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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalits protest in city

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Dalits protest in city
TNN, Jan 3, 2011, 10.27pm IST

MYSORE: Members of various dalit organizations took out a protest
rally demanding action against the group that assaulted dalit youths
here recently.

In an alleged group clash at Naganahalli on Saturday night, two dalit
youths were assaulted by a group when they were travelling in a bus.
Victims Shashikumar and Parashuram were dragged out of the bus and
beaten up.

The protest by Karnataka Dalit, Backward Class and Minorities Forum
and Karnataka Backward Class Jagruta Vedike was led by former mayor
Purushotham, who urged the authorities to take action. "Atrocities on
dalits are increasing. No government has taken steps to prevent this
discrimination. If atrocities continue, we will take law into our
hands," threatened Purushotham, seeking protection to dalits.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Vocational course at madarsa

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Vocational course at madarsa

Jan 2, 2011, 09.28pm IST

VARANASI: To provide vocational training to Muslim and dalit girls, a
30-day course on fashion designing and garment making was started at
Madarsa Khwaja Garib Nawaz, Rahimpur, Lohta, on Saturday.

"The course is supported by the Rural Training Centre (RTC) of the
Union Bank of India," said Naushaba, woman facilitator of the Human
Welfare Association (HWA). According to her, 32 women were enrolled
for free training. Out of them, 28 hail from Muslim community.

HWA director Rajni Kant said after the completion of the course, those
women would be given certificates by the bank. They could then take
loan from banks to begin their own garment making units.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits pay the price for supporting BJP

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Dalits pay the price for supporting BJP

Basavaraj F Kattimani, TNN, Jan 2, 2011, 11.07pm IST

HUBLI: Hundreds of innocent dalit families residing in Harijankere of
Antur-Bentur village of Gadag district were ostracized from the
village. All for supporting a BJP candidate in the just concluded
ZP/TP election.

Dalit families who spent a chilly night in a temple on the outskirts
of the village on Saturday night after being ostracized alleged that
their only fault was that they stood by the BJP candidate as he helped
develop the temple in Harijankere.

Gadag district minister C C Patil has said that he will hold talks
with the upper caste people to establish a favourable atmosphere in
Antur-Bentur village. Speaking to The Times of India, Patil said that
he also visited the village on Sunday evening to assess the situation.

However, the villagers were being treated as untouchables in the
village even before the polls. Now the ostracism has been given a
political twist. "We have been denied water, entry into temples and
hotels after the election. Finally, we were ostracized from village.
Besides, we were allegedly attacked on Friday night, forcing us to
leave the village," a member of the family rued.

"I will hold a meeting with the upper caste people in this village
tomorrow to bring the situation to normalcy and to establish conducive
atmosphere in the village," the minister assured.

Of the 11 GP members, 8 GP members including dalits joined BJP which
might have annoyed anti-social elements, minister Patil said. Without
mentioning Congress, he said that some youths who are miffed with
dalit families for supporting BJP have allegedly attacked them. As
dalit families sought protection, we deployed adequate police in the
village, Patil added.

He also promised to make alternate arrangements to supply ration to
the dalit families in the village since shops were closed due to the
tension in the village.

Left with no other options, more than 100 dalit families including
children, women and aged spent their night on the premises of temple
on Saturday night. They have lodged a complaint with the Gadag rural
police seeking action but in vain.

When the families were not allowed to enter the village on Sunday
morning too, they held a dharna near the temple demanding action
against those who ostracized them from the village. Police then rushed
to the village and convinced the dalits to go back to their houses.

Speaking to the Times of India, Chandru Hadimani, Kanakamma Sandimani,
Basavaraj Machhigudda and others said that some upper caste people
belonging to a particular party were waiting to take revenge against
them for their close association with the BJP candidate. "We
appreciated his help in helping us repair the temple," they echoed.

Untouchablity still prevails here from many years, they claimed.
Ravikumar Nayak, Gadag SP, said that dalit families have already
lodged a complaint. "After we promised them to look into the matter
and to take necessary action, they got back to their houses. We are
maintaing a vigil on unruly elements who try to disturb peace," he
added.

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[ZESTCaste] 3 of a dalit family charred in fire

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3 of a dalit family charred in fire
TNN, Jan 3, 2011, 04.38am IST

PATNA: Three members of a dalit family living at Udan Tola village
under Janipur police station in Patna district died on Saturday night
after suffering severe burn injuries.

The victims were identified as Belwanti Devi (30) and her two sons
Karan (5)and Arjun (2). Their badly charred bodies were later sent for
post-mortem to PMCH, police said. It has not been established yet
whether the fire was accidental or a result of some conspiracy.

According to Janipur police station officer incharge Lal Bihari
Paswan, preliminary investigations into the incident revealed that the
incident took place on Saturday night when the victims were fast
asleep in their hut. Police are investigating how did the fire break
out in the hut, Paswan said.

Belwanti was the wife of one Raj Kumar, a labourer working in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Buddhu Manjhi, father-in-law of Belwanti, alleged that his
daughter-in-law and two grandsons were the victims of a conspiracy
hatched by three persons. He said these people used to sell county
liquor in front of his daughter-in-law's hut, which she often
protested. It is possible that they set the hut afire on Saturday
night when the victims were asleep, he alleged, adding policemen at
Janipur did not act swiftly in the case.

Phulwari DSP Rakesh Dubey and BDO visited the spot and handed over Rs
10,000 on behalf of Patna district administration as ex-gratia to
Belwanti's family members.

Road mishap: A cyclist was knocked down to death by a speeding truck
on Saturday evening near Danapur station. The incident took place when
the cyclist was going to Naubatpur. The truck was coming from opposite
direction, The identity of the victim is yet to be established.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits face boycott in Gadag village

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Dalits face boycott in Gadag village
January 3rd, 2011

Jan. 2: People of the Dalit community in the tiny hamlet of
Anthur-Benthur near Gadag, are still facing social ostracism. They are
facing wrath from Congress workers for casting votes in favour of the
BJP during the panchayat elections. The social evil prevails in the
village, despite widespread campaign against it by the government and
NGOs.

Dalits are prohibited from getting their hair cut in the village, and
have to travel 21 km to Gadag to get a haircut every month. They are
not allowed to sit at tables in hotels, and have to sit on the floor.
Separate cups are provided to them to drink tea or coffee in the
hotels. Dalits have to clean the cups and other utensils used by them
in the hotel. They have to beat the hand-drums after the death of
persons belonging to upper class.

Out of the 6,000 population, around one thousand are dalits living in
a separate colony. They have been a vote bank of the Congress party
for the last five decade.

They switched over to BJP in the presence of minister, C.M. Udasi,
after Rs 2 lakhs was provided to them by the local BJP legislator for
construction of a Durgamma temple. Enraged over this, several Congress
workers ransacked houses of Dalit community on Sunday. Two Dalit women
were injured in the incident, and they are undergoing treatment in
government hospital of Gadag.

"We would not be allowed to grow politically, and would be ill-treated
if we go against the wishes of the upper class people. Several
Congress workers also barged into our temple, and threatened to
demolish it. We have also lodged protests several times against social
ostracism," a Dalit, Dyamappa Hadimani said. They have also registered
a complaint at Gadag rural police station seeking protection.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalits protest in city

Monday, January 3, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Vocational course at madarsa

[ZESTCaste] Dalits pay the price for supporting BJP

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits face boycott in Gadag village

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