding pattern in Thervoy Kandigai and
neighbouring villages? Who holds the majority of land?

WILL REQUEST LAKSHMANAN MIDS TO SEND YOU RPEORT (HE IS A DALIT)  CCED ABOVE

FROM PAGE 31 OF HIS EIA. 

WORKERS: 37.9%
MAIN WORKERS: 28.9%
MIAN CULTIVATORS:15%
MAIN AL: 69.5%
MAIN WORKERS IN HOUSEHHOLDS INDUSTRIES: 3.89%
OTHER WORKERS: 11.41%
MARGIANLA WORKERS: 9.22%
MARGINAL CULTIVATORS: 2.44%
MAIN AGRIC. LAB: 95.12%
MARGINAL WORKERS IN HOSEHOLD IND: 1.22%
MARGINAL OTHER WORKERS: 1.22%
NON WORKERS: 61.87% 

c) What is the role of the Dalit groups in the entire struggle? Who
plays the lead role?

MAHESH, THEROVY MUNNERA SANGAM: PHONE 9965350288, A DALIT. THE LETTER SENT TO ALL OF YOU COULD HAVE GONE ON HIS NAME, BUT WE COULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT CONSULTING HIM. IF YOU FEEL THAT HE SHOULD BE SENDING THE EMAILS, I PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND.  WILL GO EMPLOWER HIM. YOU WILL HAVE TO BEAR WITH BROKEN ENGLISH OR LET HIM POST IN TAMIL.  

PROF LAKSHMANAN HAS DONE A STUDY FROM MIDS, A WELL REPUTED DALIT RESEARCHER. C Lakshmanan <laxman@mids.ac.in>; 

d) How does the Dalit community organisations understand/take this
movement? Have they come forward to support it?

-YES, THERVOY MUNNERA SANGAM IS INVOLVED. MAHESH..MEAHESH WAS NTO THERE WHEN LETTER DRAFTED. WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HIS NAME CAN BE ADDED WITHOUT ASKING HIM   
WHILE I AM RECEIVING CALLS FROM MARKET RESEARCH COMPANIES (I AM SURE ACTIING  ON BEHEST OF MICHELIN COMPANY) , SHOULD MAHESH BEAR THIS BRUNT IS ANOTHER QUESTION WHICH I WANT CLARITY FROM ALL OF YOU 
- PROF LAXMANAN, MIDS, A DALIT IS INVOLVED. HE WAS NOT THERE WHEN THIS LETTER WAS WRITTEN, OTHERWISE HIS NAME WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED IF HE WANTED IT 
- ONE DALIT NGO/AMEBDKAR MANDRAN  IS INDEPENDTLY INVOLVED AND CAME ON THE COMMON PLATFORM WHEN MEDHA CAME.. 

e) Apart from the environmental support groups, had it got the support
of the Dalit movements in the State?

NICHOLAS GAVE FULL SUPPORT. FURTHER DETAILS FROM MAHESH.     

Please get back to me either on my personal email or the DMA group.
Maybe it would help the ones to know more about the movement. As
instructed by you, I also have added Arul Doss to the group too.

THANKS SO MUCH. AT NO COST SHOULD DALITS LEAVE THIS GROUP BECAUSE OF ME/ARUL/NAPM. 

BUT LET MAHESH/LAXMANAN COME IN IF THEY WANT TO 

With much metta
Goldy

On 5/4/11, Ranjani Murthy <rk_km2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dalit struggle against destruction of environment and for right to
> life and livelihood in Thervoy Kandigai
>
> Thervoy Kandigai and Neighbouring villages
>
> Thervoy Kandigai is located at Gummudipoondi taluk of Thiruvallur
> district in Tamil Nadu state. It is 73 kms North of Chennai city, and
> 23 kilometer from the Kaverapettai junction of the Nellore Highway
> (NH5). It is 8 kilometers from the state High Way 52 towards
> Sakthiyavedu. Under Therovy Kandigai panchayat there are six villages
> namely: Therovy, Thervoy Colony, Dr Ambedkar Nagar, Villiyar (schedule
> tribe), Thervoy Kandigai (dalit village) and Thirvalluvar Nagar.
>
> The ongoing SIPCOT Industrial Park is hosted in Thervoy Kandigai on
> 1127 acres of land which hosts Thondaiman Lake, Mekkal Poromboke  land
> (actually a village forest land under the joint forest management
> scheme- See Annexure 1), Dr Ambedkar Nagar and village burial ground.
> The 1127 acres acts as  a catchment area feeding several lakes and
> ponds irrigating agricultural land, providing water for drinking,
> livestock and in-land fisheries  for 25 villages and hamlets including
> the six villages mentioned above. Agriculture and animal husbandry is
> the mainstay of all these villages, and people harvest two to three
> crops per year.
>
> Thervoy Kandigai alone has a population of 2667, and a sex ratio of
> 1002, which is likely to decline if agriculture declines as women's
> work force participation in agriculture is higher than in industries
> or services. Dalits constitute two thirds of Thervoy Kandigai
>
>
> SIPCOT industrial park and likely environment impact
>
> The proposed industrial park of 1127 acre land is supposed to host the
> following units:  Michelin Tyre Company, aluminum and ferrous alloy
> metal-maker Hunter Douglas India private Limitied, Harsha Float Glass
> and Harsha Exito Engineering Private Limited. However investigation by
> an activist reveals that there is also a brewery which is supposed to
> come up, linked to the ruling party.
>
> The Environment Impact Assessment study done by Dr. Lakshmanan, the
> Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) notes that the
> agriculture,   livestock and other livelihoods of the Thervoy Kandigai
> village as well as the other 24 villages will be affected if the
> Industrial Park  comes up in the  Thondaiman Lake  and   Mekkal
> Poromboke land        (Dr Lakshmanan, 2010, Summary attached as
> Annexure 2). The Mekkal Poromboke land also plays hosts to a variety
> of medicinal plants, fruits and herbs. The enquiry by National
> Alliance of People's Movements suggests that access to drinking water
> (classified as class A), fuel wood, open space for toilets and
> menstrual hygiene would also get affected, affecting women more than
> men.
>
>
> The Environment Impact Assessment study done by Dr Lakshmanan, the
> MIDS notes that the area will receive less rainfall which will affect
> storage of water in lakes and ground water supply. The quality of
> atmospheric air and environment would become warm and hot unsuitable
> for many species The air and ground water pollution would affect
> people's health and increase vulnerability to contagious diseases. The
> same report notes that the proposed industries would affect the
> village nerve system, people's land, agriculture and socio cultural
> milieu and above all environment degradation and ground water
> depletion. Further, the industrial establishments will bring along
> real estate, hotels restaurants, and business centers which might
> require more land and resources. The Professor from the MIDS notes
> that ultimately the local communities who live in the village at
> present would be forced to sell their  agriculture land and live
> without dignity
>
>
> Undemocratic process of decision making, unjust government EIA and no
> pollution control board clearance
>
> Undemocratic process
> Just before the SIPCOT industry commenced in 2009 (announced in 2007),
> there was a non judicial agreement dated 21-12-2008 between forest
> department and Thervoy Panchayat stating that the Mekkal grazing land
> (also classified as reserve forest) will be managed by the panchayat
> for the year  2008-2009, and then handed over to the Village Forest
> Committee for management between 2009- 12 (See Annex 1).
>
> Further, Gram Sabha which was held on 15-8-2009 in which majority of
> the six village/hamlets under Therovy Kandigai Panchayat were present
> took part did not approve the project as it would affect  their lives
> and livelihood (Annexure 3). So it is not clear how the 1325 acres of
> Mekkal Poromboke/grazing land was handed over without people approving
> it.
>
> Unjust and False EIA
>
> The EIA report of TN Pollution Control Board evaluating parameters of
> the industries speaks of nil distance to sensitive zones and assures
> zero air or water pollution. It mentions that the water required for
> the industries would be only 4.5 MLD which be sourced through Chennai
> Metro water. It is deliberately silent about the disastrous
> implications the proposed industries will have on its native
> population- a most strikingly, a complete cessation of farming and
> allied activities.   Curiously the EIA report claims that within the
> 10 km radius of acquired land no protected living beings, water bodies
> area or sanctuaries exist. In fact it states that "Around the 10 Km
> radius, there is no vegetation. But a very small area of protected
> forest is there".  On 2/8/2010 SIPCOT CMD Niranjan Modi was
> unavailable for reaction to the MIDS Professor Dr Lakshmanan. Mr M.R.J
> General Manager of Sipcot claimed that the EIA had been done and a
> public hearing was held, which people had approved (cited in Annexure
> 4), when actually people had not approved in (improper) public
> hearing ,  and as per Gram Sabha resolution(Annexure 3).
>
> The public hearing on the implications of the SIPCOT industrial park
> was held in Gummudipundi, 15 km away from Thervoy Kandigai, which
> itself is an improper procedure.  Hence the public hearing should be
> again held.  The officials in the public hearing admitted that it
> failed to take into account the inconsistency in the species of flora
> and fauna reported in the study area, besides lack of studies on the
> impact during monsoons and loss of employment due to the establishment
> of the industrial park.
>
> Lack of pollution control clearance:
>
> Madhumita Datta, an Independent Researcher and Activist, filed a RTI
> on 25/2/2011 with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on whether
> pollution control clearance was obtained and was informed on 24-3-2011
> by the TN Pollution Control Board that it had not issued consent for
> Establishment to the SIPCOT Industrial Park at Thervoy Kandigai. See
> Annexure 5.
>
>
> Ongoing destruction and its impact
>
> Discussions with villagers by activists and researchers associated
> with NAPM reveal that a check dam built by the forest department in
> 1995 in the MekKal Porumboke land/Forest department  has already
> destroyed by the SIPCOT. This is going to affect water security.  Of 7
> lakes, three have been closed by SIPCOT according to the villagers of
> Thervoy Kandigai who were met in the last week of April. THAT IS
> EARLIER SCHEMES OF GOVERNMENT ARE BEING ERODED BY THE INDUSTRIAL
> COMPLEX
>
>
> Sadly women reported that one young woman who went to collect fuel had
> to face a naked man, and came  back. Now they are forced to go in
> groups of ten to collect fuel, to use open space as toilets and for
> menstrual hygiene.
>
> Protest of affected women and men government's repression
>
> The people of Thervoy Kandigai have been protesting since 2007 to 2011
> against the proposed/ongoing SIPCOT industrial park using a variety of
> democratic and peaceful methods like road blocks, hunger strikes,
> demonstrations, padayatra (10/10/2010), holding of mass meetings,
> boycott of elections and surrendering of ration cards and election
> cards.  Sixty one people (including six women) were arrested on
> 9-1-2009 inspite of such democratic protests against destruction of
> right to life and livelihood.  They were subsequently released on
> bail. On 15/2/2011 eight male youth were arrested and released on
> bail.
>
> When a group of youth went to the next village using their traditional
> path in the village forest area a case was registered by the police at
> the behest of Michelin Tyre company that they indulged in violence
> which was a total falsehood. This sparked a wave of protest in the
> form of an indefinite hunger fast in March, 2011 for ten days by
> thousand residents of Thervoyal Kandigai.   During the hunger fast all
> local political parties took part, and the Collector asked the people
> to withdraw the hunger strike on the plea that the case would be
> withdrawn against the youth, and there would be no more construction
> of the companies in the SIPCOT industrial park. However, this
> commitment was not adhered to. There was a public meeting on 15th
> March, 2011, which was attended by Ms Medha Patkar, National Convenor,
> National Alliance of People's Movement.    After two days 500 women
> from Thervoy Kandigai stopped construction materials of Michelin Tyre
> Company  peacefully. The Superintendent of Police, Thirvullavur
> district sent a contingent of 500 policemen and police women who
> mercilessly indulged in lathi charge against the women, a violation of
> their right to protest. Some women's jackets were ripped (see Annexure
> 6). Police raided some of the houses and broke the bikes and hit some
> of the youth. 158 women and 10 male youth were arrested, and retained
> in a Mandapam in Ponneri till midnight and women were released while
> ten male youth were remanded to custody. A case under Public Property
> Damage Act was filed against them. After fifteen days they were
> released on bail, but still the case against them has not been
> dropped.      The youth leader of National Alliance of Peoples
> Movement filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission
> on 24/03/2011 (case no 222/22/12/2011).
>
> THUS THE SIPCOT TAKING OVER THE VILLAGE FOREST/MEKKAL POROMBOKE LAND
> IS DESTRUCTIVE OF FORESTS, WATER RESOURCES AND, AGRICULTURE, HENCE A
> VIOLATION OF RIGHT TO LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD AND   WILL LEAD TO GREATER
> POVERTY, INEQUALITIES,  UNREST AND MARGINALISATION OF WOMEN.
> IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC, WITHOUT PROPER PUBLIC CONSULTATION BASED ON FALSE
> OFFICIAL EIA AND OVERLOOKING GRAM SABHA RESOLUTION, THUS TOTALLY
> ILLEGAL, AND UNWARRANTED, AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST AND ONLY TO AID
> CORPORATE PROFIT.
>
> SUCH DESTRUCTION WOULD ALSO LEAD TO RISE IN FOOD PRICES, DECLINE IN
> WOMEN'S ECONOMIC CONDITION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY TO SEXUAL
> EXPLOITATION, AND FURTHER DECREASE IN CHILD SEX RATIO
>
> HENCE WE URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION IMMEDIATELY:
>     THE SIPCOT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN THERVOY KANDIGAI SHOULD BE
> WITHDRAWN IMMEDIATELY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE IF GIVEN FOR
> SIPCOT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX SHOULD BE CANCELLED
>     DAMAGES ALREADY DONE TO THE WATER BODIES, FORESTS AND RESOURCES
> SHOULD BE RECTIFIED AND RESOURCES RESTORED
>     CASES AGAINST YOUTH SHOULD BE DROPPED
>     COMPENSATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO VICTIMS OF ATROCITIES
>     PENAL ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST THE MAN FOR INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.
>     PENAL ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST THE COMPANIES FOR HAVING
> INDULGED IN VIOLATIONS
>     ALL SIPCOTS IN THE STATE AND COUNTRY  SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY A
> COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF AFFECTED PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES, PEOPLE'S
> MOVEMENTS AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS
>
> arul doss youth coordinator, napm- PLEASE CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY IN
> FUTURE AND ENROL HIM IN THIS GROUP
>
> Geeta Ramakrishnan, National unorganised workers fedration
>
> Ranjani murthy, independent researcher
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[ZESTCaste] : India-Adivasi-the first citizen of india

 



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From: CK VISHWANATH <ckvishwanath@gmail.com>

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:10 PM, CK VISHWANATH <ckvishwanath@gmail.com> wrote:
The Supreme court of india bench by Justice Markandey katju and Justice Gyan sudha mishra has clearly declared that the pre-drvidian aborgines
,ancestors of the present day adivasis were the original inhabitants of india.india is largely a country of immigrants.the supreme court judgment on 5th jan,2011
is an important one. the criminal appeal no.11 of 20011,coming out of special leave petition no.10367 of 2010 in kala and others  versus state of maharshtra  TR.taluka
PS.
the case was-Nandabai,25,belong to the Bhil tribe in maharshtra state.she was was brutally attacked and paraded naked by some anti-social elements.
According to these anti-social elements,she was having an illicit relation with a man from the upper caste man.the four accused were convicted by the indian penal code
and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment  for six months,one year and three months in three instances and to pay fine in cash.they were convicted under the the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities)act,1989.and sentenced to  rigorous imprisonment for one year and a fine.but,the high court had acquitted them  of the
charges under the 1989act.

And the adivasis have been living in a genocide/ethnocide reality.the real base of the maoist movement of central india is adivasis.and their life conditions and the very survival
depends upon the classic primitive accumulation level.more and more new industrial projects are in the adivasi areas.adivasis are trying to fight their own way to protect their own
way of life.The Supreme Court judgment has clearly mentioned the present life realities of bhils and other adivasi communities of india.and quoting the Cambridge history of india(volume,1)ancient India,the Supreme court judgment  declared that  why did adivasis become the original inhabitants of india.

multiple life styles and the meaning of indian diversity have been reflecting in the adivasi life of india .If we negate the adivasis life means that the failure of the indian diversity.
.and the contributions of adivasis in India and their sacrifices for making this glorious  nation has been accepted by this supreme court judgment.

 about 92% of indain population are the decedents of migrants(more research needs-by The SC judgment).mundas of chotanagpur,orissa,w.bengal,todas of nilagiris of tamil nadu),
tribes in the andaman nicobar islands-these people have been the real inhabitants of india.The supreme court judgment is underling the importance of adivasi life in india.and in this  era,adivasis are in the midst of modernity,development,globalisation.the SC judgment reveals the reality.
C.k.vishwanath,






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Re: [ZESTCaste] Dalit school children prevented to take MID day meal with upper caste students in Odisha

 

The best solution is that the SC/STs unite behind BSP and throw out these anti-SC/ST governments and strengthen Sarvajan Hitay Sarvajan Sukhay i.e., for the welfare and happiness for the entire people by educating the people not to vote for Congress or BJP  which are of the upper caste capitalists, by the capitalists and which are for the capitalists. Until these downtrodden are educated  for awakening with awareness these atrocities would continue. So the solution is in their hands nd not elsewhere.
 
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From: Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com>
To: zestcaste <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 2 May 2011 6:12 PM
Subject: [ZESTCaste] Dalit school children prevented to take MID day meal with upper caste students in Odisha

http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=26368

Dalit school children prevented to take MID day meal with upper caste
students in Odisha
Monday, May 02, 2011    
   

Report by Amarnath Parida; Jagatsinghpur: School teachers being
inspired by upper caste
villagers have not allowed a group of SC students to use the school
utensils and plates for taking mid day meal (MDM) in a primary school
of Balikuda block. Protesting it, harassed SC category students
stopped their education because they have been have skipped their
classes for the last four days while other SC students have refused to
take admission in this school due to caste conflict between upper and
lower caste students.

Like most of the schools in the state, students have been taken MDM
meal and used utensils and plates for taking meal during school hour.
But teachers of Keutapala Primary School under Balikuda block in
Jagatsinghpur district being inspired by upper caste villagers
prevented SC and dalit students to use utensils and plates and advised
them to sit separately due to untouchability. Although all students
belonging to upper castes were allowed to take MID meals with utensils
and plates , as many as 25 dalit students of the school, including
girls, were prevented to sit with them at the time of taking meal or
restricted to use government supplied plates.

The village has a population of about 500, and about 150 of them are
dalits. However, SC and dalit students are not allowed to take meal
with upper castes and also prevented to worship God or Goddess on the
days of Ganesh puja and Saraswati puja since past several years,
said SC villager.

The teachers have also directed these students to use banana leaves to
eat the MDM by sitting separately from the upper caste pupils. They
were also restricted from using the school glasses to drink water and
also directed to bring mats from their houses to sit in the class
rooms. They were also denied use of soaps to wash their hands. To
quench their thirst, they were forced to go outside theschool premises
to drink water, alleged the students.

One girl student Barasa Mallick says in full of twist eyes 'we are
neglected by school teachers and lady teachers do not beat them by
cane but threw it on them to avert untochabilty while teacher hit cane
directly to upper case students'. Another student Bijya Mallick 'we
are SC by caste so teachers advised them to sit separately to take
meal on banana leaves while upper caste students take meal on plate by
sitting in groups.  Protesting such act of the school teachers, our
parents have restricted us to go to school," – said other SC students.

One guardian Mrs Puni Mallick said that we have aired their grievances
to district collector and BDO but administration did not hear their
plight so we take measure step for not sending students to schools
because they face mental agony and harassment.

School headmistress Mrs Jostanarani Swain stated 'the allegations made
by the SC students and their parents regarding caste discrimination
are purely fake and baseless and ready to face any probe on this
issue.'

Despite India's constitution outlawing caste discrimination, dalits,
comprising 16 percent of the country's 1.1 billion populations,
however, often face mistreatment from upper caste people
in many parts of the country. - said general secretary of congress
district unit of SC and ST cell Mr Debendra Mallick.

Additional District Magistrate, Jagatsinghpur Mr Upendranath Mallick
has expressed 'ban to dalit students on MDM is purely unfortunate so
this matter has come to the notice to the
administration in which he has directed BDO, Balikuda to begin probe
on the basis of the complaints by the students and their parents'.

Stern action would be taken against the errant teachers if they will
be found guilty during the probe- he added.  On the other hand, local
MP Mr Bibhuprasad Tarai has expressed 'anti dalit remark to MLA, MP
and ADM by agriculture minister Mr Damodar Rout is the main cause of
the rise of caste conflict and untouchablity issues in different
institutions in this district so
exemplary action against culprits would change this practice'.


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