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maaparty on "India’s Dalits: between atrocity and protest"

maaparty — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:22:54 +0100

The solution is quite simple.

1. Deposit $3700 USD per year in every dalit's bank account whether Dalits work or not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita

In USA,UK,Germany,Portugal, Brazil, Belgium etc similar system is implemented.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranteed_minimum_income#Examples_of_implementation

2. Revoke 1932 Poona Pact Dalits had with Government of India and grant separate statehood as Government of India has failed to protect Dalits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poona_Pact

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wilderose13 on "India’s Dalits: between atrocity and protest"

wilderose13 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:09:16 +0000

The "largest democracy" in the world seems to be getting a rather fragile democracy in the world! Making laws is much easier than imposing them.

We get to read and witness nothing pleasnt about India, more so in the recent times. Yes of course the much talked about news of India becoming one of the richest and fastest growing economies in the world only contradicts the heinous practices that are being witnessed by the passive onlookers in India as well as out side India! Here are to name a few; gang rapes, minority atrocity, racial discrimination, corruption, gender discrimination and last but not least caste system harassment.

We all know very well that these criminal acts have been in practice since ages. But with the universally increasing awareness towards human rights associations, it should have been instead a growing tendency towards peoples�safeguard. This is not the case, though. And what surprises me is that Amnesty International has been turing a blind eye to these buring issues in India.

It�s hardly a secret that the cops in the Indian cities are long been used to gang-raping women, without any restraint of legal action against them. The judiciary is in the hands of these so-called caretakers. The democratic system is so ignorant of all thses atrocities that although it�s a widely known fact, is being condoned as if it never happened. How would one name this? True, in the wake of all the terrorist activities going on in the neighbourhood as well as globally this utterly disgraceful human plight undoubtly falls in the backyard of acknowledgment, both visually as well as in terms of conscience.

I would like to question in the name of humanity, how much worse must it get until the world community gets it into its account!?

naresh.jhali on "India’s Dalits: between atrocity and protest"

naresh.jhali — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:18:35 +0000

In a country which professes itself to be the largets democracy in the world it is failing a vast majority of its people by turning a blind eye. The Dalits are Indias hidden apartheid. It needs individuals who have a real desire to bringabout change to challenge the system of caste. Apart from politicans it needs individuals from Bollywood who can relate to the young population andinfluential personaliites abroad to voice there concerns. However the vast majority of people abroad do not even know such injustices exsist against the Dalits. People are afraid to voice there concerns but ina democracy there should be no fear. We act like animals to each other in the name of democracy and it stinks. We are human first and regardless of what nayone labels anyone we all have a common destiny thatis to live and die and no one has the right to take away an individuals right to live as they please in harmony with its brethren. I am extremley intersted in eradictaing the discriminations faced by dalits. I wrote my university thesis on Dr Ambedkar and i live in the UK. I just wish people could truly realise that caste is wrong and the injustices against the Dalits. Economic growth in India has empowered the few yet injustices remain as they have been for thousands of years its a real insult to democracy.

spo_rrl12 on "India’s Dalits: between atrocity and protest"

spo_rrl12 — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:31:42 +0000

The Constitution of India enshrined mostly Buddhist principles and philosophy. It indirectly means, all country-men in India are Buddhist. But due to illiteracy, ignorance, savage and barbaric customs, culture, traditions, practices which have become Laws are governed the country-men and these laws are required to be repealed. If people of India really become educated, they will behave in cultured way and again bring re-glory of India. People though educated or illiterate are expected to follow Indian Constitution and behave as a human-being with other human-living beings.

eurospec2000 on "India’s Dalits: between atrocity and protest"

eurospec2000 — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:15:09 +0000

I think that if the Dalits were able to go about their daily life with a pistol holstered at their sides, then they could enforce respect for law and order. The Sikhs are always armed with something. You never see too many Hindus trying to unseat a Sikh from his bridle, though I do not think Mr. . I think an armed citizenry makes for a polite society. I imagine those upper cast sorts would be saying "yes sir" and "yes ma'am" if they knew the Dalits had firepower. Those upper casts won't concede anything unless they have a gun barrel in their face. If it worked for the British then it should work for the Dalits. I only know how the world works. Your rights mean nothing if you cannot enforce them. Just read the above, "Yet the Khairlanji incident showed once again that it is often only when marginalised people turn to violence that there is any hope of getting the attention of politicians and the authorities."

In think Mr. Bant Singh sould have armed himself. When the colonists of the American colonists were oppressed by the British they were able to resort to long rifles. In fact it weren't for the gun toting southern colonies, General Corwallace, would have aborted the birth of the United States.

India's Dalits: between atrocity and protest, Meenakshi Ganguly

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Indian laws, policies and political rhetoric appear to favour the rights of Dalits and other low-caste communities. But do these translate into improvement in their lives? Meenakshi Ganguly reports. Read the rest of this post...