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[ZESTCaste] Narayan Surve: Poet of the working class

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Narayan Surve: Poet of the working class

The life of the 84-yr-old is testament to the fact that an
under-privileged background doesn't limit achievements

Ashlesha Athavale

Posted On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 02:59:47 AM

Author Girija Keer has been criticised for her recent comments on a TV
show. She allegedly said, "Most underprivileged people, slum dwellers
and illiterates lack talent.

How will it benefit if they are included in the Sahitya Sammelan?" She
is one of the writers in the race to preside over the prestigious
Marathi literary conference scheduled for December.

Noted poet Narayan Surve, who gave a voice to the working class, died
on Monday. His life is testament that Keer's belief is incorrect. He
came up from an under-privileged background to a life of wordly riches
and was immensely gifted.

A social activist and communist, Surve struggled for years with his
identity as a poet, due to the background of his existence. He was
found by a mill worker when abandoned as a baby in 1926, and brought
up in a workers' chawl.

Narayan Surve

Labelled Dalit due to this, Surve, who did not belong to a family,
class or religion, often questioned how he could be called one. He
could have come from a well-to-do person's family, could have belonged
to a high caste.

While he was at odds with his Dalit poet image, he never denied the
fact that he came up from a working class background.

Surve lived on the streets and did odd jobs. His writings speak of the
urban angst of the worker who survives on daily earnings. He writes in
his celebrated work Mazhe Vidyapeeth (My University): Didn't have a
house, nor relatives and friends/All that existed was the earth below
our feet/As also the shelter of the shops; besides,/The footpath of
the Nagarpalika was open,/Free of cost. Supporting himself later as a
schoolteacher, he actively took part in the workers' union movement in
Mumbai.

Surve is credited with giving the working class their say in modern
Marathi poetry. But while his poetry spoke about the experiences of
the working class, it was also introspective. His works include Sanad,
Manush Kalawant and Jahirnama.

Surve received many awards and honours including the Padma Shri for
excellence in Literature and Education. He also received the Kabir
Samman in 1999 from the Madhya Pradesh government.

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[ZESTCaste] Surve's sharp poetry struck an instant chord

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Surves-sharp-poetry-struck-an-instant-chord/articleshow/6322058.cms

Surve's sharp poetry struck an instant chord
Ambarish Mishra, TNN, Aug 17, 2010, 12.52am IST

MUMBAI: Narayan Surve, who passed away in a Thane hospital on Monday
after a prolonged illness, will long be remembered for transforming
the post-1960 Marathi literary scene with his acid-laced poems.

Surve's debut work, a collection of poems titled Aisa Gaa Me Brahma
(1962), is considered a milestone in Indian literature. The
self-taught poet, who grew up on the streets of Mumbai and was
subsequently adopted by a mill worker, chronicled the life of the
city's plebeians-their arduous struggle to eke out a living in a
fast-paced, industrialized society, their fears and fantasies,
travails and triumphs.

Taking on the prima donnas of Marathi literature, Surve wrote, "I am a
labourer, a blazing sword. I wish to commit an offence.'' The rebel
poet struck an instant rapport with readers, who loved his stark
images and his colloquial, robust Marathi which was reminiscent of
legendary saint-poets Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram.

It is this bonding with medieval saint poetry that softened Surve's
fierce commitment to Marxism. He never allowed his ideological
moorings to eclipse his literary craftsmanship. Soon, Surve, Dilip
Purushottam Chitre and Arun Kolatkar formed a troika and freed Marathi
poetry of its maudlin sensibilities. Known as the first Dalit poet,
Surve cleared the decks for Baburao Bagul, Namdeo Dhasal and Daya
Pawar-and the iconic Dalit movement.

While many Dalit writers languished on the margins, Surve, who was a
teacher in a municipal school, carved out a niche for himself in the
world of letters. Admired as a mainstream poet, he won numerous
awards, including the prestigious Kabir Samman, the Soviet Land Nehru
award and the Padma Shri.

Restraint was Surve's credo. He refrained from intemperate outbursts
which marred the works of a few latter-day Dalit writers. While taking
a cue from the legendary Bal Sitaram Mardhekar who captained the `nav
kavita' (modern poetry) movement, Surve also engaged with Kusumagraj,
the Jnanpith laureate, with equal ease. This ability to blend the
contemporary with the classical made Surve a popular name in the
literary arena.

When Surve read out his favourite poems at sahitya sammelans (literary
meets), his baritone and style of recitation mesmerised the audience.
He was a major attraction at such meets. He was also at the forefront
of many social and cultural crusades. He was associated with the Lok
Wangmay Griha, a Mumbai-based publishing house for low-cost
literature, for many years. Noted film-maker Arun Khopkar and
well-known art criticShanta Gokhale have made a biopic on Surve,
capturing him in his myriad moods.

Tributes poured in from every corner. Chief minister Ashok Chavan,
deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal, Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and
Sushilkumar Shinde condoled the death of a "great poet''. Literatteurs
N D Mahanor, Mangesh Padgaokar, Vijaya Rajadhyaksha, Uttam Kamble,
Ashok Naigaonkar, and the Marathi sahitya sammelan chief, noted critic
D B Kulkarni, among others, paid glowing tributes to Surve.
Ironically, in the last phase of his illness, the Marxist poet's
guardian was Shiv Sena MLA from Thane, Pratap Sarnaik.

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[ZESTCaste] LU candidates complain of caste differentiation in counselling

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LU-candidates-complain-of-caste-differentiation-in-counselling/articleshow/6322031.cms

LU candidates complain of caste differentiation in counselling
TNN, Aug 17, 2010, 04.38am IST

LUCKNOW: Mismanagement, irregularities, caste differentiation --
that's the way PG counselling is being carried out in the Lucknow
University, complain candidates. To start with, the merit list for a
particular course is uploaded only a day before the counselling is
scheduled and that too not before 11 pm. In turn, candidates from far
off places are unable to attend the counselling.

There is more trouble for the candidates once they reach the venue.
Differentiation on the basis of caste begins then. From general to
SC/ST to OBC, candidates face a tough time. "I am a student of general
category and was seeking admission in MA. My name also appeared in the
regular merit list. But, on the day of counselling, I was insulted and
other candidates below my rank were being called. The university
officials told me that the seats in the general category were filled,
but when I found out, there were four seats still vacant," said Anand
Verma (name changed), who ended up taking admission elsewhere.

It is interesting to mention here that the man who is heading the PG
admissions, Padam Kant was found boasting about himself being SC/ST,
and that too on the loudspeaker. While asking his category from a
student, who too belonged to SC, the incharge was heard saying, "I
also belong to SC but at intermediate level I was wrongly put into
general category. Since then, all my increments have been stopped.''

Ideally, the counselling for one course is done in two days. On the
first day, the first list students are allowed and, in case the seats
remain vacant, waiting list students are given a chance. But here,
everything happens on a single day. Not one, but counselling for more
than 15 courses is conducted in a day, with a lone man managing the
entire show.

On the issue, a senior teacher in the university said: "The problems
are occurring because of the lack of proper planning. Many students
complained of the injustice of not being called despite being on the
high merit list."

To reiterate, the ongoing PG counselling seems to be a total chaos
wherein lower merit students are given preference than the higher
merit candidates.

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[ZESTCaste] Court slams abuse of SC/ST Act

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Court-slams-abuse-of-SC/ST-Act/articleshow/6316444.cms

Court slams abuse of SC/ST Act

Smriti Singh, TNN, Aug 15, 2010, 11.59pm IST

NEW DELHI: Concerned about the growing misuse of the Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a trial court has
suggested to the commissioner of police that the final reports filed
under the Act be monitored at a ''higher level to check its frequent
misuse''.

The court's remarks came while refusing to take cognizance of a
chargesheet filed by Delhi Police under various provisions of the IPC
and SC/ST Act against three persons following a land dispute with S S
Khemwal, a former deputy
secretary with the ministry of petroleum.

"The present case is just another glaring example of abuse of a
special legislation having stringent provisions; so enacted to
ameliorate the lot of hitherto, under-privileged, deprived and
marginalised section of the society," additional sessions judgeKamini
Lau said.

As per the case, Khemwal, a member of the scheduled caste community,
filed a complaint in 2007 alleging that few men were illegally
harvesting crop from his land and when he intervened they harassed and
tortured him. He further alleged that there was a ''non-performance of
duties'' by the public servants since despite the directions of the
deputy commissioner, they did not enter his name in Khasra Girdawari
(land records) for three consecutive years.

On the basis of his statement, police registered a case against the
accused under various sections of IPC. The police later added Section
3(1) (v) of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act, 1989, as the complainant belonged to schedule caste
category.

After going through the records of the case, the court found that
there was no substance in the complaint which could invoke the Act.
Slamming the police for naming six revenue officers in the
chargesheet, the court said that there was no sanction to seek their
prosecution and further they cannot be prosecuted for discharging
judicial and quasi-judicial functions.

The court also rapped an assistant commissioner of police (ACP), who
investigated the case registered by Khemwal with Swaroop Nagar police
station on September 21, 2007, for allowing himself to be played into
the hands of the complainant.

"The investigating officer has filed the chargesheet against as many
as nine persons without there being any material, this only makes this
court ponder the reason why this has been done. Either the
investigating officer is unaware of the fundamentals of criminal
jurisprudence or he is absolutely indifferent to the consequences of
his act," it said.

The court added that the complainant himself had till date not been
able to establish his legal right over the land in question at village
Nangli Poona that was earmarked by the government for allotment to
persons living below the poverty line.

The court said that the Delhi Police chief should be informed about
the manner in which the investigation was conducted and chargesheet
filed in the case without any substance. "It is, therefore, necessary
that the commissioner of police, Delhi, be made aware of the manner in
which the investigations have been conducted and the chargesheet filed
not only against three public persons but also against as many as six
government officials without there being any basis for the same," ASJ
Lau said.

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[ZESTCaste] 3 officials booked under SC/ST Act

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3 officials booked under SC/ST Act
TNN, Aug 17, 2010, 01.44am IST

KAKINADA: Police registered a case against three senior officials
under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing
the public representatives and villagers of Devipatnam mandal in the
name of their caste.

Devipatnam station house officer S Lakshminarayana on Monday said
cases were booked against Rampachodavaram revenue divisional officer M
Jyothi, Devipatnam tehsildar P Rammurthy and special officer for
floods Y Narasimha Rao. Rampachodavaram DSP Ch Harshavardhana Rao
would inquire into the matter. The officials would be arrested after
the inquiry, a police official said.

Devipatnam MPTC member K Subbayamma, mandal praja parishad
vice-chairman D Babu Rao, Indukuru MPTC member M Veera Venkata
Satyanarayana and Indukuru sarpanch T Bulli Dora lodged a complaint
with the police alleging that the officials had abused them when they
questioned about discrimination in flood assistance.

They alleged that the officials scolded the villagers when they asked
for flood assistance. Some women of Toyyeru village in Devipatnam
mandal also lodged a complaint that the officials had also abused them
in the name of their caste.

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[ZESTCaste] Lalu to ally with Paswan in Bihar polls

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lalu-to-ally-with-Paswan-in-Bihar-polls/articleshow/6320887.cms

Lalu to ally with Paswan in Bihar polls
TNN, Aug 17, 2010, 01.36am IST

NEW DELHI: After days of intense speculation over whether LJP
leaderRam Vilas Paswan would join hands with the RJD for the upcoming
Bihar polls, the dalit leader and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad announced
his decision on Monday to contest elections together.

Of the 243 seats in the state assembly, Prasad agreed to give the LJP
75 seats, which is enough for Paswan to lustily hail the RJD leader as
the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance.

The RJD will contest in the remaining 168 seats. The two parties also
agreed that Paswan's brother Pashupati Kumar Paras will be the deputy
chief ministerial candidate.

The announcement came after reports that Paswan, true to his
reputation, was contemplating dumping the RJD, which had ensured his
entry to the Rajya Sabha. Initially, Prasad was apparently not keen on
giving the LJP any more than 24 seats.

Paswan was then said to have sent feelers to the Congress, which in
keeping with its `long term' attempts to revive itself in the state,
did not show any interest. The Congress has steadfastly refused to
have anything to do with both the RJD and the LJP as it tries to come
up with a third alternative in Bihar.

"Our alliance is rock solid and unbreakable. There is no truth in
reports that I had talks with the Congress or that I would become a
minister at the Centre," said Paswan, as he lambasteed Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar for a scam which he said was worth Rs 30,000 crore.

However, as many as 75 seats to Paswan could be as much a consequence
of Prasad's deep-seated fear of Nitish Kumar's own brand of social
churning. Prasad knows that what Kumar will lose in the form of upper
caste votes, he may make up from support from dalits whom he has
assiduously courted in the past few years. Except for the Paswan
community, he has categorised almost all other dalit castes mahadalit
and ensured benefits for them. Prasad is hoping that the LJP,
described by many as moribund after it drew a blank in the Lok Sabha
polls, would be able to offset that advantage.

Former JD (U) leader Prabhunath Singh, a Rajput, who joined the RJD a
few days ago, was seated next to Prasad during the annoucement. A
beaming RJD chief twice made Singh stand on the dais as he emphasised
that he had been wrongly portrayed as a leader who was against upper
castes. Prasad knows that a substantial chunk of votes from the
Rajputs will come to his party.

Prasad claimed that the RJD has changed a lot and was no longer the same party.

"There were a few people during our rule who brought bad name for us.
If our government comes to power, such elements will not be
tolerated," he said, adding that such elements had now joined the
Congress.

Prasad said that if the alliance came to power, he would turn Bihar
around "in the same way as I raised the reputation of railways in the
world during my tenure as railway minister".

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[ZESTCaste] Development of Durable Assets on SCS/STS Land

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=64872

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Ministry of Rural Development

Development of Durable Assets on SCS/STS Land

14:53 IST
The Ministry OF Rural Development has not issued any orders regarding
working of non-Dalits in developing durable assets on land owned by
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is demand based. Adult members of every rural
household, irrespective of their caste or status may apply for doing
unskilled manual work under the Act subject to a ceiling of 100 days
per household in a financial year. As per amendments made in para
1(iv) of Schedule-I of the Act, provision of irrigation facility,
horticulture plantation and land development facilities are
permissible on lands owned by households belonging to SC/ST/BPL/IAY
and land reforms beneficiaries/small & marginal farmers. As per
notification dated 18.6.2008 issued by the Ministry in this regard,
conditions for taking up works on individual lands are as under:

(i) The individual land owner shall be a job card holder and also work
in the project;

(ii) For each such project, the labour : material ratio of 60:40 shall
be maintained at the Gram Panchayat level

(iii) Projects shall be approved by the Gram Sabha and the Gram
Panchayat and shall be part of the annual shelf of projects

(iv) No contractors or machinery shall be used in the execution of works and

(v) No machinery shall be purchased.

As reported by the States, during 2009-10, out of the total of 46.01
lakh works taken up under the Act, 7.77 lakh works belonging to this
category were taken up.

This information was given by Shri Pradeep Jain 'Aditya' Minister of
State in the Ministry of Rural Development in a written reply in Rajya
Sabha.

AKT/ST/BS

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit protest

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Dalit-protest/articleshow/6321804.cms

Dalit protest

Aug 16, 2010, 11.57pm IST
Bengaluru

Members of a dalit organisation protested near Vidhana Soudha on
Monday morning by pouring drainage sludge on themselves. Annaiah,
Ravi, Rafiq and Abhi were taken into custody. Later, the
organization's members met police commissionerShankar Bidari and
submitted a memorandum.

The organization claimed the government had sanctioned 47.9 acres to
dalits of Ambedkar Nagar in Pattana Agrahara. However, 3 acres, 20
guntas were withdrawn recently. Though the government promised to use
it for a local police station and panchayat building, it was leased to
a private builder to construct a commercial complex, they alleged.

Read more: Dalit protest - Bangalore - City - The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Dalit-protest/articleshow/6321804.cms#ixzz0wsGBEvXa

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[ZESTCaste] Agitating farmers block Aligarh-Mathura highway

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article574609.ece?homepage=true

Published: August 17, 2010 02:18 IST | Updated: August 17, 2010 02:48
IST LUCKNOW, August 17, 2010

Agitating farmers block Aligarh-Mathura highway
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PTI Villagers gather for a 'mahapanchayat' during a protest against
the construction of the Noida-Agra Expressway at Tappal near Aligarh
on Monday.
As the Mayawati government went into damage-control mode in a bid to
contain the fallout of the Aligarh incident — in which four persons
were killed in police firing on August 14 (unofficial reports have
claimed that six farmers were killed) — clashes were reported on
Monday as agitated farmers resorted to 'chakka jam' on the
Aligarh-Mathura highway.

According to Inspector-General (Law and Order) A.P. Maheshwari,
farmers blocked the Aligarh highway on Monday.

Eighteen additional companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary
(PAC) were deployed in the affected villages on Monday, and 17 senior
officers, including PAC Director-General R.K. Tewari and Additional
Director-General (Law and Order) Brij Lal, have been dispatched to
Aligarh.

The incident was the fallout of the farmers' demand for more
compensation for their land, which was acquired for building townships
and hi-tech cities on both sides of the 185-km-long Yamuna Expressway
project in the Aligarh and Mathura districts.

The expressway is being developed by a private developer, Messrs. Jai
Prakash Associates. Demanding compensation on the lines of that paid
to farmers in Noida, farmers from about half a dozen villages had been
staging a dharna since July 28.

Judicial probe

A judicial inquiry was ordered into the incident on Sunday and Ms.
Mayawati announced a compensation of Rs.5 lakh for the next of the kin
of the deceased.

The State government has claimed that the casualties were not on
account of police firing but that the farmers were killed in firing by
the public (other farmers).

The Opposition parties have slammed the U.P. government and Chief
Minister Mayawati for the unprovoked police firing. The parties
descended on Udaipur, Kansi and Zikarpur villages in Aligarh district
on Monday.

Dharnas and demonstrations were staged at the district headquarters by
the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

The Congress has decided to hold demonstrations at all district
headquarters in the State on Tuesday, followed by a farmers rally in
Aligarh on August 23.

RLD president Ajit Singh, while addressing a kisan panchayat, demanded
the unconditional release of the farmers arrested in police action and
a compensation of Rs.25 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased.
He also asked the farmers to constitute action committees.

"The decision taken by the farmers will be binding on the RLD," party
spokesman and general secretary Anil Dubey said, denying that Mr.
Singh was prevented from going to the villages.

Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Shivpal Singh Yadav
visited Zikarpur village on Monday and addressed the farmers.
Demanding a compensation of Rs.20 lakh, Mr. Yadav accused the Mayawati
government of being anti-farmer.

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati govt comes under attack over Aligarh violence

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Mayawati govt comes under attack over Aligarh violence

PTI
The state BJP unit today constituted an inquiry committee to look into
the entire issue.SP Shivpal Singh Yadav accused the Mayawati
government of promoting the interests of a select group of
industrialists, at the cost of suffering farmers."Why were the
district officials in such a tearing hurry to acquire agricultural
land belonging to poor farmers on behalf of a private builder?," he
said while addressing the farmers.Shivpal said that "the wider issue
of acquiring farmland has to be addressed now and no small farmer
should be forced to part with his land unless he does so
willingly".Rashtriya Lok Dal President Ajit Singh alleged that Maywati
was "consistently exploiting the farmers in the name of the Expressway
and industrialisation."This is not a matter of 10 or 100 acres of
land.Mayawati has announced that she will take over 2,000 villages,"
Singh, who also addressed the mahapanchayat, said.UP Congress chief
Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who met protesting farmers last evening, today
visited the district jail where some of the leaders of the ongoing
protest are lodged.Joshi today demanded a "time-bound" enquiry by a
sitting High Court judge.She also demanded a compensation of Rs 25
lakh to the families of those killed in police action.Opposing
forcible acquisition of agricultural land, Bahuguna had alleged nexus
between builders and BSP leaders in the state.Rejecting the
allegations, BSP said there is a procedure for giving compensation for
land acquisition which cannot be violated."We are giving even more
than what is due to those farmers whose land would be acquired," BSP
leader S C Mishra said.About the police firing, he said, "There is a
conspiracy behind the violence and that is why we have ordered a
judicial probe. We are also ready for a discussion in the House over
the issue."The farmers have been holding demonstrations for nearly
three weeks near Aligarh demanding compensation at the rate paid to
Noida and Greater Noida farmers. The protests turned violent over the
past two days. The 165 km-long eight-lane expressway is aimed at
reducing driving time between New Delhi and Agra drastically.PTI TEAM
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[ZESTCaste] SC for a lasting solution to jogini system

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SC for a lasting solution to jogini system

Prabhakar Rao VorugantiExpress News Service

First Published : 17 Aug 2010 02:39:30 AM ISTLast Updated : 17 Aug
2010 10:32:35 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed the impleadment application
filed by advocate T Anamika, amicus curiae, in the case related to
providing a lasting solution to the living conditions of joginis in
Andhra Pradesh.

Joginis are women forced into prostitution by a religious custom.
Young girls are married to a local deity and afterwards it becomes
their religious duty to provide sexual favours to the local men.

They have no family of their own but become mother of children whose
responsibility is refused by their fathers.

Apex court had converted a letter written in 2007 into a writ petition
for making effective recommendations to alleviate the suffering of
children born to joginis.

Anamika sought impleadment of Home Secretary, Government of Andhra
Pradesh, AP Human Rights Commission, AP State Commission for Women, AP
State Social Welfare Board, Commissionerate of Social Welfare, AP
Primary Education Project and the National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights, as the issue requires the consideration and
cooperation of the state government for effective implementation of
the various laws and welfare schemes and projects.

It was submitted that according an estimate by Ashray, an NGO, there
are about 27,000 joginis in Andhra Pradesh.

About 95 percent of the Joginis belong to the Scheduled Castes (Mala
and Madiga) and Scheduled Tribes, a small percentage belongs to the
backward castes like Telaga and Chakali.

The joginis are concentrated in Chittoor, Anatapur, Nellore, Prakasam,
Warangal, Mahabubnagar and Nizamabad districts.

Anamika further submitted to the Bench comprising Chief Justice S H
Kapadia and Justice K S Radhakrishnan that the children of joginis
lead a life of deprivation and degradation.

They face social boycott and ostracism.

Several children of joginis drop out from school at the elementary
stages and join anti-social elements or take to begging to sustain the
family.

These children are forced to live secluded lives in poor unhygienic
conditions, she stated. Senior advocate Anoop Choudhary sought two
weeks time to get instructions from the state government on how to
tackle the problem.

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