I think the time has come to boycot so called hindus or any religionwho practices untouchability and as apunishment they should be made or converted in to tribals or dalits so that they experience the pain of being the victim of untouchability.
On 8/13/08, anoop kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Blog | Jharkhand Video | Jharkhand > Network<http://www.jharkhand.org.in/> > <http://egroups.com/list/Jharkhand> > * * > > > > Dear Friends > > > > INSIGHT Invites all for > > > > Discussion & Documentary Screening on Chengara's Land Struggle (Kerala) > > > > Time: 5 pm > > Venue: - Indian Social Institute (ISI), Lodi Road, New Delhi > > Date:- 13th August (Today) > > > > > 100 years after the historic land and dignity struggle of Dalits in Kerala > led by great Ayyankali, thousands of landless Dalits in Kerala are now > staging a sustained struggle powered by their sweat and blood. The hilly > terrains of Chengara in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala are witnessing a > historic land struggle by more than 5000 families, majority of them being > Dalits and Adivasis. The Chengara struggle has exposed the deep anti-Dalit > sentiments in the Kerala society and showed how it manifests materially and > culturally in the present Kerala context and has dismantled the tall claims > of Kerala model. > > The CPI (M) led Left Democratic Front Government has taken an anti-people > stand and vehemently opposed the ownership of land by the landless, > eventually compelling the people to take possession of the Harrison estate, > the lease period of which was over years ago. > > The peaceful struggle which began on 4th August 2007 has completed more > than a year. CPI (M) cadres and the goons of Harrison Malayalam, a business > giant, have blocked the road to Chengara land struggle area > thereby denying supply of food and medicines to the people. Moreover, they > detain the struggling men and women activists and torture them for days > together. > > The civil society members were prevented from entering the area by the > goons pretending as workers. This happened in front of Police and other > Government officials indicate the direct involvement of the State in forcing > the people to starve and die. Indian Vision, a Malayalam TV Channel has > reported the abduction and > torture of four women activists. The silence of majority of mainstream > media and the leftist "cultural leaders" has been instrumental in > aggravating the situation. > > We are afraid that yet another Nandigram kind of situation prevails in > Chengara and it is time for us to form solidarity at the national level to > prevent it. > > WE URGE ALL THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED TO COME FORWARD IN SOLIDARITY TO > THE CHENGARA LAND STRUGGLE AND TO PLAN SOLIDARITY STRATEGIES. > > -- > " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class > using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be > thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing > their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the > former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not because we > believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional > qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human > beings." > > - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 > > > > > > > >
