Highlighting injustice against the Dalits in India

[skyknight]

Indian 'untouchable' beaten to death over water pump

Police in north India said on Wednesday they were hunting for a village strongman accused of beating to death an "untouchable" neighbour who broke strict caste-based rules by using a local handpump.
Mohan Paswan, in his late 40s, was lynched in Parhuti village in Bihar state last Thursday when he disobeyed an order by a local thug not to use the pump during a heatwave.
"Paswan was attacked and brutally thrashed by a village strongman Pramod Singh and his henchmen for taking water," local police official Saroj Kumar told AFP.
"Police have been trying hard to arrest the accused in the case but they are absconding."
Caste-based discrimination is illegal in India, but abuse is rife, particularly in remote rural areas where the rigid system that places "untouchables" at the bottom of the social order remains in tact.
The low castes, also known as Dalits, traditionally do menial, dirty and often dangerous jobs and are seen as spiritually and physically dirty by the high castes who sometimes prevent them from drinking at the same wells.

 

[KRAIT]

Indian 'untouchable' beaten to death over water pump

Police in north India said on Wednesday they were hunting for a village strongman accused of beating to death an "untouchable" neighbour who broke strict caste-based rules by using a local handpump.
Mohan Paswan, in his late 40s, was lynched in Parhuti village in Bihar state last Thursday when he disobeyed an order by a local thug not to use the pump during a heatwave.
"Paswan was attacked and brutally thrashed by a village strongman Pramod Singh and his henchmen for taking water," local police official Saroj Kumar told AFP.
"Police have been trying hard to arrest the accused in the case but they are absconding."
Caste-based discrimination is illegal in India, but abuse is rife, particularly in remote rural areas where the rigid system that places "untouchables" at the bottom of the social order remains in tact.
The low castes, also known as Dalits, traditionally do menial, dirty and often dangerous jobs and are seen as spiritually and physically dirty by the high castes who sometimes prevent them from drinking at the same wells.

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[Abu Zolfiqar]

are you a Dalit?

born and will die Muslim

we do have dalit hindus in Pakistan however; many of them are thankful for partition too

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Some Indian member told me it is lucky for those who was born as a dalit in India now

Being born a dalit in urban India has many benefits , with nation's reservation system.

Being born a dalit rural India, greater probability of discrimination, until he/she migrates to urban areas

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Being born a dalit in urban India has many benefits , with nation's reservation system.

Being born a dalit rural India, greater probability of discrimination, until he/she migrates to urban areas

do you consider New Delhi as a rural area

 

[IndoCarib]

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[SamantK]

do you consider New Delhi as a rural area

and you deny based on what?

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

In 2012, Punjab landlords impose fine for talking to Dalits | NDTV.com

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Updated: July 11, 2012 11:50 IST

In a village near Sangrur district of Punjab, India still seems to be trapped in caste divides. Dalits of the Mahasing village who work as farm help have been boycotted and shunned by their upper caste landlords. This because they demanded wages due to them.

The landlords have issued a diktat to the villagers that says whoever is caught helping or interacting with the roughly 350 Dalits will have to pay Rs. 5000 as a fine.

So while being employed is a distant dream for these people, even basic groceries are being denied to them.

"Shopkeepers have been told not to give us anything. We buy everything from outside the village, even milk. The whole village has boycotted us" explains Satnam, a youth now unemployed.

Villagers say the authorities have not responded to them, but the issue is already getting political overtones. The Youth Congress who have got to know of this, say they will organise a big protest if the government does not react.

"When we got to know about this situation, some youth members from our party tried to talk to the Deputy Commissioner about this issue. He asked the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) to look into this case, but now even after a week no enquiry has been initiated," says Vikram Chaudhary, President of the Punjab Youth Congress.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

BBC News - India school faces inquiry for 'humiliating' poor children

Officials in India are investigating claims that staff at a private school deliberately humiliated poorer children it was legally obliged to take in.

Parents of four children at the school in Bangalore complained that staff cut off tufts of their hair and denied them the same uniform as other students.

The children are reportedly from low-caste Hindu communities, enrolled under a recent anti-discrimination law.

There has been no response so far from the school itself.

A senior official in the Karnataka state department of education, Kumar Nayak, told the BBC that an inquiry was under way.

"Necessary action will be taken if the charge is proved," he said.

State Primary Education Minister Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri told reporters the incident was "intolerable" and threatened legal action once officials had reported back to him.

Indian schools are supposed to reserve up to a quarter of their places for children from poorer backgrounds.

But the BBC's Andrew North in Delhi says many institutions oppose what is known as the Right to Education quota.

Dalit activists are demanding action be taken against the Oxford School, which is at the centre of the row.

"The government did not do anything despite our complaints. This is a shame," said D Narayana, president of the Dalita Samarajya Staphene Samiti campaign group.

"They [the children] were made to stand separately during assembly and they were forced to sit in the back benches of the class."

Mr Narayana and his group say discrimination has been widespread in most private schools ever since the Right to Education law was passed last year.

"This is not an isolated incident. Students are being humiliated everywhere," Mr Narayana said.

Nayaz Pasha, a parent of one of the children allegedly humiliated, said the school management claimed that other children might have cut off their children's hair.

"But we don't believe it. Our children are openly discriminated against. They have not been given neck ties or belts like other children," he said.

In Karnataka, more than 1,000 schools are on a week-long strike protesting against the implementation of the 25% quota under the Right to Education Act.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Well no doubt india does has this discrimination issue against dalits but any logical person dud understand that this is infact any other type of discrimination which we find worldwide. west has racism, subcontinent has casteism and religionism. infact pakistan and bangladesh too have caste and religion discrimination. its only that caste thing in pakistan is not as high as india but similarly pakistan has religionism high compared to that in india. now you guys mite disagree but thats what is on ground facts.

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poor hindus, christians and sikhs of pakistan.

Troll don't try to change the subject.