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Thursday, March 31, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit girl raped by three youths

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Dalit girl raped by three youths
TNN | Mar 30, 2011, 11.31pm IST

ALLAHABAD: A 17-year-old dalit girl was allegedly raped by three
youths in Jgarha village under Nawabganj police station on Tuesday
night.

The police after lodging a case sent the girl for medical examination.

The victim in her statement alleged that three youths forcibly
abducted her from a brick kiln and later raped her.

The girl, however, managed to escape from the clutches of the
miscreants and told her family members about the incident. The family
later lodged a case with the police.

Station officer, Nawabganj police station, said they were waiting for
the girl's medical report.

The victim is a native of Fatehpur district, police said.

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[ZESTCaste] Panchayats adopt resolutions against honour killing

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Panchayats adopt resolutions against honour killing
Balwant Garg, TNN | Mar 31, 2011, 05.47am IST

BATHINDA: At a time when khap panchayats of Haryana and western Uttar
Pradesh are under "attack" for openly issuing "death sentences" to
couples who defy caste diktats on love marriages, the panchayats in
Punjab are passing resolutions to decry the 'honour killing'.

The support of panchayats, which is diametrically opposite to their
earlier known stance, against honour killings has come after the
suggestion of Punjab and Haryana high court, said Parampal Kaur,
District Development and Panchayat Officer, Bathinda.

The panchayats' resolutions, submitted to the state rural development
and panchayat department, state: "Panchayat would oppose tooth and
nail any attempt of such honour killing or public ostracism of couples
who marry against the wishes of their family members". The panchayats
started passing these resolutions on the directions of rural
development and panchayat department, Punjab.

Earlier, in August last year, the state government had issued
directions to all district police chiefs in the state to constitute
five-member district-level counselling cells to give assistance to the
"love birds" in marriage or those planning marriage. The cells were to
impart guidance to their parents in resolving any sort of differences
due to caste, creed and social status barriers.

Murders in the name of "honour" do not happen only in "uncivilized"
hinterlands, but often enough even in elite sections of cities. In
most cases, counselling of parents and lovers helps defuse the
tension, added Vishav Jyoti Dhir, a short-story writer who is also
member of District Honour Killing Counselling Cell in Faridkot.

The high court's suggestion to the state government had come after it
decided a civil writ petition "Asha versus State of Haryana".

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[ZESTCaste] HC issues notice to state govt on SC/ST promotions

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HC issues notice to state govt on SC/ST promotions
TNN | Mar 31, 2011, 06.19am IST

JAIPUR: The state government's decision to freeze promotions till the
time quantifiable data on the existing representation of SC/ST
category employees in its jobs was collected has been challenged
before the high court.

Issuing notices on a petition filed by a general category employee
Govind Narayan Sharma, Justice Prem Shankar Asopa has sought a reply
from the state government in two weeks. Sharma, a section officer at
the secretariat, has also challenged two circulars of the state
government regarding the collection of the SC/ST employees' data.

The dispute pertains to reservation in promotion granted to the SC/ST
employees through constitutional amendments but put on hold in
Rajasthan by a Supreme Court order that says the eligibility
conditions for granting the benefit be fulfilled first. The conditions
were laid down by the apex court in the judgment of M Nagraj in
October 2006.

The general category employees have been demanding the state
government should implement the apex court order by preparing a
revised seniority list, while the SC/ST category employees want the
promotion be stalled till the eligibility condition of collecting
quantifiable data was fulfilled.

As per the Nagraj case judgment, the state government is required to
establish through adequate data that the SC/ST category employees were
inadequately represented in its services, that there was necessity to
fill a post ignoring merit and that doing so would not hamper the
overall administrative efficiency. "A consolidated data would convey a
skewed representation of the reserved category employees. If the
number of officers is high and the junior staff is low, a consolidated
data would give their wrong representation in the government jobs,"
Sharma's counsel Shobhit Tiwari argued.

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[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar's role in society hailed

http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/28/stories/2011032853590500.htm

Karnataka - Gulbarga

Ambedkar's role in society hailed

Special Correspondent

Now in Kannada:Tontada Siddalinga Mahaswami releasing the translated
works on B.R. Ambedkar

GULBARGA: Tontada Siddalinga Mahaswami has hailed B.R. Ambedkar as a
visionary statesman and nationalist who spent his life working for the
uplift of Dalits and oppressed communities.

He was speaking at the release of the Kannada versions of Gail
Omvedt's Ambedkar — Towards an enlightened India as well as Ambedkar's
Caste in India and Annihilation of Caste here on Sunday.

Recalling Ambedkar's fight against the caste system, the swami said,
"Ambedkar, being a true nationalist, chose to embrace Buddhism, a
religion which preaches non-violence, practises secularism and treats
every human as equal."

Although he could have become the first President of independent
India, he chose to become the Law Minister, enabling him to frame the
Constitution and ensure justice for the oppressed, the swami said.

Social activist and writer R.K. Hudgi who translated the books was
among those present.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Re: [ZESTCaste] India's Dalit community fights disaster - video

thanks,. exactly same happening in tn ranjani

--- On Tue, 29/3/11, Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com>
Subject: [ZESTCaste] India's Dalit community fights disaster - video
To: "zestcaste" <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, 6:41 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/mar/28/india-disaster-debt-video

India's Dalit community fights disaster - video

India's east coast communities suffered from the tsunami of 2004,
which made headlines around the world. Less well covered in the news
are the annual cyclones that hit this coast, when the lives and homes
of the most vulnerable have to be rebuilt. What can be done to stop
this cycle of disaster and debt?

# Steve Barrett, Alex Rees, Vipul Kulkarni, Jacqui Timberlake , Maggie
O'Kane , Jenny Kleeman
# guardian.co.uk,
# Monday 28 March 2011

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit girl raped by three youths

[ZESTCaste] Panchayats adopt resolutions against honour killing

[ZESTCaste] HC issues notice to state govt on SC/ST promotions

[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar's role in society hailed

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Re: [ZESTCaste] India's Dalit community fights disaster - video

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