Indian high cast students refuse to eat food cooked by low cast Hindus

[Roybot]

@ Indian friends,
I'm asking this coz I haven't idea about this, Is there any law integrated with cast system in Indian Constitution? Example, some percentage of jobs for this cast ..etc

Yes.

Reservation in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[kak1978]

The midday meal scheme has many loopholes and i very well know about that BUT lets be fair and accept the reality that here the prominent issue which also sparked protests and counter protest by lower and high cast hindus in UP, is about Cast based hatred.

many parents indeed dont want their children to have midday meal because its being cooked by low cast Hindus.

anyway lets check the dates the issue is old not new one btw. here are some news from previous years


Wednesday, Mar 22, 2006


Dalit cook gets a raw deal

S. Prasad


Krishnagiri: Maheswari, a 26-year-old mother of four, lost her husband in an accident two years ago. Her family found it hard to make ends meet until she was appointed on compassionate grounds as a cook in the Mottur panchayat primary school in Kaveripattinam union. She joined work on March 2 and things seemed to be looking up for her.

But to Maheswari's dismay, 88 students of the school refused to eat food cooked by her, as she was a dalit. Their parents too objected and insisted their wards would not touch the food. They requested officials to transfer Maheswari and appoint a "caste Hindu" woman in her place.

Food wasted

The children reportedly refused to eat the food cooked by Maheswari for three days. It was thrown away. Revenue officials held talks with parents and villagers of Mottur panchayat, but they bluntly said their wards would not eat food cooked by Maheswari.

"Former panchayat president Madan and village gounder Madesh abused me and said the children would not consume food cooked by me. The Revenue officials asked me to accept a transfer and work in the Arasampatti primary school if I wanted to continue in my job," says Maheswari.

The Barur police have registered cases against Madan and Madesh under Section 4(3) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act.

"The Government should bring the guilty to book. The National SC/ST Commission should visit the village and investigate the matter. Barring a few, the children bring food from home and refuse to eat the food cooked by Maheswari," says Kathir, executive director of Evidence, a human rights organisation that looked into the incident.

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Dalit cook gets a raw deal

So what is your point in posting these articles? Affirmative action is very effective in India. There are laws against discrimination and low caste people have reservations in education and employment. What else do you want India to do? Without any constructive criticism, I would have to take your point of posting these articles as a intention to score some brownie points.

 

[PlanetWarrior]

The caste system is becoming a real pain in India. Recently they have started moving away from the old Hindu caste system and started the new caste system in India which is becoming increasingly embarrassing to all Indians who travel out of India. I really suggest that all Indians stop the increasing acceptance of the new caste system which is as follows :-

1. High Caste - Indians
2. Accepted 2nd Caste - Bangladeshi and Sri Lankans
3. Low Caste - Chinese
4. Outcaste - Pakistani

Really fellow Indians. Before the media gets onto the new caste system we really need to stop this new emerging system in India or else ....soon we will not be eating Pakistani dishes and Chinese noodles. I just hate discrimination

 

[alphamale]

@ Indian friends,
I'm asking this coz I haven't idea about this, Is there any law integrated with cast system in Indian Constitution? Example, some percentage of jobs for this cast ..etc

yes for scheduled castes & backward castes there is reservations in every field

 

[Spring Onion]

when did madame jana become an india hand?esp about indian welfare programmes and a nutrition expert?

you are welcomed to give your inputs about the program . if you have any

 

[OldKool]

About 16.5 % of Indian population is dalit i.e low caste .Numbers are around 166 million i guess.

Its available on the net .

An no they are not limited to hinduism. There are low caste members in all religions who in total form the 166 million .

wrong..no one is considered low caste by indian government...its Scheduled Castes and Tribes...and they have higher status than Generals be it Hindu,Muslim,Christian or Sikh SC/ST in the eyes of GoI!!!

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

@ Indian friends,
I'm asking this coz I haven't idea about this, Is there any law integrated with cast system in Indian Constitution? Example, some percentage of jobs for this cast ..etc

They get a lot of reservations in /govt. jobs and govt. colleges . If a high caste student needs 90n% to get admission in a college , the low caste student gets in with 60% .

 

[Respect4Respect01]

Pure Hippocratic! The original article never referred to any hindus , yet the title of the thread says "low cast Hindus" its you guys who bring religion into everything. Caste discrimination is a problem and illegal according to law in India, we acknowledge it. The situation is not going to change overnight. The only way it can be tackled is through education and that takes time.

open ur eyes, read why roy gourav said, get a coffee dude

 

[Roybot]

I believe India ought to follow the footsteps of kerala. The caste designations in kerala are used purely for reservation quota and nothing else. Social division on caste basis, religion or color is virtually non-existent in kerala. In college hostels of kerala you can see students belonging to separate castes sharing the same room and using the same amenities....the same is true when you consider work environments, public gatherings, restaurants etc.


I hope, and believe one day the whole of India can follow this road to self respect. Jai hind!

How convenient, maybe its time to get rid of the reservation in Kerala then? Since there is no discrimination based on castes.

 

[Respect4Respect01]

Pure Hippocratic! The original article never referred to any hindus , yet the title of the thread says "low cast Hindus" its you guys who bring religion into everything. Caste discrimination is a problem and illegal according to law in India, we acknowledge it. The situation is not going to change overnight. The only way it can be tackled is through education and that takes time.

n i didnt even say Hindu, he brought Islam and Muslims in, read everything before replying

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

wrong..no one is considered low caste by indian government...its Scheduled Castes and Tribes...and they have higher status than Generals be it Hindu,Muslim,Christian or Sikh SC/ST in the eyes of GoI!!!

Oh yaar , they are Sc/ST because they are low caste .

 

[Spring Onion]

So what is your point in posting these articles? Affirmative action is very effective in India. There are laws against discrimination and low caste people have reservations in education and employment. What else do you want India to do?

the reservations have not solved the issue of cast based discrimination. there had been inter-cast rivalries too over this issue because in open they cant get much while in reservation they dont want to lose the meager facilities given to them

 

[gaurish]

I hate these reservations policies .... Its the govt itself dividing the people and the society ...and some take advantage of it

 

[OldKool]

 

[Roybot]

n i didnt even say Hindu, he brought Islam and Muslims in, read everything before replying

Mate i brought Islam and Muslims in, cause of the generalizing statement you made, how forward caste people should burn in hell. No every forward discriminates you know. So go easy with the generalization.