Wednesday, January 6, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Dalit burnt alive

 

http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=23599

Dalit burnt alive

Posted On Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Agencies
Burhanpur, Jan 5:
Two minors attempted to rape a 15-year-old dalit and, when she
protested, doused her with kerosene and set it alight at this
district's Kodri village today. ''At about 1400 hrs -- when the victim
was alone at home neighbours Maniya Beldar alias Manohar (15) and
Krishna Mahajan (17) targeted here,'' said Superintendent of Police M
K Katakwar.
The victim's mother found her in severely-burnt condition and she
succumbed at the District Hospital. The accused are absconding. The
girl studied in Class VIII.

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[ZESTCaste] Intellectual giants coming

http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Intellectual+giants+coming&artid=0Qy2KQVLF9Y=&SectionID=9R67TMeNb/w=&MainSectionID=wIcBMLGbUJI=&SectionName=gUhH3Holuas=&SEO=

Intellectual giants coming

Express News ServiceFirst Published : 05 Jan 2010 12:21:00 AM ISTLast Updated :

KOCHI: The city will soon witness one of the most extravagant literary
fests. The Kochi Art and Letters Foundation is organising Kochi
Letters International Festival (Kochi Life 2010), an annual
international cultural festival, on January 8 and 9. The first of its
kind in Kerala, Kochi Life 2010 will be the first edition of the
international event that will be held every year.


The two-day festival features some of the big names in the literary
and cultural circuits including Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian thinker, who
is visiting Kerala for the first time. Sociologist, postmodern
philosopher and cultural critic, Zizek has been dubbed 'the most
dangerous political philosopher in the West' and is today one of the
most controversial public intellectuals.

The fest has a volatile and pertinent theme - Whither Left? - that
questions the way the Left engages and addresses class, gender and
sexuality.

The fest will have talks and discussions on subjects like 'Themes from
the Left: Value, agency, and alienation', 'Life narratives of women
and Dalits in Left movement', 'Caste and the reconstruction of the
Left', 'Rethinking the language of feminist politics in India,
'Reformism or socialism?', 'There is more to secularism', 'Left
interventions and self reflection in art, literature and academic
writing' and 'Life after secularism'.

There will be an audio-visual demonstration with over 500 photographs
of Sunil Janah by Ram Rahman. Other participants include Gail Omvedt,
Akeel Bilgrami, Prabhat Patnaik, Tejaswini Niranjana, Annapurna
Garimella, Gopal Guru, Javeed Alam, Kumar Shahani, C Ayyappan, T M
Yesudasan, Usha Zacharias, C K Janu and J Devika.

The festival at the Town Hall will be open to the general public and
individuals from domains like art, theatre, music and architecture.
The idea is to upgrade book lovers from the level of consumers to that
of participants in thinking, allowing authors to better understand who
their readers are and what their writing becomes in reception.

The fest offers a platform for a shared public intellectual discourse
with the representation of thinkers from different domains.

This helps publishers realise and improvise their role as active
agents in disseminating ideas to the public. Leading cultural activist
and film maker Sashikumar and noted academic and thinker Dr Nizar
Ahmed are the creative directors of the event.

kochi@expressbuzz.com


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Fw: [HumanHorizons] call 1098 for excess food

 

How can I resist? So, forwarding ....
If you are in India, please call 1098 to donate excess food. Please do not waste. Please see the photo below. I can't forget the images I saw while growing up in India.
Thanks, Br Chunnu Prasad, for awakening us.

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From: chunnu prasad <chunnuprasad@gmail.com>
To: humanhorizons@yahoogroups.co.uk; sakyagroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 9:27:52 PM
Subject: [HumanHorizons] call 1098 for excess food

 
Hi! 
If you have a function/party at your home and if there is excess food available at the end, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food.

Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.. 
PLEASE, DON'T BREAK THIS CHAIN.... 

"Helping hands are better than Praying Lips". 

Pass this to all whom you know and whom you don t know as well. 

Do pass it on ............ ......it may help somewhere, anywhere and do not take such mails for granted because you do not know to whom it might make a difference and it is alright if you keep receiving this mail because it is not an entertaining message or forward

CHUNNU PRASAD
CENTRE FOR POLITICAL STUDIES
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

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[ZESTCaste] Greetings for the New Year

 

MIDS – a malaise and a menace
 
 
With all my best wishes for the New Year
 
P Radhakrishnan

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[ZESTCaste] Maid 'commits suicide', relatives suspect foul play

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Maid-commits-suicide-relatives-suspect-foul-play/articleshow/5411603.cms

Maid 'commits suicide', relatives suspect foul play
TNN 5 January 2010, 07:04am IST

CHENNAI: The relatives of the 20-year-old maid who hanged herself on
Sunday said that they don't believe that she committed suicide.

Nirmala (20), a native of Salaiyanoor near Tiruvannamalai, was working
as a maid in Choolaimedu at the house of a senior executive in a
software company.

Nirmala's father Arumugam is a farmer in Salaiyanoor. "I live with
wife Susheela, four daughters and a son. The deceased is my fifth
daughter. She was working as a maid in the house for the past two
years. The employer called me on Sunday night to inform that she had
committed suicide by hanging at his residence. I rushed to Chennai
after informing my relatives."

S Robert, Chennai region convenor of the Human Rights Forum for Dalit
Liberation said: "The employer has shown a suicide note to the police.
Her relatives say the handwriting doesn't match hers. We staged a
protest in front of the Choolaimedu police station demanding a fair
inquiry."

Choolaimedu police have registered a case under Section 174 (unnatural
death) of the Indian Penal Code. "We have sent the body to the Kilpauk
Medical College Hospital. We will check out the veracity of the
suicide note and are awaiting the report from the forensic
department," a police officer said.


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