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Friday, August 20, 2010

[ZESTCaste] A public talk on 'Dalit and Adivasi Students and Foreign Educational Institutions' (Insight Study Circle, 22nd August, 2010)

Insight Study Circle

Invites you for a public meeting

On

"Opportunities for Dalit and Adivasi Students for Higher Education in World's premier educational Institutions"

And to interact with our panel of Dalit and Adivasi Scholars

Date - 22 August 2010

Time - 3 PM to 5.30 PM

Venue - Room No 303, Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Speakers -

David Vumlallian Zou (from Manipur) teaches at History Department, Delhi University and did his doctorate from Queen's University, Belfast with full scholarship from Academic Planning Grant (Northern Ireland).

Abhay Xaxa (from Chhattisgarh) is currently working with Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi and did his Masters in Social Anthropology from University of Sussex, UK as one of the recipient of International Ford Fellowship Programme.

Rama Devi (from Andhra Pradesh) completed her Post Graduation in Human Rights from University of London (2004) as one of the International Ford Fellow. She is currently based in Kolkata and is working with Catholic Relief Service.

Bhawani Buswala (from Rajasthan) is currently in the country for his field research. He is pursuing his PhD in Anthropology from Brown University, Rhodes Island, USA on full university scholarship.

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Insight Foundation is a group of students and young professionals committed towards working with Dalit and Adivasi students to make our education system more inclusive and to create various support systems for our students so that they are able to optimize their potential, use them for their intellectual growth and career advancement, and to fight against caste-based prejudices and discrimination prevalent in Indian educational spaces.

Apart from conducting monthly Insight Study Circle meetings in Delhi, our group is also running a National Telephone Helpline for Dalit and Adivasi Students in Higher Education to support our students to make informed choices in pursuing higher education and in career opportunities.

Helpline Number - 0 99 99 48 42 49 Days – Mon to Fri Time – 10 am to 5 pm

Together with Helpline, we have our Dalit and Adivasi Students Portal (www.scststudents.org) that acts as an e-resource centre for our students provides relevant online information about admissions, scholarships and career opportunities. Apart from providing information we are regularly uploading interviews of brilliant young Dalit and Adivasis scholars and professionals.

We are also running a unique Mentorship Programme where our students can interact with the group of successful Dalit and Adivasi students and professionals on various issues like coping up with the campus environment, academic guidance, orientation and career counseling.

We also run a team blog www.blog.insightyv.com on contemporary socio-political and economic issues

Address - Insight Foundation, 125, First Floor, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi -49 Tel - 011 466 958 37 Email - mail@insightfoundation.in

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[ZESTCaste] NLC chief’s wife charged with harassment of Dalit

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/nlc-chief%E2%80%99s-wife-charged-harassment-dalit-692

NLC chief's wife charged with harassment of Dalit

August 20th, 2010
DC Correspondent Share Buzz up!Tags: assaulting Dalit employee, NLC
chairman A.R. Ansari's wife Aug. 19: Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC)
chairman A.R. Ansari's wife has been charged with assaulting a Dalit
employee and her husband with misusing his 'authority' to get the
police to harass him.

Senthil Kumar, a Dalit from Panrutti who worked as cook at the
Ansaris' residence in Neyveli for nearly three years from June 2006,
has moved the NHRC, National SC/ST Commission, state home secretary
and DGP among others, seeking action against Ms Ansari and inspector
of Neyveli city (division-8) Mr Sekar under the SC/ST (prevention of
atrocities) Act 1989. Ms Ansari has been accused of flinging her
footwear at Mr Senthil and police inspector Sekar beat up the cook and
foisted a 'false case' of theft at Mr Ansari's behest.

In his complaint, Mr Senthil alleged that he was sacked on December 25
last year without reason and asked to report duty at a lignite mine.
However, the Dalit cook's miseries continued, as he was sacked at the
mine a fortnight later. Surprisingly, Mr Senthil was summoned to Mr
Ansari's house on June 17, 2010, and Ms Ansari accused him of
revealing their conversation to another NLC bureaucrat, Mr Senthil
told DC. He said Ms Ansari flung a slipper at him and threatened to
beat him up by engaging police, if he kept mum.

"Inspector Sekar arrived an hour later. He slapped me and accused me
of thievery," Mr Senthil said, complaining that the assault continued
later at the police station too. "I and another cook were sent back
home after police obtained our fingerprints."

Denying claims that his wife had flung footwear at the cook, Mr Ansari
said, "I filed a police complaint against the cook for stealing
valuables."

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[ZESTCaste] Father shoots daughter and boyfriend in Punjab

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Father-shoots-daughter-and-boyfriend-in-Punjab/Article1-589200.aspx

Father shoots daughter and boyfriend in Punjab

Harjinder Sidhu, Hindustan Times

Chand Purana, August 20, 2010First Published: 00:59 IST(20/8/2010)
Last Updated: 01:00 IST(20/8/2010)

In a suspected case of honour killing in Punjab's Moga district, a
teenager and her boyfriend were shot dead by the girl's father. The
incident occurred early on Thursday, when accused Jagtar Singh found
Harjinder Singh in his daughter Lovepreet's room. Harjinder, a
22-year-old student of Industrial Training Institute, is reportedly a
Dalit, while 17-year-old Lovepreet belongs to the Jat Sikh community.
The two had been together for the past several months.

Moga district Police Chief Snehdeep Sharma confirmed the incident to
Hindustan Times.

Investigation officer of the case Partap Singh said, "Lovepreet's
father could not control his anger on seeing some unknown man in his
daughter's room.

He brought out his pistol and fired at them. On hearing the shots,
Harjinder's brother, who was waiting outside, rushed in to intervene,
but he too sustained a bullet injury in the thigh. He has been
admitted in the hospital."

Singh said it could be a case of honour killing, but it was too early
to confirm as investigation was still on. Jagtar Singh is on the run,
he said, adding that the police was raiding various places to arrest
him.

An FIR under section 302, 307 of IPC against Jagtar Singh has been
registered at Bagha Purana police station.

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[ZESTCaste] Unmarried mom charges lover of rape

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Unmarried-mom-charges-lover-of-rape/articleshow/6345307.cms

Unmarried mom charges lover of rape
TNN, Aug 20, 2010, 04.52am IST

AHMEDABAD: A 23-year-old dalit woman has charged her lover with rape
after he dumped her when her baby was born. The police has decided to
do a paternity test on the baby.

Poonam (name changed) had lodged a complaint with the women's police
station and the SC/ST cell which was later transferred to the Vejalpur
police station. A resident of Vejalpur she told the police she was
tricked into a relationship by the youth who promised to get her a job
abroad and to marry her. But after she got pregnant and had his baby,
he rejected her.

Poonam was working with a private telecom operator's call centre on SG
Highway. She claimed she occasionally go out for tea with a colleague
called Hafiz. During one such trip, she was introduced to Muzaffar
Nawaz Husain, a resident of Kalupur. Husain claimed to contacts in the
industry and could help her get a better job. They kept in touch and
got close.

He told her he was in Dubai for five years and had a girlfriend who
had ditched him and he had vowed never to get into a relationship. "He
claimed that she had forced him to change his opinion about women",
said a police officer.

Last year, Husain called her to a guest house near Lal Darwaja and
forced her to have sex. When she protested, he said he would commit
suicide and also kill her parents so that she was left alone. He tried
again, this time calling her to a flat in Vejalpur and she fell for
the bait.

She realised she was pregnant when she was in the fifth month. She
started skipping jobs and important functions. In April, she gave
birth to a child in a private hospital against the wishes of her
family. She was hopeful that Husain would marry her. "However, when
she broke the news to him, he cut all ties with her claiming he was
not the father of the child. Her parents met Husain's family but even
they called it a cheap stunt to force their son into marriage," said
the officer.

"We are in a process of determining the father of the child and are
treating the case as rape. Soon, the accused's statement will be
registered," said a senior Vejalpur police station official.

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[ZESTCaste] Action on Recommendations of Committee of Ministers for Dalit Affairs

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=65063

Thursday, August 19, 2010
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Action on Recommendations of Committee of Ministers for Dalit Affairs

17:8 IST

A Committee of Ministers on Dalit Affairs was constituted
in February, 2005, which submitted a report in June , 2008.
Recommendations in the Report pertained to (i) Land, Common
Property Resources and Housing, (ii) Education and Skill
Development, (iii) Budgetary Mechanism, (iv) Empowerment of Scheduled
Castes and Reservations, (v) Liberation and Rehabilitation of Manual
Scavengers, and (vi) Basic Amenities in Scheduled Caste Hamlets. The
Report has been sent to various Ministries/Departments.

Some of the important steps taken in this regard are :-

· Revision of the Post Matric Scheme for SC students announced
in the budget speech for financial year 2010-11, and consequential
action is being taken.

· A pilot Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana for integrated
development of selected SC – majority villages has been launched.

· Financial assistance has been provided to all eligible and
willing beneficiaries under the Self Employment Scheme for
Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers, for alternative occupation.

· A high level Committee has been set up to review the
guidelines pertaining to Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan, and

· A Special Recruitment Drive has been implemented by the
Department of Personnel and Training for filling up backlog reserved
vacancies, inter-alia of Scheduled Castes

This information was given by Shri. D. Napoleon, the Minister
of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, in a written reply to a
question in the Rajya Sabha today.

VBA/RS

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