[ZESTCaste] Govt will provide house to SC/ST families: Achuthanandan (News)

http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnewsid=4214 Govt will provide house to SC/ST families: Achuthanandan Kannur, Sep 22 : The policy of the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala was to provide houses to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes families in the state, Chief Minister V S

[ZESTCaste] ‘Punish people getting jobs with false certificates’ (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/22/stories/2007092254000400.htm Karnataka - Bangalore 'Punish people getting jobs with false certificates' Special Correspondent JD(S)-BJP Government accused of not protecting interests of Dalits Dalits demand action against those responsible for inhuman treatment

[ZESTCaste] Caste war: Dalit woman burnt alive (News)

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070026983ch=9/22/2007%2010:35:00%20PM Caste war: Dalit woman burnt alive Naseem/Sanket Saturday, September 22, 2007 (Firozabad) Caste violence continues to rage in western Uttar Pradesh. A Dalit woman whose son was accused of eloping with

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman burnt alive (News)

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070026983ch=9/22/2007%206:38:00%20PM Dalit woman burnt alive Sanket Saturday, September 22, 2007 (Firozabad) Caste violence continues to rage in western Uttar Pradesh. A Dalit woman whose son was accused of eloping with an upper caste

[ZESTCaste] Don’t knock out the crutch (Opinion)

http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepresssubsection=editorialsxfile=September2007_roundup_standard193child=roundup Don't knock out the crutch A.R. Kanangi | Saturday, September 22, 2007 11:58:23 IST Life on earth is terrifying. People, scared, want to find some meaning in

[ZESTCaste] Develop, Displace, Forget The Poor

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=cr290907DoBigha.asp ENGAGED CIRCLE do bigha zameen Develop, Displace, Forget The Poor WALTER FERNANDES What else did you expect me to do? was her reply when I asked her why she had pulled her son out of school to turn him into a child

[ZESTCaste] Nepal:Fix this first

http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/367/Nation/13987 Fix this first The quota system for polls is fraught with problems ANALYSIS by SHRISHTI JHA From Issue #367 (21 September 07 - 27 September 07) Despite social insecurity, ethnic turbulence and the troubles in the tarai, this country is headed

[ZESTCaste] Nepal Prohibits Bias Against Untouchable Caste

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E4D7153EF934A2575BC0A9679C8B63n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FH%2FHinduism Nepal Prohibits Bias Against Untouchable Caste Published: August 17, 2001 Challenging the Hindu practice of untouchability, Nepal outlawed discrimination

[ZESTCaste] Crimes against SCs, STs dropped: BSP Govt (News)

Crimes against SCs, STs dropped: BSP Govt http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=396222sid=REGsname=INDIAN-NEWS Lucknow, Sept 20: The BSP government has informed the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes that crimes against these sections of society have decreased since

[ZESTCaste] SCs/STs not getting full justice in U.P.: Panel (News)

SCs/STs not getting full justice in U.P.: Panel http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 Special Correspondent Mayawati Govt. puts onus on previous regime Usage of fake certificates in Assembly polls seen LUCKNOW: Even as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)

[ZESTCaste] Maya govt rubbishes charges on Dalits (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070921/32/6l2cv.html Sat, Sep 22 Maya govt rubbishes charges on Dalits By HT Saturday September 22, 01:02 AM THE MAYAWATI government on Friday locked horns with the chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Buta Singh over his allegations of rising

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman, family in exile (News)

Dalit woman, family in exile http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 R. Ilangovan She contested polls against caste Hindus SALEM: The family of a Dalit woman who unsuccessfully contested the panchayat election is now living in exile. Tamilselvi was a candidate for the post

[ZESTCaste] The Broken People

India: The Broken People http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/ontv/unreported_world/india+the+broken+people/830447 Friday 21 September 7.30pm India may have a booming economy with a soaring stock exchange fast growing technology and services sector, but it's built on service of a much more

[ZESTCaste] What Colour Band-Aids for Dalits?

http://searchingforlaugh.blogspot.com/2007/09/which-colour-band-aids-for-dalits.html Friday, September 21, 2007 What Colour Band-Aids for Dalits? Many upper-caste Hindus – sympathetic to the plight of the untouchables over centuries- often complain about their inability to 'understand' Dalits,

[ZESTCaste] Dalit man beaten to death in Bihar (News)

Dalit man beaten to death in Bihar http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnewsid=2904 Patna, Sep 20 : A Dalit man was beaten to death and another seriously injured by landowners in a Bihar village over a land-related dispute, police said Thursday. Bhagwat Ravidas, 60, a landless labourer,

[ZESTCaste] National Commission for SCs wants more from Mayawati govt (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit Commission constituted in state (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Dalit_Commission_constituted_in_state/articleshow/2388448.cms Dalit Commission constituted in state 21 Sep 2007, 0513 hrs IST,TNN PATNA: Bihar is possibly the first state in the country to constitute a Maha Dalit Commission which will cover Dalit

[ZESTCaste] 7 yrs later, 9 get life for Bihar Dalit killings (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070920/48/6l0xc.html Fri, Sep 21 7 yrs later, 9 get life for Bihar Dalit killings By IE Friday September 21, 02:45 AM Seven years after 33 backward caste Yadavs and Dalits were massacred by the outlawed Ranvir Sena in Mianpur village of Aurangabad district, a local

[ZESTCaste] PIL moved in HC by Dalit outfit (News)

PIL moved in HC by Dalit outfit http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B9507271F-084F-4B82-91EF-6E17FFA0C35D%7DCATEGORYNAME=Tamil+Nadu Chennai, Sept 20: A Public Interest Litigation was today moved in the Madras High Court, challenging an order, denying permission to a

[ZESTCaste] Bihar govt. forms Mahadalit Commission (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Wikipedia on Dalit Buddhist movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit_Buddhist_movement Dalit Buddhist movement

[ZESTCaste] Cong, BJP against reservation: Mayawati (News)

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070026310 Cong, BJP against reservation: Mayawati Press Trust Of India Sunday, September 16, 2007 (Vadodara) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati alleged that there is a conspiracy by the Congress and BJP for not providing reservations

[ZESTCaste] Probe ordered in killing of Dalit youth (News)

http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=85097 Probe ordered in killing of Dalit youth Posted at Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:09 IST Lucknow, Sep 19: A magisterial inquiry was today ordered into the killing of a Dalit youth in cross firing with police in Nai Mandi police

[ZESTCaste] Karunanidhi wrong, Ram an ancient Tamil icon (P Anantha Krishnan)

http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnistfile_name=anantha%2Fanantha10.txtwriter=anantha Karunanidhi wrong, Ram an ancient Tamil icon By P Anantha Krishnan One of the most celebrated quotations of Marx is the one about history repeating itself first as tragedy and then

[ZESTCaste] What Guru Dutt and Deepika Padukone have in common?

http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/sep/20dutt.htm What Guru Dutt and Deepika Padukone have in common? September 20, 2007 14:45 IST Yes, you read it right. Deepika Padukone , who makes her Hindi film debut in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om, has something in common with the legendary Guru Dutt. And

[ZESTCaste] The Rafto Prize awarded to Indian organization (News)

http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=102373 The Rafto Prize awarded to Indian organization The Rafto Human Rights Memorial Prize for 2007 has been awarded to he Indian organization The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR). / np 20.09.2007 13:02 The Rafto

[ZESTCaste] Protest against delay in Registrar's suspension (News)

Protest against delay in Registrar's suspension http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/18/stories/2007091860120300.htm Staff Reporter Denial of benefits to SC/ST students in Cusat admission Kochi: Cochin University teachers and employees associations have protested against the delay in the ratification

[ZESTCaste] Miyapur massacre: 9 accused get life imprisonment (News)

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/20bihar1.htm Miyapur massacre: 9 accused get life imprisonment Anand Mohan Sahay in Patna | September 20, 2007 | 16:18 IST A Bihar court on Thursday awarded life sentences to nine people in the infamous Miyapur massacre, where 34 Dalits were killed by the

[ZESTCaste] Three cops sacked for beating UP Dalit boy in custody (News)

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=395797sid=REGsname=news=Three%20cops%20sacked%20for%20beating%20UP%20Dalit%20boy%20in%20custody Three cops sacked for beating UP Dalit boy in custody Etah (UP), Sept 18: A 17-year-old Dalit boy from a village near here was allegedly beaten up in

[ZESTCaste] S.Africa affirmative action to stay: business body

http://africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnBAN145164.html S.Africa affirmative action to stay: business body Tue 11 Sep 2007, 11:33 GMT CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The policy of affirmative action in South Africa will remain, despite calls from some labour unions to end it, the chief executive of

[ZESTCaste] BJP to honour SC, ST freedom fighters (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070918/48/6kxik.html Wed, Sep 19 BJP to honour SC, ST freedom fighters By IE Wednesday September 19, 02:12 AM The BJP's SC/ST Morcha has decided to organise 'Mahakumbhs' on birth anniversaries of freedom fighters belonging to the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes.

[ZESTCaste] PSUs may have to make 20% buys from small units (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070918/203/6kxii.html Wed, Sep 19 PSUs may have to make 20% buys from small units By Indian Express Wednesday September 19, 03:08 AM Introducing reservations for disadvantaged sect- ions in its Draft Procurement Preference Policy, the micro small and medium enterprises

[ZESTCaste] 16-yr-old rape victim kills self (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/16-yr-old_rape_victim_kills_self_/articleshow/2378464.cms 16-yr-old rape victim kills self 18 Sep 2007, 0215 hrs IST,TNN BHOPAL: A 16-year-old Dalit girl committed suicide by setting herself on fire, after her family refused to file a police complaint

[ZESTCaste] Historical discrimination cannot justify reservation: counsel (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/19/stories/2007091961601300.htm National Historical discrimination cannot justify reservation: counsel Legal Correspondent New Delhi: Historical discrimination of certain classes cannot by itself be a factor for determining the beneficiaries of the 27 per cent OBC

[ZESTCaste] Quota law lacks criteria for affirmative action: SC told (News)

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=395855sid=NATsname= Quota law lacks criteria for affirmative action: SC told New Delhi, Sept 19: The anti-quota petitioners Wednesday contended before the Supreme Court that the quota system was utilised as a shortcut for vote-catching mechanism and

[ZESTCaste] The unsung hero of Buddhist revival in India

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/19/stories/2007091961961800.htm National The unsung hero of Buddhist revival in India Anagarika Dharmapala Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is known as the messiah of the Scheduled Castes/Tribes. That sure he is. He led a mass conversion into Buddhism in 1956, and thus paved the

[ZESTCaste] Protestors block Delhi-Dehradun National highway (News)

Protestors block Delhi-Dehradun National highway http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=79ed951d-a714-4a74-85bb-be7bc61af10cHeadline=Protestors+block+Delhi-Dehradun+National+highway Press Trust Of India Muzaffarnagar, September 19, 2007 Hundreds of Dalits, including BSP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[ZESTCaste] Five fined, warned for talking to 'punished' dalits (News)

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=504420 DALITS Five fined, warned for talking to 'punished' dalits BHUBANESWAR, SEP 17 (PTI) Five persons were allegedly fined and warned for speaking to seven dalits who were earlier driven out of their village in Puri district for refusing to beat

[ZESTCaste] Fwd: invitation to a talk by Gail Omvedt

Society for Social Research Invites you for a Special Lecture By Gail Omvedt Eminent Sociologist and Activist On SUBALTERN SOCIOLOGICAL VISIONS Date: 20th SEPTEMBER, 2007(Thursday) Time: 11.00 A.M. Venue: Room No: 1, Ground Floor DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, Delhi School of Economics,

[ZESTCaste] Agency to help SC farmers (News)

http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp#Agency%20to%20help%20SC%20farmers Agency to help SC farmers Kakinada, Sept. 16: A comprehensive land development programme for SC beneficiaries was completed under the micro irrigation project (MIP) by the District Water Management Agency (DWMA) of

[ZESTCaste] Caste war divides AIIMS (News)

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070026330 Quota wrangle: Caste war divides AIIMS Sidharth Pandey Monday, September 17, 2007 (New Delhi) It's hard to believe but politics and caste have divided doctors and students not only at AIIMS but in several hospitals across the

[ZESTCaste] Clean Up Your Act

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Clean_Up_Your_Act/articleshow/2374890.cms Clean Up Your Act 17 Sep 2007, hrs IST In a welcome development, UP chief minister Mayawati has announced that the population of Dalits will no longer be the criterion for developing certain villages under the Dr

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati woos upper castes; keen to replicate U.P. in Gujarat (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/17/stories/2007091761391400.htm Front Page Mayawati woos upper castes; keen to replicate U.P. in Gujarat Manas Dasgupta Bahujan Samaj Party to contest all 182 seats in Assembly elections All set: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati waves to

[ZESTCaste] Woman detained in connection with Dalit boys' killing in Kanpur (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Woman_detained_in_connection_with_Dalit_boys_killing_in_Kanpur/articleshow/2371776.cms Woman detained in connection with Dalit boys' killing in Kanpur 15 Sep 2007, 1538 hrs IST,PTI KANPUR: A woman has been taken into police custody in connection with the

[ZESTCaste] RJD favours quota for Dalits among Muslims (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/RJD_favours_quota_for_Dalits_among_Muslims/rssarticleshow/2372599.cms RJD favours quota for Dalits among Muslims 15 Sep 2007, 2016 hrs IST,PTI NEW DELHI: RJD, a key UPA ally, on Saturday favoured reservation for the Dalits among Muslims and other minority

[ZESTCaste] 2 Dalit kids killed, eyes gouged out (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/2_Dalit_kids_killed_eyes_gouged_out/articleshow/2370631.cms 2 Dalit kids killed, eyes gouged out 15 Sep 2007, 0039 hrs IST,Kautilya Singh,TNN KANPUR: Two Dalit children were brutally murdered with their eyes gouged out and tongues chopped off in a village

[ZESTCaste] National conference on ‘Lived democracy’

http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=11..110907.sep07 National conference on 'Lived democracy' Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, September 10: A two-day National conference on 'Lived Democracy: Reflections on Dignity, Development, Dissent and Decision' got underway from today at Tampha Hotel here.

[ZESTCaste] Kherlanji's many truths

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main34.asp?filename=Ne220907THISUNENDING.asp CURRENT AFFAIRSbeyond the headlines This Unending Disgrace Four members of a Dalit family were lynched in Kherlanji last year. Shivam Vij revisits their story. On the morning we reach the Bhandara police station,

[ZESTCaste] Kadkol Dalits to launch fast (News)

http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/15/stories/2007091555281000.htm National Kadkol Dalits to launch fast Staff Correspondent BIJAPUR: The once ostracised Dalits from Kadkol village, about 60 km from here, have decided to launch an indefinite hunger strike at their taluk headquarters of

[ZESTCaste] House panel on SCs, STs holds meeting (News)

House panel on SCs, STs holds meeting http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 Staff Reporter BANGALORE: The Legislature Committee on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes reconstituted recently with B.T. Venkatesh as its chairman, met on Friday to consider the earlier

[ZESTCaste] Entire village burns in vigilante 'justice' (News)

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[ZESTCaste] SP wants Brahmins, BSP wants all (News)

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1121314 Friday, September 14, 2007 7:32:00 AM SP wants Brahmins, BSP wants all Deepak Gidwani LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samajwadi Party supremo and chief minister Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav indicated a significant change in

[ZESTCaste] Campaign to protect land rights of poor News)

Campaign to protect land rights of poor http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20070912224322Page=QHeadline=Campaign+to+protect+land+rights+of+poorTitle=ORISSATopic=0 Thursday September 13 2007 09:04 IST EXPRESSNEWS SERVICE BHUBANESWAR: With an aim to protect the land rights of the

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati to develop gram sabhas (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/14/stories/2007091458230700.htm National Mayawati to develop gram sabhas Special Correspondent Scheme to be launched in all 380 rural Assembly seats Work to be staggered in five phases beginning January 2008 Separate scheme for the 23 urban-based constituencies

[ZESTCaste] Maya’s development scheme aims for ‘sarvajan samaj’

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Mayas-development-scheme-aims-for-sarvajan-samaj/216526/ Maya's development scheme aims for 'sarvajan samaj' Express news service Posted online: Friday , September 14, 2007 at 12:00:00 Lucknow, September 13 One of UP Chief Minister Mayawati's dream

[ZESTCaste] Govt gives go-ahead for admissions to IIMs, IITs (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt_gives_go-ahead_for_admissions_to_IIMs_IITs/articleshow/1961898.cms Govt gives go-ahead for admissions to IIMs, IITs 26 Apr 2007, 2120 hrs IST,PTI NEW DELHI: Ending the suspense, political parties today gave the go-ahead to the government to allow IIMs,

[ZESTCaste] No pro-Dalit bias in Maya scheme for rural growth

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=068337bd-760d-4e20-a26b-2785595de330Headline=No+pro-Dalit+bias+in+Maya+scheme Masoodul Hasan, Hindustan Times Lucknow, September 14, 2007 No pro-Dalit bias in Maya scheme for rural growth Chief Minister Mayawati has embarked upon a new

[ZESTCaste] Now it is Mulayam’s turn to woo Brahmins (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/14/stories/2007091458301400.htm National Now it is Mulayam's turn to woo Brahmins Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: With Brahmins becoming a much sought-after vote bank in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the formation of the Mayawati Government, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam

[ZESTCaste] Four-fold increase in outlay for education in 11th 5-yr plan (News)

Four-fold increase in outlay for education in 11th 5-yr plan http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20070913140732Page=HHeadline=Fourfold+increase+in+outlay+for+education+in+11th+5yr+planTitle=Top+StoriesTopic=0 Friday September 14 2007 00:29 IST U Anand Kumar NEW DELHI: The Central

[ZESTCaste] Pentecostal Church's Mass Conversion of Indian Dalits Sparks Hindu Protest

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070913/29292_Pentecostal_Church's_Mass_Conversion_of_Indian_Dalits_Sparks_Hindu_Protest.htm Pentecostal Church's Mass Conversion of Indian Dalits Sparks Hindu Protest By Dibin Samuel Christian Post Correspondent Thu, Sep. 13 2007 02:39 PM ET PATNA, India –

[ZESTCaste] BJP to hold a counter convention of Dalits (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/13/stories/2007091352780400.htm Karnataka - Bangalore BJP to hold a counter convention of Dalits Special Correspondent BANGALORE: Taking exception to the plans by some Dalit organisations to hold a convention to oppose transfer of power to the BJP in the State,

[ZESTCaste] Khairlanji anniversary: Cops on alert (News)

Khairlanji anniversary: Cops on alert http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur/Khairlanji_anniversary_Cops_on_alert/articleshow/2367237.cms 14 Sep 2007, 0314 hrs IST ,TNN NAGPUR: The approaching anniversary of the Khairlanji incident on September 29 will be under the scanner of the city police

[ZESTCaste] Cabinet puts on hold delimitation process (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delimitation_process_put_on_hold/articleshow/2367123.cms Cabinet puts on hold delimitation process 14 Sep 2007, 0201 hrs IST,Akshaya Mukul Subodh Ghildiyal,TNN NEW DELHI: With general elections a near certainty, government's high-powered cabinet committee on

[ZESTCaste] Teachers lock school (News)

Teachers lock school http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=10theme=usrsess=1id=169717 Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, Sept. 12: Bringing corruption charges against the administrator and teacher-in-charge of the Jalpaiguri Marwari Balika Vidyalaya, teachers of the school locked up

[ZESTCaste] 23 hurt in scuffle over bonded labour (News)

23 hurt in scuffle over bonded labour http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7BDE764856-24EF-4F97-9227-6C594AC03139%7DCATEGORYNAME=NATL Chandigarh, Sept 14: At least 23 people associated with NGOs working against bonded labour, were injured in a scuffle, which ensued from an

[ZESTCaste] DSS to Support Dalit Candidates in MCC Polls (News)

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=37970n_tit=M%92lore%3A+DSS+to+Support+Dalit+Candidates+in+MCC+Polls Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:16:50 PM (IST) M'lore: DSS to Support Dalit Candidates in MCC Polls Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (KM/SM) Mangalore, Sep 13: The number of

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman branded with hot sickle (News)

Dalit woman branded with hot sickle http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070025929 Prakash Singh Thursday, September 13, 2007 (Patna) A Dalit village woman in Bihar fighting for justice was branded with a hot sickle in Saharsa district. Thirty-year-old Neelam Devi had to

[ZESTCaste] Theory Belongs to All!

http://lovepeaceandprosperitytotheworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/theory-belongs-to-all.html Friday, September 7, 2007 Theory Belongs to All! Even our topper did not understand Sudipta Kaviraj Told my senior Looking straight into my eyes That day evening I was there standing in front of her hostel

[ZESTCaste] Hounded for her house in five cents (News)

Hounded for her house in five cents http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20070910014656Page=OHeadline=Hounded+for+her+house+in+five+centsTitle=ThiruvananthapuramTopic=0 Monday September 10 2007 12:08 IST Express News Service T'PURAM: Thresia, 55, owns a house in Nedumangad. But

[ZESTCaste] SP to break Brahmins' 'illusionment' towards BSP: Mulayam (News)

http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnewsid=59768 SP to break Brahmins' 'illusionment' towards BSP: Mulayam Lucknow, Sep 13: Stung by the formidable combination of Dalits-Brahamin in the recent assembly polls engineered by the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP)

[ZESTCaste] Rajasthan Government extends ST and SC reservation in additional

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070913/139/6kpni.html Thu, Sep 13 Rajasthan Government extends ST and SC reservation in additional services other than State services By ANI Thursday September 13, 03:48 PM Jaipur, Sept.13 (ANI/Businesswire India): The Rajasthan State Cabinet has recommended an

[ZESTCaste] Dalit girls on fast against rotten food (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091253871500.htm National Dalit girls on fast against rotten food Special Correspondent PATNA: Dalit schoolgirls are on a hunger strike for three days now in protest against being served rotten food in their residential school in Ara, district

[ZESTCaste] Demo turns off Usha Mehra panel (News)

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20070912035342Page=AHeadline=Demo+turns+off+Usha+Mehra+panelTitle=Southern+News+-+Andhra+PradeshTopic=0 SOUTHERN NEWS - ANDHRA PRADESH Sep 12, 2007 Demo turns off Usha Mehra panel Wednesday September 12 2007 14:15 IST ENS VISAKHAPATNAM: Reiterating

[ZESTCaste] 20 DPI workers arrested (News)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7b0948752D-4991-46DF-9862-4703B6237A95%7dCATEGORYNAME=TAMNA 20 DPI workers arrested Coimbatore, Sept 11: Twenty Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) workers were arrested in the city today on charges of burning an effigy of Hindu Munnani leader

[ZESTCaste] 150 Gohana families shift to Delhi (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/150_Gohana_families_shift_to_Delhi/articleshow/2360504.cms 150 Gohana families shift to Delhi 12 Sep 2007, 0336 hrs IST,TNN GOHANA (SONEPAT): Two weeks after the murder of a Dalit youth, Rakesh alias Lara in Gohana, all Balmiki families have opted to

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Badi students break social stigma, aim still higher

http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=26554 Badi students break social stigma, aim still higher [ 2007-9-11 ] By Bhadra Sharma Kathmandu, Sept. 10: Despite suffering from social stigma, Badi students seem to be determined to join higher studies. Those Badi students who are treated as

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Dalit journalists Expose Caste Discrimination in Nepal's Villages as National Dalit Protests Escalate

http://advocacynet.org/resource/972 Dalit Journalists Expose Caste Discrimination in Nepal's Villages as National Dalit Protests Escalate August 14, 2007 * AdvocacyNet News Bulletin 117 * August 14, 2007, Kathmandu: Throughout rural Nepal, members of the Dalit minority risk being raped,

[ZESTCaste] Malas oppose panel (News)

http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp#Malas%20oppose%20panel Malas oppose panel Justice Mehra receives memos from SCs Visakhapatnam, Sept. 11: The activists of Mala Mahandu here on Tuesday again staged a protest demonstration at the government guest house demanding the members of

[ZESTCaste] BSP for UP model in Maharashtra(News)

BSP for UP model in Maharashtra Jaideep Hardikar DNA, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 09:03 IST NAGPUR: Will it? Will the BSP's Brahmin card work in Maharashtra the way it did in Uttar Pradesh? With Brahmins constituting a minuscule four per cent of the states' population, and Ambedkarites (the

[ZESTCaste] Letters to the editor

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=13theme=usrsess=1id=169489 It's our social responsibility THE ISSUE: Reports say 14 SC/ST students of the Kharagpur IIT have been promoted against existing rules. Is merit becoming secondary? Is it not our social responsibility to uplift the

[ZESTCaste] Large number of political leaders attend 'teharvi' of Rakesh (News)

Large number of political leaders attend 'teharvi' of Rakesh http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnewsid=58512 Gohana, Sonepat, Sep 9: The 'Teharvi' of Balmiki youth Rakesh alias Lara who was shot dead by three motorcycle borne armed gangsters on August 27 was observed here amid tight

[ZESTCaste] 'Rectify loopholes in Social Security Bill' (News)

'Rectify loopholes in Social Security Bill' http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/09/stories/2007090954070400.htm Special Correspondent HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh chapter of National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights has demanded rectification of 'loopholes' in Social Security Bill for the unorganized

[ZESTCaste] Sangh activists protest against conversion bid of Dalits in Patna (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sangh_activists_protest_against_conversion_bid_of_Dalits_in_Patna/rssarticleshow/2353730.cms Sangh activists protest against conversion bid of Dalits in Patna 10 Sep 2007, 0133 hrs IST,TNN PATNA: Reports about attempts of religious conversion of about 100

[ZESTCaste] Muslim students shun Dalit cook (News)

http://www.india-newsbehindnews.com/mycgi/asianewsagency/editorials/article/426/12713.html Caste in Islam: Muslim students shun Dalit cook By: Editorial The Pioneer Tuesday, Jul 03, 2007 A deplorable manifestation of caste prejudice in a Bihar village comes from an unexpected quarter. For, in

[ZESTCaste] Dalit marchers held (News)

Dalit marchers held http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Tribune/400x60/0 Tribune News Service Sangrur, September 9 Around 75 Dalits, including women, who were taking out a march under the banner of the Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan, were today arrested at Ghorrenav village, 8 km from

[ZESTCaste] No statue of Mahatma Phule in UoP (News)

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=255121 No statue of Mahatma Phule in UoP Express News Service Pune, September 7: Fearing security threat, University of Pune (UoP) on Friday turned down an offer to install a statue of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule in the campus. UoP received a

[ZESTCaste] Now, caste no bar in Gujarati marriages abroad (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/Now_caste_no_bar_in_Gujarati_marriages_abroad/articleshow/2348909.cms Now, caste no bar in Gujarati marriages abroad 8 Sep 2007, 0051 hrs IST,Kumar Manish,TNN AHMEDABAD: Nita Vora from Ahmedabad is settled in Dubai where she found her soulmate in

[ZESTCaste] India's social order is slowly unravelling (Kuldip Nayar)

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/09/08/10152075.html India's social order is slowly unravelling By Kuldip Nayar Special to Gulf News Published: September 07, 2007, 23:29 A four and a half year-old child dies in Shimla on the Mall because the ambulance carrying him does not reach the

[ZESTCaste] Dalit leaders look for answers

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1120418 Sunday, September 09, 2007 9:20:00 AM Dalit leaders look for answers Neeta Kolhatkar As Dalit poet Namdeo Dhasal recuperates in Bombay Hospital from a life-threatening muscular illness, Neeta Kolhatkar looks at the state of the Dalit Panther

[ZESTCaste] JNU caste plot charge (News)

JNU caste plot charge http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Telegraph/400x60/0 CHARU SUDAN KASTURI New Delhi, Sept. 6: Accused of sexual harassment, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University today claimed that he was being victimised by upper caste colleagues jealous of his professional

[ZESTCaste] Dalit teen gangraped by seven in Uttar Pradesh (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Dalit_teen_gang_raped_by_seven_in_Uttar_Pradesh/articleshow/2344328.cms Dalit teen gangraped by seven in Uttar Pradesh 6 Sep 2007, 1809 hrs IST,PTI FAIZABAD (UP): A Dalit teenaged girl was allegedly gang raped for three days by seven persons, who abducted

[ZESTCaste] No clue about missing boy (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/No_clue_about_missing_boy/articleshow/2345527.cms No clue about missing boy 7 Sep 2007, 0220 hrs IST,TNN LUDHIANA: More than 24 hours after a minor Dalit boy went missing from the Kaunke Kalan police post, officers are still grappling in the dark

[ZESTCaste] Poll in air, aam aadmi takes pride of place at cabinet table (News)

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070907/asp/nation/story_8286955.asp Poll in air, aam aadmi takes pride of place at cabinet table OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, Sept. 6: The Union cabinet tonight came up with more lollies for the aam aadmi — a scholarship for poor Dalits, jobs for villages

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