Dalit India

Untouchability Declassified

2011-09-21T10:43:00.000-07:00

Discrimination is a dynamic industry in India. A survey recorded an astonishing 80-odd practices of untouchability—new, bizarre, vintage.

THE LIST

»Not allowed to speak on the cell phone in the presence of caste Hindus. (A practice reported in the Nilgiri constituency, a reserved Lok Sabha seat, the current incumbent of which is, ironically, Union Telecom Minister A Raja.)

»Not allowed to keep male dogs. (Why? They might breed with female dogs from upper caste neighbourhoods.)

»Separate work timings under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

»Refusal to rent houses to Dalits in certain neighbourhoods in urban areas. (Reported in Madurai, Tamil Nadu’s second largest city.)

»No door delivery by postmen; postal department prevented from hiring Dalit postmen.

»No access to the common crematorium, burial grounds.

»Prevented from having their clothes washed or ironed, or assigned separate cupboards at the laundry for clothes of Dalits.

»Refusal by barbers to cut their hair, or separate chairs for Dalits.

»Separate ration shops, or queues, or timings for Dalits.
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More on http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/untouchability-declassified

100 days against caste discrimination - Sign It Please

2011-09-21T10:38:00.000-07:00

http://www.100daysagainstcastediscrimination.com/index.php

Despite national legal standards and international obligations, caste discrimination and untouchability practices are still prevalent in Nepal, particularly in rural parts of the country. You can also support the cause to end these practices by spreading the message and expressing your commitment to end caste discrimination and untouchability. Please visit http://www.100daysagainstcastediscrimination.com and pledge your commitment today!

Watch Video at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72U7Vg5ZKO8&feature=player_embedded

Updates on 21/09/2011

2011-09-21T10:33:00.000-07:00

SAIL Scholarship for Promising SC/ST Undergraduate Engineering Students, India

http://scholarship-positions.com/sail-scholarship-for-promising-scst-undergraduate-engineering-students-india/2011/09/19/

Slum dwellers from SC and ST can now get flats free in Delhi

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/192014/slum-dwellers-sc-st-can.html

Ambedkar photos found in gutter

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ambedkar-photos-found-in-gutter/185743-60-120.html

Targeting Dalits

2011-09-21T10:30:00.000-07:00

"WHEN Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who also holds the portfolios of Police and Home, made this announcement proudly in the Budget session of the State Assembly on August 24, little would she have imagined that within 20 days her government was to face the embarrassment of ordering a judicial probe into a police firing at Paramakudi town in Ramanathapuram district. Six Dalits were killed and several others were injured in the incident. The government suffered further humiliation when the National Commission for Scheduled Castes sought detailed reports from the Collector and the Superintendent of Police of Ramanathapuram on the incident."

http://www.frontline.in/stories/20111007282012800.htm

Dalit India 16/09/2011

2011-09-17T21:55:00.000-07:00

Scheduled Castes panel in Paramakudi today

Mishandling of agitation led to Paramakudi deaths

Firing & bid to suppress Dalit assertion

Dalit killings in TN - BJP sends fact finding team

After caste south Tamil Nadu on the boil over nuclear power

Study reveals plight of marginalised sections

Dalits stage protest in Madurai against police firing

UNEQUAL TERMS

Articles and books of Dr. K Jamanadas

2011-09-16T19:46:00.000-07:00

Dr. K. Jamanadas
Books:
- Tirupati Balaji was a Buddhist Shrine
- Decline And Fall of Buddhism
- Patana
• An Exposition of "Shivdharma"
Articles:
• Hinduization Or Brahminization (09 Sep)
• Kashmir Problem From Ambedkarite Perspective (11 July)
• Ms. Gail Omvedt's ill Advice To Dalit Bahujans (16 Jun)
• Jai Bhim and Jai Hind (2 May)
• Criminal Tribes Of India (1 May)
• Female Moral Exemplars In India (16 Dec)
• Original Buddhism And Brahminic Interference (4 Dec)
• Was Periyar A Burden For Dalits? (4 Dec)
• Third Shiva-Dharma Conference At Chandrapur (4 Dec)
• OBC Dalit Muslim Christian Relations - Then And Now (01 Aug)
• Sawarkar's Hindutwa And Ambedkarism (01 Aug)
- Lest We Should Forget Our Heroes
- Some Self Introspection On Future Of Buddhism
- Tilak Gandhi Golvalkar V/S Phule Shahu Ambedkar
- Buddhism: Is It A Caste, A Sect Or A Religion?
- How India Will Become Once Again Buddhist?
- Rise And Fall Of Buddhist Nuns
- Must we squabble about the names?
- Why Science Declined In Ancient India
- What is the nature of Dalit Muslim Unity
- Use Of Sex By Brahmins To Gain Supremacy
- Understand Bahujan Philosophy instead of proletysing
- The Conundrums Of Reservation Issue:
- Subcastes within the SC/ST etc
- Sub-Castes Among Dalits
- Sub Caste Rivalry Is A Creation Of BSO
- Sati Was Started For Preserving Caste
- Let Us Remember Revolutionary Jesus
- Rajput Period Was Dark Age Of India
- A Neglected Message From Dr. Ambedkar TO OBCs
- Kulin System Of Bengal Was Meant For Supremacy Of Brahmins
- Kashmir Problem Has Origin In Fall Of Buddhism
- Tirupati Temple As A Buddhist Shrine
- Is Gurukula Education Suitable For India
- Holi - A Festival To Commomorate Bahujan Burning
- Devadasis Were Degraded Buddhist Nuns
- Depicting Buddha as Hindu
- Dalit Identity
- Caste System Contributed To Child Labour In India
- Brahmins were benefited by Muslim Conquest
- Brahmanism Controlled Masses Through Language
- Ambedkar's Advice to Christians
- Ambedkar and Communism
- Adivasis Were Buddhist Naagas

Latest news on Dalits in India

2011-09-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

Dalit women want Congress legislator to apologise

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-JPR-dalit-women-want-congress-legislator-to-apologise-2425986.html

Court allows filling of SC/ST backlog vacancies

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Court-allows-filling-of-SC/ST-backlog-vacancies/articleshow/9962403.cms

John Pandian arrested again

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/article2449288.ece

Dalit movement & literary phenomenon

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2449268.ece

Quota 2.0

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Quota-2-0/articleshow/9959219.cms

Jayalalithaa orders probe into Dalit killing

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tn-jayalalithaa-orders-probe-into-dalit-killing/183476-62-128.html

Dalit grooms ride into trouble

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-IND-dalit-grooms-ride-into-trouble-2426014.html

Rajasthan government caps quota in promotions

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-JPR-rajasthan-government-caps-quota-in-promotions-2425838.html

Uneasy calm in Ramanathapuram district

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2447937.ece

Death Penalty: A Free Pass to kill Dalits and Minorities?

http://drambedkarbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/death-penalty-a-free-pass-to-kill-dalits-and-minorities/

Dalits at the receiving end in Ramnad village

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2452448.ece

'Dalits should refrain from any violence'

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-13/madurai/30149177_1_dalit-villages-dalit-community-police-custody

Dalit leader released, seeks probe by SC judge into firing

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Dalit-leader-released-seeks-probe-by-SC-judge-into-firing/articleshow/9975379.cms

Freeship: SC/ST parents in Maharashtra to protest

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_freeship-sc-st-parents-in-maharashtra-to-protest_1586872

Minor Dalit girl raped in Uttar Pradesh

3 found dead in Bulandshahr cops suspect land dispute

25 of 29 failed students were Dalits & admits college

After 35 years gate erected by caste Hindus to be removed

IIIT Bill stalled in RS over faculty quota

My name is Subhash Sarki

Parliamentary panel recommends SC & ST quota in Railway catering contracts

School for Dalit children in suspended IAS officers house

Slipping in slippers

Annas social fascism - Kancha Ilaiah

Disinvestment @ Dalit-Bahujans

2009-08-21T17:19:00.000-07:00

If the Government is Corrupt, can anyone expect disinvestment to be fair enough?

Take the case of previous disinvestments done by govt. each & everyone disinvestment move has created controversy or it would be better if I say a fraud happened in each & every disinvestment move. Here are the few examples:

BALCO, a profitable public sector aluminum company was sold out at throwaway/peanuts price! Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)’s report has shown that fair valuation was not done before disinvestment. The Sterlite Company who acquired BALCO earned the profit of same amount at which they purchased in few years! More interesting fact is that Sterlite Company sold scrap/extra waste material at much higher price that it was not at all a matter of deal for them. 2000 workers were laid off claiming that their contracts had expired! Disinvestment of BALCO completely failed!

Another failed example of disinvestment is Hotel Corporation of India (HCI). The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)’s report has shown corruption happened to larger extent in the disinvestment of HCI hotels. Centaur Hotel Mumbai was sold at Rs 83 Crore to Batra Hospitality Private Ltd. (BHPL) and within 6 months BHPL resold the Hotel at Rs 115 Crore, making net profit of Rs. 32 Crore in just 6 months. Valuation of Centaur Hotel was done wrongly, or huge bribe was paid during process of disinvestment.

This is also believed by many people that companies which were showed in loss & sold off were not actually making loss! Or if they were making any loss that was just because of Govt’s wrong decision & due to wrong management policies.

Govt. at centre is disinvesting with the aim of depriving the Dalit-Bahujans from the benefits of reservation. After privatization/disinvestment Dalits have to depend on market driven economy, which will/have deny/denied the access to education, employment & hence livelihood. Whole & sole aim of private companies is to make profit, more and more profit, which will increase the exploitation of employees/workers. Privatization/disinvestment will lead to concentration of wealth.

Govt. should not go disinvestment for own petty political reasons/benefits.

About 75,000 crore rupees of farmers unpaid loan was waived off so as to gain votes in Lok Sabha elections 2009. And now Govt. is claiming that we are in fiscal deficit, recession is there all that blah- blah stuff! Populist budget of govt. is the main villain behind this fiscal deficit. How many poor farmers from Dalit-Bahujan community got the benefit of this loan waiving process? Number will be negligible; landlords having 1000s acres land were only benefited. Families like Prakash Singh Badal (Punjab CM) or Captain Amrinder Singh were only benefited.

Recently published report (in Business Line 5th Aug. 2009) of “Top 100 tax defaulters owe Rs. 1.4 lakh Crore” is eye opening, why doesn’t Govt. try to hit these defaulters? This money is much more than what Govt. is expecting to raise through disinvestment of profit earning PSUs. PSUs like HPCL & BPCL have already repaid many a times of Govt.’s investment. NALCO, which is the world’s lowest cost aluminum producer, earns good profit. Disinvestment of such companies will lead to monopoly of private players.

The govt. is trying to cover their deficit through disinvestment of the profitable PSUs to private companies. Even after raising the money through disinvestment what is the surety that money raised would be used for reducing the fiscal deficit and not for filling the bellies of mean/corrupt politicians, bureaucrats?

The role of govt. should be to ensure the economic freedom & social justice to Dalits. The apparent shift towards privatization & lack of alternative social reforms against caste based market discrimination has increased fears of Dalits. Fear of being jobless! Public sectors have provided Dalits employment, helped them to earn livelihood & hence have played important role in raising literacy rate among Dalits.

I don’t see any reason to go for disinvestment of PSUs, these are safe in the hands of govt. Analyze the frauds & corruption happening in private companies, govt. companies are much better. Everyone has seen the case of “Satyam Computers” which has played the pivotal role in deepening the recession in India. PSUs are powerful in terms of knowledge & much better than their counterparts in private companies. PSUs have played a special role in India’s planned economy and in raising many lives. If govt. is going for disinvestment of PSUs, govt. should make sure Dalit-Bahujans are not exploited & they get benefits of reservation.

Walking with the Buddha

2009-04-04T22:32:00.000-07:00

JaiBHIM friends,

Walking with the Buddha is a documentary on life of Lord Buddha & places associated with Lord Buddha. This documentary was released last year on 14^thOct. in Nagpur (Auspiciously, I was there at the function!) I have uploaded this video for those friends who can’t find time to visit these places and also for them who are sitting abroad.

Walking with the Buddha - Part 1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7049944789179088172

Walking with the Buddha - Part 2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3990685930296860747

How to Download this Documentary :

To download videos from Google videos/YouTube videos either you require You Tube Grabber software. Or simply you can download from the www.keepvid.com

Just open the site www.keepvid.com & see there is written "Download videos DIRECT from most video sites Copy the link of the page with the video on it and paste it here"

Now suppose you want to save video from 1st link, copy that link & paste that link at the space provided at www.keepvid.com , press download & see below the further download links will come.

From there you'll be able to save the videos. Further if you want to download flv version of video you require VLC or FLV player to run that video. VLC player is available at http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-13632_4-10267151.html?cdlPid=11017757

Dr B R Ambedkar Books

2009-04-01T01:48:00.000-07:00

I have uploaded almost all the books of Baba Saheb & other material at this blog, (http://drambedkarbooks.wordpress.com)

http://drambedkarbooks.wordpress.com/dr-b-r-ambedkar-books/

http://drambedkarbooks.wordpress.com/other-important-books/

http://drambedkarbooks.wordpress.com/about/

Important speech of Saheb Kanshi Ram Ji.

2009-04-01T01:46:00.000-07:00

Part 1

http://www.esnips.com/doc/5e0232d2-dee1-44dc-a237-d950dd451d59/Saheb-Kanshi-Ram-Ji-speaks

Part 2

http://www.esnips.com/doc/27ad57c1-98de-4439-b2ee-ae2b559f4f06/Saheb-Kanshi-Ram-Ji-speaks-2

Part 3

http://www.esnips.com/doc/b230ee17-5c4b-4433-8dc9-bb1bd198b005/Saheb-Kanshi-Ram-Ji-3

Part 4

http://www.esnips.com/doc/437c5009-62ac-46a3-bd54-42be81b046b9/Saheb-Kanshi-Ram-Ji-speals-4

http://www.esnips.com/web/bsp2009

UPA Govt.’s Fake Survey!

2009-03-28T08:28:00.001-07:00

I always lose the Election in the opinion polls & I always win it on Election Day. – Benjamin Netanyahu

“Star news-A.C. Nielson option poll” showed UPA govt. almost managing to reach magic number in coming Lok Sabha elections. I was surprised to see in the survey as most of Bahujans will be that BSP is shown only winning 21 seats! So, I tried to get some information about this survey to put in short here in this mail. I can’t believe power hungry/desperate, selfish parties like “Congress” can go so low!

This survey clearly shows that it is done to earn money by these News agencies & to gain popularity by the mean parties. One needs to see the ground realities before publishing such a non-sense piece of survey. The assumptions made in survey are illogical & this survey is no more other than another blunder created by this casteist media.

In survey it is assumed that parties like RJD & LJP are with congress in Bihar despite both parties has fielded their candidates on almost all the seats!

In Uttar Pradesh; it is assumed that SP is with Congress, though again SP has fielded almost their all candidates on 80 seats.

In Jharkhand; it is assumed that JMM, RJD; LJP is with congress, despite JMM wanting to contest all 14 seats.

In Tamil Nadu; DMK, congress ally is shown to win 30 seats but have the people who conducted survey taken into account the merging of PMK with AIADMK?PMK-AIADMK merger can bring this tally of DMK below 20!

In Andhra Pradesh; Left-Congress-TRS together has won 37 of 42 seats in 2004, now “Left” has left congress & TRS is with TDP & also” Left” supporting TDP-TRS!

In West Bengal; Congress-Left combination last time has won 41 seats (Congress 6 & Left35) but the story is same here again “Left” has left “Congress” alone.

Parties like PDP, MDMK have already left power hungry, selfish “Congress” behind (and one don’t know how many other parties will leave up-to election time!), so if UPA can win total 150 seats in coming election, it would be a good achievement for them!

Is this the way surveys are done? Even a stupid person will come to know hidden agenda of these casteist parties & News agencies if they read carefully such surveys.

Don't go by such fake forecasts, as these are only to misguide innocent people as Congress govt. is doing from last 50 years. And parties like congress will continue their looting if we don’t waked up at this time. These News channels are after money. If you'll give them 1000s rupee they'll next day publish UPA is going to win 545 seats & Mr. Advani becoming PM on behalf of UPA's Govt.! Don't go by these fake reports, these reports will be keep on coming & going but we have to use our mind, whom to vote & whom to through out of power!

Change is Coming...

2009-03-23T21:14:00.000-07:00

BSP is doing good job in UP.

I have seen such a confidence level in Bahujan people that i'll like to share few incidents with all of you!

1. By the efforts of Babu Kanshiaam & Behan Mayawati Dalits are living free life & with confidence. I was traveling from Singraulli to Varanasi few days back, there were few SP workers protesting the LPG rise hike & they had blocked the road. I was filled with pride that our bus driver yelled at them "Yeh Mulyam ka raj nai hai, bhag jao" & within 5-10 mins there were large number of police force which shattered all those mongers who were creating inconvenience for public by blocking road. That area was such a remote & if in that area police can reach within 5-10 mins, that's a great great achievement towards justice.

2. Supreme court said few months back that crime rate is increasing in UP, That’s absolutely wrong to take this. They are not considering that Dalits are not coming out of their houses to register FIRs & their FIRs are being lodged, which has never happened earlier in Mulayam's Govt. Its also a great news towards uplifting Dalits that a have such a confidence & courage to speak against violence & towards giving justice to all.

3. Another incident, i was interacting here with some village people here & those who work here in company. With the hard work of BSP in UP now our people say proudly"Chahe humko khana na mile but vote toh hum BSP ko he denge". But educated class is just opposite . I was simply stunned that these uneducated people are more educated & they have proved these lines of Robert Green Ingersoll true -- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

4. Almost all my colleagues (all Brahimin, Rajput etc also) agree that there are lots of changes coming up in system from the time Behan Mayawati is there at CM post. Like they told me it used to happen at Mulayam's time there was much bribe taking at all Govt. offices. Mulyam & his party used to take crores of rupees & always leaked papers. This all is not happening in Behan Mayawati's govt & all are happy to see that more eligible candidates are coming up.

With this i'll end this mail, but hope people will think all about this. It’s our time to rule is coming near. Let’s get united & work together rather than staying apart. Loose pieces of paper get lost & are forgotten easily, together we rise; separated we will fall!!

Mayawati as a next PM

2009-02-28T09:20:00.001-08:00

“People who do not take charge of their lives are lathi-charged by time.” -- Kiran Bedi.

Power of Pen

I had read that the book named “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe had made history. It was the second bestselling book of 19th century, next only to the Bible and published in 1852, the anti slavery novel had actually intensified the sectional conflict that finally led to American civil war and ultimately resulted in the abolition of slavery under the leadership of “Abraham Lincoln.” The book’s impact was so great that it is said that when Abraham Lincoln met author Stowe at the start of the Civil war, he commented, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.” Believe it or not this is power of the PEN.

Success Story

After watching the grand success of Mr. Barack Obama almost everyone wondered how a black can become President of most powerful nation in world? Most importantly Dalits of India started taking afresh dream which they are hoping to come true via Behan Mayawati. Behind the success story of Obama there is long story of using all the resources those can be used for effective campaigning, are we ready for all this?

Here is a detail of Obama’s campaign:

E-mails: 13 million people on the e-mail list, who received 7,000 variations of more than 1 billion e-mails.

Donors: 3 million online donors, who contributed 6.5 million times.

Social Network: 5 million friends on more than 15 social networking sites, 3 million friends on “Facebook” alone.

Website: 8.5 million monthly visitors to www.mybarackobama.com (at peak), 2 million profiles with 4, 00,000 blog posts, 35,000 volunteer groups that held more than 2,00,000 offline events, 70,000 functioning hubs that raised $30 million.

Videos: Nearly 2,000 official YouTube videos, watched more than 80 million times with 1, 35,000 subscribers, 4, 42,000 user generated videos on YouTube.

Mobile: 3 million signed up for the text messaging program, each received 5 to 20 messages per month.

Phone calls: 3 million personal phone calls placed in last 4 days of the campaign.

I am wondering if we (Dalit-Bahujans) those who want to see Behan-Mayawati as next Prime Minister of India doing enough for this? Coming elections is a great opportunity for all of us to bring change in India.

Few days ago news appeared “National Dalit Front” will support Mr. Paswan as next PM. It made me to think what founder of Bahujan Samaj Party, Babu Kanshi Ram had said in his book named “Chamcha Jug”. He had said “Hit the hand those operates the Chamchas.” Kanshi Ram has further advised us not to hit the Chamcha’s but hit the hands those operate such Chamchas (Congress operate) as there is endless list of Chamcha’s in our Samaj. If we’ll hit one of the Chamcha they’ll pick up next & next. But if we’ll hit the hands those pick such Chamcha’s they won’t dare to pick further!

For now our main concern should be how to capture political power in the coming elections.

I’ll ask everyone:

· Be proud to be a Buddhist.

· Unite yourself and be fearless, generate a new movement with confidence.

· Discard religious superstitions and; social evils, and adopt social reforms.

· Capture complete political power.

· Try to unite people & mold them towards the Mission of Baba Saheb.

· Fight against the forces those are dividing the Dalit unity.

· Selfless devotion, dedication with enthusiasm and assertive mass movement will lay the foundation of a new Dalit movement.

Create blogs; prepare e-mail lists, websites, SMS, create videos & upload do each & everything what you can do to make Behan Mayawati as next PM.

"Internet gives us many opportunities to promote Buddhist values, understanding & insights on the global scale."

To get daily free SMS on the teachings of Lord Buddha, please type JOIN LordBuddha & send at 567678. Please ask your friends also to join.

What Obama’s Text Message Campaign Reveals

http://gigaom.com/2008/08/24/what-obamas-text-message-campaign-reveals/

Barack Obama's Million - Dollar Text Message?

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/barack-obama-s-million-dollar-text-message-

Let’s take Credit for Slums!

2009-02-26T18:42:00.001-08:00

“Success has many fathers & failure has none!” – English Saying.

A day before I saw two pigs fighting for taking credit that I have made the place dirtier, but the second one was saying no, it’s not you but it’s me who had made this place dirtier, I have pissed more than you.

Winning 8 OSCAR, UPA Govt. counts in the list of “UPA’s Achievements” (for providing “Danny Boyle” slums!)

All the politicians are feeling proud & why shouldn’t they take credit for what they have nourished from last 60 years (or say last 1000s years!)? I do agree that all these politicians along with Mumbai Mayors should have been nominated for “Best Supporting Actor” category! As you all know keeping slums is how much difficult in this recession period! Major credit of OSCAR should go to many of our dedicated politicians, without their dedicated efforts of disgusting corruption; such condition of slums wouldn’t be possible.

I don’t think heads of these politicians will bow in shame when common people are living in slums. Rather than taking some efforts to give education to slum people, giving security, providing them with good houses these politicians are fighting for taking credit that see we have created slums & we won OSCAR for it! Let’s create more slums so as next time we give clean sweep to rest of world at OSCAR awards? Or I think next credit these politicians will take for Mumbai attacks that in our regime there were more terrorist attacks.

Same pigs I saw were again fighting over taking credit for fighting against terrorism. 1^st pig said in my regime in whole country there were more than 85 bomb blasts in 6 months. 2^nd pig claimed sees you have failed, in my regime there was a big Kargil War (1000s were killed, still wives, mothers of those heroes can’t believe that their husbands/sons are no more)! 2^nd pig didn’t stopped here, he continued to claim see in the states where I am ruling like in Orissa we killed thousands innocent Christians, in Bihar just because of our dedicated corrupt efforts there was flood in Kosi river, in Karnataka we attacked on innocent women in ‘Pub” (In England it means nothing but a “Public House”, where people meet & have some refreshment but these pigs have misunderstood this as brothel) as we are the real supporters of Hindu culture, this all we made possible only through inefficiency & unlawfulness!

1^st pig in my regime I made possible killing of Sikhs, 2^nd pig replied in my regime I made possible killing of Christians, Muslims. (Forget about the condition of Dalits both pigs can take equal credit).

1^st pig didn’t stopped here & how can he stop when there are many much things to take credit for? He said in my regime the number of children suffering from malnutrition went up from 15.5% to 19.1% while the number of kids under five with anemia rose from 74.2% to 79.2% though we have doubled the child specific schemes. Credit for this also goes to our dedicated corrupt, cunning politicians. 2^nd pig was hopeful that they will be given chance in next elections to improve this tally & then he’ll see the 1^st pig. Isn’t shameful that still millions children are deprived of their rights, food, security & health.

1^st pig is tackling 2^nd pig through “Bharat Nirman” that after coming again in power I’ll give cheap food to everyone (no need to give education & jobs as I am going to give 2kg rice free per month!). 2^nd pig claimed that after coming to power i’ll run Rath Yatra throughout India, i’ll provide trishuls to everyone (so as they can kill Christians, Muslims, and Dalits easily), I’ll start Surya Namaskar in schools, (I’ll bring superstitious to schools), bring astrology to schools then everyone will get job!

I was stunned how these pigs are fighting & I preferred to leave those pigs fighting… and came back to slums…

OSCAR winning movie showed clearly that children being tortured, forced into begging profession (highly paid!) in addition to all other evils like corrupt police force, brothels etc. Does 1^st pig take credit for all of these?

People in slums are living in unimaginable poverty, stop taking credit for all these & work for improvement.

There were many more issues on which pigs wanted to take credit for, but till that time their landlord appeared & both disappeared! Anyhow pigs will continue fighting & it’s time for all of us to think, do we want to see these pigs in parliament again? Think logically & this time VOTE FOR CHANGE!

“Life is yours, choice is yours”!

Jai HO! (Salute to our politicians!)

Presidential speech of Obama & Buddhism !!

2009-01-27T20:24:00.000-08:00

I read Presidential speech of Obama (http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/20obama-the-historic-speech-obama-made.htm ) with a great interest but I got little bit disappointed not seeing name of “Buddhism” in the speech. Obama said “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers”.

But I think he forgot to mention the name of 3^rd largest religion in USA!! BUDDHISM. He has mentioned clearly the 4^th & 5^th largest religions but overlooked 3^rd largest religion, Buddhism!!

Check out this “The Pew Forum” survey which clearly shows there are more “Buddhists” than “Hindus” or “Muslims”

Check out the “The Pew Forum” survey results at http://religions.pewforum.org/affiliations

Check out Wikipedia, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States ) that also clearly shows Buddhism is 3^rd largest religion in USA after Christianity & Jewish. Then what caused Obama to omit “Buddhism” from the speech?

And if someone put Buddhists in “Non-Believers” atleast I can’t buy that justification. Buddhism deserves equal respect & dignity as all other mentioned religions. It’s not being pro or anti Obama but giving proper credit to the deserved.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Republic Day (26th January)

2009-01-25T20:10:00.000-08:00

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Republic Day (26th January)  On 26th January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics, we will have equality and in social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at the earliest possible moment else those who suffer from inequality will blow up the structure of democracy which this Constituent Assembly has so laboriously built up.  "I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime. Indeed, if I may say so, if things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile."  "There is no nation of Indians in the real sense of the world, it is yet to be created. In believing we are a nation, we are cherishing a great delusion. How can people divided into thousand of castes be a nation? The sooner we realise that we are not yet a nation, in a social and psychological sense of the world, the better for us."  “Independence is no doubt a matter of joy. But let us not forget that this independence has thrown on us greater responsibilities. By independence, we have lost the excuse of blaming the British for anything going wrong. If hereafter things go wrong, we will have nobody to blame except ourselves. There is a greater danger of things going wrong. Times are fast changing,"   "Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form of political democracy, and (2) To lay down that our ideal is economic democracy and also to prescribe that every Government whatever is in power shall strive to bring about economic democracy. The directive principles have a great value, for they lay down that our ideal is economic democracy."

http://www.youtube.com/dalitjade

I Salute Indian Women

2009-01-20T01:24:00.000-08:00

I Salute Indian Women

If she is lucky & not killed soon after birth,

If she is lucky to see her 15^th B’day,

(Of the 12 million girls born in India, 3 million do not see their fifteenth birthday!)

If she is lucky & not married before reaching puberty,

If she’s lucky; not trafficked & thrown into brothels,

If she’s lucky & not married to an ugly, old man with a daughter her age,

If she’s lucky & not raped every single day by impotent mother fuckers,

If she’s lucky & not asked to quit school in 5th grade,

If she’s lucky & not teased, harassed, molested by beasts who think she’s a sex toy,

If she’s lucky & not judged “characterless” by family & society for every single act,

If she’s lucky & not assaulted by her jilted lover,

If she’s lucky & not have to pay dowry for staying alive at her in laws place,

If she’s lucky she will have equal rights to that of men,

If she’s lucky she will be taken seriously.

I salute Indian Women!

Winning Formula

2009-01-19T23:54:00.000-08:00

Everyone has seen the power of information in USA, Barack Obama got elected as President just because he was able to get connected to as many as people he can through all the sources. Otherwise he was collecting whatever people give him as donation (from 1 dollar to million dollars he collected for campaign). Also just check out where Barack Obama don’t have his profile, let it be FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, YOUTUBE, DIGG, FLICKER & what not? At each and every public community he has his profile (which might be run by his associates, which is different thing). Many of his YOUTUBE videos have more than 10 million hits!!! He used each & ever resource whatever he could & see where is right now leaving behind all the odds. If we all can spare few minutes from our busy life, we can make change in many people's life.

Shaurya Din: 1 st Jan-The Battle of Bhima Koregaon

2008-12-31T01:39:00.000-08:00

Shaurya Din: 1 st Jan-The Battle of Bhima Koregaon
It was not a just another battle. It was story of Self Respect, Esteem and fight against the Manusmriti. This Battle is very important in history as everyone knows that after this Battle PESHAVAI ends. 

This Battle was between the Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry and Peshava Soldiers. Bombay Native Infantry was headed by Capt. Francis Statin. It comprised of only 500 soldiers most of them were MAHAR by Caste. After walking down 27 Miles distance from Shirur to Bhima Koregaon in one day, MAHAR soldiers neither get rest nor get proper water/food. Battle started
at the bank of Bhima River. Compared with MAHAR soldiers of Bombay Native Infantry;

Peshava soldiers were huge in number (more than 25000). Battle was fought over more than 12 hrs on 1st Jan 1818. Battle ended not only with the Victory over Peshava but it became responsible for the end of Peshavai in Mahararshtra.

This Battle was commemorated by an obelisk, known as the Koregaon Pillar (Vijay Stambh), which featured on the MAHAR Regiment crest until Indian Independence. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar used to visit Bhima Koregaon(Shaurya Bhumi) every year on 1st January to pay homage to great MAHAR soldiers of The Bhima Koregaon Battle. 

Few of you may think in wrong way why to celebrate or remember the victory of British. But there is reason for everything! Every one knows that during the time period of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj there was equal treatment for MAHAR soldiers as Chhatrapti was knowing the importance of MAHAR soldiers as they were great at battle field. But over the time; treatment changes in PESHAVAI. They were most of the time insulted and given dreadful treatment by the follower of Manusmriti. 
  So we can say victory of Bhima Koregaon was victory of Self Respect and Esteem over the haughty, superior and arrogant SAVARNA. One step ahead we can suggest or request all of you that in remembrance of MAHAR Soldier who fought and died for Self Respect and Esteem in The Bhima Koregaon Battle we should celebrate 1st January as a SHAURYA DIN.

Think before you cut a TREE?

2008-11-24T02:02:00.000-08:00

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. --John Muir

Trees give life with beauty. There are several methods used for actual assessment of tree which depends upon various factors. Real-estate and insurance appraisers, accountants and landscapers might use different calculation methods; one is not inherently better.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. -- Martin Luther

Do you know?

· A tree that lives for 50 years generates Rs.5.3 lakhs worth of oxygen.

· Re-cycles Rs. 6.4 lakhs worth fertility & soil erosion control, creates Rs. 1.05 lakhs worth of air pollution control & Rs. 5.3 lakhs worth of Shelter for birds and animals.

· So whenever a tree falls or it is felled, the city losses something worth more that Rs. 32 lakhs.

· Trees are nature’s air conditioners. In one year the average tree inhales 26 pounds of carbon dioxide, the amount emitted by a car on an 11,000 mile trip. This same tree will in turn exhale enough oxygen to keep a family of 4 breathing for a year.

· Trees are used as muffle urban noise almost as effectively as a stone.

· Trees cleanse the air by absorbing carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. A mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year.

· No town can fail of beauty, though its walks were gutters and its houses hovels, if venerable trees make magnificent colonnades along its streets. -- Henry Ward Beecher. It’s believed in Real Estate Business that tree’s beauty can add up to 15% of the cost of property.

· During windy and cold seasons, trees act as windbreaks. A windbreak can lower home heating bills up to 30%.

· He who plants a tree, Plants a hope. -- Lucy Larcom. Studies have shown that parts of cities without cooling shade from trees can literally be "heat islands," with temperatures as much as 12 degrees Fahrenheit higher than surrounding areas.

· A common misconception is that trees get most of their mass from the ground. Actually, 99 % of a tree's mass comes from the air.

People without children would face a hopeless future; a country with out trees is almost as hopeless. Indirect benefits from trees are more numerous than direct benefits. These benefits include filtration and absorption of air pollutants, reduced storm water run off, storing of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and beneficial impact on the general quality of life. Perhaps the greatest contribution our trees make is an emotional one. People who live in cities brighten up at the site of a tree, the scrawniest saplings challenging the concrete. Silently in our minds they rise as symbols of stability, dignity, adventure, comfort and knowledge. Maybe we should stop for a moment and wonder how many trees will be left for our children and grandchildren. As someone once said "Your family, your friends, your trees you take for granted you will always have these until you don't!!

Celebrate the miracle of trees.

Think before you cut a TREE…

References:

http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/tp/tree_value.htm

http://www.treedoc.com.au/importance_of_a_tree.htm

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

Power of Pen

2008-11-15T06:16:00.000-08:00

Power of information, there is no doubt that in 21st century information flow through internet will play prominent role. "Internet gives us many opportunities to promote Buddhist values, understanding & insights on the global scale."

Everyone has seen the power of information in USA, Barack Obama got elected as President just because he was able to get connected to as many as people he can through all the sources. Otherwise he was collecting whatever people give him as donation (from 1 dollar to million dollars he collected for campaign). Also just check out where Barack Obama don’t have his profile, let it be FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, YOUTUBE, DIGG, FLICKER & what not? At each and every public community he has his profile (which might be run by his associates, which is different thing). Many of his YOUTUBE videos have more than 10 million hits!!! He used each & ever resource whatever he could & see where is right now leaving behind all the odds. If we all can spare few minutes from our busy life, we can make change in many people's life. I am requesting all from last 3 years to write, write whatever you feel, whatever you think about your society. A pen can change the whole society so write, give your valuable thoughts (your thoughts might be different from others but they are unique so speak your mind) to society and encourage you brothers, sisters to read.

I’ll give one more example on “Power of Pen” I had read somewhere (Recently this story is also on editorial page of “The Sunday Indian”) that the book named “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe had made history. It was the second best selling book of the entire 19th century, next only to the Bible and published in 1852, the anti slavery novel had actually intensified the sectional conflict that finally led to American civil war and ultimately resulted in the abolition of slavery under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln. The book’s impact was so great that it is said that when Abraham Lincoln met author Stowe at the start of the Civil war, he commented, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.” Believe it or not this is power of the PEN.

In newspaper I was reading many BJP’s leaders have started working on promoting blogs, contacting people through emails, SMSs, group chats on the same lines what happened in USA. Why we all are lacking to take early lead if we want to make change in upcoming elections? Most of our young friends think, what if they’ll write something wrong, this Fear is a greatest enemy of man & this fear only leads to slavery!! If you have fear, you are weak hence slave!! Remove the fear of failure & be bold. Make videos, upload wherever you can to promote Buddhism, teachings of our ideals. Write blogs, contact through emails, SMSs (there are many sms sites from where you can send free sms to groups like http://www.smsgupshup.com/ , http://www.indyarocks.com/ etc etc… )

If not now then never!! NOW OR NEVER. It’s a time to make a difference, take time in your busy life to encourage others in their strife, take time to listen what others say, give them positive thoughts, give them confidence, encouragement. Bring best out of your family & your friends, time spend in this way will make a big difference. YES YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

"As you have come into this world, leave some marks behind. Otherwise, what is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die."

--- Dr B R Ambedkar

Say BIG NO to Diwali

2008-10-26T05:19:00.000-07:00

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James Baldwin

“History of India is nothing but the battle between Buddhism & Brahmanism.” – Dr. B R Ambedkar. In India, the so called followers of Hinduism are gullible (naive) people those are following Brahmanism in the form of sugar coated Hinduism. From generation to generation Brahmans have spread many crooked stories to befool masses & to keep Dalit-Bahujans following Brahmanical culture. All these Brahmanical crooked stories have made such a psychological impact over people that they are bound to follow these rituals without knowing the reality behind these fraudulent stories!!

Hindus says “Light lamps & Laxmi (money) will flow into your house.” How it can be possible scientifically that lighting candles will make money to come? If it would have be true people those are living in remote areas, people those don’t have access to electricity would have be millionaire by now, as they use candles for lighting purpose throughout year!! Goddess Laxmi this year might have forgotten the path to India & have made Indian economy to reach lower of the lowest!!

Mr. KOVENA rightly said in the book named “The Hidden History” page no. 19 that “Hindu means thief in Persian language & Hinduism mean country of thieves, Hindus feel proud of being thief.”

Jawaharlal Nehru in his book “Discovery of India” at page no. 204-5 writes that the festivals like Holi, Diwali & Dussehra are imitation of the Greek festivals. At page no. 235, Nehru explains that the Brahmins are not a caste but an organisation who would offer their daughters for the guests. Page no. 37 states "Hinduism as a faith is vague, amorphous, many sided, all things to all men. It is hardly possible to define it, or indeed to say definitely whether it is a religion or not, in the usual sense of the word. In its present form, and even in the past, it embraces many beliefs and practices, from the highest to the lowest, often opposed to or contradicting each other."

Here lies the reality of Diwali festival:

On this day Great Gana king (tribal) Bali was murdered by Waman- a Brahman by cheating. If people want to celebrate this day, celebrate in the name of King Bali, a Bahujan virtuous king.

Bhikhu Mahamodgalyayan was murdered by Brahmans on this day.

After murder of Buddhists in the rule of Pushyamitra Shung this day was celebrated as “Eekadashi”. Pushyamitra killed many Buddhists monks, destroyed Buddha Vihars, burnt Buddhist literature in 200 BC. Many Buddhist places were converted in Hindu temples. After this Buddhism started diminishing & Brahmanism started strengthening.

When Aryans came from Egypt through Iran, China they brought their culture with themselves & the so called “Hindu Vedas” are imitation of Egypt & Iranian books with little bit change in rules.

“Ram” on the name of which this festival is celebrated is a fictitious character, even supreme court of India has denied the existence of so called “Ram”, hence where lies the logic of Hindus to celebrate? Many scholars do agree that “Pushyamitra Shung” was the so called “Ram Chandar” who imposed many laws on Dalit-Bahujans & stopped their progress. Ramayana was written afterwards to befool non Brahmans.

So called “Ram” (Pushyamitra Shung) killed Shudra rishi Shambuk, who was practicing meditation just because he was from lower caste & lower caste people don’t have the right to meditate!!

Hindus worship Laxmi -- Goddess of Money but the surveys conducted proved that still 77% people are alive on the daily income of Rs.20, what to eat and what to wear?? All other developed countries like US, UK etc there are no god and goddess like Saraswati or Laxmi but still maximum of the population are literate and rich in comparison to India. Hindus have embossed the mental slavery which had shut down all doors to be rational thinking. Apart from above there is increase of Asthma patients by 15% every year because of air pollution, by spending thousands on crackers we are doing nothing but increasing Asthma patients. Also by spending thousands on crackers we hope that Laxmi (money) was come, how it can be possible? The problem with Hindu people is that they never rational and not ready to be literate and this make the Indian heritage rich with poor people rather slaves meant for slavery.

“Diwali” is nowhere mentioned in Ramayana of Rishi Valmiki or Tulsidas. But term Diwali find place in Jain books & exact dates are mentioned in Jain scriptures. As Buddha Purnima is celebrated, the day of enlightenment of Lord Buddha same way in Jainism this “Diwali” is a day of nirvana of Lord Mahavira. But now a day’s whole motive & real facts have been vanished in time & gullible people are celebrating it with different motive like earning money & to do business.

All the fallacious stories – gateway to establish Brahmanical culture & allied fests look harmless when seen be common eye, but in reality these mythical stories are deadliest weapon to destroy Dalit-Bahujans culture & to impose Brahmanical culture. Once Dalit-Bahujans will lose their identity, hence they’ll not have any other option than to follow the imposed Brahmanical culture. Hence we should immediately discard the Hindu rituals, ceremonies, pilgrimages, festivals those have made us slaves & we should follow the 22 vows given by Dr. B R Ambedkar if we really want that our Dalit-Bahujan society live with pride & dignity.

Babasaheb Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism

2008-10-24T22:39:00.000-07:00

Please see Babasaheb Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism [Clip frm National Award Winning Movie]

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=PpAjQ-pdgNU

Hidden India - Our Education System

2008-09-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

Someone rightly said “Only educated ones are free”. Education make people think analytically, but in 2020 education will be only available for the rich people. Fees of almost all the course even now are at the peak, no-one from poor are capable of giving their children’s good education. Few days back there was news in “Indian Express” & “The Hindu” newspapers that a medical student from Andhra Pradesh’s Govt. College dropped out because he wasn’t having fees to pay & now he was working in fields. See where he was going to be a doctor but ended with a farmer, alas!!!! This is not a unique story only in India, much such news comes daily but who bothers? Nobody bothers; Indian politicians don’t even have time to think over this. Only then will they think when they’ll stay here in India. Latest reports of India Today (Feb 18th 2008) showed who UPA Government’s ministers are spending cool time abroad spending millions of rupee. These are the people those don’t have proper funds for development of schools or for SC/ST students scholarships. “Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath spent 424 days on 72 trips outside the country, of which 27 days were spent on six personal visits. A cool 14 months spent outside India.” A day will come when these leaders will run (operate) India from USA’s beaches!! Shameful, isn’t it? Navjot Singh Sidhu MP of BJP can be seen only on TV serials!! These are the leaders those will carry forward our nation & will make true the dream of our Ex. President!! Kamal Nath is the leader who will establish new industries here in India. Do these leaders know A B C of industries, Factory Acts?? These political leaders have never let poor people know all rights that poor people have according to our constitution. Also here comes the power of voting system, but it’s also a fact that not much people exercise this right. If people didn’t made aware at right time there will be 0% voting one day in future as people have lost faith in voting as according nothing has changed till now. Merely on the basis of power of money these people are ruling over India. India was never a free country for poor SC/ST or other minority community people. Earlier they were under King/Queens, then under British & now working under political upper caste leaders & this sequence will continue even in 2020. Even if a student gets a scholarship that get sanction too late upto that student leave behind the education. So there remains is no meaning of allotting scholarships. Also not many students or parents know about the scholarships. Who has responsibility to make people avail these facilities? Isn’t it government’s responsibility? Why they are not bothered? Isn’t it showing that our own governments not interested in making India a developed nation? Upto 2020 the number of illiterate people will be more than it is now if governments didn’t take necessary steps towards it. We need to change all the above facts & people say there is a need to change the education system.

Upper caste people think Lord Macaulay for the bad education system prevailing in India. Which is not true, the thing is he gave chance to learn all irrespective of the caste & creed. That’s what hurt these upper caste people that Dalits are sitting with them now a day. Have these upper caste people ever given chance to learn Dalits? No never, nor they would have ever given. Or why they couldn’t courage to change the system even after 60 years of freedom if it wasn’t correct? Simply they are not capable of changing the system as no-one can digest change easily.
A recent survey, published on the Republic Day in a national newspaper, was equally revealing. The survey, had two teenage school students of Delhi, thinking Indira Gandhi was the first woman President of India, while another thought it was Sheila Dikshit and a B Tech student asserted it was Sarojini Naidu. This is considering that the question was not even historical in nature. It was about the present. When it came to history too they hardly did better. The B tech student when asked what was the significance of Republic Day, replied, “Long back something political happened on this day”!

Make students capable in technical skills that can lead them for earning, don’t load little kids like donkeys. Only bookish knowledge can’t lead for happiest life. Future till 2020 seems in dark again in this way if we continued loading kids with books only. About child rights India needs strongest actions; as the children are abused, exploited. They have suffered & will continue suffer in 2020 for high mortality rate (India has highest child mortality rate in world – reports of UNICEF), hunger, homelessness, working in hazardous conditions & poor chances of education. Education & Medical are two main things those needed to be given much preference. About 35,000 crores (approx.) rupee is collected in all over Hindu temples here in India. But where all this money does goes, nobody knows. If all this money is to be used in proper manner many problems can be solved but everyone is busy in filling up their own pockets. Dr B R Ambedkar has also pointed this in the manifesto for his “INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY” that at least 10% of the income of temples should be collected & should be spend on the EDUCATION & on HEALTH. Nobody bothered this. Poor people donate money there & that money is used against them in many ways & this trend will continue in the worse manner in 2020 also. Don’t you think India needs more schools, colleges than temples? Or doesn’t India need more toilets for women in villages than temples??

Hidden India - Children Violence

2008-09-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

Children are considered as future of nation. But India doesn't seem to be interested in protecting or giving rights to their children those constitute one third of the total population (about 400 million). Every single day children rights are violated & nobody give them any preference.

The 1989 UN Charter, to which India is a signatory, guarantees every child the following rights

- Right to Survival - To life, health, nutrition, name, nationality

- Right to Protection - From exploitation, abuse, neglect

- Right to Development - To education, care, leisure, recreation, cultural activities

- Right to Participation - To expression, information, thought, religion

No-one in India is interested in giving them education, basic health facilities. How many here in India follows the above child rights? Problem of child labor continues despite of "Child Labor Act(s)".

India has highest number of vitamin - A children in world, about 330,000 children die yearly because lack of vitamin - A. About 75% below 3 months are suffering from anemic. While one in every five adolescent boys is malnourished, one in every two girls in India is undernourished.

See the glaring facts:-

In India, only 53% of habitation has a primary school.

In India, only 20% of habitation has a secondary school.

On an average an upper primary school is 3 km away in 22% of areas under habitations.
In nearly 60% of schools, there are less than two teachers to teach Classes I to V.

On an average, there are less than three teachers per primary school. They have to manage classes from I to V every day.

High cost of private education and need to work to support their families and little interest in studies are the reasons given by 3 in every four drop-outs as the reason they leave.

Dropout rates increase alarmingly in class III to V, its 50% for boys, 58% for girls.

1 in 40, primary school in India is conducted in open spaces or tents.

In Andhra Pradesh (South India), 52 upper primary schools were operating without a building in 2002, while in 1993, there were none?

In Maharashtra (West India), there were 10 schools operating without a building in 1993, this has climbed to 33 in 2002.

More than 50 per cent of girls fail to enroll in school; those that do are likely to drop out by the age of 12.

50% of Indian children aged 6-18 do not go to schoolSource: 7th All India Education Survey, 2002

Mentally/Physically Challenged Children

3% of India's children are mentally/physically challenged.

20 out of every 1000 rural children are mentally/physically challenged, compared to 16 out of every 1000 urban children.

Mentally/physically challenged girls are at a particular risk to violence and abuse.

Child marriage is also one worst factor for India's empowerment! About 1.6 child marriages take place in India; a shocking statistic is that there are over 1.7 lakh divorces that take place among couples who are yet to reach the official marriageable age in the country. Child buying & child marriage is much common Rajasthan than other parts of India. According to 2001 census there were about 18.3 lakh child marriage cases recorded.

Children can be seen working in any industry, working at tea stalls, working in premium institute's shops, messes. School, colleges where the children are supposed to study are bound to work (40% children don't attend schools & 15 million children are bounded laborers). Whatever may be the reason, either poverty or any other; doesn't Governments have responsibilities to educate them if India has to become developed nation?? Not more than 4% of the total students go to professional colleges in Punjab - number one state as predicted by India Today in three consecutive years!!! People here in India keeps on fighting over silly questions like why such a person opened a school there, why not here. It's shameful that people think like this, these people won't ever think how we can make quality education, how to reduce the stress level on students (school bags of even nursery kids are more heavier than their own weights!!), how to reduce the dropout of students from schools, how to provide teachers in 60% schools those don't have proper teaching staff, won't even think how to construct buildings for primary schools in which students study under mango trees!! Nor even will ever think how to reduce child labor, but will continue fighting like ignorant. Even ignoring all these & many more facts we still believe that we are going to be a developed nation by 2020!!

Raksha Bandhan – A hindrance for development of women society?

2008-07-28T03:42:00.000-07:00

Raksha Bandhan, Hindu festival (now infiltrated to all other religions) is coming near & I sat down to recall that two years back I had opposed openly (which actually I am doing from childhood at my home) this festival for many reasons. Two years back I had got many replies from friends those opposed me on this (except one reply from friend named Mukesh Kumar), i.e. they were in favor of celebrating this festival thinking this festival is more than a Hindu festival. So this time I’ll make some points more clear those might have been left last time.

First point there is no historical background of festival. (If some lady tied a thread on some other king’s wrist & he won, that’s just a fiction, not history!! Nor a simple thread can make someone to win). There is a chanting of holy mantra in Hinduism

Yena baddho Balee raajaa daanavendro mahaabalah |
Tena twaam anubadhnaami rakshe maa chala maa chala ||

It means, “I am tying a Raksha to you, similar to the one tied to Bali, the powerful king of the demons. Oh Raksha, be firm, do not waver.” How this simple, annually recurring act of tying the Rakhi on one’s wrist can evoke such strong and intense emotions in a person is indeed surprising & interesting that NASA should take some project over this!! Ohh... I think we should tie 5-6 Rakhis to the each & every army men at front so as they all become strong…!! (Or they be firm, don’t waver while raping innocent girls, women as happened in Kashmir & north eastern states)

This is common notion set (set by Brahmins) in the minds of people that relation of Brother-Sister is pure love, effective etc but it’s not true as more than 80% of world don’t celebrate this festival & they are strong enough than Indians (here consider under nutrition people also). On the one hand when Indian people don’t accept a girl child, (consider sex ratio here) women society faces discrimination in all respects but afterward thinking of festivals like Raksha Bandhan, Women’s Empowerment Day seems to be funny!!

When sister ties a thread on the wrist of brother & asks him to protect her in difficulties. Don’t all you think this it's showing or impelling that women society is not capable/eligible for protecting herself & she always needs a help. Isn’t it showing that the women society is inferior & can’t help own-self? (Here also consider what Manu Smrti says “Before marriage women should be under protection of father, after marriage under protection of husband, after death of husband she should be under protection of children,” i.e. she is never free & can’t do anything on her own will.) After few days of Raksha Bandhan here comes the “Bhaiya Dhuj” festival, on this day sister prays for long life of brother. But there is no such festival on the day when brother will pray for sister’s long life. Isn’t it a best way to keep women society down always & not to give many chances for growth?

If women society still needs her brothers to protect her from her husband or if she still looks at the face of brother to get help, this shows nothing but the lack of confidence & sense of inferiority complex caused by society only; henceforth I’ll say there is no meaning of women empowerment (forget about Dalit women) then, which many women organizations are claiming loudly!! Raksha Bandhan is itself a Bandhan (hindrance) for development of women society.

This festival is celebrated in many parts of India under different names; this is known as Narial Poornima or Coconut Full Moon in Mumbai’s famous beaches. Coconuts are thrown into the sea to propitiate (calm down) the Sea God, Varuna. This is the height of stupidity in Hinduism!!

Now rationally thinking is a special day needed to pour all the love, care, attachment? Do we need a special day like Rakhi for sister, mother’s day for mother, and father’s day for father or Valentine day for girlfriend-boyfriend? (it shouldn’t be considered my opposition to “V-Day” is due to its western origin, likewise RSS, VHP people do without knowing what does western culture means; wearing jeans, coats, ties & opposing western culture seems funny, isn’t it?) Poor people spend at least 100’s of rupees on Rakhi’s, albeit of the fact that they can hardly afford to celebrate money wasting occasions like Diwali, Dushara, Rakhi but still these mental slaves are willing to celebrate and as a consequences be more credited with loads of money to be repaid back . These all are the beautiful carved tactics of businessmen & pundit-pujaris to earn money & to trap poor illiterate innocent people .all these businessman’s are not from the downtrodden communities, these are all Baniyas, Thakurs, Rajputs etc. All these people are highly educated but the fact is only downtrodden the untouchables are illiterate. On “Shivratri” give milk to pundit-pujaris, on “Diwali” give sweets to pundit-pujaris, on “Holi” give “bhang” to drink. All these are nothing but the tactics so as the business of temples keeps ongoing… Wake up friends!!!

The Untouchable Country

2008-07-25T05:41:00.000-07:00

India's Open Secret Casteism; Racism & more The film focus on Tamil Nadu & southern parts. "There is a no nation of Indians in the real sense of the world; it is yet to be created. How can people divided into thousands of castes be a nation?" -- Dr B R Ambedkar "How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting political democracy in peril,"

Dalits

2008-07-25T05:33:00.000-07:00

This documentary was made by me two years back, when i was in 20s. In this documentary i have just tried to explain the condition of Dalits from the starting & how Dalits can escape from the worst situations

Untouchables

2008-07-25T04:57:00.000-07:00

"How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting political democracy in peril,"

Jago Bahujan Sathiyo (Wake Up Dalit-Bahujan Friends)

2008-07-24T02:09:00.000-07:00

Jago Bahujan Sathiyo (Wake Up Dalit-Bahujan Friends)

I have uploaded this one hour movie on google videos.

Its a documentary on the life story of Dalit-Bahujans.
Story of BSP's rise.
Story of Dalit-Bahujan heroes.

Watch this Jago Bahujan Sathiyo (Wake Up Dalit-Bahujan friends) & forward this to other groups.

Quotes by me!! Interesting & funny !!

2008-07-23T00:56:00.000-07:00

Argument should be for revealing the truth; it shouldn’t be for creating the truth.

Lion as a leader of donkeys will always win over lions who are lead by a donkey.

Loose pieces of paper get lost & are forgotten easily, together we rise; separated we fall!!

Humanity is sick, not dead!!

It is better to take a decision either that is wrong or right than to indecision.

Either be A PART of the system (for the development of the society) or be APART from the system.

If Hindu is a mean & Muslim is a cruel, then I’ll say meanness is much cruel than cruelty.

Love, trust is nothing but giving someone rights to exploit you!!

Do you think words themselves have meaning or we (human) take meaning according to our interests?

Everyone can achieve all the things, what matters are the conditions in which one achieve!!

If we will keep on fighting we’ll definitely overlook similarities with others.

I am not able to cry these days; am I lost?

I don’t know what that is in the tears, after crying those make me comfortable!!

People will prefer going at front rather than developing virtue.

People say what’s in the names? I said everything is there in the names itself.

When negative thoughts come, think twice as (–ve) (–ve) = +ve :)

My articles in DV, CC & Jan Vikalp

2008-07-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

These all are few of my articles those got published in Dalit Voice, Countercurrents & Jan Vikalp.. There are other articles for which i couldn't find links.. Just copy these links in URL & read..

Will Sikh priests put Hindu gods in Golden temple?

http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/april_a2008/articles.htm

Alas..!! Women
By Pardeep

http://www.countercurrents.org/attri300408.htm

Though the top most position of India (President) a woman is occupying but it would be one of the biggest misconceptions “by this women society is going to be empowered” as being claimed by the most of the political parties. We can only hope that Mrs. President will do something for empowering or making women society to live with dignity. Before this let’s see past record of last six to eight months

Education In Punjab – A Dream
By Pardeep

http://www.countercurrents.org/pardeep130708.htm

All the schools I visited in Punjab, I saw many slogans written on the walls of schools that” Vidya bechari ta par-upkari” means “Education is for welfare/improvement”, “Vidya – 3rd ankh” means “Education - 3rd eye” etc. But the condition of education in Punjab is like drowning Titanic ship. Education has become business and not for opening 3rd eye or for welfare

God – A G(oo)d Business
By Pardeep

http://www.countercurrents.org/pardeep140708.htm

God is not dead, as it never existed. Death comes to those things only which existed somewhere, sometime. God is biggest lie on earth!!

Schools, Toilets Or Temples?
By Pardeep

http://www.countercurrents.org/pardeep190708.htm

At every street corner we have built temples but not toilets or schools and afterwards killing each other on the name of same God!! How shameful it is!! India is the only country with so many Gods, well wishers (I’ll say fake Gods) but still poor in many fields!!

'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' : A Burden Of Another Billion Dollars!!
By Pardeep

http://www.countercurrents.org/pardeep220708.htm

Receiving green signal form World Bank for the next installment of 600 million USD, Indian political leaders might have started celebrating!! Why don't they celebrate? They have reason to celebrate, this Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan movement has made many millionaires & if not this 600 million USD will make them!! This "Education for All Children" movement has proved "Money for All Politicians" nothing else.\

शिक्षा की जाति

http://janvikalp.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_6093.html#links

मुचकुंद दूबे की अध्यक्षता में गठित 'समान स्कूल शिक्षा प्रणाली आयोग`की अनुशंसायें पूरे देश में लागू हों।

शिक्षा की जाति

2008-07-22T13:22:00.001-07:00

शिक्षा की जाति (My article in JanVikalp)

http://janvikalp.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_6093.html#links

प्रदीप अत्रि /मुसाफिर बैठा
अगस्त् 2007 जन विकल्प

मुचकुंद दूबे की अध्यक्षता में गठित 'समान स्कूल शिक्षा प्रणाली आयोग`की अनुशंसायें पूरे देश में लागू हों।

मानव इतिहास में झांके तो शिक्षा पर अधिकार के अनुपात से ही समाज में लोगों की हैसियत भी अधिक याकमतर होती रही है। शिक्षा के ईद-गिर्द ही उच्चता या हीनता बोध विकसित होता है। ज्यादा शिक्षा प्राप्त कर सकनेवाले लोग अन्य को अपने मुकाबले हीन ठहराते हैं। यही वजह है कि वर्चस्वशाली समूह किसी भी रास्ते से शिक्षापर कब्जा जमाए रखने की कवायद सदियों से करते रहे हैं। आज के तर्क प्रवण एवं विज्ञानपोषित समय में भीज्ञान पर वर्चस्वशाली जातियों एवं तबकों का प्रभुत्व बरकरार है। आधुनिकता जनित पूंजीवाद भी ज्ञान-वंचना केइस शातिर खेल में प्रभुवर्ग के पक्ष में ही उतर आया है। उदारीकरण के इस दौर में पूंजीवाद एवं ब्राह्मणवाद शोषितवर्गों को ज्ञान से वंचित रखने के खेल में जुड़वा भाई सरीखी भूमिका निभा रहा हैं। ब्राह्मणवाद जहां प्रभु जातियों सेइतर जातियों को ज्ञानवंचित रखने का हिमायती है वहीं पूंजीवाद समाज के विभिन्न तबकों को महजटुकड़ा-टुकड़ा असंतुलित व अवसरवादी ज्ञान उपलब्ध कराने का पक्षधर है।

शैक्षिक विभेद के वर्णवादी रवैये को कुछ टटका उदाहरणों से भी समझा जा सकता है। आईबीएन चैनल की एकखबर के मुताबिक पानीपत के एक गांव में 'सबके लिए शिक्षा` की अनिवार्य सरकारी नीति को धत्ता बताते हुए एकस्कूल के जातिगंधी प्राचार्य ने दलित छात्र का दाखिला लेने से मना कर दिया, कहा कि दलितों के लिए हमारे स्कूलमें जगह नहीं है। इस न्यूज चैनल के ही एक और ताजे समाचार के अनुसार एक मुंबईया कॉलेज के सवर्ण शिक्षकोंने एक दलित छात्र को 'शुद्ध` करने एवं उसमें घुसी बुरी आत्मा के प्रभाव को निकालने के नाम पर उसके ऊपर गायका पेशाब छिड़का। शिक्षकों की इस बीमार मनस करतूत की शिकायत पर कालेज प्रशासन का जो बयान आयावह भी खासा आपत्तिजनक और रोचक था। बयान था कि 'ये शिक्षक अंधविश्वासी जरूर हैं पर जातिवादी नहीं`!

सरकारी सूत्र भी अकादमिक संस्थानों में दलित दलन-उत्पीड़न की गवाही देते हैं। अपने जातिवादी पूर्वाग्रहों केकारण 'एम्स` पिछले दिनों चर्चा में रहा है। कुछ नए तथ्यों ने उसके दामन को और दागदार बना दिया है। थोराटसमिति द्वारा प्रस्तुत एक हालिया रपट के अनुसार 'एम्स` में दलित तबके के मेडिकल छात्रों के साथ जातीयउत्पीड़न के चौंकाने वाले तथ्य मिले हैं। 'एम्स` में नवागंतुक छात्रों की सीनियर छात्रों द्वारा जो रैगिंग की जाती हैवह शत-प्रतिशत जातीय आधार पर होती है। सवर्ण वर्चस्व वाली सीनियरों की मंडली द्वारा ली जाने वाली उसरैगिंग में सवर्ण तबके के 'फ्रेशर्स` के साथ रियायत व नरमी बरती जाती है जबकि दलित छात्रों को अत्यधिक तंगव प्रताड़ित किया जाता है। दलित वर्ग के ८८ प्रतिशत छात्र वहां उपेक्षणीय परिस्थितियों में सामान्य छात्रों सेअलग-थलग कोटे के छात्रों हेतु आवंटित छात्रावास में रहने को मजबूर हैं। समिति को एम्स के ७६ प्रतिशत दलितछात्रों ने कहा कि छात्रावास के मेस में उनके साथ छुआछूत परक व्यवहार किया जाता है। खेलकूद में भी उनकेसाथ सवर्ण छात्र भेद बरतते हैं, उनके साथ खेलने से परहेज करते हैं। ८४ प्रतिशत दलित छात्रों का अनुभव था किसंस्थान की आंतरिक परीक्षाओं में भी उनकी क्षमताओं का नकारात्मक मूल्यांकन होता है अथवा उनकी परीक्षाकी कॉपियों का निष्पक्ष मूल्यांकन नहीं होता, उन्हें योग्यता से कम अंक दिए जाते हैं।

लब्बोलुबाब यह कि अभी भी हमारी शिक्षा व्यवस्था का चेहरा वर्णवादी और अलोकतांत्रिक है। इसे जनतांत्रिकबनाने की दिशा में हमें ठोस राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति अपनानी होगी। जो विभेदक न हो और स्वस्थ सोच विकसित करनेमें सहायक हो। शिक्षा-संस्कृति में बड़े सुनियोजित तरीके से फेंटी गई द्विजवादी वर्णवादी अवधारणाओं एवं प्रतीकोंको बहिष्कृत कर नये सिरे से शैक्षिक पाठ्यक्रमों को स्वस्थ सोच विकसित करने योग्य बनाना होगा ताकि हमारीबुद्धि का स्वस्थ व वैज्ञानिक अनुकूलन हो सके। गरीबों, धनाढ्यों एवं पूंजीपतियों के बच्चों के लिए वर्तमान कीअलग-अलग शिक्षा व्यवस्था को भी एक करना जरूरी है। इसके लिए बिहार सरकार द्वारा मुचकुंद दुबे कीअध्यक्षता में गठित 'समान स्कूल शिक्षा प्रणाली` आयोग की अनुशाएं देश के लिए उपयोगी हो सकती हैं। अभावव उच्च सुविधा में मिलती विभेदी शिक्षा के बदले समभाव व समुचित सुविधा वाली शिक्षा सबको प्रदान कर ही हमएक राष्ट्र, एक समाज बनाने की दिशा में अग्रसर हो सकेंगे। 'बहुजन हिताय बहुजन सुखाय` की समदर्शीज्ञान-व्यवस्था को अमलीजामा पहनाकर ही हमारी शिक्षा-संस्कृति सही मायनों में लोकतांत्रिक हो सकेगी।

Link for the book "Why I am not a Hindu" by Mr. Kancha Ilaiah

2008-07-17T21:57:00.001-07:00

Link for the book "Why I am not a Hindu" by Mr. Kancha Ilaiah
Read from the below given link

http://dalitindia.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/why-i-am-not-a-hindu.doc

This book is really good & has been compared with many other books like “Annihilation of Caste” by Dr B R Ambedkar & Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" by many scholars. It was listed as a millennium book by the leading English language news-paper "The Pioneer". All those who have read “Annihilation of Caste” by Dr B R Ambedkar should also read this book.

This book "Why i am not a Hindu" by Mr. Kancha Ilaiah is one of the best book that i have ever read. The way he represented the whole book is really appreciable & hard to put down while reading.

Mr. Kancha Ilaiah explained in detail about the social, economical & cultural differences between the lower caste DalitBahujans & the Upper caste; Brahmin, Baniyas & Kshatriyas which plays important role at each & every step of lives – childhood (how lower caste children suffer because of casteism; how their upcoming is just different from upper caste children & many other ways), family life (Relation between wife & husband in upper caste people & lower caste people), market relations (How market affects lower caste farmers, workers & how lower caste people are exploited by upper caste market holders), jobs (How DalitBahujans get lower wages, dirty jobs), Gods & Goddesses (lower caste & upper caste people worship are different & lower caste people never allowed to worship upper caste Gods), birth & death ceremonies etc all are different.

The way he argued on the life of DalitBahujans of India that they hardly have anything common (everything is opposite) with social, economical & cultural environment is brilliant. Brahmanism mentality is just to destroy the DalitBahujan culture & not to give chance for progressing DalitBahujan.

I highly appreciate Mr. Kancha Ilaiah’s views on “Neo Kshatriyas emerging movement”. Hope his views on “Neo Kshatriyas” will help many to come out of their dream world of Brahmanism.

DV silence on Ravidas murder by Brahmins at Chittorgarh

2008-07-15T04:43:00.000-07:00

Few months (April 16^th -30^th issue) back this article appeared in “Dalit Voice”. (One can see the article from this link http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/april_a2008/articles.htm) Torture of Dalit-Bahujan is not new. These Brahmins have always tortured, tried to kill, murder, loot Dalit-Bahujans. Upto the time we have read, thought, written only that what these Brahmins have forced us to read, read. But now I think it’s time to bring truth in-front of all through Dalit-Bahujan media.

Here is the list from the book named “Dalit History of India” by Dr. S L Virdi, Gurus those were murdered by Brahmins. Sant Chakardhar was murdered; Sant Namdev was tortured & was forced to leave Maharashtra, Sant Tukaram was murdered & rumors were spread that he has gone to “Bakundh”, Guru Ravidas was murdered & news was spread that he has gone under earth, Meera Bai follower of Guru Ravidas was murdered by giving poison, Sant Nant Naar was burnt alive, Shiva ji was murdered, Sant Chokha Malla was murdered, people tried to kill Mahatama Joti Ba Phule & Shahuji Maharaj. History of India is nothing but the History of Dalit-Bahujans only. There is an endless list of people those worked for the upliftment of Dalits, poor society; also behind the lives of all Dalits there is a strong battle for the existence against the Manuwadi people. Few of them are Lord Buddha, Guru Namdev, Guru Ravidas, Guru Kabir, Guru Trilochan, Guru Sain, Guru Tukaram, Mahatma Joti Ba Phule, Dr B R Ambedkar, Savitribai Phule etc. we should take inspiration from all these & should respect them.

Mischief done by the Brahmin scholars to historical research is obvious to uphold the prestige of their forefathers as the founders of the system. Present days the Manuwadi people are trying to hide the past mistakes of their forefathers by representing the history by their own way & defending it even at the cost of the truth. Also along with this they are continuously trying to change the Dalit history according to them so that it can help them. Historian is one who is ought to be free from fear, any personal benefits also he should be sincere, faithful to truth, open mind, open hearted & should have courage to show the true picture to the people, but these Brahmins have only proved faithful to their forefathers only.

Crores of Rupees are wasted by writing wrong history & then again correcting these “saffronised” books by these Manuwadi people. (Recently agitation is going on in Kerala over History Books!!)

There is a “Guru ka Bhag” in Varanasi, where it is supposed that Guru Nanak Dev met Guru Ravidas & Guru Nanak Dev accepted Guru to Guru Ravidas but hardly Sikh people accept/believe in this. Also “Ek-Onkar” religious symbol of Sikhism is believed to be 1^st time used by Guru Ravidas. There is an urgent need to bring truth in-front of all by the Dalit-Bahujan scholars as well mentioned by Mr. Bhagwan Singh in the article “DV silence on Ravidas murder by Brahmins at Chittorgarh”.

Pardeep

P.S. – I am these days nearer to Varanasi, if I can help in anyway bringing truth in-front of people, I’ll be happy. Or please do guide me how to approach for research at Varanasi Ravidas temple.

Why Neo-Buddhist, Why Not Buddhist Only?

2008-07-14T12:08:00.000-07:00

Few days back when I was talking to General Secretary Punjab (Jalandhar) of Buddhist Society of India one point came while discussion why we (Buddhists) are called Neo-Buddhist (means “New-Buddhists”) why not only Buddhists? Is it a matter of choice that we preferred to be called as Neo-Buddhist rather than Buddhists only?

People do convert to other religions like Islam, Christianity, Jainism but no one is referred as Neo-Muslim, Neo-Christian or Neo-Jain, then why Neo-Buddhist? Some argue Neo-Buddhist is used so as people can disintegrate between newly converted but is there any particular reason for choosing “Neo” word when Buddhism is not alien to us (Mulnivasi-Bahujans)? Or why there is need to disintegrate Buddhists?

This “Neo-Buddhist” & “Buddhist” can lead to problem in Punjab in future as it has proved true in Sikhism, when people from lower castes convert to Sikhism they are not given equal rights. Same way when there will be increase in the number of Buddhist people in Punjab (India) its natural human tendency that people will try to suppress newly converted. (Thou it is not in principles of Buddhism). All this can lead to different sects in Buddhism.

Has Dr B R Ambedkar used this “Neo-Buddhist” anywhere? I don’t think Baba Saheb used “Neo-Buddhist” ever but Buddhist. One thing more some people call Indian Buddhism as “Bhimyana” (on the same lines like Mahayana & Hinyana) I do have objection on this also, it shouldn’t be called other than Buddhism otherwise how many sects we’ll make in Buddhism itself?

I don’t know much about the story of “Neo” word, i.e. how, why it came into picture. Friends please give your views over this.

Origin of Varna System, Caste, Dalits, Untouchables, SCs & STs

2008-07-13T01:37:00.000-07:00

Brief About Aryan Invasion Theory

The Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) was postulated by eminent Oxford scholar Max Muller in 1882 and later advanced by several western and Indian historians.Aryan invaders/looters invaded India with the intension to sex, loot & deprive natives from everything they possess. Aryan people came to India from the Greek via Russia. This is now even proved by the genetic theory by one of the famous university of Andhra Pradesh that upper caste (Aryan) people are not the from India & their genes are nearer to the Greek people. Before Aryan invasion natives were living peacefully & their main earning was from agriculture.

How Varna System Came Into Picture:-

Aryans were nomadic & in the war between natives & Aryan; Aryan defeated natives. Hence Aryan becomes the rulers & natives were forced to be slaves. Native those feared death because of defeat in war with Aryan fled to the forests & to the south India & those who surrendered became the slaves.

It’s true from the starting that Aryans were female hater & were using women as sex slaves only; women society was considered as low as possible. From ancient times they were used to sacrifice female children for pleasing their Lords. As a result of which from that time only the sex ratio was imbalanced.

When they invaded India; Indian native female society was more beautiful than others, so these Aryan people raped them to fulfill sex appeals (one of the main reason to invade) & murdered them like anything. Due course of time the illegitimate/unlawful children of raped women & raped women become headache for the Aryan society, henceforth to keep themselves on top & to deny all the privileges, Aryan devised Varna system.

Aryan divided people into four Varna, which was based on inequality.

Illegitimate children & other children those who were born to Aryan male & Aryan female were considered as Brahmin Varna.

Illegitimate children & other children those who were born to Aryan male & native female were considered as Kshatriyas Varna.

Illegitimate children & other children those who were born to Aryan female & native males were considered as Vysya Varna.

Illegitimate children & other children those who were born to native male & native female were considered as Shudra Varna.

This way the four Varna came into picture & influencing people from Aryan society spread rumors that this Varna system is made by Brahma hence shouldn’t be disobeyed at any cost. Inter – Varna relationships were stopped. Also as the sex ratio was imbalanced so it becomes impossible to live for the groups of people in particular Brahmin Varna without sex. Hence this Varna system was disobeyed by Brahmins & they started inter-Varna illicit sex relations. [ This inter-Varna sex wasn’t performed by Shudras as there was Gowthami Code XII- 2 & 3 for them which said,” If a Shudra touches an upper Varna woman, he should be beheaded”. Hence there was no question of being dead]

Origin of Caste:-

Brahmins those made Varna system, disobeyed it for the sake of sex. Illicit sex relation of Brahmins with other Varna people & hence their illegitimate children created danger for the survival of Varna system. According to the rules when one was involved in the inter-Varna sex relation he/she was thrown out of his/her Varna & they all were recognized as “excluded people”. Due course of time the population of “illegitimate children” & “excluded people” increased & it become difficult to recognize them. This “excluded people” & their “illegitimate children” gave rise to the “Caste”.

Brahmin male & Kshatriya female couples were the “first caste”, Brahmin male & Vysya female couples were the “second caste” & Brahmin male & Shudra female were the “third caste”. When the question of placing them in Varna came they all were placed to the fourth Varna, i.e. “Shudra Varna”, thou they weren’t the Shudras. When there was increase in the number of illegitimate children of each caste & their marriages among each-other gave rise to new castes. Hence further their children, grandchildren gave rise to 1000s news castes & this continued for many years. This all lead to destroy the “Shudra Varna”. Brahmins & their illegitimate children again dominated all the castes.

Dalits, Untouchables, SCs & STs:-

Due course of time caste system was spread to the native tribes those had nothing to do with Varna-Caste system & illicit sex relations!! Brahmins provoked upper Shudras (i.e. illegitimate children of Brahmins those come under Shudra Varna) to enslave lower Shudras (i.e. native tribes). Hence lower Shudras, Dalits become the slaves to the upper Shudras & Brahmins Caste system rule & regulations were imposed on lower Shudras, Dalits.

Manu Smrti XI.132
"Having killed a cat, an ichneumon, a blue jay, a frog, a dog, an iguana, an owl, or a crow, he shall perform the penance for the murder of a Shudra."

Native those had feared death because of defeat in war with Aryan & had fled to the forests & to the south India slowly came out as there weren’t many resources in forests & life was much tough there in the forests. They came out with prepared mind that they’ll become slaves. Aryans bore hostility against the returned natives & they refused to see them, refused to approach them, refused to think of them, they refused to touch those returned natives (Untouchables).

Manu Smrti X.51
" [T]he dwellings of Kandalas and Svapakas shall be outside the village, they must be made Apapatras, and their wealth (shall be) dogs and donkeys. "

This versa also directly proves wrong to the Hindu Council UK, who has tried to show in the latest report that Casteism or untouchabilty was infiltrated by British people in India. But the truth is that it arises naturally from the Vedic teachings of Manu & other Brahmins. Untouchables not only were forced to live outside villages but many other rules were forced on them. Returned natives were not allowed to work, they used to hunt only for livelihood. Desperate returned started living under trees outside the villages. Those natives are now a day’s Schedule caste. The returning of natives from forests continued & all settled down outside villages in separate hamlets & gave rise to another sect of Schedule castes. Those who remained in the forests ever since are called Schedule Tribes.

In Hinduism/Brahmanism, there is no choice of avocation. There is no economic independence and there is no economic security. Come out of this Brahmanism.

For Further References, Please Read:-

“The Hidden History” by KOVENA

“Who were the Shudras & how they came to be fourth Varna in Indo-Aryan society” by Dr B R Ambedkar

“Discovery of India” By Jawaharlal Nehru

Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations is available at

http://www.genome.org/cgi/content/full/11/6/994#otherarticles

Education in Punjab – A Dream

2008-07-13T01:34:00.000-07:00

Education in Punjab – A Dream

All the schools I visited in Punjab, I saw many slogans written on the walls of schools that” Vidya bechari ta par-upkari” means “Education is for welfare/improvement”, “Vidya – 3^rd ankh” means “Education - 3^rd eye” etc. But the condition of education in Punjab is like drowning Titanic ship. Education has become business & not for opening 3^rd eye or for welfare.

2lakh 33thousand students of 8^th class failed in 2007 & the much more tragedy of education system was that many (about 2lakh) of those failed students didn’t take admission again & dropped studies. Same results came this year also. What about the future of all these, what prosper lives all of these students will lead, nobody cares. The results of this year would have been different if all had given little bit intension to this issue.

Another stunning report showed that about 280 students were denied admission to medical colleges in Punjab just because they weren’t able to give the fees which are touching all times high!! What a shame on all Punjabis (one of the richest people of India!!) & Indians that such things are happening when people claiming India Shinning!!

A year back there was a report that not more than 4% student go upto university level, this all is the condition of the state which has been selected No. 1 state by India Today consecutive 3 times!! Punjab Govt. can give Rs. 13000 crores for free electricity to the landlord farmers but on the name on education, Govt. is bankrupt!!

Inappropriate schemes

Decreasing rate of children in Govt. schools is just because inappropriate education schemes, not proper facilities & increasing number of private schools (shops to earn money!!). Thou Govt. teachers are highly educated but teachers are engaged in many other works, like mid day meal, Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan, polls, surveys, etc. They don’t get enough time for teaching even thou they wants to teach.

Teachers are not available from last 15-20 years in many schools of Punjab; schools are running without teacher, without buildings under the shadow of trees, then how something good one can expect? Govt. thinks education is not a profitable business, so no Govt. is ready to recruit teachers or recruited for Rs. 5000, how well teachers will teach in such cases? There is shortage of about 25,000 teachers & 1200 principals in the Govt. schools where only & only lower caste poor students study.

Schools where teachers are not available, students of those areas are now pushed 100 years backward, that why Punjabis are becoming superstitious, living with confusion that Punjab is the best state!! If such conditions continued to prevail for few more years the monopoly of Punjab being one of the best state in all respects will finished & future will be on roads.

Poor students don’t get much encouragement, it’s also not like that only Govt. or teachers are responsible for low education in Punjab; parents & students are also equally responsible. Student just remains 7-8 hour in school rest of time parents have to take care for their best education.

New methods of teaching those attracts student towards studying should be implemented & “khel khel me padyai” (studying while playing) methods should be introduced. Govt., teachers, students & parents all have to cooperate so as ship of education don’t sink in Punjab.

God – A G(oo)d Business

2008-07-11T22:08:00.000-07:00

“There can’t be a God because if there were one, I couldn’t believe that I wasn’t He.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (German classical scholar, Philosopher & Critic of culture)

If there is no God, is it necessary to invent him as claimed by all religious leaders? People say God helps them, who helps themselves, let me ask if one can help himself then why one needs a God? Isn’t it a blind belief, a hidden power which takes away all credits when one performs good & this hidden supernatural power; is blamed when people fails to achieve something good. One can easily agree nothing happens to us until & unless we deserve that but do new born kid deserves to be handicapped?

People claim in everybody there is a “God” or God is present everywhere, if it is so then will all people agree “one God is raping another God” when some crap rape someone? Most of the people in world are poor, not living happily, if there is a God then why so much poverty, do God love people suffering, why there is crime or so many murders or will all be agreeing on the fact that one God is killing/murdering another God at the time of murder? (This only can be possible in Hindu religion, where many a times Gods have declared wars against other Gods). Does God love people being killed at the time of Volcano eruption, droughts, floods, and earthquakes or at cyclones? Where God does hides him at all these tough times? When one will question about the existence of God to people try to give reference from their respective books but which God one should worship, Hindu, Muslim, and Jewish or Christian Gods? Religious leaders question atheists about the existence of world etc without knowing the “law of cause & effect”.

People claim God is necessary for happy living, it gives strength to deal with day to day life but truth is that God only lead to confusion & end in making people hopeless when their prayers are left unheard/unanswered. Its true all the God-believers are most corrupt, spiteful & thief also in India on the name of God & religion so much blood has been scattered in the streets but not for any revolution to bring equality & prosperity.

God as a Business:-

In India on the name of God, religion one can snatch everything one has. One just needs to teach immortality!!

“Tehelka” (30^th Jun, 2007) reported news that how different religious gurus are eating away the hard earned money of poor people.

(A part of that news is as below)

“As per estimates with the finance and home ministries, the total turnover of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's empire is approximately Rs 400 crore”

Turnovers of various other so called religious Gurus are as Asaram Bapu (turnover Rs 350 crore), Mata Amritanandamayi, "Amma", of Kerala (turnover Rs 400 crore), Baba Ramdev of Hardwar (turnover Rs 400 crore), Sudhanshu Maharaj (turnover Rs 300 crore), and Murari Bapu (turnover Rs 150 crore).

Membership rates of Baba Ramdev “Ordinary membership: Rs 11,000. Honored membership: Rs 21,000. Special membership: Rs 51,000. Life membership: Rs 1 lakh. Reserved membership: Rs 2.51 lakh. Founder membership: Rs 5 lakh.”

"This is the best nirvana and it comes for a price," says head of the Delhi centre of Osho International Meditation Resort”.

Outside the huge complex in Delhi that houses the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple, a large billboard says, "Become a life member — all donations accepted here." The price tag for a life membership starts at Rs 10,000.

Isn’t this “God-business" profitable? No work, no taxes just enjoy bucks!!! These above mentioned names are few of those who are eating away the money of poor but there are millions other hidden in the remote parts of India those are ruining many lives on the name fake “God”.

Now let’s see the money collected by some of the Hindu temples every year (figures must be higher as no Govt. has ever tried to collect data about this [Ref: From Book named “Hindutav -- Samasyao ki Samasya” by Dr. L R Bali]

Trimala Temple 5Arab 32 crores

Ramakrishnan Mission 1Arab 52 crores

Shiridi Sai Baba 85 crores

Pliani Devsthan Sabha 50 crores

Vashno Devi 30 crores

Few days back all have read the news of special pathways at the rate of Rs. 500 to Rs 1000 for prayers at Vashno Devi!! Where all this money is going nobody knows. It’s shame on our part also that most of people those donate money on the name of God comes from the poor families & that money directly or indirectly is used against them only. Martin Luther King has said “Ultimate tragedy of mankind is not the brutality of few but the silence of many.” It’s we people those keep silent on the issues those matters us. “Let go” nature have made us like “cowards” & God-man’s have succeeded in creating fear, blind beliefs in their minds, which is tough to displace. It’s God which give rise to misconceptions, fears & many other blind beliefs those have nothing to do with the rational thinking - which is utmost necessary for development or to live happy life.

God is created so as few higher influencing people in society can keep hold over the entire society by injecting fear of God in the minds of innocents. “God” is created just as to confuse/misguide the society & religious hypocrites have succeeded in doing so. It’s we bunch of people those who think for humanity, mankind, fight for exploitation of the poor have to come forward. Never GIVE UP & stand up for the equality, justice, rational thinking & liberty.

"There is no god, no god at all. He who invented god was a rogue, he who believes god is an idiot and he who preaches god is a scoundrel."

“A religion based on God is based on speculation. It only ends in creating superstition.” – Lord Buddha

God is not dead, as it never existed. Death comes to those things only which existed somewhere, sometime. God is biggest lie on earth!!

Discrimination from Womb to Tomb (ppt)

2008-05-29T08:00:00.000-07:00

http://dalitindia.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/womb-to-tomb.ppt

In India women undergo worst kind of discrimination that can exist on earth, here is a ppt on all this, just tried to show "Discrimination from Womb to Tomb in women society".

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr.

India Shinning -- Is It Really?

2008-05-29T07:57:00.000-07:00

See this presentation -

http://dalitindia.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/india-shinning.ppt

'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan'

2008-05-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

A burden of another billion dollars!!

The 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' (The "Education for All" movement sometimes referred to as "each one, teach one"). Aim of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was to provide useful & efficient elementary education to all children in the age group of 6 to 10 by 2010. There was another goal to bridge the social, regional & gender gaps with the active participation of all the communities in the management of schools. But are all the governments working for all these? Are all the children getting chance for betterment or this scheme also have just proved like other Government schemes those never reaches to common people?

Receiving green signal form World Bank for the next installment of 600 million USD, Indian political leaders might have started celebrating!! Why don't they celebrate? They have reason to celebrate, this Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan movement has made many millionaires & if not this 600 million USD will make them!! This "Education for All Children" movement has proved "Money for All Politicians" nothing else. A survey conducted by "OUTLOOK" (April 7^th, 2008) showed that 71% villagers said there is high corruption in all the Government schemes & don't reach at them. India's external debt is already at 201.4 billion USD, but where the development is seen, in the houses of ministers? Isn't it? This money is proving burden on the common man as it is to be recovered from them by various taxes!!

There are about 45% Dalits who don't know how to read or write, literacy rate for Dalit women is just 37.8%. According to another survey by the Friends for Education, almost 52 % Muslims live below the poverty line (compared to 25 % of all Indians). Of every 100 Muslim girls admitted in schools at the primary level, only four pass out at high school while only 1 makes it to a college. The literacy level is a shocking 28% and graduates and postgraduates form less than 1 % of the total. In the field of medicine, the percentage is just 2.4 while in the judiciary; it doesn't go beyond 3.1 %. The community occupies the lowest rung in the development index. Its literacy rate is poor and it has a low presence in private and public sector jobs. ("Keeping the Muslim Down" by Firoz Bakhtt Ahmed, May 19^th 2008, HT)

A Citizen's Review Report (7^th Jan, 2008) on "India's Progress on the MDGs" showed 55% of Muslims have never attended school compared to national average of 41% (rural); In Bihar 86% of enrolled children drop-out by Standard VI. 99% Dalit children study in Public schools & inadequate facilities and infrastructure as major problem for access to health & education.

There is another report by Comptroller & Audit General (CAG) showing that SC, ST's literacy rate is very much poor in Tamil Nadu. For ST male literacy rate is 32.18% & for female it stands at 31.77%. Also the pass percentage of SC, ST students in 10^th & 12^th standard examinations has dropped from 2002-03 onwards and was much lower than the overall pass percentage during 2002-06 and needs immediate attention in the educational development of the SC, STs. This all is result of poor monitoring & poor implementation of the welfare schemes launched for SC, STs & delaying the scholarships for SC, STs.

The total budget for SSA stands at Rs.131 billion and the scheme's operation has come under severe flak from India's official auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). Out of Rs 8004.71-cr allotted for the development work of "Elementary Education" and 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rs 2,324.99 crore was spent through record. Rest amount of money as spent for the development work for which no records are available & HRD is clueless about rest of money!! Means rest of money was simply siphoned off & Gujarat comes first in misusing the funds!! From the funds of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan party functions were organized & some spend that money on "Puja" in temples!!

Almost all the state governments are ready to wash their hands by giving different names like "Hard to Reach", "Most Difficult to Access Group" for the children those are not attending schools right now but no government is ready to take responsibility that their welfare schemes are nothing but fraud!! There is money, money & money everywhere but before spending Governments must make the schemes efficient so as social, economical, educational status can be raised. 40% of the money borrowed from World Bank directly or indirectly goes back to them as fees of consultancy, i.e. Indian Governments are not able to chalk out the proper plans. Almost all the Government schemes have proved fake tigers only!! There is an urgent need to support social reformation of SC/ST, Muslim communities to promote literacy otherwise..... ??

Pardeep

27^th May, 2008

Pain of being Untouchables: Gypsies & Dalits

2008-05-24T04:13:00.001-07:00

Why Gypsies are discriminated? When asked from friends (Anna, Tibor Derdak) of Hungary they simply replied “we are dark skin”, “we are different like this from centauries”, “born under dark clouds, stars”!! The replies were just stunning & confusing. Dictionary meaning of Gypsy is “member of nomadic people of Europe with dark skin”. Dalits means people having no caste or people from outside of society, i.e. no place in society. This all lead to think that Gypsies/Romas are the Untouchables/Dalits of Europe!! Their way of life is so alien to that of the local Europeans.

The Gypsies of Hungary & Dalits of India remains lower of lowest caste irrespective of their countries are just experiencing poverty that is not officially acknowledged, and lower status in society. Both (Gypsies & Dalits) are considered as filthy, impure, and lesser than human even in the modern society.

Likewise Dalits are untouchable here in India & comes at the bottom of traditional Hindu caste system, on the same line Gypsies of Hungary come at the bottom line of Hungarian society. Generally impure work like killing, disposal of waste, gardening etc is given to Gypsies like Dalits here in India do. In Hungary, gypsy children are still taken from their parents to be trained as musicians, a traditional occupation for gypsy males. There is nothing new for the gypsies. In olden days, the gypsies of Eastern Europe were treated like animals, or worse. Gypsies are not allowed to sit in classrooms with normal children likewise used to happen/happening in Indian Dalits. There are separate schools for them in Hungary. No one likes to sit beside Gypsies!! Even the shadows of Gypsies are considered worse than anything.

Gypsies are about 7-8% of the total population of Hungary. Gypsies have had problems with social acceptability since they are considered to have left India, probably around 1300 AD. They have been discriminated and persecuted for centuries. They are the first to be suspected and booked in any crime and indiscipline. The very word gypsy is used as an insult to indicate a cheat. Media there in Hungary associate them to criminal activities like in Bihar state (India) jails are filled with Dalit/Muslim youths. Almost all English movies shows Gypsies as criminal like Muslims are shown here in India!! This is what made much people to set their notion towards Gypsies. But truth is that most of the Gypsies want to earn honest living-hood, but who cares to give them chance? Same as Dalits, Gypsies also don’t have much say in electronic as well as print media. Education level of Gypsies is worrisome part, not more than 5-6% of the total young population of Gypsies passes secondary schools. Poverty & family/social pressure are mainly responsible for all these highly dropout rate, like here in India same is compelling Dalits children to stay away from schools. Another factor is not much encouragement Gypsies & Dalit children get from follow partners or from society, which is necessary for one’s development. What they can do when whole society see them with third eye!! Life expectancy, employment/jobs etc is much lower for Gypsies. Dalits & Gypsies are always kept under the harsh, painful conditions & lesser chance of improvement is given by the society.

The traditional lifestyle of the Romas is often an obstacle to integration into society and it is a source of conflicts, especially in the villages. As a result, school segregation is especially acute, with many Roma children sent to classes for pupils with learning disabilities. Slightly more than 80% of Roma children complete primary education, but only one third continues studies into the intermediate (secondary) level. This is far lower than the more than 90% proportion of children of non-Roma families who continue studies at an intermediate level. The situation is made still worse by the fact that a large proportion of young Roma are qualified in subjects that provide them only limited chances for employment. Less than 1% of Roma hold higher educational certificates. Their low status on the job market and higher unemployment rate cause poverty, widespread social problems and crime. (See an abstract of Poverty & Ethnicity: A Cross Country Study of Roma Poverty in Central Europe by the World Bank)

Gypsies marry among themselves like Dalits do, marring between different castes, class are looked down & many a times are disowned by the society!! Most of the Gypsy people live in the isolation & apart from the society. Some 20% of all Hungarians now live under the poverty line & most of them are Gypsy people like here in India about 40% live under poverty & almost all Dalits!! On the name of development almost all Governments have turned blind eye to the Dalits. Constitution provides full rights to Dalits & Gypsies; also provide some social, political safeguards but who cares to give equal rights to them? While civil right movements continues in both countries for last so many years but condition hasn’t changed much as caste/class differences has been deep rooted in both societies that law can only improve little bit for these lower caste people. Untouchabilty which has been abolished since 1950s is still persisting in Indian society. Dalits & Gypsies both don’t have such facilities, education & confidence (that comes only through education) to bring change, which is the need of the time. Rather than giving chance to grow, educate, do well in society people show sympathy to these communities but its time not to show sympathy but give them chance to learn, grow equal with the others. Even if Gypsies get financial help most of that is siphoned off likewise happen with Indian Dalits. Rather than giving fish to anyone, let him teach/learn how to do fishing, person will earn himself. It’s observed that people don’t know exactly what “Equality” is?

EQUALITY: Equal opportunity to everyone.

EVERYONE: All caste/class people should have equal opportunity.

OPPORTUNITY: A stage to grow.

Do Dalits & Gypsies get equal opportunities in their own country? Size of Indian Dalits & Gypsies/Roma population has increased rapidly. Today every fifth or sixth newborn Hungarian child belongs to the Roma community. Estimates based on demographic trends claim that in 2050 15-20 percent of the population will be Roma, but will be the needs, requirements, facilities available for the Gypsies at that time is a big concern, same here is true with Indian Dalits. Will they (Dalits & Gypsies) be able to feed, give education to children, and get them well placed in life?

Here also comes the question that how many of the Gypsies & Dalits are living with DIGNITY & PRIDE in their own nation? People who believe in “Basic Human Rights” from all over the world have to come forward to destroy this inhuman behavior done to Dalits & Gypsies and give justice to millions of people suffering since last thousands of years. These untouchables will continue being lower than lowest till positive steps for improvement are not taken & the traditional way of thinking, mentality of Hungarians & Indians don’t change. It’s shameful when we talk with all discrimination, segregation - to establish superiority that we are living in 21^st centaury – scientific world!!

Dalits & Gypsies need to be proud of being their culture. There is also a need to make aware people about the atrocities happening to them, make them live with consciousness. Try to change the mentality of Casteist as well our own people, see when upper caste women give birth to child she starts thinking I’ll make my child Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer etc. but what Dalit women think; will her child be able to be a worker under these Casteist people. This mentality of our own people is also needed to be changed which has made lower only & only by so called Upper Caste people (those who think they are but not in reality).

· Unite yourself and be fearless, generate a new movement with confidence.

· Discard religious superstitions and; social evils, and adopt social reforms.

· Make more & more conversion of the Dalits & others to Buddhism, it has been shown that those who has been converted to Buddhism are doing much well than Hindu Dalits.

· Make people aware about the fake, stupid Hindu customs & discard their fake Veda’s as no one till now can understand what Hindu’s Veda’s want to tell us, these are only Full of abuses, full of stupid comments, mistakes, teaching you to discriminate between people & based on Epics.

· Encourage Dalit/Gypsy students for higher studies & will create such a system which will give legal, financial aid to Dalits/Gypsies.

· Try to unite our own people & mold them towards the Mission of Dr B R Ambedkar.

· Fight against the dividing forces which are dividing the Dalit/Gypsy unity.

· Selfless devotion, dedication with enthusiasm and assertive mass movement will lay the foundation of a new Dalit/Gypsy movement.

· Try to make Changes in the 3P’s & capture these

1. Police

2. Politician

3. Printing Press & electronic media.

· EDUCATE- UNITE- AGITATE

Let’s come forward and take an OATH that we’ll do this along with all our personal life & don’t think someone will come for our improvement we have to do. If we want to succeed, we need to fail again & again, also to learn from failures. A person who has not failed is the one who hasn’t tried ever. We need to give moral support to our fellow colleagues that they can do better. It’s a time to make a difference. We just need to give time from our busy life, to encourage others in their strife, bring best out of you, your family & friends we can give confidence, encouragement & positive thoughts. We need to keep aside our selfishness & come forward to work for humanity. This way we can make a big difference, otherwise it won’t take much time for India & Hungary to be a country of million beggars. Media need to play an important positive role in making people aware about Dalit & Gypsies discrimination as what media present society believes!!

Loose pieces of paper get lost & are forgotten easily, together we rise; separated we fall!!

Pardeep S Attri

20^th May, 2008

LORD BUDDHA VANDANA

2008-04-29T12:06:00.001-07:00

BUDDHA VANDANA

China Vs India

2008-04-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

India has habit of comparing themselves with China but does India know Chinese are not only striving on IT sector but they believe in overall development of all sectors.

India differs from china in corruption, dirty politics, torturing poor people on the name of development (SEZs), diseases; sex trafficking, prostitution, women & children violence, patriotism & Casteism.

Will India ever be able to maintain trains, buses regular & on time, corruption free & clean roads?

Here are the few differences: -

	China	India
GDP (PPP $ trillion)	5.33	2.34
GDP per capita (PPP$)	4,091	2,126
Fores reserves ($ billion)	1,612	276.0
Population below $1/day (%)	9.9	34.3
Population below $2/day (%)	34.9	80.4
Rice productivity (KG per hectare)	6,233	3,034
Wheat productivity (KG per hectare)	4,155	2,688
Life Expectancy (years)	72.5	63.7
Underweight children (%)	8	47
Infant mortality rate	23	56
Maternal mortality rate	45	450
Public health expenditure (% of GDP)	1.8	0.9
Telephones (Million)	910	265
Internet users (Million)	185	46

Mr. Kalam said young generation to dream big (i.e. dreaming small is a crime!!), is it like that we weren’t dreaming before? What we got from dreaming? Youths are dreaming but forgetting the words of Nelson Mandela “Vision without action is dream, action without vision is time-pass and vision and action makes radical change i.e. revolution.” Youth needs vision, mission, aim & guidance to complete those aims, but do we providing such?

Schools, Toilets or Temples?

2008-04-18T12:07:00.000-07:00

“Many people would rather die than think, infact most do.” - Bertrand Russell

Few days back The Endowment Department of Andhra Pradesh (Warangal) decided they will establish “Institute of Temple Management”, which would offer courses & will train people for managing temple activities effectively. Facilities like “Sarva darsanam” &”prasadam” for Rs 5 will be provided at all the 34,000 temples in the state. (Indian Express 13^th April, 2008) i.e. to visit temples for Darsanam you need to pay!!

I was wondering there are not even half the numbers of secondary schools in the state!! Total number of secondary schools in Andhra Pradesh according to National Information Centre is not more than 15000 (approx.) (about 10000 in rural area & 5000 in urban area)!!!

At every street corner we have built temples but not toilets or schools & afterwards killing each other on the name of same God!! How shameful it is!! India is an only country with so many Gods, well wishers (I’ll say fake Gods) but still poor in many fields!!

In Andhra Pradesh (South India), 52 upper primary schools were operating without a building in 2002, while in 1993, there was none!!!

The sub-Saharan Africa countries where people don’t even get enough food but literacy rate is higher (61.2%) than India (61%) - Source: 2000-2004 data from the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO (2006)!!

The Fifth All India Educational Survey (AIES) revealed that approximately 94% of the national population had access to a primary school within 1 km of their habitation (NCERT, 1990). But how many even complete primary educations? This is the main question. Isn’t it? Many teachers even register the names of students who never even see the face of schools!!

There is another worrisome part an emerging trend whereby children belonging to different social backgrounds are attending different kinds of schools. In Andhra Pradesh, there is a divide between the government primary school (GPS) located in the Dalit basti and the GPS in the forward caste hamlet — only SC students attend the former school, while the latter has very few SC students. The youth in the SC colony in the village categorically stated that even if children from the SC colony try to seek admission in the other GPS, they are discouraged and told to attend the school in their own colony. A similar divide was observed in Tamil Nadu between the GPS and the schools run by the Adi-Dravida Welfare Board. (From “Beyond the numbers” study conducted by Vimala Ramachandran)

A school (from Greek scholeion) is an institute designed to allow and encourage students to learn. What these Indian schools will encourage where students don’t even find teachers in the schools (A survey showed about 25% teachers were not present at school time & another half was busy with other than educational activities like making voting cards & doing some surveys)!! Not much infrastructure, not even buildings!! What will encourage students here?? But how shameful that our Govts are more concerned about the salaries of temple employees & in building houses for them!! Govts themselves don’t want to give much intention towards education as most of them consider this is not profitable business!!

How is India doing in terms of the common measures of schooling quality, namely school facilities and teacher effort? The Public Report on Basic Education (PROBE Team, 1999) was the first serious evidence-based study of the state of primary schooling quality in India. It is based on a survey of schooling facilities in 242 villages across five north Indian states Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh in 1996. PROBE found very poor school infrastructure, e.g. 26% of schools did not have a blackboard in every classroom, 52% had no playground, 59% no drinking water, 89% no toilet, 59% no maps or charts, 75% no toys, 77% no library and 85% no musical instruments (PROBE Team, 1999).

India’s economic growth rates have generated much hype about its general economic development. But has there been accompanying progress in indicators of educational outcomes? How good are Indian educational achievements in relation to China’s, the country with which India has habit of being compared? What are the most significant developments in Indian school education and what has been the impact of various education policy initiatives? There is big question mark over all these & many other questions!!

Build more Toilets rather than Temples!!

It’s to be kept in mind that most of the diseases/deaths are caused by polluted drinking water. Less than 50% of India's population has toilets in their homes. Our cities look like extended slums, towns are filthy dumps and villages often smell strongly like excreta. It’s interesting to note Hindus consider cleanliness important but task of cleanliness impure, lower!! Don’t this contradicting?

In the book "Area of Darkness" (written in 1964) V.S. Naipaul explores an extremely dark account of India and details how dirty the country is. Naipaul in his books writes that elsewhere in world approach to villages through countryside is a pleasant experience but not in India where visitor to villages is welcomed by smell of human excreta. He observed it in decades of 70s but it is still true in most of villages in India.

The dry latrines and open fields that people are forced to defecate in are cleaned by “manual scavengers” – humans, 99% percent of whom are Dalits and 90% of whom are women, who are made to clean them with a simple broom and basket. In India, manual scavenging is a caste-based occupation carried out by dalits. The manual scavengers have different caste names in different parts of the country: bhangis in Gujarat, pakhis in Andhra Pradesh, and sikkaliars in Tamil Nadu.

The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act was enacted in 1993, but has proved ineffective in eliminating manual scavenging. The Act prohibits the employment of manual scavengers or construction of dry latrines not connected to proper drainage channels and violations of the provisions of the Act can lead to imprisonment for up to one year and/or a fine of up to 2000 rupees. In 1989 there were 600,000 scavengers while by 1995-96 the number had increased to 787,000 (a 31.6 % increase in less than a decade). Similarly, there were 720,500,000 dry latrines in 1989, but by January 2000 the number had increased by 9,600,000. With the increase of urbanization, manual scavenging is increasing. More and more Dalits are compelled to take the job as the changing economic scenario is offering less and less jobs for them.

Gujarat’s C.M. Narendra Modi, glorifies this inhumane occupation of Dalits. In his recent book, Karmayog, Modi states, “Scavenging must have been a spiritual experience for the Valmiki caste.” He further goes on to say, “At some point in time somebody must have got enlightenment in scavenging. They must have thought that it is their duty to work for the happiness of the entire society and the Gods.”

“If this occupation is such a spiritual enlightenment experience, why doesn’t Mr. C.M. take up this job & get enlightened?”

All this & many other points show how much our own Govts are concerned on developing safe & progressing environment. Our Governments are sleeping; young people are yelling, future (children) is in dark!!

What we need!!

· New localities with amenities like hi-tech schools, sanitation, water etc for better lives of people.

· More job opportunities for poor people those are involved in manual scavenging, so as they can quit this inhuman job & can live with dignity.

· More new schools, special schools for poor children those involved in manual scavenging.

· More scholarships for poor needy students.

· There should be made provision if any manual scavenging case comes from particular area, concerned authorities should be panelized for that.

· Free books distribution for all students.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

"Education is the passport to freedom and liberty, the future belongs to those who take advantage of it TODAY." -- Malcolm X a US Civil Rights Leader

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth
- not going all the way and not starting. – Lord Buddha

"To change the world, give the world what you have. And serve the world with what you are."

Pardeep

Om Mani Padme Hum

2008-04-12T12:10:00.003-07:00

Om Mani Padme Hum is most famous mantra in Buddhism, the six syllabled mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion.

The first, Om is composed of three letters, A, U, and M, symbolize the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.

Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method-the altruistic intention to become enlightened, compassion, and love.

Padme, meaning lotus, symbolize wisdom.

Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom, symbolized by the final syllable Hum, which indicates indivisibility.

Om Mani Padme Hum, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.

Buddham Saranam Gachami

2008-04-12T12:10:00.001-07:00

Buddham Saranam Gacchami.
I go for refuge in the Buddha.

Dhammam Saranam Gacchami.
I go for refuge in the Dharma.

Sangham Saranam Gacchami.
I go for refuge in the Sangha.

Living in a grateful world - Buddhist Teachings

2008-04-12T00:58:00.001-07:00

Be grateful to those who have hurted or harmed you,
For they have reinforced your determination.

Be grateful to those who have deceived you,
For they have deepened your sight.

Be grateful to those who have hit you,
For they have reduced your karmic obstacles.

Be grateful to those who have abandoned you,
For they have taught you to be independent.

Be grateful to those who have made you stumble,
For they have strengthened your ability.

Be grateful to those who have denounced you,
For they have increased your wisdom & concentration.

Be grateful to those who have made you Firm & Resolute & Helped in your Achievement.

~ From the teachings of Ven. Master Chin Kung~

Dalit icon

2008-03-12T16:08:00.001-07:00

There is an endless list of people those worked for the upliftment of Dalits, also behind the live of all Dalits there is a strong battle for the existence against the Manuwadi people. Few of them are Lord Buddha, Guru Namdev, Guru Ravidas, Guru Kabir, Guru Trilochan, Guru Sain, Guru Tukaram, Mahatma Joti ba Phule, Dr B R Ambedkar, Savitribai Phule etc

History met Fiction!!

2008-03-10T08:30:00.000-07:00

“Argument should be for revealing the truth; it shouldn’t be for creating the truth.”

Nobody till now questioned winners; neither in future anybody going to ask how have they won? Similarly till now history is written by winners according to their own traditions, culture or their own values. Fiction is “generally accepted falsehood” or “non factual literature”, whereas the history is “systematic continuous record of events”. Historians, which are ought to be the free from fear, sincere, open minded, open hearted, truth seeker & also of courage to show the truth at any cost. But its misfortune that historians have shown distorted picture & never showed truth to the people. Hence as a result of which almost everyone confuse history with fiction & historians have made people blind, deaf & dumb – have disabled people from thinking rationally. Well said “The man, who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.” Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had rightly said “If you want to destroy a society, destroy its history and the society will get destroyed automatically” . This is what has happened to Buddhist culture.

“Ram Setu” the hottest topic these days, Ram was merely a fictional character whom Hindu scholars are continuously trying to mix up with history by giving many theories!! Ram who never existed, these Brahmin scholars have made a hero by doing much mischief’s with history which is obvious to uphold the prestige of their forefathers as the founders of the system. To almost all Hindu gods, Hindu people consider as they have really existed once upon a time, but there is not even a single proof of these 33 crore fake gods.

BJP, RSS & many other Manuwadi political parties advocate the “Surya Namaskar” in the schools. These political leaders think this all is going to increase the mental state of students. Also at the time of NDA (BJP) ruling, Education Minister Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi made compulsory astrology in the schools. Even today school is started with visiting the temples. (Almost every school, college is bound to have such places!!). The effect of all this is a recent survey conducted on Republic day in national newspaper revealed (9^th Feb 2008, Indian Express)“teenage school students of Delhi, thinking Indira Gandhi was the first woman President of India, while another thought it was Sheila Dikshit and a B. Tech student asserted it was Sarojini Naidu. B. Tech student when asked what was the significance of Republic Day, replied, “Long back something political happened on this day”! This is what all ought to happen when we Indian will continue teaching our children myths, fictions as a History. These examples have clearly showed this how the distinction between history & myths, fictions has smeared.

How well these children will reply on Adam Bridge or Ram Setu? Whatever children will read, see on news channels they the bound to follow. Almost from last 2 months Zee News – who claims to be one of the leading news channel is showing “Ravan Returns in Sri Lanka”. Almost daily this news channel show different fake stories – “Ravan ki Lanka”, “Clothes of Ravan found”, “Cave found, where Ravan’s dead body is kept” etc. How pitiful even the educated colleagues (mostly Hindus) of mines believe this is true, without analyzing the history or many other aspects. This can be seen in many other points of views Sri Lanka whose almost 20-30% of tourism profit is from India, have now surely going up, withholding the point that these ignorant Hindus are surely going to visit the new places shown by Zee News Channel.

Other news which continuously keeps haunting on this particular news channels is “Ashoot star is going to collapse with Earth” (I don’t know what this Ashoot star is!!), “On Mars 3 inch man seen”, “Man Pregnant!!” these all news are shown on this leading news channel & most ignorant Indian will believe on all these. These all news makes me to smile thinking this is another comedy channel!! There is another problem with Indians that they won’t accept truth easily & who so ever will try to show them the truth people will raise 1000’s questions that person is being sponsored by underworld dons (Likewise people think about Tarun Tejpal, founder of Tehelka).

Brahmin scholars have ignored all the Dalit- Bahujan revolutionaries like Ayyankali from Kerala who fought for the poor Dalits rights. Birsa Munda – Tribal leader from Bihar, Mahatma Joytiba Phule – father of social revolution, EVR Periyar – Great revolutionary from Tamil Nadu, but where all these stands in Indian history? None of these revolutionaries are history books, not much bother to write about all these. It seems Indians have forgotten the struggle of all the greatest revolutionaries. In same way, the women liberator, Savitribai Phule’s (1831-1897) B’day is not celebrated as Teacher’s day, who was the real liberator of poor section of society, 1^st teacher who opened many schools for poor Dalits.

Another thing which may not be relevant here to talk but I would like to give some comments that God – which almost all (Hindus mainly) believe that God exists, is no more other than foolish thinking. This concept of God bounds man to believe unrealistic things. “Bible says that God created everything in six days and that on the seventh day he rested. This quaint old story is nothing but a myth and is no more true than the Hindu myth that the gods created everything by churning a sea of milk”. (For detail read book named “Beyond Belief” by A. L. De Silva)

Time as we will continue forgetting our history, these Brahmin scholars will continuing saffronsing our history likewise they are doing.

A book coming of 4th standard in Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) having a chapter on Guru Ravidas, but the distorted portrayal of Guru Ravidas is shown by the people. In “Chapter No. 4, it was shown that Guru Ravidas had been worshipping Lord Rama and Goddess Sita. But the truth is that Guru Ravidas was totally against the worship of idols.” The picture had injured the religious sentiments of Guru’s followers. Besides, “other objectionable things the names of mother and father of Guru Ravidas, his date of birth and guru's name were wrongly published”.

Crores of Rupees are wasted on writing wrong history & then again correcting these “saffronised” books by these Manuwadi people. The content of History books changes according to the Government changes in the states, all Govts wants to show only & only their own heroes or ideals etc by ignoring the real heroes & ideals those worked for the improvement of the society. Nobody will find more than one line on Dr B R Ambedkar in History books of PSEB till 10^th that Dr B R Ambedkar was the chairman of the drafting committee for making constitution! ! The life history of the person who made the largest constitution of world & the greatest economist of the world is missing in the history books but the other people like Savarkar, Parsuram many other Hindutav preaching people can be found these days in history books.

Many Buddhist temples like Triputi Temple, Ayyappa Temple of Kerala, and Bodh Gaya Temple of Bihar etc are now captured by these Brahmins. This will continue happening if we continuing forgetting our history, our culture, struggle of our leaders.

Up-till now it’s clear this is a war (war to show ones valuable history - values, culture, ethics etc to whole humanity) who so ever will win this war is going to write his own history – one sided & will rule.

Pardeep S Attri

09^th March, 2008

“GANDHI: BEHIND THE MASK OF DIVINITY”

2008-02-12T04:56:00.000-08:00

“GANDHI: BEHIND THE MASK OF DIVINITY” BY COL. G.B. SINGH

GANDHI ON TRUTH

• From his autobiography: “It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.”

»Reference: Gandhi’s “An Autobiography, or The Story of My Experiments With Truth”

GANDHI ON NON-VIOLENCE

• During a prayer speech: “If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.” - June 16, 1947

»Reference: Gandhi’s “The Last Phase”, Vol II, p. 326

• Regarding Polish resistance to Hitler’s invasion: “Almost nonviolent.”

»Reference: Richard Grenier’s “The Gandhi Nobody Knows”, March 1983

• “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.”

»Reference: Gandhi’s “Autobiography” , Part V, Chapter XXVII

• To the British during WWII: “This manslaughter must be stopped. You are losing; if you persist, it will only result in greater bloodshed. Hitler is not a bad man.”

»Reference: G.D. Birla’s “In the Shadow of the Mahatma”, p. 276

GANDHI ON THE HOLOCAUST

• “Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs.”

»Reference: George Orwell’s “Reflections on Gandhi”, Partisan Review, January 1949

• As to whether the Jews should have committed “collective sucide” by offering themselves to Hitler: “Yes, that would have been heroism.”

»Reference: George Orwell’s “Reflections on Gandhi”, Partisan Review, January 1949

GANDHI ON BLACKS AND RACE RELATIONS

• “A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.”

»Reference: The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Government of India (CWMG), Vol I, p. 150

• Regarding forcible registration with the state of blacks: “One can understand the necessity for registration of Kaffirs who will not work.”

»Reference: CWMG, Vol I, p. 105

• “Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian Location should be chosen for dumping down all the Kaffirs of the town passes my comprehension. ..the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location.”

»Reference: CWMG, Vol I, pp. 244–245

• Regarding the Hindu Theological Seminary: “I only wish that such institutions will crop up all over India and be the means of preserving the Aryan religion in its purity.” - Oct. 2, 1896

»Reference: CWMG, Vol IV, p. 93

• His description of black inmates: “Only a degree removed from the animal.” Also, “Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.” - Mar. 7, 1908

»Reference: CWMG, Vol VIII, pp. 135-136

• Concerning South Africa’s White League fears of mass Asiatic immigration: “We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do, only we believe that they would best serve these interests, which are as dear to us as to them, by advocating the purity of all races, and not one alone. We believe also that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating race.” - Sept. 24, 1903

»Reference: CWMG, Vol I, p. 105

Also Visit:

www.Gandhism. net

Ayyappa Temple once a Buddhist Shrine! -- Indian Express (08 Feb 2008)

2008-02-07T23:33:00.001-08:00

The State Govt. raised a few eyebrows during its arguments when it said, "some historians say the Sabarimala Sashtra Prathistha was once a Buddhist shrine." Words uttered by work-shippers are synonymous to the " Saranthrayam" of Buddhist disciples. ( Buddham Saranam Gacchami, Dhammam Saranam Gacchami, Sangham Saranam Gacchami ) it explained.

India vs Maharashtra

2008-02-07T23:33:00.000-08:00

“Maharashtra is primarily for Maharashtrians. -- Comments by MNS leaders. I don’t understand how people can be of such a narrow minded!!

Shiv Sena people say this is Raj Thackeray’s frustration speaking. But they have forgotten that “Jai Maharashtra” “Amachi Mumbai” or “Maharashtra First” etc all is given by Shiv Sena people only, that’s what Raj Thackeray is following now. Shiv Sena people have any right to say anything against as this all is what the fruit of what they have planted, watered. Shiv Sena & MNS are two sides of same coin.

At the time of even at peaceful protests by Tribal people in Assam or Jharkhand police have always opened firing or used tear gas. Why not at this time when MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) people targeting north Indians? Is it so the value of tribal or dalits life is negligible as compared to MNS (Upper caste stupid people)? Many news channels are showing it live, even then not many actions!! Where is Maharashtra police sleeping? Is it so that at this time also police have no orders of saving people’s live as was in Gujarat riots? For what situation Maharashtra Govt. is waiting for? Why they are not putting Raj Thackeray behind bars even after FIR against him? Why centre govt. is silent, MNS people are continuously targeting north Indians (Vegetable venders, taxi drivers, Bhojpuri theatres etc) particularly in Mumbai from last 2-3 days. The MNS activists are responsible for rioting, damage to property, assault and unlawful assembly. Mumbai will become standstill if these vegetable vendors & taxi drivers went off the roads. But there seems no use of telling these stones (MNS).

Do MNS people think Mumbai would be metropolitan city without the contribution of North Indians? What made Mumbai a city to live are the people those come from all parts of the country to work hard. Do these MNS activists think if people don’t come from every part of country, just MNS people will be able to get Mumbai at this level? These stupid people are fighting over why Amitabh Bachchan hasn’t opened college in Maharashtra? What a reason for fight!!!! i.e. Bachchan should have opened a college in Mumbai. How many colleges these NMS people have opened? In spite of thinking about the 40% children those who don’t attend schools these ignorant people are fighting over silly questions. It’s shameful that the MNS people are thinking like this, these are the people those won’t think how to reduce the dropout of students from schools, how to provide teachers in 60% schools those don’t have proper teaching staff, won’t even think how to construct buildings for primary schools in which students study under mango trees!! Nor even will ever think how to reduce child labor, but will continue fighting like ignorant, stupid over why such a person has opened school, college there!!

These all MNS people should be sent to kindergarten again as they have forgotten the education is most important as it enables a child to realize his or her full potential; to think, question and judge independently; develop sense of self-respect, dignity and self-confidence; learn to love and respect fellow human beings and nature; in decision making; develop civic sense, citizenship and values of participatory democracy.

Not even a single quality is there in these stupid leaders of MNS. It’s a foolishness to think over Regionalism in modern society. It’s a 21^st century, these people are still thinking like idiots. Whenever there will be a question of Nationalism vs Regionalism, Nationalism will always win. So suggest these ignorant of MNS people to drop out the idea of Regionalism as people are now much more educated (thou a small section) & this false stunt of gaining popularity will not work. There is a need of strong political program if anyone has to survive in politics or if they have to work for improvement of society, this cheap publicity stunts are no longer going to work. MNS don’t know what hunger, family means because that’s a main reason behind mass migration, MNS should rather be proud that Maharashtra provide livelihood to many outsiders & that makes it Mahaan -(Great)- Rashtra. But MNS only want sympathy, votes and attention.

They should learn that there is a difference between the way animals think and the way human beings think. Start thinking like human beings if you have genes like human.

If all this continued one day will come all north Indians will need a passport to enter Maharashtra! ! Apply now for passport till it’s too late. What a shame on these people!!!

Caste Abroad

2008-01-26T22:51:00.000-08:00

The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word “Casta” meaning lineage, breed, or race. Recently very interestingly 2-3 major cases of discrimination came into light from the developed nations like USA, UK. (“First an Indian millionaire couple caught in exploiting maid”, “secondly a Hindu father set on fire his daughter’s house on fire in USA just because she married a lower caste person”, one another news “A Boston graduate was molested and sexually abused by a Hindu Priest of a Hindu temple in Moshi, Tanzania”). Apart from all these there was news few days back that RSS people strengthening their base in USA, UK universities through the Hindu students studying there. The mentality of these Hindus is like “if we can’t become like USA then what? We can make USA like India”!! I think that’s what they have started working for!! Around one in 25 people in the world experiences some form of caste discrimination. About 300 million people suffer caste discrimination throughout the world. More than half of these are in India.
First time in 2001, Caste Discrimination was brought in front of whole world (by the people working for Dalit Rights) in the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) held at Durban, despite India’s objection. But still no change in the system, people those were suffering earlier are still suffering!!

Castes which earlier used to exist in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc countries, now these incidents show that caste has been exported from India to the many other developed countries also, which should be the area of concern of all the governments & all those who are concerned about the basic human rights, good community relationships. These incidents are not new, reports (July, 2006) of “Dalit Solidarity Network UK (DSN)” clearly showed Caste Discrimination prevailing in UK. When asked by DSN “Do you believe that Indian people in the UK follow the caste system? 84.67% people said YES. 80% agreed that caste divide people. Even in UK, USA, Canada etc countries there are separate Gurudawaras (Temples of Sikhs) i.e. Ramgarhia, Jat (upper caste in Punjab), and Ravidasi (followers of Guru Ravidas) people can be seen visiting different Gurudawaras same as in Punjab (India).

Another research by Mark Juergensmeyer from UK states that, “Caste relationships between caste groups seem to be upheld to a great extent…the rules of endogamy (marrying within the caste group) are still strictly followed”. People face discrimination in political, education, employment & health sector mainly, i.e. same as in India, thou may be somewhat lesser or to same extant. The former Mayor of Coventry, Ram Lakha, a Labour Councilor who is a Dalit, faced intense discrimination from ‘upper castes’ when he stood for election in a largely Indian ward. ‘During campaigning he was often told that he would not get people’s vote as he was a “chamar”. So he filed his nomination in a non-Asian constituency and was able to win.

A shopkeeper in Wolverhampton, England, tells of an incident where a customer insisted that their change be placed on the counter to avoid contact with someone from a lower caste.

On a factory floor, in Wolverhampton, England, women from so-called upper castes will not take water from the same tap as a lower caste person.

"Caste has caused division and it does cause social devastation. The problem is that nobody has accepted the problem within this country (UK). Caste is one area which is totally swept under the carpet". --- “The Caste Divide,” BBC Radio 4, April 2003

“Rodiya” community of Sri Lanka is considered as lower caste people, similarly “Buraku” community of Japan also have suffered same as Dalits are still suffering in India, but because of the Buddhism in Sri Lanka & Japan the condition of Buraku & Rodiya people is now much better than Dalits of India. It was considered that globalization will destroy the Caste but caste system is so deeply rooted in Hindu religion that there seems no such scope, wherever these Hindus will go, they will carry caste discrimination with themselves & will stop the development & harmony of country. Is there any scope for human development if we continue with Caste Discrimination? Only escape is conversion from Hinduism, as such there is no use of living in the religion which teaches you discrimination & where there is no value of human & humanity.

Untouchables (Dalits) are made “Religious, Economic and Political Slaves” by means of “Hindu Caste System”. Noticing the new cases of caste discrimination in developed countries, I think it’s a time for the international leaders at UN to again rework on the present policies related to the “Caste Discrimination” also people who believed in “Basic Human Rights” from all over the world have to come forward to destroy “Hindu Caste System” and give justice to millions of people suffering since last thousands of years.

Further References:-

No Escape – Caste Discrimination in the UK (Dalit Solidarity Network UK Report, July 2006) Report is available at www.idsn.org/Documents/pdf/UK-Diaspora.pdf

A History of the Untouchables: The Buraku and the Dalit – An article by Katelyn Coyle

Caste discrimination – A case for inclusion in the new equality framework? -- An article by Annapurna Waughray

Caste Discrimination Overseas – Adjourned Debate in the UK Parliament (22 Nov, 2005)

Dalit Journalists Expose Caste Discrimination in Nepal's Villages as National Dalit Protests Escalate (August 14, 2007)

PERIYAR E.V. RAMASAMY

2008-01-18T06:19:00.001-08:00

www.periyar.org

During a drama staged in Chennai in 1899, a small pamphlet was Distributed among the audience with the words No place for Panchamns (Untouchables) printed in it.

That was the situation in Chennai 90 years ago.

Do you know that such a condition of cruel casteism was changed by the self-Respect Movement founded by PERIYAR E.V. RAMASAMY

What is the mission of my life?

I have undertaken the service of reforming the Dravidian society and convert it into a society fully endowed with self-respect and dignity. I am wholly engaged with that task and dedicated to this great casue.

Whether I am qualified for that service or not, I am emboldened to under take the same and continue to do it, because no one else has come forward to do that thankless job.

As I have no other attachment ( concern ) and all my principles, policies and programmes are chaclked out only in the light of rational thought. Hence I am more more qualified to undertake this work, service.

Hunger !!

2008-01-13T23:58:00.000-08:00

Its true that the most deaths in world are caused by hunger.

In India every minute 5 people die because of hunger !!

Every day 7000 people die because of hunger !!

25,00,000 Indian die every year from hunger !!

(Facts from http://www.bhookh.com/ )

Deaths due to hunger will remain number 1 cause till Indian state & centre Govts. don't take necessary actions. I don't think here is anything like the shortage of funds for poor or shortage of food (grain, rice etc). Million tones of grain India dump every year in sea or million tones is got spoiled by rodents in stores!! If Governments can't protect from rodents or other insects i don't understand why the hell they don't distribute that to poor!! If this situation continues farmers will kept suiciding likewise they are doing earlier (In Vidarbha, there were 1211 suicide cases by farmers in 2007 & 9 suicides within 1st 2 days of 2008!!)

May Lord Buddha give some thinking power to Indian political leaders!!

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Few Important days related to Dalit-Bahujan's in the month of January.

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1^st January- Bhima Koregaon Manvandana Din

1^st January- Subhedar Ramji Maloji Ambedkar Jayanti

3^rd January- Savitribai Phule Jayanti/Mahila Muktidin

5^th January- Birthday of Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan

13^th January 1936- Baba Saheb's presence in Sikh Bhajans

14^th January- Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marathavada University Namantar Din

January 1937 - Dr B R Ambedkar elected as MLA, Bombay Province