[ZESTCaste] Grain bank turns saviour for needy (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Decoding Rajasthan’s Gujjar trouble (Seema Chishti)

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[ZESTCaste] Reservation divides Rajasthan communities (Radhika Bordia)

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[ZESTCaste] Tribal leader charged with murder (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Gurjjar protests called off, leader 'sorry'

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[ZESTCaste] YSR cautions Ministers on SC categorisation (News)

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[ZESTCaste] More inclusive reservations needed

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[ZESTCaste] I plan to rule India one day: Mayawati

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[ZESTCaste] Book review: CASTE-BASED RESERVATIONS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu4&subLeft=6&autono=286879&tab=r Presenting a narrow view G S Bhargava / New Delhi June 07, 2007 A Delhi University sociology lecturer in a newspaper article recently narrated a joke attributed to the Internet, "the fount of all con

[ZESTCaste] RSS slams quota politics, says it's dividing society (News)

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[ZESTCaste] The Scheduled Castes in Higher Education

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[ZESTCaste] Violent bandh, a national shame: SC

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[ZESTCaste] Pakistan: Is print media next in line? (Opinion)

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[ZESTCaste] Caste Aside (TOI editorial)

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[ZESTCaste] Fwd: One Billlion Eyes--CASTE--Call for Entries

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[ZESTCaste] Faiths at war

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[ZESTCaste] CWC asks govt to be cautious on quota (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Equality in education (Bhanoji Rao)

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[ZESTCaste] Group eyes lower India caste system spot

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[ZESTCaste] Beyond Caste (Ravinder Kaur)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Beyond_Caste/articleshow/2097971.cms LEADER ARTICLE: Beyond Caste 5 Jun, 2007 l 0058 hrs ISTl Ravinder Kaur The ongoing agitation by Gujjars for inclusion in the ST category once again provides us with an opportunity to clear the cobwebs around the reservation

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[ZESTCaste] Most of them are proud to move backward

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[ZESTCaste] Purification a primitive act, Achuthanandan

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[ZESTCaste] Swing in action

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun52007/spectrum200706045634.asp Swing in action Mallinathapuras Thatte Habba, in which all the three major communities of the village participate, is a unique festival spanning several months. R S Ranjeetha Urs gives a first hand account of this distinct cele

[ZESTCaste] SC, ST hostels in State to get a corporate look (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Advani suggest meeting on ST, SC (News)

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[ZESTCaste] If Gujjar gets it so should all in India – stop the reverse discrimination in India (Opinion)

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[ZESTCaste] Politics fuels demand for caste quota (Sandeep Bhushan)

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[ZESTCaste] SC had hinted at possible caste war (News)

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[ZESTCaste] SC society fares well in loan recovery (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Mala Mahanadu president calls off fast, shifted to NIMS (News)

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http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/149902/1/1893 Dalits can fare better through Millennium Development Goals Swati Sahi 03 June 2007 Last week, a few hundred kilometers further north from the capital city of New Delhi, a Dalit youth was tied to a tree and beaten up, tonsured and spat upon

[ZESTCaste] Gujjars call for Delhi bandh today (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Pursuing Dalit agenda with guns (News)

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[ZESTCaste] The shocked elite (Chandrabhan Prasad)

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[ZESTCaste] Conflict is just the beginning

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[ZESTCaste] BSP's newly acquired Dalit-Brahmin vote base is temporary : BJP

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=34988 BSP's newly acquired Dalit-Brahmin vote base is temporary : BJP Lucknow, June 2: The BJP today admitted the 'wrong' perception of party being close to Samjawadi Party coupled with a strong anti-incumbency wave against the latter which BS

[ZESTCaste] Box on OBC status raises questions

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[ZESTCaste] A sobering lesson (TOI editorial)

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[ZESTCaste] India’s castes race to the bottom (Jo Johnson)

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[ZESTCaste] Dausa still on the boil, two police stations set afire (News)

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Interviews/BSP_used_Dalit_viranganas_to_build_Mayas_image/articleshow/2090111.cms BSP used Dalit viranganas to build Maya's image 1 Jun, 2007 l 0032 hrs IST Badri Narayan is a social historian and cultural anthropo-logist. He teaches at the G B Pant Soci

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[ZESTCaste] Gujjars had once failed ST test (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Hearing next month, Kapus seek BC status (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Scheme launched to curb mortality (News)

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[ZESTCaste] 'UPA govt failing on promises

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[ZESTCaste] Agra lawyer accused of abusing boy surrenders (News)

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[ZESTCaste] How Meenas got ST status (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Muslims seek BC status (News)

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http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070013746 Quota unrest in Rajasthan claims 11 lives Quote " I didn't promise any ST status to Gujjars in my manifesto " - Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Rajan Mahan Tuesday, May 29, 2007 (Peepalkheda) Quota politics in Rajasthan spilled o

[ZESTCaste] For business-led inclusive growth

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[ZESTCaste] Inequality fears sting Indian business

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[ZESTCaste] What’s there in a name?

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1099986 What's there in a name? DNA Correspondent Wednesday, May 30, 2007 09:24 IST The relevance of renaming a street after political heroes makes little difference to the common man in Mumbai. Especially when the presence of multi-storied towers, spr

[ZESTCaste] Mala leader gives a week’s time for CM (News)

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[ZESTCaste] UP's great chance: Mujibur Rehman

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/UPs_great_chance/articleshow/2084668.cms UP's great chance 30 May, 2007 l hrs ISTl Mujibur Rehman On the face of it, the grammar of Uttar Pradesh politics seems to have changed forever, with the resurgence of Dalit electoral power in th

[ZESTCaste] JNU scholar against Muslims seeking reservation (News)

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070528/48/6gcyi.html JNU scholar against Muslims seeking reservation By IE Tuesday May 29, 01:43 AM Javeed Alam says such a demand will weaken Indian democracy In the wake of steps being taken for implementation of Sachar commission report, reservation for Muslims should

[ZESTCaste] Gurjars torch police stations

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/agitating-gurjars-torch-police-stations-block-highways/top/41665-3.html Gurjars torch police stations ibnlive.com Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 12:57 Updated Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 20:32 New Delhi: The violence in Rajasthan's Dausa district on Wednesday spille

[ZESTCaste] Lawyers tortures Dalit youth (News)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Lucknow/Lawyers_turn_inhuman_torture_Dalit_youth/articleshow/2085017.cms Lawyers tortures Dalit youth 30 May, 2007 l 0127 hrs ISTlPervez Iqbal Siddiqui/TIMES NEWS NETWORK LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, a mob stripped a Dalit youth, tied him to a tree,

[ZESTCaste] A judge's date with the dead

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/A_judges_date_with_the_dead/articleshow/2084935.cms A judge's date with the dead 30 May, 2007 l 0015 hrs ISTlPTI A unique situation arose in a Pune local court when a hearse entered its premises and a body was offloaded even as lawyers and onloo-kers looked on

[ZESTCaste] It's not just maya (Opinion)

http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=surya%2Fsurya32.txt&writer=surya It's not just maya A Surya Prakash It has taken 60 years for Dalits to gain political power. By crafting a caste-community coalition, Mayawati has forged ahead in Uttar Pradesh, leaving

[ZESTCaste] `Coercion can`t work with industry`

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[ZESTCaste] The day the Buddha and Babasaheb Ambedkar smiled

http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=May2007_inbombay_standard13068 The day the Buddha and Babasaheb Ambedkar smiled BY A STAFF REPORTER | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:28:43 IST Close to one lakh members of backward tribes vowed allegiance to Bud

[ZESTCaste] Maya triumph leaves Paswan cold...

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=157587 Maya triumph leaves Paswan cold... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, May 28: One person in the UPA spectrum not impressed by the triumph of Miss Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh is the Lok Janshakti Party leader, Mr Ram Vilas Pa

[ZESTCaste] FM for quota for OBCs (News)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7b7933439B-D9D2-4034-AF25-B5273253A40E%7d&CATEGORYNAME=TAMNA FM for quota for OBCs Sivaganga (TN), May 28: Reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions would no way affect chances of students belonging t

[ZESTCaste] Shinde in UPA list (News)

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May292007/national200705294377.asp?section=frontpagenews Shinde in UPA list >From K Subrahmanya, DH News Service, New Delhi: If Congress president Sonia Gandhi and DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi have their way, Union Power Minister

[ZESTCaste] Is the elite blocking India's new social order? (Opinion)

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/29cbp.htm Is the elite blocking India's new social order? Chandra Bhan Prasad | May 29, 2007 | 12:42 IST In societies the world over, the elite speak through the media. Polished and sophisticated, the media graduates into the collective voice of the elite. In

[ZESTCaste] Faith accompli (Opinion)

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1099685 Faith accompli Monday, May 28, 2007 21:57 IST Sunday's mass conversion ceremony where people from 42 nomadic tribes embraced Buddhism is the biggest such exercise among Dalits. For the massive congregation, it was also a significant day because i

[ZESTCaste] Private schools implementing quota for OBCs voluntarily

http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/28001936/Private-schools-implementing-q.html Posted: Mon, May 28 2007. 12:19 AM IST Economy and Politics Private schools implementing quota for OBCs voluntarily The private Symbiosis Institute of Business Management has interviewed 300 candidates for 13 seats set

[ZESTCaste] Mumbai: Hindu tribals convert to Buddhism (News)

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070013511 Mumbai: Hindu tribals convert to Buddhism Yogesh Pawar Sunday, May 27, 2007 (Mumbai) It was the biggest mass conversion in recent history as over one lakh Hindu tribals converted to Buddhism in Mumbai on Sunday. Unlike Dalits w

[ZESTCaste] Rajasthan hit by riots over caste system (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Mass Dalit conversions in Mumbai - Images

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[ZESTCaste] Reservation for OBCs not to affect forward communities: FM (News)

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[ZESTCaste] Caste stalls communalism (Opinion)

http://www.deccan.com/Columnists/Columnists.asp Caste stalls communalism By Kuldip Nayar When I said in the Rajya Sabha a few years ago that caste was bound to stall the spread of communalism one day, I did not know that this would happen in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. And now Dalit chi

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http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=33439 The captain who steers Mayawati's new ship By Sharat Pradhan, Lucknow, May 28: That her new stint as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister is going to be different became amply evident the day Mayawati chose an entirely new team of bureaucrats

[ZESTCaste] Common platform for Muslims, Dalits, OBC

http://www.centralchronicle.com/20070529/2905021.htm Common platform for Muslims, Dalits, OBC By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, May 28: The Communist Party of India has provided a common platform 'Insaf' for the Dalits, Muslims and Other Backward Classes for their upliftment, says CPI General Secreta

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