[ZESTCaste] Dalit’s suicide triggers protest (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/03/stories/2007070354420400.htm Andhra Pradesh - Kadapa Dalit's suicide triggers protest Staff Reporter MRPS leader for action against Siddhavatam Sub-Inspector KADAPA: Venkatapathi, a Dalit, who attempted suicide three days ago, owing to alleged police highhanded

[ZESTCaste] Politics of opportunismv

http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/portal/2007/07/1032 July 2007 Politics of opportunism Political parties in India should lay-off from sectarian promises that they cannot deliver. There are limits to the politics of reservation which has reached a plateau Ashok K Pankaj Delhi The weeklong violent ag

[ZESTCaste] Bringing India's castes to book

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=73007 Bringing India's castes to book A Delhi publisher is challenging the way people accept a racist caste system The Age Saturday, June 30, 2007 By Amrit Dhillon As a child growing up in south India, S. Anand knew only the rigidly orthodox wo

[ZESTCaste] Campus FM channel from July 1

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southasia.asp?parentid=72994 INDIA: Campus FM channel from July 1 Guru Nanak Girls College starts community radio project Times of India Saturday, June 30, 2007 Ludhiana --- People living in and around city will soon hear a new announcement on their radio se

[ZESTCaste] Tamil Hindu funds Buddhist TV channel

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=31611319-31ef-4547-a97c-7ce10dd3f3db&&Headline=Tamil+Hindu+funds+Buddhist+TV+channel PK Balachandran, Hindustan Times Colombo, July 02, 2007 First Published: 05:18 IST(2/7/2007) Last Updated: 05:20 IST(2/7/2007) Tamil Hindu funds Buddhis

[ZESTCaste] Social engineering Maya style: Sena, NCP reach out to Dalits (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070702/48/6hmp4.html Tue, Jul 3 Social engineering Maya style: Sena, NCP reach out to Dalits By IE Tuesday July 3, 02:37 AM Taking a cue from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, whose social engineering brought success in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Shiv

[ZESTCaste] Darkness at noon

http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/portal/2007/07/1022 July 2007 Darkness at noon Amit Sengupta Delhi We hijack instant history like instant food. Rajiv Goswami in flames, the brazenly prejudiced media selling the image faster than fast food. Youth for Equality docs with brooms imitating Dalit sweepers

[ZESTCaste] Dalits In News 03.07.07

*NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS is an Advocacy Platform committed for Dalit Human Rights at the Grass root, National and International levels. Dalits In News aims at sensitizing Civil societies, HR Mechanisms and providing updates of HR violations on Dalits for their Intervention.*** *NAT

[ZESTCaste] Rich tributes paid to Bhagat Kabir

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=43588 Rich tributes paid to Bhagat Kabir Ludhiana, July 1: Rich tributes were paid to Bhagat Kabir, a great saint and social reformer, at a function here to mark his 609th birth anniversary last night. Addressing the function, Punjab Informat

[ZESTCaste] Book review: Portrait of a People: Sudhir Kakar, Katharina Kakar

http://www.hindu.com/br/2007/07/03/stories/2007070350011700.htm A matter of identity RUDOLF C. HEREDIA Insights into the Indian mind shaped largely by the dominant Hindu world view THE INDIANS — Portrait of a People: Sudhir Kakar, Katharina Kakar; Penguin-Viking, 11, Community Centre, Panchshe

[ZESTCaste] Re: "Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine"

--- In ZESTCaste@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. K. Jamanadas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > As you know my book "Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine" was published > by me in 1991. It is out of print for a long time. > > I am now ready with an enlarged revised edition of that bo

[ZESTCaste] Discussion on Dr. Banjagere Jayaprakash’s boo k "Anudeva Horaganavanu"

Dear Friends, On behalf of Alternative Law Forum, we invite you to an open discussion on Dr. Banjagere Jayaprakash’s book “Anudeva Horaganavanu”. Shri L. Hanumanthiah and Du. Saraswati will be the respondents. As you would all know, the book has generated a lot of controversy with some se