[ZESTCaste] Plea against caste column for admissions rejected (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
Plea against caste column for admissions rejected http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/18/stories/2007091858210100.htm Legal Correspondent "How else can backward classes get benefits?" asks Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a public interest litigation petition

[ZESTCaste] Dalit colony becomes e-literate (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
www.dailypioneer.com/ Dalit colony becomes e-literate When the erstwhile ruler Sreemoolam Tirunal donated two acres of land near Thripunithura for Dalits more than seven decades ago, he might not have imagined that many generations later the inhabitants of the place would make him proud in a rat

[ZESTCaste] AIIMS panel debunks charges of caste bias (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
AIIMS panel debunks charges of caste bias http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Pioneer/400x60/0 Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi Report submitted to High Court The AIIMS committee formed to enquire into the allegations of caste discrimination leveled by the Thorat Committee, set up by Healt

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati pitches for reservation for upper caste poor (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=1186 Mayawati pitches for reservation for upper caste poor Vadodara, Sept 16: With an eye on Gujarat Assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today pitched for reservation for poor among the upper castes, and accused both the Bharat

[ZESTCaste] BSP only national alternative, says Maya on Modi turf (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/217664.html BSP only national alternative, says Maya on Modi turf Express news service Posted online: Monday, September 17, 2007 at hrs IST VADODARA, SEPTEMBER 16 Chief Minister Mayawati projected the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as the only national alterna

[ZESTCaste] SC, ST commission seeks special budget allocation for development of the downtrodden

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
SC, ST commission seeks special budget allocation for development of the downtrodden MAHABUBNAGAR: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission submitted a proposal to the Government for special budget allocation for development of SCs and STs and the Government was planning to release add

[ZESTCaste] Don't launch stir, YSR tells MRPS (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/17/stories/2007051718240100.htm Front Page Don't launch stir, YSR tells MRPS Special Correspondent 'Government to come out with a solution soon' HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy appealed to the leadership of Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MR

[ZESTCaste] Jat Mahapanchayat holds politicians responsible for unrest (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Tarun Udwala
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200709171321.htm Regional Jat Mahapanchayat holds politicians responsible for unrest Sonepat, Sept. 17 (PTI): The Jats of the state has blamed the political parties for allegedly vitiating the atmosphere of social amity and peace by politicising the murder

Re: [ZESTCaste] Caste war divides AIIMS (News)

2007-09-18 Thread Gail Omvedt
It seems from the final sentence that the reporter is taking the easy way out -- saying that we shouldn't talk about caste. People of any caste should be free to disclose it and be known by it and not be discriminated against or exploited. (People should also be free not to disclose their caste i

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