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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Re: [ZESTCaste] 18 percent of Corporate Sector employees are Dalits, says CII chief

Dalt Office Retires, 3 Held For "Purifying" His Office........www.hindustantimes.com of 22.4.2011

This news was published on 22.4.2011 in Hindustan Times and also in Times of India.:

CAN GROUP FRIENDS HELP/ADVISE, HOW TO GET JUSTICE FROM "NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED CASTES" IN SIMILAR CASES OF CASTE HUMILIATION IN THE GOVT OFFICES, WHEN THE VICTIM HAS NO MONEY POWER, NO POLITICAL POWER, NO ADMINISTRATIVE POWER, NO MEDIA POWER & NO SOCIAL POWER (DUE TO BELONGING TO VERY WEAK DALIT COMMUNITIES) :- ... In the above case of Kerala's dalit officer, police acted only after the case got publicity after coming into newspapers (before that there was no action either by Police or by any other authority). Same caste based humiliation has happened against me in the govt office in New Delhi (Puja (purifying rituals due to caste hatred) was performed by the casteist group of govt bureaucrats, to purify the office place used by me, also breaking open my room for the puja), but no action has been taken either by police or by other higher authorities of Govt, despite my complaints (with evidence) to Police & National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Instead of taking action against the perpetrators, the oppressor bureaucrats have been given the liberty & encouragement to harass & harm me increasingly. Not only that, my complaints of caste harassment by the the group of influential casteist bureaucrats, are pending with NCSC's APCR Wing since September,2008; where the casteist oppressors are inflicting one harassment action after other repeatedly for last many years, because they have not been tolerating me in the government organisation due to my being a highly qualified & being the senior most SC/ST officer at the organisation's head office (hence they also removed me from the Delhi head office by transferring me to Hyderabad in December,2009, after my complaints to NCSC against their caste harassment & after getting encouraged by NCSC taking no action against them). . ........Although NCSC is highest authority for protection of scheduled castes, but in actual, NCSC only helps the perpetrators to increasingly harass & harm the victim repeatedly, after his complaints to NCSC (by not controlling the perpetrators). ............... Clearly, the reason for inaction & injustice in the caste atrocities & caste hatred motivated humiliating act of puja-purification in my case, is that Police & NCSC follow some unfair criterea not based on justice. .............. What are the critirea, NCSC & Police follow for taking action in caste atrocities cases? .......... Do police & NCSC take the action only on those cases which get publicity in the media & come in the newspapers & television? Or there are some monitory considerations ? Or there are political considerations ? Do they act only against those atrocities where they get directions from politicians ? Do they act according to the influential position of the perpetrators ? (do they ignore or suppress the case when the perpetrators are in influential position having money power ? ) ............. For my case, I have no money power, no political power, no media power. .................. So, does that mean that there will be no action & justice by NCSC in my long pending case & casteist oppressors will be continued to be encouraged by NCSC, Police & other authorities to repeatedly harass, harm & humiliate me because I have no money power, no political power, no administrative power, no media power, no social power (belonging to a very weak dalit sub-caste). With great pain I regularly go from Hyderabad to NCSC's Delhi office, but NCSC people always reply that they will look into my case when they will get time. ..................... Can facebook friends advise/help how I get justice from NCSC / Police OR how a victim get justice against caste atrocities in govt offices, when he has no money power, no political power, no influential position etc !! ............................ MANISH K BAINIWAL, GENERAL MANAGER (in a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA'S PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKING) , PHONE: 91-9701698882

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One more pathetic fellowship program for Dalit students!! Re: [ZESTCaste] Fwd: Scholarships for dalit university fellows: please spread the word

Whoever formulated this scholarship idea are either ignorant (if honest) of
basic facts about Dalits and Higher Education or downright NGO-type business
people planning to eat money with ineffective programs (if they are not).
These semi-literates want to work in the area of Higher Education and those
who cannot compose a decent announcement want to organize an intense writing
program for Dalit students along side their university or professional
education!

Why this below-25 age condition? This age condition is one that prevents
most of our Dalit students applying for most of the scholarships,
particularly for studying abroad. Given the peculiar information deprivation
of the students from state universities and rural institutions, by the time
our students get to know about scholarships and grasp the intricacies of
applying for scholarships, they are over-aged already.

One small essay in most of the English dailies is enough to fetch 2000/- or
more. This organization wants to give the same amount for two to four
articles per month!! On top of that, the beneficiary has to attend not only
NAD's workshops but also those directed by it. One hopes Dalit students
don't have to borrow more than 2000/- per month to fulfill these
obligations.

Thank god, they didn't ask for "consistent good academic record" and first
class from SSC onward and such shit.

See this: "write 2-4 articles every month on "different aspect of "Dalit and
education-Primary and Higher" around the world specially focus to South
Asia...."

Oh, even as these students are busy pursuing their studies with NAD
scholarship, they have to reflect and write nearly every week a new article
on Dalits and education!

Either these NAD guys are not serious about their aims or will force their
beneficiaries into some sort of slave labor of letters.

And, do the NAD people, offering this paltry 2,000/-per month, which barely
covers your mess charges, know what they are talking about? How this money
is going to ensure "high quality professional education" for Dalits? If you
studied in your childhood with less money, then open your eyes to today's
campuses and realize that nobody can do an MBA or M.Tech with your alms.

This seems to be caricature extreme of what NGOs do and think and how they
really see Dalit students as beggars and also speak a bombastic language.

If NAD people are serious about helping Dalit students with some financial
help it is a good thing, however uninformed NAD is about relevant matters
such as monthly expenses of a university student or quality of higher
education. But, asking for the impossible and then either trying to
implement it strictly or not taking it seriously, bad for both the students
and NDA. And, going by the quality of this announcement, if these people
monitor the essay/paper writing of these students, it would be a disaster.

On 26 April 2011 17:31, Siddhartha Kumar <mailsiddhartha.k@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aswathy Senan <aswathypsenan@gmail.com>
> Date: 6 April 2011 11:18
> Subject: Scholarships for dalit university fellows: please spread the word
> To:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: National Academy for Dalit <nafordalit@gmail.com>
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> Dear All,
>
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> Greeting from NAD,
>
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> NAD Invites application for University Fellow see below for detail.
> You are requested to circulate it.
>
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> About organization
>
> National Academy for Dalit (NAD) is a voluntary organization started
> by diversified field of young professional in the year 2008. Its main
> objective is to provide the high quality professional education to the
> Dalit students.
>
>
> Profile: University Fellow
>
>
> No of Position: one in each state of India.
>
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> Duration: Two year
>
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> Stipend: Every University Fellow will receive Rs 2,000 per Month for two
> years
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> Role and responsibility
>
> The University Fellow will have to write 2-4 articles every month on
> different aspect of "Dalit and education-Primary and Higher" around
> the world specially focus to South Asia (Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
> Pakistan, Sri lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan). He may be asked to attain
> the workshop, seminar organized by NAD or directed by NAD.
>
>
> Eligibility
>
> 1. University Fellow must be from Dalit community.
>
> 2. University Fellow Must be Completed or appeared in Bachelor degree
> from any stream by 2011.
>
> 3. University Fellow must take admission in PG/MA/MBA/M.Tech any
> stream in any Indian university in coming session 2011-12.
>
> 4. University Fellow must be below 25 year.
>
> 5. University Fellow Articulate and ability to write in any Indian
> language (Preferably Hindi and English)
>
> 6. Understanding of dalit issue is desirable.
>
>
>
> Selection Process
>
> Candidates will be screened on the basis of their 1 page write-up i.e
> max 1000 words and resume for telephonic interview followed by
> personal interview.
>
> How to apply
>
> Interested Candidate send us their resume along with one page write-up
> at hr.nafordalit@gmail.com on or before 1st June 2011. Women
> candidates are encouraged to apply.
>
>
> --
> National Academy for Dalit
> Email: nafordalit@gmail.com
> http://nationalacademyfordalit.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards
> Sikander Kushwaha
> Email: sikanderkush@gmail.com
>

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Re: [ZESTCaste] Crisis Of Ambedkarites And Future Challenges

Dear anand

thanks this is indeed useful .

would like to know what you think ambedkar may have said about the neo liberal paradigm that exists today, what inter-state bodies should look like?

what did he feel about non dalits writing on their behalf?

ranjani

--- On Tue, 26/4/11, Ck Das <ckdpkd@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Ck Das <ckdpkd@yahoo.com>
Subject: [ZESTCaste] Crisis Of Ambedkarites And Future Challenges
To: tmkkutty@gmail.com, "c kd" <ckdpkd@gmail.com>, "c k" <ckdpkd@yahoo.com>, "Namasivayam Kurien Jose" <dalitbandu@yahoo.com>, econfab@gmail.com, gayahariwtr@yahoo.co.in, "raghunath kanhiyoor" <raghu_iti@rediffmail.com>, "Karthik Navayan" <navayan@gmail.com>, prabhusrambiyil@yahoo.com, zestcaste@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 26 April, 2011, 4:47 PM

Crisis Of Ambedkarites And Future Challenges

By Anand Teltumbde

22 April, 2011
Countercurrents.org

Ambedkar Memorial Lecture at Ambedkar Habba, Spoorthi Dham, in
Bangalore on 14 April 2011

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits lay siege to municipal office

http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/26/stories/2011042665720300.htm

Tamil Nadu

Dalits lay siege to municipal office

Staff Reporter

Tirupur: Dalit Liberation Movement members laid siege to the Vellakoil
municipal office on Monday demanding improvement of basic amenities in
the wards where Dalit population is predominant.

Dalit Liberation Movement state joint general secretary S. Karuppaiah
said the demands for toilets exclusively for women and better drinking
water supply and sanitation in Wards 1 and 4, in which 98 per cent of
the population was from the Dalit community, had been ignored by the
authorities concerned since 2008.

Likewise, requisitions to construct public toilets and improvement of
drainage in Choriankunnathupalayam area, falling under ward 11 of the
municipality, too had not been addressed till now.

The crowd moved away after the municipal officials promised to redress
their grievances before May 15.

Mr. Karuppaiah told The Hindu that the Dalits would observe fast on
May 18 if their demands for better living conditions were not met
before May 15.

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[ZESTCaste] No job reservations, says CII

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156587/no-job-reservations-says-cii.html

Projects 8 to 8.5% growth for the economy in fiscal year 2011-12
No job reservations, says CII
New Delhi, April 25, DHNS :

The apex body of industry—the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII)—is not in favour of mandatory reservation of jobs in private
sector through legislative measures.

B Muthuraman"We feel that compulsory reservation of jobs is not the
solution. We are for affirmative action on voluntary basis to enhance
the representation of candidates belonging to underprivileged sections
in wide spectrum of industry," the newly elected CII President B
Muthuraman told newspersons.

Stressing the need for engaging in affirmative action by the industry
to target inclusive growth he said "the industry is inclined to
recruit more number of candidates belonging to SC, ST and backward
classes. There is no bias."

Quoting latest data complied by the CII, Muthuraman said candidates
belonging to weaker sections like SC and ST constituted 18 to 20 per
cent of total recruitment made by the industry in the last year.

Encouraging response

"The CII Code of Affirmative Action is receiving encouraging response.
We are aiming to make nearly 2000 of our member becoming signatories
to the Code," Muthuraman, who is also the Vice Chairman of the Tata
Steel, said.

"We have also decided to submit a quarterly report on progress on
affirmative action to the government this fiscal onward," he said. In
a bid to promote SC and ST entrepreneurs, he indicated that the CII
would persuade its members to procure components and input materials
from enterprises run by "dalit" entrepreneurs.

Replying to volley of queries on corruption, Muthuraman said the
industry is opposed to corruption and stand steadfastly against any
sort of corrupt practices.

Amnesty scheme

On black money he said "the CII is of the view that there is a need
for an amnesty scheme ...If somebody does not declare (black money)
the government must punish."

However, he suggested "the amnesty scheme can only be announced once.
You cannot have two. Only by an absolute carrot and stick approach
this issue can be solved," Muthuraman said.

He also suggested for transparency in public governance the CII would
press for removal of discretionary powers of government functionaries
which are often "misused".

"Misuse of discretion and standards, lack of transparent rules and
procedures and lack of transparency in public procurement are the key
challenges for governance," he said.
Projecting 8 to 8.5 per cent growth for the economy in 2011-12 the CII
Chief outlined a five-pronged strategy for over 10 per cent growth in
coming years.

The strategy suggests putting as many as 100 mega projects on the fast
track and pushing forward tax reforms like introduction of Goods and
Services Tax (GST). It aims at doubling the contribution of
manufacturing sector in GDP to 25 per cent from 12 per cent, create a
common market and improve investment climate.

It also suggested project monitoring and implementation agency with
specific timelines in order to keep the growth momentum at high
levels.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Re: [ZESTCaste] 18 percent of Corporate Sector employees are Dalits, says CII chief

One more pathetic fellowship program for Dalit students!! Re: [ZESTCaste] Fwd: Scholarships for dalit university fellows: please spread the word

Re: [ZESTCaste] Crisis Of Ambedkarites And Future Challenges

[ZESTCaste] Dalits lay siege to municipal office

[ZESTCaste] No job reservations, says CII

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