Monday, December 6, 2010

[ZESTCaste] 8th Buddha Dhamma Conference will be held at Chincholi Tah. Mahagaon Dist Yeotmal (India) on December 25, 2010.

 

8th Buddha Dhamma Conference will be held at Chincholi Tah. Mahagaon Dist.
Yeotmal (India) on December 25, 2010.
Buddha Dhamma Conference will be organized by Bheemjyoti
Multipurpose Education Society at Chincholi Tah. Mahagaon Dist.
Yeotmal (India) on December 25, 2010. On that conference, following
dignitaries will be present. :
* Blessing : Ven. Dhamma Sewak ( Mulawa)
Ven. Rupananda ( Myanmar)
* Chairperson : Hon. Uttamrao Ingle (MLA)
* Chief Guests : Hon. Vijay Khadse (MLA)
Dr. Milind Jiwane (Ashwaghosh Buddhist Foundation)
Hon. R. Perumal ( ADST, C. Rly.)
Prof. Pradeep Aglawe ( Dr Ambedkar Thoughts Dept)
Hon. Amar Ramteke (AIR, Yeotmal)
Dr. Rajabhau Tanksale ( Dalit Mitra)
Ms. Tanuja Khobragade
With Best Compliments from :
* Dhnaneshwar Konkane

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[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar not just a 'dalit leader': BJP

 

http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/ambedkar-not-just-a-dalit-leader-bjp/228883.html

Ambedkar not just a 'dalit leader': BJP

PTI

First Published : 06 Dec 2010 01:41:24 PM ISTLast Updated :

BANGALORE: Shedding caste barriers in totality instead of merely
preaching about it, will be the real tribute to late Babasaheb
Ambedkar, BJP's Karnataka unit President K S Eshwarappa said today.

"Instead of mere preaching about oneness and equality, the actual
practice of shedding the caste barriers will be a real tribute to
Ambedkar", he said addressing a function commemorating the death
anniversary of Ambedkar.

Eshwarappa said it was "unfortuntate that a mass leader and father of
the Indian constitution" like Ambedkar had come to be known as a
"leader of the dalits".

Ambedkar's vision was not confined to the uplift of the dalits but all
those who are "weak and the downtrodden".

Later responding to a query on BJP President Nitin Gadkari's visit to
the city tomorrow, he said Gadkari, besides having a series of
interactions with party leaders and ministers, would be holding a
meeting with the state unit office bearers.

The talks would also focus on the preparations for the upcoming zilla
and taluk panchayat polls.

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[ZESTCaste] Injustice to SC, ST will not be tolerated, says CM

 

http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/injustice-sc-st-will-not-be-tolerated-says-cm

Injustice to SC, ST will not be tolerated, says CM

Injustice to SC, ST will not be tolerated, says CM
Published on: December 6, 2010 - 00:19
More in: Goa News

Story Summary:
The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat lighting the lamp to inaugurate
the 3rd Annual Scheduled Tribes Convention, in the presence of Rajya
Sabha MP, Mr Shantaram Naik, Minister for Water Resources, Mr Filipe
Neri, Minister for Panchayats, Mr Manohar Azgaonkar, Quepem MLA, Mr
Babu Kavlekar and Curtorim MLA, Mr Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco on Sunday
at Ralloi, Curtorim.

MARGAO: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, during the SC/ST
convention at Curtorim on Sunday, promised ` 5 crore to the SC
corporation and ` 1 crore specifically for the Dhangar community,
which has still not been notified as part of the ST.

"The Dangar community has not been named among STs and to ensure that
they are not neglected, the government has given them ` 1 crore," the
Chief Minister said while addressing a widely-attended ST convention
in the presence of the PWD and RDA Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao,
Panchayat Minister, Mr Manohar Azgaonkar, Quepem MLA, Mr Chandrakant
Kavlekar, Raia sarpanch, Mr Joseph Vaz and others.

Mr Kamat also said that his government had changed all land
acquisition procedures to ensure that all the "small persons" get fair
value for their lands if they were acquired by the government.

The government decision to give the affected people a better deal for
the land the government may have acquired was proof that the
government was helping the smaller people, the
Chief Minister claimed.

"This government will never allow injustice to happen to the SC/ST
community," he said.

The RDA Minister brought up the memory of Mr Floriano Vaz, who was
martyred during the Konkani agitation and also spoke about his efforts
to try and get as many Goan SC and ST into
the BPL list.

MP, Mr Shantaram Naik told the gathered that it was the Congress party
that had worked for the benefit of the community right from the time
of Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi and now to Ms Sonia Gandhi.

He also claimed that the Congress had asked for a special census and 8
seats out of 40 for the SC/ST community in the Assembly.

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[ZESTCaste] Father of Indian Constitution

http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/12/06/fea03.asp

Monday, 6 December 2010

Messiah of the Dalits :

Father of Indian Constitution
Dr B R Ambedkar's 54th death anniversary today:

Upali Rupasinghe

Dr B R Ambedkar
* Born: April 14, 1891
* Died: December 6, 1956 (aged 65)
* Nationality: Indian
* Title: First Law Minister of India, Chairman of the Constitution
Drafting Committee
* Political party: Republican Party of India
* Religion: Buddhism
* Awards: Bharat Ratna (1990)


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According to the Constitution of India, Dalit Community with nearly
160 million population is identified as members of the Scheduled
Castes. It was on the October 14, 1956 Dr B R Ambedkar with his wife
Srimati Savitabai Ambedkar along with half a million followers
embraced Buddhism in an impressive and historic ceremony at Nagpur,
Maharashtra, India.


Dr B R Ambedkar

The leader who brought a promise of new life to the long down-trodden
and oppressed members of the Scheduled Castes died on December 6, two
months after the mass conversion ceremony paralysing the forward march
of his mission and vision.

Dr Ambedkar himself was the father of the Constitution of India framed
and adopted after the Independence. Speaking at the Nagpur on the eve
of his conversion to Buddhism Dr Ambedkar told that he had decided to
embrace Buddhism because of misbehaviour by those so-called upper
class society. "I am decidedly choosing something better" and asked
"why do you want us to remain perpetually untouchable to enjoy those
benefits like reservations under Constitution? Are the Brahmins
prepared to become untouchables to have these privileges?"

Ancient Buddhist shrines
Babasaheb Ambedkar was born in 1891, the year Anagarika Dharmapala
founded the Maha Bodhi Society of India for the purpose of reviving
Buddhism in the land of its birth and for restoring the ancient
Buddhist shrines at Buddha Gaya, Sanath and Kushinara.

The Scheduled Castes members were subjected to inhuman treatment by
the high-caste in the name of religion. According to them, Ambedkar
family, were not only lowest of lowly and devoid of even elementary
human rights but these unfortunate people were also damned as
unseesbles, unapproachable above all untouchables, whose mere touch,
and even shadow would pollute the high-castes. In short they were made
to suffer immeasurable deprivations and humiliations.

According to the life story of Dr Ambedkar himself, at school at Satra
he was made to sit outside the classroom on a piece of gunny bag which
he had to carry to the school everyday.

Many a time he had to go without water, because he was being
untouchable, had no right to drink from the common source. In the same
school some of the teachers would not touch his notebooks for fear
being pollute. Outside school, the position was even worse. "Touch me
not" was the rule for him everywhere.

Inhuman treatment
As a man of learning and high official in the Baroda State in 1917, he
was subjected to inhuman treatment. Drinking water was not available
to him in office.

His subordinates kept distance from him and even the peons fearful of
pollution threw the files and papers on to his desk from a distance.
There he even could not get accommodation and had to resign in disgust
and return to Bombay.

As a professor in Bombay University in 1918-1920, he was treated as a
'Parish' by the academic staff belong to high castes and was not
allowed to drink water from the pot kept in the professor's common
room.

When in 1923, he started practice as barrister in the High Court of
Bombay, the solicitors would not condescend to have any business with
him on the ground of untouchability. Even the humble canteen boy would
not serve him tea.

Caste members
This was the case of Dr Ambedkar, a highly educated person made to
think about the future well-being of his caste members numbering
millions living in rural areas all over India.

He fought bravely against the protagonists of inequality and
exploitation and made heroic efforts to inspire the downtrodden
classes to raise the banner of revolt against those strong, rich and
powerful with extraordinary social status.

He started the struggle for the liberation of the downtrodden at Mahad
on March 20, 1927 when untouchables for the first time asserted their
human rights by drinking water from a forbidden tank.

Several times he openly declared his intention to embrace Buddhism but
with pressure mounting from and within the Dalit community he finally
informed Ven Chandamoni Maha Stavira from Kushinara and Devpriya
Valisinghe, then General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India
about his final decision to embrace Buddhism.

Dalit Community
Accordingly Devpriya Valisinghe along with Ven Galagedara Pannarama
Maha Stavira (present high priest of Luknow Buddha Vihara) visited his
Nagpur residence and accompanied him to the venue.

Today, the Dalit Community has become a powerful political force and a
vote bank of different political parties rather than a religious
group, specially in Maharashtra, North India, Tamil Nadu and Uttara
Pradesh. For instance, Kumari Mayawathi, a member of the Dalit
Community became the Chief Minister in Uttara Pradesh (several times)
due to her affiliations with the Ambedkar Movement.

Ambedkar Mission remains today with different faces but with no
particular leader.


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[ZESTCaste] John Pandian released

 

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article935394.ece

John Pandian released
PTI

Dalit leader John Pandian was today released from the prison here
following the Supreme Court acquitting him in a 17-year-old case in
which a man was killed by the jilted lover of his wife in Coimbatore.

On December 3,the Apex court had upheld the conviction and life
imprisonment of two persons in the case but acquitted five co-accused,
including local Dalit leader John Pandian, for want of sufficient
evidence against them.

They were earlier awarded life imprisonment by the trial court
following which they had moved the Supreme Court.

John Pandian, who was received by more than 5000 supporters, is the
founder of the Devendrakula Velalar Munettra Kazhagam.

The case relates to the murder of Vivek alias Vivekanandan on August
17,1993 on Diwan Bahadur Road near Richy Rich restaurant in
Coimbatore.

Key accused Venkataraman committed suicide inside the jail and,
consequently, the appeal against him was abated.

Venkataraman was upset with the marriage of Sunita with the victim. He
allegedly conspired with others and got the victim eliminated.

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[ZESTCaste] Politicians eye Dalit vote

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Politicians-eye-Dalit-vote/Article1-634888.aspx

Politicians eye Dalit vote
HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times

Mumbai, December 06, 2010First Published: 01:07 IST(6/12/2010)

Politics is all about hitting at the right time. Many political
parties in the state have geared up to woo the Dalit community by
becoming a part of the 54th death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
on Monday at Shivaji Park. Usually, all political parties show respect
to Babasaheb on his death anniversary, also known as Mahaparinirvan
Din, but the presence of non-Dalit politicians is likely to be more
this year in view of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
elections.

The entire cabinet, including chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and
deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, are likely to make a journey from
Nagpur to pay homage to the Dalit leader.

Other political parties are also planning to make their presence felt
amongst the five lakh Dalit devotees who throng Shivaji Park. The
opposition parties have also prepared themselves to reach out to the
community by deploying their members at the ground to assist the
visitors.

"Our cadres will be at the ground to help the people. We will also set
up food stalls for the visitors," BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari
said.

Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has set up kiosks to sell
literature on Dr Ambedkar, and also medical check-up camps for people
coming to Chaityabhoomi on Monday. "Our cadres will be manning these
stalls. This occasion gives us a good chance to serve the people," MNS
leader Sandeep Deshpande said.

The Shiv Sena too has arranged for food for the visitors.

The 12 factions of the Republican Party of India, set up by Babasaheb,
will also display their strength at the ground. Several Dalit leaders,
including, Prakash Ambedkar, Ramdas Athavale, Jogendra Kawade, Namdeo
Dhasal, Surekha Kumbhare, Rajendra Gavai, and T M Kamble, will be
present there.

Incidentally, the strength of Dalit parties has been waning, as the
RPI failed to win any seat in the assembly elections.

Political analyst Surendra Jondhale said: "It is a telling statement
on Dr Ambedkar's contribution to the Dalit community that even 54
years after his death, lakhs of people converge to pay tribute to him.
At the same time, it also shows that Dalits have not been able to find
a leader of his stature."


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[ZESTCaste] Mahaparinirvan day today, lakhs to pay respects to Ambedkar

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mahaparinirvan-day-today-lakhs-to-pay-respects-to-ambedkar/720915/

Mahaparinirvan day today, lakhs to pay respects to Ambedkar

Express News Service Posted online: Mon Dec 06 2010, 04:28 hrs
Mumbai : Civic officials have promised to double the number of
labourers and volunteers on duty in Dadar-Shivaji Park area during the
three-day gathering in the city to mark the death anniversary of Dr
Babasaheb Ambedkar, which falls on Monday. Lakhs of Ambedkar followers
from across the state gather in Mumbai every year to pay respects at
Dadar's Chaitya Bhoomi on December 6, observed as Mahaparinirvan Din.
Over 800 workers have been deployed to maintan cleanliness on the
Chaitya Bhoomi premises and in Dadar-Shivaji Park area, where the
followers camp. "These include our workers, volunteers and NGO
labourers and they will keep the area clean as a number of people are
expected to visit," deputy municipal commissioner KS Kshirsagar said.
"They will work round the clock in three shifts."

Officials said the followers had begun to trickle into the city as
early as December 1. The BMC has, for the first time, opened an
information kiosk outside Dadar railway station. The other two control
rooms will be at Chaityabhoomi and Shivaji Park.

The civic body has put up 120 mobile toilets and 200 stationary
toilets for the gathering. Drinking water facilities have been
provided at over 350 spots, besides deploying 10 tankers and a fire
brigade unit. Voluntary organisations have opened over 80 eatery
stalls. Health camps have also been put up and doctors from KEM
Hospital will be on duty in these camps under the supervision of BMC
hospitals director Dr Sanjay Oak.

The security arrangements have also been tightened. "Besides CCTV
cameras put across the area, we have also barricaded the whole of
Shivaji Park"

The civic body released a Marathi booklet on social equality a day
before Dr Ambedkar's death anniversary. "We will ensure that no
inconvenience is caused to any one who visits Chaityabhoomi," Mayor
Shraddha Jadhav said.

Western Railway will operate two special suburban trains early on
Tuesday morning — one from Marine Lines at 2.30 am, reaching Virar at
4.10 am; and the other from Virar at 2.30 am, reaching Marine Lines at
4.06 am. They will halt at all stations in both directions. The
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking will
also ply additional buses on December 6 and 7.


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