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Monday, August 1, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Caste heat on Dinakaran

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110801/jsp/nation/story_14315974.jsp

Caste heat on Dinakaran
SAMANWAYA RAUTRAY
Dinakaran

New Delhi, July 31: Former Chief Justice of India V.N. Khare has
described as "unfortunate" Justice Paul Daniel Dinakaran's attempt to
fall back on his Dalit status as a defence against the corruption
charges against him.

"There is no institutional bias (of that sort) in the judiciary,"
Khare said. "One or two individual judges may have their own
ideologies such as pro-capitalist, pro-socialist, pro-poor,
pro-tenant, etc., but on the whole there is no institutional bias," he
said.

Eminent lawyers too ridiculed Dinakaran's attempt to wave the Dalit
card and claim that he was being targeted because of his caste.

Supreme Court lawyer Rajeev Dhavan summed up the entire controversy in
one word: "Ridiculous."

"It is unfortunate that the caste factor is being played in the
Dinakaran resignation. There are many distinguished judges, who have
been SCs and STs, but who have carried their professionalism with
distinction. This (raising the caste issue) discredits honest judges
and administrators…" he said.

Dinakaran, who was facing allegations of land-grab and corruption,
stepped down suddenly on Friday night as Sikkim High Court chief
justice, effectively stymieing the ongoing impeachment proceedings
against him.

His elevation to the Supreme Court had run into trouble when the
allegations surfaced. The CJI had transferred him to Sikkim pending an
impeachment inquiry against him.

Senior lawyer C.S. Vaidyanathan said caste, religion and region have
always held sway on judicial appointments, but denied that Dinakaran
was being targeted because he was a Dalit. "There has always been an
unofficial, unarticulated quota system in the Indian judiciary," he
said.

In Andhra, a retired Reddy will always be replaced by another Reddy,
in Madras all caste lobbies enjoy a strong clout except the Brahmins,
Vaidyanathan said. "Caste lobbies exist in almost all high courts," he
said.

But Dinakaran, who was in Madras High Court when Vaidyanathan was a
practising lawyer at the bar there, never had to face any problems
either at the bar or the bench because of his caste, Vaidyanathan
said. "In fact, being a Dalit helped him become a judge, given his
calibre and competence," Vaidyanathan said.

"He knew that the findings of the (inquiry) committee would go against
him, so he's taken the most convenient way out."

Vaidyanathan said the same allegations were levelled during his
elevation as chief justice of Karnataka High Court but were ignored.
"It came to light because of his proposed elevation to the Supreme
Court."

Dinakaran made several attempts to stall the impeachment proceedings,
raising issues of bias and procedural irregularities against the
three-member probe panel.

What possibly forced his hand was a verdict a fortnight ago in which
the Supreme Court, hearing one of his many petitions against the
panel, criticised him for delaying the proceedings.

Dhavan, however, hinted that Dinakaran may have quit to protect his
post-retirement benefits. "Impeachment may have had an impact on his
post-retiral benefits," he said.
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Friday, July 29, 2011

[ZESTCaste] 2010 regular scholarships - selected students stats

Dear friends,
I here with submitting statics of students selected for scholarships for 2010. Response is disappointing. When we first (in 2003) advertise in newspaper for just 2 scholarships in just Guntur district, we got more than 500 applications. After expanding it to all Andhra Pradesh, advertising in newspapers will be too expensive. So, we started sending advertisement every year to all government and social welfare schools in Andhra Pradesh. But, some reason the advertisement is not reaching the targeted students. Though initially we got very good response, gradually it is diminishing instead of increasing. Unfortunately, this year, we don't have applications from most of the districts. This may be due to the time of the year we are sending the advertisement or the school management is not informing the students of the availability of the scholarships. Another surprising  fact is that this year very few male students applied. That is the reason why we are giving only 30 scholarships are allocated for this type of scholarships. All other money will be spent in helping the organizations that help scavenging, orphan, and other deprived children.
 
We need to explore the issues and find solutions to this . FFEI wish is to reach as many students as possible and encourage them to complete for these scholarships. Though money has no value for the HAVEs in these days, Rs. 5,000 cash for a poor student is a huge amount.
 
We also plan to give books to a college and schools wherever we feel a need and we got request for. IF you have any viable ideas if helping these children, please let us know.
 
Here are the statistics I collected for the students selected this year for regular scholarships. Please write to me if you have questions.
 
With regards
Ben Kaila
 
We selected these students keeping social justice and equal representation in mind. 
    
 Mala
  
 Madiga
  
 Total
  
 Male
 Female
 Male
 Female
  
 Adilabad 
 0
 2
 0
 0
 2
 Chittoor Dist. 
 0
 2
 0
 1
 3
 Kadapa Dist 
 0
 2
 0
 2
 4
 Nalgonda Dist. 
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 Nizamabad
 0
 5
 0
 3
 8
 Prakasam Dist. 
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 Ranga Reddy Dist. 
 0
 0
 1
 0
 1
 Srikakulam 
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 Warangal
 1
 0
 8
 0
 9
 Total
 3
 12
 9
 6
 30

 
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An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. 
-Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar
Please visit www.friendsforeducation.org

From: Benjamin Kaila <benjamin_kaila@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 12:12  AM
Subject: [E-Forum] 2010 Ambedkar Scholarship function date postponed to Aug 20, 2011

 Dear friends,
Due to some unavoidable circumstances, the date has been postponed to Aug 20, 2011. Venue will be the same, Ambedkar College, Tenali, Guntur (Dist), AP.
 
Please mark your calendar and attend.
Thanks
Ben
 
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An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. 
-Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar
Please visit www.friendsforeducation.org

From: Benjamin Kaila <benjamin_kaila@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:09 AM
Subject: [ambedkarscholarship] 2010 Ambedkar Scholarship function update

  


Dear friends, 
We have decided to conduct Scholarship distribution function on Aug 13, 2011 at Tenali, Guntur District, Andhra  Pradesh. 
India team is working on modalities. I will update as the information available to me. 
  
Thanks 
Ben 
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-Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar 
Please visit www.friendsforeducation.org 


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[ZESTCaste] 2010 Ambedkar Scholarship function date postponed to Aug 20, 2011

Dear friends,
Due to some unavoidable circumstances, the date has been postponed to Aug 20, 2011. Venue will be the same, Ambedkar College, Tenali, Guntur (Dist), AP.
 
Please mark your calendar and attend.
Thanks
Ben
 
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An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. 
-Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar
Please visit www.friendsforeducation.org

From: Benjamin Kaila <benjamin_kaila@yahoo.com>
To: AmbedkarScholarshipGroup <ambedkarscholarship@yahoogroups.com>; OfficersForum <officersforum@yahoogroups.com>; Dalit Group  <dalit@yahoogroups.com>; Human Horizons <humanhorizons@yahoogroups.co.uk>; ZestCaste <ZESTCaste@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:09 AM
Subject: [ambedkarscholarship] 2010 Ambedkar Scholarship function update

 
Dear friends,
We have decided to conduct Scholarship distribution function on Aug 13, 2011 at Tenali, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.
India team is working on modalities. I will update as the information available to me.
 
Thanks
Ben
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An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. 
-Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar
Please visit www.friendsforeducation.org

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Free UPSC exam coaching for SC/ST/OBC

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Free-UPSC-exam-coaching-for-SC/ST/OBC/articleshow/9384173.cms

Free UPSC exam coaching for SC/ST/OBC
Manjiri Damle, TNN | Jul 27, 2011, 05.08PM IST

PUNE: Maharashtra government's Pune based Yashwantrao Chavan academy
of development and administration (Yashada) will conduct an entrance
test for admission to Babasaheb Ambedkar competitive exam coaching
centre on October 2.

The coaching centre will offer free coaching to candidates of
scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, nomads, other backward classes and
denotified tribes for competitive exam to be conducted by the union
public service commission (UPSC) in 2012. Some seats will also be
reserved for women candidates.

The October 2 entrance exam will select 60 candidates who will receive
free coaching from top state government bureaucrats for 11 months.
Selected candidates will be given free lodging, boarding at Yashada
and monthly stipend of Rs 2500 each. Besides they will also get
facilities like library, internet, computer and study room for free.

The entrance exam will be of 200 marks and will be based on 2011 UPSC
prelim exam pattern. Candidates who hold a degree of any recognised
university and have domicile certificate can appear for the exam which
will be conducted in association with N Wadia college.

Candidates will have to submit their applications by August 30 and
applications forms can be downloaded from www.yashada.org/acec or
www.geexam.com websites. Filled forms with Rs 250 exam fee either in
the form of demand draft or cash should be sent to Centre for talent
search and excellence, Nowrosjee Wadia college, V K Jog road, camp,
Pune 1.

The entrance exam will be conducted at Pune, Nagpur, Nashik,
Aurangabad, Amravati and Mumbai during 11 am to 1 pm.

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[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar lesson for JNU & DU in court

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110728/jsp/nation/story_14300115.jsp

Ambedkar lesson for JNU & DU in court
OUR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi, July 27: The country would not have had a B.R. Ambedkar and
its "brilliant Constitution" if he was denied college admission over
low marks, the Supreme Court said today, criticising JNU and Delhi
University for failing to fill OBC quotas.

"The minimum pass mark those days was 35 per cent. Dr Ambedkar had got
37 per cent marks. If you had denied him admission at the threshold,
would you have had a Dr Ambedkar and a brilliant Constitution?" a
two-judge bench said while hearing a plea against the OBC reservation
policies of the two universities.

OBC reservations at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have never in
the past three years touched the 27 per cent mandated under a 1993
central act.

In 2008-09, it reserved only 12 per cent seats, excluding the creamy
layer that was expected to compete in the general category. While only
9.93 per cent got in through the quota, another 10.33 per cent came in
on merit. JNU then showed its total OBC reservation for the year as
20.26 per cent.

Delhi University (DU) has been giving a 10 per cent relaxation in
marks to OBC candidates over the general category percentage but with
cut-offs touching almost 100 per cent, OBC students are expected to
get a minimum of 90 per cent to get into some of its elite colleges.

To justify this, DU has fallen back on a 2008 Supreme Court judgment
that said the difference between the general cut-off and backward
cut-off should not be more than 10 per cent. The aim was to balance
the needs of the weaker sections with considerations of merit.

As a result of the cut-off mechanism, effective OBC reservation in DU
has been in single digits, virtually nullifying the central act.

Both universities have been diverting the vacant OBC seats to the
general category, something the top court had said earlier they could
do.

But at today's hearing, Justice R.V. Raveendran, sitting alongside
Justice A.K. Patnaik, suggested the merit argument was being stretched
too far. "Let us not harp only on merit. Equality is only equality
between equals, not unequals. Some push is necessary for some, whether
some like it or dislike it," said Raveendran, who was part of a
five-judge bench that had in 2008 upheld the 27 per cent quota.

To say general candidates have 90 per cent and no OBC students with
less than 80 per cent will get in is "very "unreasonable", Raveendran
said.

"Institutions are required to help them (weaker sections). Money gives
you access to better coaching, better standard of living. So more
marks does not mean more clever. You (the varsities) must take
material that is not the best and make them the best. You cannot
insist that you will take the best," he said, appearing to suggest
high scores could come from having had facilities weaker sections
often don't have.

The strong pro-quota observations by the judge and his presence on the
bench that had upheld the OBC quota law prompted a response from a
group of anti-reservation students. P.P. Rao, the group's lawyer,
insisted the judges send back the matter to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia
to be placed before another bench.

Rao kept emphasising the minority judgment of Justice Dalveer Bhandari
in the five-judge bench judgment which had warned against a too large
gap between cutoffs for general students and those from weaker
sections. He implied that another judge (Justice Raveendran) could not
interpret Bhandari's words. Justice Raveendran then recused himself
from the matter, ensuring the debate remained inconclusive.

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	Mala		Madiga		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Adilabad	0	2	0	0	2
Chittoor Dist.	0	2	0	1	3
Kadapa Dist	0	2	0	2	4
Nalgonda Dist.	0	1	0	0	1
Nizamabad	0	5	0	3	8
Prakasam Dist.	1	0	0	0	1
Ranga Reddy Dist.	0	0	1	0	1
Srikakulam	1	0	0	0	1
Warangal	1	0	8	0	9
Total	3	12	9	6	30

Monday, August 1, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Caste heat on Dinakaran

Friday, July 29, 2011

[ZESTCaste] 2010 regular scholarships - selected students stats

[ZESTCaste] 2010 Ambedkar Scholarship function date postponed to Aug 20, 2011

Thursday, July 28, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Free UPSC exam coaching for SC/ST/OBC

[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar lesson for JNU & DU in court

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