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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit women want Congress legislator to apologise

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Dalit women want Congress legislator to apologise

Source: DNA | Last Updated 03:32(13/09/11)

Jaipur: The members of Dalit Mahila Manch, Rajasthan, joined by
People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and Vividha, an NGO, staged
a dharna at the Ambedkar Circle on Monday in Jaipur. The protestors
condemned the Congress legislator Raghu Sharma's alleged derogatory
remarks about Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative
Assembly (MLA) Promila Kundara on August 29 in the state assembly.

They raised slogans and demanded for a public apology from Raghu Sharma.

"Raghu Sharma's remark in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on August 29
is an insult for all women. We want him to come out in public and
tender an apology for his comment. Apparently, he is ignorant of the
Indian culture, which treats women with dignity," said Suman
Devathiya, convenor of the Manch.

PUCL general secretary Kavita said that it was an attack on the
dignity of women. "Such things should not be tolerated. A party that
is run by a woman, should not let such incidents happen that attack
the dignity of women. The comments were unparliamnetary and it is a
serious matter," Kavita added.

The protesters also sent copies of the memorandum to Congress
president Sonia Gandhi, speaker of state assembly, the governor and
leader of opposition. They threatened to intensify their protest if no
action was taken.

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[ZESTCaste] Jayalalithaa orders probe into Dalit killing

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Simply Tamil Nadu
TN: Jayalalithaa orders probe into Dalit killing
Meenakshi MahadevanMeenakshi Mahadevan, CNN-IBN
Updated Sep 12, 2011 at 11:08pm IST

Chennai: A day after the police firing incident that killed six people
in Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram District, the situation on Monday
still seemed tense but under control with the prohibitory orders under
Section 144 still in place.

Ramanathapuram District Collector Arun Roy said, "At present the
situation is under control. Following the firing, there were isolated
instances of stone pelting etc but by yesterday evening normalcy was
restored. We are prepared for anymore acts of violence. We hope
nothing happens but we are prepared for it."

There was a meeting in memory of Dalit leader Immanuel Sekaran that
turned bloody on Sunday afternoon. When the situation went out of
control, the police resorted to lathicharge and tear gas and then
opened fire.

G Gunasekaran, who lost his father in the firing, said, "My father had
come to distribute invitations for my wedding. He was going to my
uncle's house and was crossing the place of gathering when he got
caught in the crossfire and was shot."

The police department has come under sharp criticism - so much that
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who had initially defended them was forced
to order a judicial probe.

"The protestors indulged in largescale violence and torched police
vehicles. Police opened fire in self defense to protect public
property. The protestors were dirupting law and order...political
gains of some persons," Jayalalithaa said.

However, not everyone is blaming the police. Some eye witnesses say
that the police was patient and trying to calm the crowd.

"If not for the police the protest would have spread into the whole
town and everything would have been burnt and ruined," said an eye
witness.

Even as several questions are being raised on the police's proactive
decision and timing of detaining John Pandian, which was the actual
cause behind the whole incident, for the moment normalcy seems to have
returned to this already communally sensitive area.

With Jayalilathaa now announcing the revival of peace committees in
each district, the locals are hopeful that communal clashes will soon
become a thing of the past.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit grooms ride into trouble

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Dalit grooms ride into trouble

Source: Amarjeet Singh, DNA | Last Updated 03:40(13/09/11)

Indore: Whether it is Malwa or Bundelkhand, when it comes to the upper
caste's violent intolerance to a dalit youth riding a horse to take
his bride, they are the same. In the 64th year of India's
independence, at least seven examples of dalit groom being obstructed
for riding ceremonial horse are on record in MP last year.

A voluntary organisation, Jan Sahas has recorded seven marriage
processions across the state, which were disrupted and the grooms were
harassed.

"These are the cases where we are providing legal and other assistance
to the victims. All of the cases are under trial. Actual numbers could
be many times more," said Asif Sheikh of Jan Sahas.

The cases include two each in Dewas and Damoh and one each in Ujjain,
Chhatarpur and Shahjapur district. "When Ganesh Ahirwar of
Chhatarpur's Sulwa village went to complain to the police, the station
officer at the Buxwaha police station advised him to better adhere to
the custom prevalent in his village", said another activist associated
with Jan Sahas, Sajjan Singh.

Later action was taken against the station officer. Damoh's Paramlal
was not only pulled down from his horse but was thrashed by the
influential people of his village during his marriage procession, said
Sheikh.

"The socio economic conditions of these people is such that a majority
of these cases remain unreported and to avoid any troubles during
marriage. These poor people agree to the terms imposed by
influential", Sheikh told DNA.

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[ZESTCaste] John Pandian arrested again

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TUTICORIN, September 13, 2011
John Pandian arrested again
Staff Reporter

Immediately after his release, John Pandian, president of the
Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, was arrested again at Vallanad in
Tuticorin district on Monday morning.

Since he expressed his wish to reach Paramakudi for paying homage to
Immanuel Sekaran, the arrest was made.

Tuticorin police arrested him on Sunday when he was proceeding to pay
homage to the Dalit leader on his death anniversary at Paramakudi.
Since the Collector of Ramnathapuram had promulgated a ban order under
Section 144 of Cr. P. C. to prevent him from entering the district, he
was denied entry. Four other party cadres were also detained along
with Mr. Pandian.

Adequate security forces have been deployed at Vallanad to prevent any
untoward incident.

On Monday, a group of lawyers from Tuticorin district court staged a
protest against the police firing.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit movement & literary phenomenon

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2449268.ece

September 13, 2011
Dalit movement & literary phenomenon

In 2004, the French Institute of Pondicherry provided a platform for
about a dozen Dalit writers in Tamil to reflect on their experiences
in the Dalit literary movement. What they said on the occasion, along
with extracts from their writings, were published later. And the book
under review is an English translation of that publication. David C.
Buck, an American academic who has translated some medieval Tamil
texts, has joined the editor of the Tamil volume, Kannan M., in this
venture.

The Dalit movement had a late start in Tamil Nadu, when compared to
Maharashtra and Karnataka, largely because of the dynamics of the
non-Brahmin Dravidian movement. It was only in the early 1990s — in
the wake of the Mandal–Masjid developments, and in the context of
Ambedkar centenary and the break-up of the Soviet Union and its impact
on the Left movement — that the Dalit movement first manifested itself
as a literary phenomenon in Tamil Nadu.

Talented writers

The 1990s saw a group of new and talented writers unleash their
creative force in the literary field. The smugness of the entrenched
literary orthodoxy was effectively challenged. But the movement has
since suffered a setback, and a lull seems to have set in. It could be
argued that the literary mainstream has now accommodated 'dalitism'.

Of the nine writers figuring in the volume, two — Bama and Imaiyam —
are known internationally, with a substantial number of their works
available in English and other languages. Alakiya Periyavan, who
showed promise right from the beginning, is now an accomplished
writer. The bohemian poet N.D. Rajkumar has an interesting piece.

Punita Pantiyan speaks of the challenges involved in running an avowed
dalit journal and, in the process, exposes the sham that caste
discrimination plagues only the countryside and that the cities are
free from it. Other writers featured in the book are: Sudhakar Ghatak,
Yakkan, Vili. Pa. Itaya Ventan, and Yalan Ati.

Considering that the cutting edge of the Dalit literary movement, at
least in its initial phase, was provided by critics (especially Raj
Gowthaman and Ravikumar), their absence somewhat detracts from the
comprehensiveness of the volume.

Formidable

Translating any literary piece is a formidable task. It's much more so
in the case of dalit literature, which seeks to challenge linguistic
as well as social protocols.

Overcome challenges

In order to capture the range and nuances of the dalit dialect, the
translators here have adopted "a derivative of the English spoken by
less-than-affluent people in rural areas of the American mid-south."
It's a very interesting way of overcoming the challenges, one that
lends itself to numerous possibilities.

When read in conjunction with No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing
From South India, edited by K. Satyanarayana and Susie Tharu (Penguin,
2011), this volume will be of great help to both academics and
students of literature in understanding the dalit movement in Tamil.

It would have gained immensely from a good copy-editor. The purpose of
the book would be served better if middle-class readers reflect upon
their own privileged position in the hierarchy of caste.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit women want Congress legislator to apologise

[ZESTCaste] Jayalalithaa orders probe into Dalit killing

[ZESTCaste] Dalit grooms ride into trouble

[ZESTCaste] John Pandian arrested again

[ZESTCaste] Dalit movement & literary phenomenon

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