Monday, May 16, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Buddhist Cultural Convention & 3rd All India Ambedkarite Drama Convention on 17-18th May 2011 at Sakoli (India)

 

Buddhist Cultural Convention &
3rd All India Ambedkarite Drama Convention
At Bodhisatva Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Committee Premises
Umari Tah. Sakoli Dist Bhandara. M.S. (India)
On 17-18th May 2011
SHEP Mahabachat Group & Bodhisatva Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Committee jointly going to organize "Buddhist Cultural Convention & 3rd All India Ambedkarite Drama Convention" at Umari Tahsil Sakoli Dist Bhandara in Maharashtra (India) on 17-18 May 2011. On that function following guests will be participated.
* Inauguration :Ven. Nagarjun Surei Sasai (Japan)
* Chairperson : Er. Moreshwar Meshram (Film Producer)
* Blessing : Ven. Panya Tissa ( Srilanka), Ven. Pradyanand (Nagpur),
Ven. Rupanand (Myanmar), Ven. Nagaprakash (Nagpur),
Ven. Dhammadeep (Bhandara)
* Chief Guests : Dr. Milind Jiwane (President of Ashwaghosh Buddhist
Foundation)
Hon. Amar Ramteke (All India Radio)
Dr. Rajabhau Tanksale (Ambedkarite Social Industrialist)
Dr. Pradhnya Pawar (Thane)
Er. Vijay Meshram (Nagpur)
# 3rd All India Ambedkarite Drama Convention
* inauguration : Hon. Sunil Khobragde (Edtor of Daily Mahanayak, Mumbai)
* Chairperson : Hon. Aniruddha Bankar ( Fil & Drama Artist)
* Chief Guests : Hon. Nitin Bansod (Film Director, Goa)
Hon. Amar Ramteke (AIR)
Hon. Sanjay Sayare (Drama Writer)
Hon. Astaf Rana ( Film Director, Bihar)
With best compliments from :
•SHEP Mahabachat Group
•Bodhisatva Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Committee

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[ZESTCaste] Athawale under fire for backing saffron combine

 

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/athawale-under-fire-for-backing-saffron-combine/684603.html

Athawale under fire for backing saffron combine
PTI | 04:05 PM,May 15,2011

Mumbai, May 15 (PTI) Republican Party of India (RPI) chief Ramdas
Athawale has come under criticism for joining hands with the Shiv
Sena-BJP combine, with his detractors saying he is taking Dalits for a
ride for his personal gains. NCP Backward Class Cell president Ram
Pandagale said Dalits would not be lured by Athawale because they are
aware that the saffron parties are communal. "Athawale is doing these
things is for personal gains," the NCP leader said. Two of Athawale's
colleagues got elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council due to NCP
chief Sharad Pawar's support."Now they should explain whether they are
with NCP or with Athawale," another NCP leader said. The Republican
Left Democratic Front (RLDF) of which Athawale was a key member, said
his move is "suicidal" and will weaken Dalits in politics. The Front,
comprising 10 smaller parties, criticised Athawale saying he has
ignored a resolution at the RLDF formation, of keeping away from the
Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) as well as the Sena-BJP
combine. The RLDF constituents include the Peasants and Workers Party,
Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Samaj Party, Samajwadi Janaparishad, Janata
Dal (S), Satyashodhak Community Party, Lok Sangharsh Morcha, Lok
Rajniti Manch, Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of
India-Marxist (CPI-M). Athawale's support is expected to boost
election campaign for the saffron combine in the upcoming civic polls
in the state early next year. Recently, the Maharashtra Public Works
Department minister Chhagan Bhujbal questioned the ideological
contradictions in the saffron party's newly-formed alliance with
Ramdas Athawale's RPI.

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[ZESTCaste] 250,000 farmers have committed suicide and chemical-intensive methods have devastated the land Now India’s poorest women are growing a quiet revolution

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250,000 farmers have committed suicide and chemical-intensive methods
have devastated the land Now India's poorest women are growing a quiet
revolution Seeds of hope

15 May 2011

BIG business agriculture promoted by Western corporations is to blame
for up to a quarter of a million farmers committing suicide over the
last 10 years, according to community leaders in India.

Poor farmers are forced to take out big loans to buy expensive
pesticides and fertilisers, and to dig wells for the increasing
amounts of water they need. But when their crops fail, or their wells
dry up, they fall into debt – and many thousands kill themselves out
of desperation.

That is the bleak picture painted by PV Satheesh, director of the
Deccan Development Society (DDS), which supports community farming in
one of the poorest parts of rural India. Sitting barefoot with his
laptop in the shade outside his house in the village of Pastapur, in
the Zaheerabad region of Andhra Pradesh, he gets angry about what's
happening.

Farmers are "misled" into believing the promise that the high-input,
chemical-intensive, single-crop agriculture of the so-called "green
revolution" is their salvation, he says. So when it fails, they end up
trapped in a debt spiral that too often leads to despair and suicide.

"Those that say that the green revolution will save the world should
come and see the hundreds of thousands who have committed suicide in
India," he warns. "The green revolution is a downhill slide into
disaster."

'The green revolution is a downhill slide into disaster' It's been
a quiet revolution. Without agitprop, without holding placards, the
dalit women started to take control

Satheesh points out that as many as 100,000 of the farmer suicides
have been in Punjab, which is the centre of industrialised agriculture
in India. There the water has been contaminated by the pesticides
which have been applied to crops, he says.

"There is a train to Delhi every day which they call the cancer
express. Half of those on board have been made ill by the pollution.
Punjab has been poisoned – it has a high cancer rate from contaminated
food and water, and a high suicide rate."

Genetically modified (GM) crops, which are being pushed in India by
multinational companies like Monsanto are also implicated, argues
Satheesh. The suicide rate has increased among the farmers that have
adopted GM cotton, and they have suffered skin allergies and other
disorders, he says.

But, according to Satheesh, there is an alternative. "Organic,
traditional farming can feed India," he argues. "It can feed everyone.
The trouble is that much of the traditional knowledge of agriculture
has been destroyed by factory farming."

That is why, through the DDS, which he helped found, there is now a
big push to boost traditional farming. Funded in part by the British
charity Christian Aid, DDS is helping some of the most marginalised
communities in India relearn how to grow and save their own seeds,
without GM or artificial chemicals.

So far, about 100 villages around Pastapur have started to feed
themselves by adopting these methods. If this can be done in a
semi-arid region, which is often short of rain, it can be done
elsewhere, says Satheesh.

One of the main tools used by DDS to encourage traditional farming has
been the formation of village-based collectives, known as sanghams. At
first this was tried with men, but they proved too unreliable, so
women-only sanghams were established.

Because of the women's sense of sisterhood, these have proved much
more successful, and now involve some 5000 women. They are mostly
dalits, historically the lowest class of Indian society previously
known as "the untouchables" (see p32).

Although discrimination against the dalits is now outlawed, they still
tend to be the poorest and least educated people in parts of India.
That is one reason why they were targeted by DDS.

Sanghams meet regularly to share experience about different crops, to
decide on giving loans to farmers, and to help each other cultivate
land. With the help of DDS, many women have become landowners, feeding
their families and earning an income from selling surplus produce.

They have established community seed banks, which save and store seeds
from one season to the next. They also provide expertise on which
crops are able to resist pests or water shortages, and which grow best
together.

"It's been a quiet revolution," says Satheesh. "Without agitprop,
without holding placards, the dalit women started to take control.
They have proved themselves as farmers."

Women who used to suffer exclusion and even violence have become
empowered, and now act as community leaders, he says. "Every woman out
there is a diamond. They emanate hope."

At one sangham meeting in March, 40 women in brightly-coloured saris
sat around a courtyard as dusk fell. Some held children, many had
mobile phones, and there was a transistor radio on so they could
listen to their community broadcast.

The women sing a song together, with verses about different crops in
different seasons. They also prepare for the following day's gathering
of sanghams, at which a "handing over the heritage" ceremony will take
place. At an agricultural centre near Pastapur, hundreds of women
receive pots of seeds from their mothers and grandmothers as a symbol
of the traditional knowledge they are inheriting. They compete to see
who can plan the most productive farm by laying out seeds in patterns
on the ground.

Not surprisingly, the companies that market pesticides and GM crops do
not agree. They argue that modern agriculture has brought enormous
benefits to India, with fertilisers, pesticides and
specially-developed crops preventing famines.

"Despite widespread poverty and malnutrition in India today the
continuous threat of famine been lifted, which has allowed India to
develop into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world," says
Dominic Dyer, chief executive of the Crop Protection Association,
which represents the pesticide industry.

Although small-scale farming has a role, it will not begin to feed
India's rapidly growing demand for food, he argues. He accepts that GM
crops are "controversial" in many parts of the country, but insists
they could help the Indian economy.

The sangham women are, however, backed by Christian Aid. The charity
points out that the UN's special rapporteur on the right to food,
Olivier De Schutter, recently stated that sustainable agriculture
could double food production in areas affected by hunger within 10
years.

Christian Aid, along with charities in other countries, has been
helping fund the sanghams through DDS since 1995, and last year gave
£45,000. Today it launches its annual fund-raising week in the UK.

"The work of DDS illustrates how, with the right support, farmers
operating even in the most challenging environments can make a decent
living using sustainable agricultural techniques," says Ben Hobbs,
Christian Aid's senior policy officer for Asia.

"This enables farmers to reduce, or avoid completely, the use of
chemical fertilisers and pesticides, which can be expensive and
damaging to the environment, and means they don't have to take out
expensive loans to buy seeds and pesticides, which sometimes they
struggle to pay back."

Hobbs also praised the way that dalit women had moved from landless
agricultural labourers to land holders and seed-keepers in less than a
generation. "Their standing in the community has been transformed,
they are able to produce enough food to feed their families and, for
the first time, have been able to give their children an education."

As well as promoting sustainable farming, DDS has helped start a
"green school" in the village of Machnoor for the children of dalit
women. Consisting of a series of interconnecting pod-shaped buildings
made from red earthenware bricks, it teaches 120 children maths,
languages, carpentry, pottery and many other skills.

The women have also set up their own local radio station, and a video
production unit. By taking control of their own media, they say they
are able to get their message across to more communities in India, and
to the wider world.

"If we want to show our knowledge and preserve our knowledge then we
need someone to show it," says Narsamma, a member of the video
production team. "When we hold cameras in our hands we command
respect."

It's farming, however, that's likely to remain the bedrock of dalit
life for the foreseeable future. While it does, the women are
determined to hang on to their new-found power – and resist the
blandishments of the big companies.

Salome, a campaigner with DDS, argues that seed corporations will
destroy their hard-won independence. "They take the seeds from our
hands, then they sell us seed, and they tell us how to grow it," she
says.


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[ZESTCaste] RPI-Sena alliance: Will the marriage work?

http://www.hindustantimes.com/RPI-Sena-alliance-Will-the-marriage-work/Article1-698077.aspx

RPI-Sena alliance: Will the marriage work?
Zeeshan Shaikh, Hindustan Times
Mumbai, May 16, 2011

With the Republican Party of India cosying up to the Shiv
Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance of late, questions are
being raised over the success of the proposed alliance. Analysts are
divided over how this new bonhomie between such ideologically diverse
entities will translate into electora
l benefit for the saffron combine in the municipal polls.

For the past three decades, the RPI and the Shiv Sena have been at
loggerheads over issues such as the renaming of the North Maharashtra
University and atrocities over Dalits.

"The Sena is desperate and is willing to join hands with anyone who
can help them tackle this government. On the other hand, Ramdas
Athawale feels betrayed by the NCP-Congress and is looking to revive
his own fortunes," political analyst Prakash Bal said.

Although Dalits represent nearly 15% of the electoral vote in the
state and will play an important role in the civic polls, the number
of votes Athawale will bring into the Sena-BJP's kitty is still to be
decided.

"These parties are ideologically poles apart. It will be very
difficult for the RPI cadre to accept this new alliance," Bal said,
adding that the jury was still out on whether Athawale would be able
to wean Dalit votes away from the Congress-NCP.

Many believe that apart from Athawale, the community will not gain
from the alliance. "We have voted for various parties. But do you
think that a Sena or BJP supporter could vote for an RPI candidate?"
asked Pramod Sakhare, a Dalit activist.

Athawale claimed there was nothing opportunistic about the move. "We
are joining hands with the Sena-BJP to help rid this state of a
corrupt government," he said.

Dalit activist Manoj Jadhav said the alliance will give them an
identity of their own. "Parties, particularly the Congress, have taken
Dalit votes for granted. This tie-up will be a warning to the
Congress-NCP," he said.

Once regarded as the voice of the state's Dalit community, the RPI has
broken into 12 factions, the most powerful is led by Athawale. The RPI
(A) presently has three seats in the civic body. However, there are
20-25 constituencies in the civic body where the Dalit vote is likely
to play the deciding factor. This can be significant for the Sena-BJP
since a few hundred seats can tilt the balance in their favour.


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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST quota in government tenders on the cards

 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/sc/st-quota-in-government-tenders-on-the-cards/articleshow/8364942.cms

16 May, 2011, 02.44PM IST,PTI
SC/ST quota in government tenders on the cards

NEW DELHI: Within the proposed policy being considered for reservation
of government purchase orders for micro and small enterprises (MSEs),
there will be a sub-quota for businesses owned by SCs/STs.

While there is not much resistance to the idea of a 4 per cent
sub-quota for entrepreneurs belonging to SC/ST communities, a
consensus on the overall proposal for 20 per cent reservation for MSEs
is yet to emerge.

"SCs/STs issue has been resolved. There will be sub- reservation," a
senior official in the MSME ministry said, adding that if there is not
enough capacity with these entrepreneurs, the orders can be passed on
to general category sourcing channels.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been pushing for
sub-quota for SC/STs in government tenders , which are worth about Rs
1,70,000 crore annually. The share of all MSEs in these tenders is
about 4-5 per cent.

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is trying
to forge an inter-ministerial consensus on reservation for MSEs in
state purchases, an official said.

The proposal is being followed on the recommendation of the Prime
Minister's Task Force on the issue.

There are concerns from some ministries like petroleum and natural
has, home, commerce and the railways over the quality and capability
of MSEs to deliver the orders.

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) employ around six crore
people and contribute 8 per cent to the country's gross domestic
product. They account for 40 per cent of India's total exports and
over 45 per cent of total manufacturing output.

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[ZESTCaste] CII pushes entrepreneurship among SC/STs

 

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/india-business/29535657_1_private-sector-cii-sts

CII pushes entrepreneurship among SC/STs
May 12, 2011, 07.02am IST

MUMBAI: To encourage entrepreneurship among the scheduled caste and
scheduled tribes, the private sector is gearing up to increase
sourcing of goods from this section of society.

In this initiative, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will play
an enabler role for India Inc, B Muthuraman, the newly elected
president of the industry body, said. CII intends to work closely with
the Dalit Chamber of India to boost the development of small
enterprises and deepen representation of weaker sections in the Indian
industry, the latter through training and other forms of facilitations
that would enhance their employability.

"One of our goals is to increase sourcing of goods and services from
SC/ST entrepreneurs by 10-20%," Muthuraman said. "50,000 SC/ST youth
would be trained and an equal number of employments would be
facilitated in 2011-12," Muthuraman added.

Since SCs and STs are listed in a specific schedule of the Indian
Constitution, they are eligible for certain benefits including
reservation in educational institutions and also in government jobs. A
couple of years ago, the government had stirred a hornet's nest by
alleging that the private sector in the country was not pursuing an
affirmative action policy aggressively vis-à-vis SCs and STs. The
government went to the extent of proposing mandatory reservations in
the private sector, just like in the government sector.

However, though corporates have been creating job opportunities for
these communities SCs and STs, the private sector was against
mandatory reservations. Observers had said that hiring without
considering merit will impact the sector and could lead to some
imbalances within their rank and file.

CII is working with these sections of the society to improve their
skills so that getting an employment becomes easier. According to CII,
SC/ST communities form 18% of the workforce in the private sector, but
data show they have a negligible presence in managerial or top
positions in India Inc and form a larger pie of those employed in
lower posts.

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Re: [ZESTCaste] Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation

 

Dear all
 
thanks for posting my response
 
i feel we should not stick to one doctrine of dalit liberation wirtten years back, but evolve through pedagogy of oppressed in present day context and link it to voices of other oppressed group. let a practical alterantive emerge beyond capitalism and communism - but led by voices of oppressed, with dalits and adivasiss leading
 
ranjani   

--- On Fri, 13/5/11, ranjani k.murthy <rk_km2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: ranjani k.murthy <rk_km2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [ZESTCaste] Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation
To: "zestcaste" <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com>, ZESTCaste@yahoogroups.com, mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com
Date: Friday, 13 May, 2011, 3:42 PM

 
in total agreement of the position. i think we should be back to pedagogy of oppressed . why should international thesoophical institute, chennai by led by elite. how many position holders are dlaits, adivasis, and oppressed groups of different counties?. let us start an altrenative movement of such kind where the oppressed are leaders, and people like me the back seat

Ranjani
--- On Wed, 4/5/11, Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com>
Subject: [ZESTCaste] Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation
To: "zestcaste" <zestcaste@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, 4 May, 2011, 4:36 PM

 
http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/02/stories/2011050253160300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Vellore

Stress on holistic approach to Dalit liberation

Special Correspondent

VELLORE: South India has the largest number of oppressed people in the
world, according to A.M. Chinnappa, Archbishop of Chennai and
president of the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops' Council (TNBC).

Releasing the Dalit Bible Commentaries (DBC) at a function organised
in connection with the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Centre for
Dalit/Subaltern Studies (CDS) at the Bishop's House here on Saturday,
Rev. Chinnappa said that in no other part of the world there are so
many oppressed persons as in South India. Tamil Nadu is the State
where casteism is most prevalent in India, followed by Andhra Pradesh.
The attempt of the Dalit Bible Commentaries, namely Deuteronomy and 1
& 2 Samuel Commentaries, is to lead the people from darkness that
casteism symbolises, into light. The Archbishop said that the Dalits
constitute the root of theology, and therefore, the task of liberation
of Dalits should be taken up after integrating the different
theologies. Any attempt at Dalit liberation should not only involve
the oppressed people but also the oppressors, to have a holistic
approach towards the goal of Dalit liberation, he said.

Rev. Chinnappa honoured James Massey, Director, CDS and author of 1 &
2 Samuel Commentaries, and Monodeep Daniel, author of Deuteronomy. I.
John Mohan Razu introduced the commentaries. The guests received
copies of the commentaries from the Archbishop.

Rev. Y. William, Church of South India Bishop of Vellore, released the
Leviticus and Numbers Commentaries.

Rev. P. Soundararaju, Catholic Bishop of Vellore and Chairman of TNBC
Commission for Youth, welcomed the gathering.

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