[ZESTCaste] Merit will craft the future (Opinion)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=8494c481-a471-44b1-84e0-e5251d19bb4f&MatchID1=4488&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=10&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1120&PrimaryID=4488&Headline=Merit+will+craft+the+future Merit will craft the future July 12, 2007 First Published: 00:34 IST(13/7/2007) Last Up

[ZESTCaste] PMO to meet chambers on affirmative action (News)

http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/13182117/PMO-to-meet-chambers-on-affirm.html Posted: Fri, Jul 13 2007. 6:21 PM IST Corporate News PMO to meet chambers on affirmative action Move to pressure industry to take concrete steps for scheduled castes, tribes; apex bodies to make presentations on steps t

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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST students to get points in nursery admissions: Ganguly report

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070713/43/6i0r8.html Fri, Jul 13 SC/ST students to get points in nursery admissions: Ganguly report By IANS Friday July 13, 08:10 PM New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Ashok Ganguly committee appointed by the Delhi High Court to look into admission procedures to nursery cla

[ZESTCaste] Reservations & participatory growth (Manoj Pant)

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Manoj_Pant/Reservations__participatory_growth/articleshow/2199081.cms Reservations & participatory growth 13 Jul, 2007, 0021 hrs IST, Manoj Pant, In this column last month (ET, June 15) one had argued that growth is a political problem particularly when it ceas

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Dalits stage sit-in at Mandala

http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=115622 Dalits stage sit-in at Mandala Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, July 12 - Dalits have been staging a sit-in protest at Maitighar Mandala putting forth their demands including proportional Dalit representation in the upcoming Constuent Assembly (CA)

[ZESTCaste] DIVISION WILL DOOM US

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main32.asp?filename=Cr210707shadowlines.asp ENGAGED CIRCLE G. DANIEL VIJAY PRAKASH SHADOW LINES DIVISION WILL DOOM US Dr BR Ambedkar said that political movements shouldn't be built on the basis of caste. In the same way, the demands of Andhra Pradesh's Madigas,

[ZESTCaste] A cross to bear (Opinion)

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1109550 A cross to bear Thursday, July 12, 2007 22:03 IST The news that Catholic schools across the country are planning to introduce up to 60 per cent quotas for Catholic children points to a very strange crossroads that our society has reached. After s

[ZESTCaste] Panchayat denies tap water to Orissa Dalits (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Panchayat_denies_tap_water_to_Dalits/articleshow/2199227.cms Panchayat denies tap water to Orissa Dalits 13 Jul 2007, 0140 hrs IST,Sudeep Guru,TNN BALANGIR: An Orissa panchayat has prevented at least 16 Dalit families from consuming tap water on grounds of untou

[ZESTCaste] Ramabai Nagar violence: Fresh probe likely (News)

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=245438 Ramabai Nagar violence: Fresh probe likely 1997 desecration of Ambedkar statue led to unrest, firing Rakshit Sonawane Mumbai, July 11: As the 10th anniversary of the killing of 10 Dalits in police firing at Ramabai Amb-edkar Nagar was o

[ZESTCaste] Man behind ‘Mayadari Maisamma’

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/12/stories/2007071260511100.htm Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad Man behind 'Mayadari Maisamma' Abhijit Dev Kumar It took hardly 30 minutes for A. Clement to compose the runaway hit HYDERABAD: It's time for the 'teen-maar' master piece to take over the city. As the ci

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Dalit families left homeless as forest officials burn down homes

http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jul/jul11/news12.php Dalit families left homeless as forest officials burn down homes Eleven Dalit families including a nursing mother have been left homeless for six days now after the District Forest Office (DFO) officials set fire to their makeshift homes

[ZESTCaste] Andhra Pradesh Govt to construct Integrated Complex Hostels (News)

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=45820 Andhra Pradesh Govt to construct Integrated Complex Hostels Tirupati, July 11: The Andhra Pradesh government will construct 360 Integrated Complex Hostels (ICH) at a cost of rs 1.50 crore each to house all the SC/ST and backward classes

[ZESTCaste] Infy turns to more states for affirmative action for SCs (News)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1d5ada8a-a4d2-4c6d-97ee-2aa46c0e1462&MatchID1=4488&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=10&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1120&PrimaryID=4488&Headline=Infy+turns+to+more+states+for+affirmative+action+for+SCs BR Srikanth, Hindustan Times Bangalore, July 12, 2007 Firs

[ZESTCaste] A Dalit CM in Telangana: KCR (News)

http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=24981 A Dalit CM in Telangana: KCR Updated: 07-10-2007 HYDERABAD: TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao promised that a Dalit would be Chief Minister and Muslim would be made Deputy Chief Minister if Telangana became a separate State. Critic

[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar may dwarf Statue of Liberty (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ambedkar_may_dwarf_Statue_of_Liberty/articleshow/2192678.cms Ambedkar may dwarf Statue of Liberty 11 Jul 2007, hrs IST,Pankaj Shah,TNN LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Mayawati appears to be hell-bent on taking Dalit pride to new heights. Government's deci

[ZESTCaste] FICCI unveils initiative on affirmative action (News)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1fbcb2f9-77ce-40d1-b6a2-c64ad3aede85&MatchID1=4488&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=10&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1120&PrimaryID=4488&Headline=FICCI+unveils+initiative+on+affirmative+action Press Trust Of India New Delhi, July 11, 2007 First Published: 17:12

[ZESTCaste] General seats now open to Reserved Category candidates (News)

http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/General%5Fseats%5Fnow%5Fopen%5Fto%5FReserved%5FCategory%5Fcandidates%5F1532/ General seats now open to Reserved Category candidates July 09, 2007 New Delhi: There is good news for students who have applied under the Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe categories

[ZESTCaste] MPSC overturned norms in drawing up SC/ST merit list: ATSUM (News)

http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=38538&typeid=1 MPSC overturned norms in drawing up SC/ST merit list: ATSUM The Imphal Free Press IMPHAL, Jul 9: Just a couple of days after the declaration of the results of the combined civil services examination 2005 conducted by t

[ZESTCaste] Dalit officials targeted, says TDP MLA (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=192939&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh Dalit officials targeted, says TDP MLA Vijayawada, July 09: Nandigama MLA and TDP general secretary Devineni Umamaheswara Rao on Sunday demanded that the Government take action against

[ZESTCaste] Jamia introduces new MA course (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/09/stories/2007070957240400.htm New Delhi Jamia introduces new MA course Staff Reporter Last date for applying is July 16 'A course on social exclusion has become relevant' PG Diploma in Dalit and Minority Studies also on offer NEW DELHI: A new course, M.A. in S

[ZESTCaste] Sixty-year musical tradition binds dalits to palkhis (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070709/48/6hv6n.html Tue, Jul 10 Sixty-year musical tradition binds dalits to palkhis By IE Tuesday July 10, 12:59 AM Vaadan Kala Manch, with performers from across the State, accompanies palkhis up to the end of city limits WAY back in 1947, they first gathered under a

[ZESTCaste] Protest held against merger of SC, ST categories (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070709/48/6hvfl.html Tue, Jul 10 Protest held against merger of SC, ST categories By IE Tuesday July 10, 03:58 AM About 200 persons belonging to the schedule castes and schedule tribes today protested against the policies of the Union Minister of State for Urban Employme

[ZESTCaste] Gujjar stir: SC declines PIL against Raje, Jaswant

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gujjar_stir_SC_declines_PIL_against_Raje_Jaswant/rssarticleshow/2189730.cms Gujjar stir: SC declines PIL against Raje, Jaswant 9 Jul, 2007 l 2218 hrs IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking probe by an "independent" agency into t

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Inclusion of Dalits

http://nepaldalitinfo.net/2007/07/08/256/ Inclusion of Dalits By DR KHAGENDRA N SHARMA During the post Janandolan II, various issues of inclusion have been articulated and sharpened by various communities, agencies, organizations and individuals. The most glaring example that emerged was that o

[ZESTCaste] US of A: Affirmative action, seen from the inside out

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/09/news/thomas.php Affirmative action, seen from the inside out By Neil A. Lewis Monday, July 9, 2007 WASHINGTON: Justice Clarence Thomas cast a pivotal vote last month as the U.S. Supreme Court struck down school integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, K

[ZESTCaste] Caste-based quota draws flak

http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp#Caste-based%20quota%20draws%20flak Caste-based quota draws flak Vijayawada, July 8: Telugu Desam State secretary and former MLA Jaleel Khan on Sunday said reservations to Muslims on caste basis would be detrimental to the interests of the minorities.

[ZESTCaste] Pariahs turn priests in temples

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Pariahs_turn_priests_in_temples/articleshow/2185567.cms Pariahs turn priests in temples 8 Jul 2007, 0323 hrs IST,ARUN KUMAR,TNN PATNA: Bihar, which earned notoriety in the past because of the oppression of the Dalits by the privileged castes, has be

[ZESTCaste] Cauldron of ideas (Chandrabhan Prasad)

http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=prasad%2Fprasad215.txt&writer=prasad Cauldron of ideas The UP election has been a learning experience for me. Ideas, it appears, are at war with each other, post the UP win. Jubilation, speculation and apprehension have

[ZESTCaste] ‘Caste-based quota no use to Muslims’ (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/08/stories/2007070859000500.htm Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam 'Caste-based quota no use to Muslims' Staff Reporter VISAKHAPATNAM: The State Government's decision to go ahead with the 'caste-based' reservations for Muslims in the State w'ould not be of any use to th

[ZESTCaste] Talk On Reservations In Private Units (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=192846&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh Talk On Reservations In Private Units Sunday, 08 July 2007 Hyderabad, July 08: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram Welfare Association will organize a discussion on 'Reservations i

[ZESTCaste] BJHPD For Early Solution To Caste Row (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=192681&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh ANDHRA PRADESH BJHPD For Early Solution To Caste Row Hyderabad, July 07: Budiga Jangala Hakkula Porata Dandu (BJHPD) called for immediate categorisation of schedule castes into ABCDs.

[ZESTCaste] Free land scheme generates employment (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/07/stories/2007070756560100.htm Free land scheme generates employment P. Sudhakar TIRUNELVELI: The Government's free land scheme has created jobs for the poorest of the poor. When A. Chinnadurai (33) of Rammathapuram under Radhapuram union recently came to his nativ

[ZESTCaste] Stephen's quota war goes online (News)

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070018015 Stephen's quota war goes online Rati Ramdas Friday, July 6, 2007 (New Delhi) Christian students at New Delhi's St Stephen's college are leading an internet campaign against the college's decision to reserve 10 per cent of its sea

[ZESTCaste] Malaysia: Dr M Defends Affirmative Action Policy

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=271942 July 07, 2007 19:35 PM Dr M Defends Affirmative Action Policy KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is the best developed country among developing countries despite practising affirmative action policy, said former Prime Minister Tun

[ZESTCaste] Reserved category candidates can now apply for general seats (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070706/48/6hs7o.html Reserved category candidates can now apply for general seats By IE Saturday July 7, 01:58 AM THERE is good news for applicants who have registered themselves under SC/ST categories at Delhi University this year for undergraduate admissions. In a noti

[ZESTCaste] PMO officials to meet India Inc on July 14 (News)

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=25144 PMO officials to meet India Inc on July 14 BS Reporters / New Delhi July 5, 2007 The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has summoned the country's three top industry associations – CII, Ficci and Assoch

[ZESTCaste] After 22 years, justice fails Dalits (News)

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1108248 Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:14:00 AM After 22 years, justice fails Dalits Rakesh Bhatnagar Caste Hindus who disrupted Dalit cremation acquitted as court loses case papers NEW DELHI: Twenty-two years after around 20 upper caste Hindus were accus

[ZESTCaste] Med student claims examiners failed him for being Dalit (News)

http://www.ibnlive.com/printpage.php?id=44171§ion_id=3 Med student claims examiners failed him for being Dalit Aasim Khan CNN-IBN CASTE AWAY? Backing Ajay are members of the Governing Body, considered close to Health Minister Ramadoss. New Delhi: Calling up the Dean to find out about his re-exa

[ZESTCaste] House panel checks BC quota (news)

http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp#House%20panel%20checks%20BC%20quota House panel checks BC quota Eluru, July 4: The State Legislative Committee on Backward Classes expre-ssed displeasure over the implementation of BC reservation in the roster system to benefit students as well as empl

[ZESTCaste] Mangalore: Dr Ambedkar Foundation Flays Administration (News)

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=35317&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Dr+Ambedkar+Foundation+Flays+Administration Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:24:53 AM (IST) Mangalore: Dr Ambedkar Foundation Flays Administration Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (KM/SM) Mangalore, Jul 5: Dr B R Ambedkar

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Govt forms 16 member Dalit commission

http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jul/jul04/news04.php Govt forms 16 member Dalit commission The government has formed a new 16 member National Dalit Commission for the period of two years. Earlier, the government had appointed Bhagwat Biswasi as the chairman of the commission. The new membe

[ZESTCaste] HM accused of sex abuse, extortion (News)

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20070704023622&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+-+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0 SOUTHERN NEWS - TAMIL NADU Jul 5, 2007 HM accused of sex abuse, extortion Wednesday July 4 2007 12:57 IST TIRUCHY: All the seven women teachers and the girl students of Nehru Memorial Mu

[ZESTCaste] Vatal Nagaraj leads protest (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/04/stories/2007070458870400.htm Karnataka - Bangalore Vatal Nagaraj leads protest BANGALORE: Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj led a "drum-beating" protest in front of the Election Commission Office here on Tuesday pressing for reforms in the electi

[ZESTCaste] ‘Protect witnesses in cases of atrocities against Dalits’

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/04/stories/2007070458610400.htm Karnataka - Bangalore 'Protect witnesses in cases of atrocities against Dalits' Staff Reporter Accused in 98 per cent of cases go scot-free, commission finds Exchanging views: Nehru C. Olekar, president, Karnataka State Commission fo

[ZESTCaste] Washer man makes headlines, prints newspaper (News)

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/washer-man-makes-headlines-prints-newspaper/43942-3.html Washer man makes headlines, prints newspaper Prabhakar Kumar / CNN-IBN Published on Tuesday , July 03, 2007 at 11:17 in Nation section Patna: He's a presswala in more ways than one. Gauri Shanker Rajak of Dumka

[ZESTCaste] Woman beheads man to resist rape (News)

http://www.headlinesindia.com/archive_html/03July2007_47228.html Tuesday, July 03, 2007 (16:37:39) BH: Woman beheads man to resist rape Patna: In a horrific incident a Dalit woman beheaded a man who tried to rape her in a Bihar village. Prabha Devi, in her 30s, a resident of Vijavara village in

[ZESTCaste] Probe ordered into Dalits Police clash (News)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B1848D9BB-F464-4880-819B-47C8A525805A%7D&CATEGORYNAME=TAMNA Probe ordered into Dalits Police clash Nagapattinam, July 3: An inquiry was ordered into the June 28 clash between Police and Dalits in Apparasapuram Village in Tarangambadi talu

[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] 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] Rhodes Scholarships India

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[ZESTCaste] Rs 1,330 crores earmarked for welfare of SC/STs: Majithia (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070701/48/6hlid.html Mon, Jul 2 Rs 1,330 crores earmarked for welfare of SC/STs: Majithia By IE Monday July 2, 04:53 AM Information and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia has said that funds amounting to Rs 1,330 crore have been earmarked in the current year

[ZESTCaste] Bihar temple comes of age with Dalit head priest (News)

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1107000 Bihar temple comes of age with Dalit head priest Sanjay Singh Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:32 IST About 10,000 people of Paliganj village will attend a grand ceremony that will mark the installation of Janardan Majhi today PATNA: Winds of change

[ZESTCaste] Entrust anganwadi centres to SC/STs: panel member (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=190524&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh Entrust anganwadi centres to SC/STs: panel member Kadapa, June 28: Maintenance of anganwadi centres in habitations of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be entrusted to SC/STs

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Atrocities against innocent Dalits continue…

http://nepaldalitinfo.net/2007/06/30/253 Atrocities against innocent Dalits continue… Atrocities against innocent Dalits continue… No change in apathy of the state law machinery… Victims keep silence of fear… Saturday, June 30- Innocent Dalits continue to suffer from the atrocities meted out to

[ZESTCaste] Therapy for elite (Chandrabhan Prasad)

http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=prasad%2Fprasad214.txt&writer=prasad Therapy for elite By Chandrabhan Prasad Should we abandon the Indian elite as an ill-fated sect or deploy some reliable social tools to help them out from their lack of history condit

[ZESTCaste] St. Stephen's quota is justified: NCM head

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=43475 St. Stephen's quota is justified: NCM head By Faraz Ahmad, New Delhi, July 1: National Commission for Minorities (NCM)chairman Syed Hamid Ansari has upheld the decision of India's premier educational institution, St. Stephen's College, t

[ZESTCaste] A low-caste Hindu turns priest (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070630/139/6hk77.html Sat, Jun 30 A low-caste Hindu turns priest By ANI Saturday June 30, 03:26 PM Paliganj (Bihar), June 30 (ANI): A low-caste Hindu has been appointed priest of the Ram-Janki Devi temple at Paliganj, 60 kilometers from Patna, where casteism is at rife.

[ZESTCaste] Dalit students at receiving end (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/30/stories/2007063054200400.htm Andhra Pradesh Dalit students at receiving end Staff Reporter Sangareddy: Parents of some schoolchildren belonging to upper castes still stop them from having the midday meal cooked by Dalit women in Medak district. The practice of bo

[ZESTCaste] Caste cloud on AIIMS job test (News)

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070630/asp/nation/story_7995946.asp Caste cloud on AIIMS job test CHARU SUDAN KASTURI A grab of The Telegraph report on allegations of discrimination at AIIMS which appeared on July 5, 2006 New Delhi, June 29: Reserved category doctors applying for jobs at the All I

[ZESTCaste] Bringing India's castes to book

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bringing-indias-castes-to-book/2007/06/29/1182624168929.html Bringing India's castes to book June 30, 2007 A Delhi publisher is challenging the way people accept a racist caste system, Amrit Dhillon reports. AS A child growing up in south India, S. Anand kne

[ZESTCaste] State out to divide Dalits: Mala Mahanadu (News)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/30/stories/2007063052300300.htm Andhra Pradesh - Kadapa State out to divide Dalits: Mala Mahanadu Staff Reporter 'Moots division of SCs in the guise of micro-classification' 'Madigas usurped 20,000 jobs meant for the Malas' KADAPA: The State Government is trying

[ZESTCaste] Nepal: Illiterate and dalit, but a legal expert

http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=114159 Illiterate and dalit, but a legal expert BY TIRTHA NEUPANE SYANGJA, June 29 - He is an illiterate. Worse, he belongs to the impoverished dalit community in his rural village of Western Nepal. Nevertheless, Indra Bahadur Damai of Bichari Chaut

[ZESTCaste] Benefits elude SC/ST population: Members (News)

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20070628223020&Page=Q&Title=ORISSA&Topic=0 ORISSA Jun 29, 2007 Benefits elude SC/ST population: Members Friday June 29 2007 08:51 IST BHUBANESWAR: Legislators cutting across party lines expressed concern that benefits of developmental programmes of t

[ZESTCaste] Maya a trend-setter (Tavleen Singh)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Dalit_priest_for_Bihar_temple/articleshow/2159143.cms On the Spot - Tavleen Singh Maya a trend-setter Tavleen Singh | Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:51:3 IST What is surprising is that she has the courage to declare her assets and this makes her in a weird s

[ZESTCaste] Rath yatra for Dalit cause (News)

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20070628204151&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+-+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0 SOUTHERN NEWS - TAMIL NADU Jun 29, 2007 Rath yatra for Dalit cause Friday June 29 2007 07:03 IST KANCHEEPURAM: Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi will flag off a 'rath yatra' organised by t

[ZESTCaste] Partition to Guj riots, NCERT book to cover all

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Partition_to_Guj_riots_NCERT_book_to_cover_all/articleshow/2159006.cms Partition to Guj riots, NCERT book to cover all 29 Jun, 2007 l 0117 hrs ISTlAkshaya Mukul/TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: In a country where Parliament gets adjourned over the contents o

[ZESTCaste] THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Cr070707shadow_lines.asp ENGAGED CIRCLE PL MIMROTH SHADOW LINES THE DALIT VOICE THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS When a new building was constructed in Jaipur for the state High Court, the local Bar Association put forward a proposal for the installat

[ZESTCaste] UP to give special impetus to Ambedkar schemes (News)

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1106868 Friday, June 29, 2007 4:26:00 PM UP to give special impetus to Ambedkar schemes PTI LUCKNOW: Dalit icon B R Ambedkar scored over socialist ideologue Ram Manohar Lohia in the Uttar Pradesh budget for 2007-08 presented in the Vidhan Sabha on Frid

[ZESTCaste] Poverty can be eliminated (Arvind Virmani)

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=289437&leftnm=4&subLeft=0&chkFlg= Arvind Virmani: Poverty can be eliminated Arvind Virmani / New Delhi June 29, 2007 A modern smart card system that delivers cash and/or subsidies to the poor could do the trick. What is the cost of el

[ZESTCaste] Assocham to offer 300 SC/ST girls free MBA education

http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=125473 Assocham to offer 300 SC/ST girls free MBA education merinews network 28 June 2007, Thursday One more step ahead in contributing towards development of the country, ASSOCHAM will be sponsoring 300 SC/ST girl students living below poverty line f

[ZESTCaste] Muslim students refuse food cooked by Dalit woman (News)

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=42711 Muslim students refuse food cooked by Dalit woman Patna, June 28 : Dozens of Muslim students of a government-run Urdu school in a Bihar village have refused to take mid-day meals cooked by a Dalit woman. "We will not touch the food. The

[ZESTCaste] MEDIA: Courting Dalits as readers

http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/02/media_rating_co.html February 07, 2007 MEDIA: Courting Dalits as readers This is a guest post by SAJAer Arthur Dudney, who's currently doing graduate work in South Asian Studies at Columbia University. He asks: Why do Indian publications generally deride or ignore

[ZESTCaste] Quota seats in DU find few takers (News)

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=243159 DU MISSION ADMISSION Quota seats in DU find few takers Nearly 1,200 seats for SCs and STs lying vacant; students are not getting colleges or courses of their choice, say officials Tenzing Lamsang New Delhi, June 27: Admission lists bro

[ZESTCaste] Mishra to quit Mayawati cabinet, will be back in RS (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mishra_to_quit__Mayawati_cabinet_will_be_back_in_RS/articleshow/2155293.cms Mishra to quit Mayawati cabinet, will be back in RS 28 Jun, 2007 l 0229 hrs ISTlTIMES NEWS NETWORK LUCKNOW: With an eye on the next general elections, BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh

[ZESTCaste] Categorisation panel holds meet (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=190553&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh Categorisation panel holds meet Thursday, 28 June 2007 Tirupati, June 28: Directors of the National Commission on Sub-Categorisation of the Scheduled Castes have on Wednesday held a sit

[ZESTCaste] Maya bristles at bias barb (News)

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070628/asp/nation/story_7985962.asp Maya bristles at bias barb - Accused of putting Brahmins first, CM hits back OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Mayavati with Mishra at the Lucknow news conference. (PTI) Lucknow, June 27: Mayavati has been accused of favouritism and putti

[ZESTCaste] Satish Misra to quit government: Mayawati (News)

http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1694&Itemid=66 Satish Misra to quit government: Mayawati Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) Satish Chandra Mishra, a close political aide of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, is to quit as minister without portfolio in the state governm

[ZESTCaste] Muzrai dept to introduce new bill to develop Hindu temples (News)

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=42839 Karnataka News Muzrai dept to introduce new bill to develop Hindu temples Bangalore, June 28: Karnataka Muzrai Minister B Nagaraja Shetty today said the department proposed to bring in a new bill for the proper development of Hindu temp

[ZESTCaste] Maya defends her money, assets (News)

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/maya-defends-her-money-says-assets-courtesy-bsp-men/43701-4.html Maya defends her money, assets ibnlive.com MAYA'S MONEY: Mayawati owns movable and immovable assets worth around Rs 52 crore. New Delhi: Two days after declaring assets to the tune of Rs 52 crore and am

[ZESTCaste] DALITS NOT WELCOME IN IIT MADRAS

http://dase.aftermbbs.com/2007/06/dalits-not-welcome-in-iit-madras.html Wednesday, June 27, 2007 DALITS NOT WELCOME IN IIT MADRAS There are only a handful of Dalit students and faculty members at the elite institute, but they face widespread discrimination and harassment PC Vinoj Kumar Chennai

[ZESTCaste] 'Mayawati's wealth would enhance her stature' (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mayawatis_wealth_would_enhance_her_stature/rssarticleshow/2152237.cms 'Mayawati's wealth would enhance her stature' 27 Jun, 2007 l 0243 hrs ISTlTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: Mayawati owns property worth Rs 52 crore. Dalit intellectuals say the news will f

[ZESTCaste] BSP declares A K Mishra's name for Farrukhabad bypolls (News)

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200706271640.htm National BSP declares A K Mishra's name for Farrukhabad bypolls Lucknow, June 27 (PTI): BSP today announced Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Health Anant Kumar Mishra's name for the Farrukhabad Assembly bypolls that will be held shortly.

[ZESTCaste] Pandemonium prevails at SC commission hearing (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=190229&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh ANDHRA PRADESH Pandemonium prevails at SC commission hearing Guntur, June 27: Pandemonium prevailed at the public hearing on the categorisation of Scheduled Castes conducted by the Nati

[ZESTCaste] Thumadu dalits retrieve land from farmers (News)

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=189899&Itemid=63&cattitle=Andhra%20Pradesh Thumadu dalits retrieve land from farmers Tuesday, 26 June 2007 Ongole, June 26: Dalits of Thumadu village led by CPI(M) activists retrieved 28 acres of their land from farmers, tilled

[ZESTCaste] Intercaste marriage still a stigma (News)

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20070625203005&Page=Q&Title=ORISSA&Topic=0 ORISSA Jun 26, 2007 Intercaste marriage still a stigma Tuesday June 26 2007 06:51 IST BHADRAK: Rejected by in-laws, Madhumita's fight for acceptance is a grim reality of caste discrimination that is still p

[ZESTCaste] Historical neglect (Opinion)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1398a1f4-8df5-4fee-96d2-7e473f300582&MatchID1=4481&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1117&MatchID2=4486&TeamID3=8&TeamID4=10&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1120&PrimaryID=4481&Headline=Historical+neglect Shail Mayaram June 26, 2007 First

[ZESTCaste] Dalits Express Support to Ousted Anganwadi Asst (News)

Monday, June 25, 2007 11:26:00 AM (IST) Mangalore: Dalits Express Support to Ousted Anganwadi Asst Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SM) Mangalore, Jun 25: The dalit leaders have raised opposition to the notification sent to Kolunadu anganwadi assistant Sharada by child development project o

[ZESTCaste] Dalits, landlords' standoff in Bathinda (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070625/48/6hdrg.html Tue, Jun 26 Dalits, landlords' standoff in Bathinda By IE Tuesday June 26, 04:27 AM Tension is brewing among landlords and Dalits in Dhelwa village in Nathana tehsil on the issue of minimum wages. A number of Dalit daily wagers today accused village

[ZESTCaste] MEDIEVAL LITTLE INDIAS

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070626/asp/opinion/story_7936121.asp MEDIEVAL LITTLE INDIAS - Benefits to the creamy layer are essential to the quota plan Ashok Guha Consanguinity and community of economic interests are the factors that most effectively bind a group together. Endogamy and a commo

[ZESTCaste] NCP leaders call to unite dalits, Muslims, OBC (News)

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=41957 NCP leaders call to unite dalits, Muslims, OBC Mumbai, June 25: A new non-political front, comprising Dalits, Muslims and OBCs, was launched here, with the objective of consolidating their political strength in Maharashtra. The front, c

[ZESTCaste] Rajasthan's Brahmins now seek job quotas (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Rajasthans_Brahmins_now_seek_job_quotas/articleshow/2149120.cms Rajasthan's Brahmins now seek job quotas 26 Jun, 2007 l 0900 hrs ISTlIANS JAIPUR: Now the Brahmins of Rajasthan are demanding job quotas for the poor within the community. The Rajasthan Brah

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman resists forcible harvest, killed (News)

http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/259401 Dalit woman resists forcible harvest, killed Calcutta News.Net Monday 25th June, 2007 (IANS) A Dalit woman was beaten to death in a Bihar village for resisting the forcible harvesting of her field by upper caste men. Her son was also roughed up and serious

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