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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Buddha Dhamma Conference held at Chincholi, Mahagaon Dist Yeotmal (India) on December 25, 2010

Buddha Dhamma Conference held at Chincholi, Mahagaon Dist Yeotmal (India)
on December 25, 2010
Bheemjyoti Education Society Chincholi Mahagaon Dist Yeotmal has
organized " Buddha Dhamma Conference 2010" on the eve of Manusmuti Burning
(Dahan) Day on December 25, 2010. On that ceremony, following dignitaries
were present.
Inauguration : Ven. Naga Rupananda ( Myanmar)
Chairperson : Dr. Milind Jiwane (President of Ashwaghosh Buddhist
Foundation Nagpur)
Chief Guests : Hon. Amar Ramteke (Head, All India Radio, Yeotmal)
Prof. Damodhar More\
Ms. Vaishali Tembhare
With best Compliments from :
* Dhaneshwar Konkane

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit girls murder: Buta Singh meets victims'' mother

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4744347

28/12/2010
Dalit girls murder: Buta Singh meets victims'' mother

Moradabad (UP), Dec 27 (PTI) Chairman of National Commission for
Scheduled Castes Buta Singh today assured justice to the mother of two
dalit sisters, who were allegedly burnt to death by a mob here.
Singh visited Kothiwal Nagar area and met the victims'' mother Rajo
and assured her of justice, officials said.
Later, Singh attended a meeting of the Dalit community and heard the
complaint of all those related to the case.
He asked the police to speed up the probe bring the culprits to book
at the earliest.
On December 12, two sisters were allegedly burnt alive by a mob
protesting a double murder for which their brother was accused.
According to the victims'' mother, a mob gathered outside their house
and set it ablaze. While she escaped unhurt, her daughters -- Gita
(22) and Monu (20) -- were burnt alive. PTI SHS

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[ZESTCaste] Caste matters for Christianity

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2011 Issues > January 02, 2011

Caste matters for Christianity
By Manju Gupta

Margins of Faith: Dalit and Tribal Christianity in India, Rowena
Robinson, Joseph Marcanus Kujur, Sage Publications, Pp 299 (HB), Rs
695.00

THIS collection of papers by social anthropologists who are interested
greatly in religion, feel that Dalit and tribal Christianity are not
adequately treated in literature where they are independent
expressions of faith but are marginalised by mainstream Christianity,
regardless of denomination.

The Dalit and tribal Christianity has generally been presented
negatively, characterised more by their deficiencies in relation to
the dominant framework which is elite and Brahminical. Dalit
Christians were considered largely marginal. For one, the traditional
focus on caste Hinduism within the Brahminical or Sanskrit framework
tended to put the Dalits in the periphery. Moreover, Dalit religion
was characterised by what it 'lacked' in terms of the dominant
framework. Again, Dalit Christians were on the margins in actuality.
Mathew Schmalz, for instance, records how a distinction develops in
the North Indian context, describing the Catholic and the Chamar, as
the asli (real) and the phasali (trapped) Christian. The phasali
Christian is regarded as caught between Catholicism and
'untouchability'.

This volume revolves around the worlds of Dalit and tribal Christians,
who are deemed to be on the edge of the social world.

(Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, B1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial
Area, Mathura Road, New Delhi-110044; www.sagepublications.com)

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[ZESTCaste] Stripping of Dalit women: Chargesheet filed against upper caste neighbours

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Stripping of Dalit women: Chargesheet filed against upper caste neighbours
Sukanya Shetty Posted online: Mon Dec 27 2010, 22:36 hrs
Mumbai : Over two years after two women were allegedly thrashed and
almost stripped by their upper caste neighbours, the Wadala TT police
have filed two separate cases under the Prevention of Atrocity Act.

In 2008, Urmilla Lunwara, a municipal school teacher, and Mamta
Makhwana were allegedly assaulted and almost stripped for questioning
the periodic demands by a few upper caste neighbours of a "building
maintenance" for their MHADA Colony houses in Wadala.

Last week, Wadala TT police filed two separate chargesheets, naming
the same persons as accused. The two women had demanded separate cases
to be be filed.

According to the police, Makhwana had directly challenged the accused
and Lunwara had come in their line of fire for taking the side of
Makhwana in the fight.

In July, 2008, one of the accused, Ram Das allegedly demanded the
maintenance money from Makhwana. "Like always, he demanded the money.
My family was fed up with the constant demand and I decided to not pay
and questioned on what grounds was he making the demand from the
residents. He assaulted me. His family joined him in the act,"
Makhwana's statement to the police reads.

Das and his wife Anju, besides Ram Kolarkar, Shalan Kolarkar, Sonal
Kolarkar, Rajendra Pai and Rahul Pai, allegedly attacked Makhwana.

According to Makhwana's statement and police investigation, the
accused had on several instances passed casteist comments at
Makhwana's family, which belongs to the denotified Meghwal community.

Lunwara also alleged that the accused had on several instances made
casteist comments at her and her family. "It's primarily an upper
caste colony. Few Dalit families live here. They have been pressuring
us to sell our houses to them. When we ignored their demand, they
attacked us. It was not a sudden outburst but a well planned attack to
intimidate us," says Lunwara.

Lunwara alleged, "The police refused to file our complaint for several
months. Finally, we approached the Additional Commissioner of Police,
and the complaints were registered."

Sadanand Date, the then Additional Commissioner of Police, directed
the police to register the complaint.

Police have booked all the accused under several sections of the
Atrocities Act along with the sections of the Indian Penal Code for
assault, outraging the modesty of a woman and criminal intimidation.