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Right denied for ages: Dalits enter ‘upper caste’ temple in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai with help of SP, collector

After ages of being denied entry , Dalits in a village in TN's Pudukkottai walked into an 'upper caste' temple after the collector and SP intervened in the matter. Two people were also arrested and booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Shibimol KG

Pudukkottai,UPDATED: Dec 28, 2022 14:20 IST

 

Pudukkottai collector and SP at the temple where Dalits had been denied entry for ages.

In Short

• Dalits entered a 'upper caste' temple in TN's Pudukkottai after intervention by the collector and SP
• Earlier, human excreta was found in the tank supplying potable water to the SC community
• Two people were arrested and booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

By Shibimol KG: Pudukkottai collector Kavitha Ramu and Superintendent of Police, Vandita Pandey, paved the way for Dalits to enter the village temple, a right which was denied to them for ages. They entered the temple in Vengaivayal village in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district.

Officials also registered a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the members of the upper caste for practising casteism. Two arrests have been made in the case so far.

The collector and the SP visited the village after allegations emerged that human excreta was found in the water tank used by Dalits. Recently, three children in the village were hospitalised. A doctor advised them to check whether the water was contaminated.

Pudukkottai collector and SP at the temple where Dalits had been denied entry for ages.

The villagers were shocked to discover human excreta in the lone overhead tank supplying potable water to the village dominated by the Scheduled Caste (SC) community. Following this, District Collector Kavita Ramu set up a medical camp in the area and listened to the grievances of the people.

The villagers then informed the collector that they were not allowed inside the temple. The Collector called the people of the area and issued an order that the door of the temple should be opened immediately and everyone should be allowed darshan.

She also promised that surveillance cameras will be installed in the area to prevent such disgraceful acts from happening in the future.

 

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/right-denied-for-ages-dalits-enter-upper-caste-temple-tamil-nadu-pudukottai-with-help-of-sp-collector-2314524-2022-12-28

[Grand_Design]

On 10/7/2022 at 6:41 PM, Stan AF said:

'Didn't Let Us Study, Wear Good Clothes': Dalits in Delhi Convert to Buddhism

The event attended by Rajendra Gautam, a Delhi Cabinet Minister, saw the participation of about 7,000 people.

Himanshi Dahiya

Published: 05 Oct 2022, 7:04 PM IST

India

 

 

Santosh, 32, from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, dropped out of school when he was in class seven. "I am a Dalit, and I faced casteist slurs from students on a regular basis. I tried complaining to the teachers but to no avail," he told The Quint.

He was the first person in his family to go to school, which he calls "something of an achievement."

On Thursday, 5 October, Santosh walked inside the Ambedkar Bhavan in Delhi's Jhandewalan area to the chants of "Jai Bhim" with a hope in his heart that now things will change.

After all, he was here to embrace Buddhism.

 

Apart from Santosh, hundreds of Dalits from across Delhi-NCR embraced Buddhism as part of the Buddha Dhamma Deeksha Samaroh, an event organised by the Jai Bheem Mission – founded by Advocate Rajendra Gautam, a Delhi cabinet minister and leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

"I want to be part of a casteless society. A society where everybody has the same opportunities like the one Babasaheb (Ambedkar) strived for," Gautam told The Quint.

 

Santosh, 32, works as a rickshaw puller in Delhi's Paharganj. 

(Photo: Himanshi Dahiya/The Quint)

The event was attended by a few thousand people, Rajratna Ambedkar, an activist and great grand-nephew of Dr BR Ambedkar, was also in attendance.

"If we don't want our children to be murdered for drinking water from the pots, keeping a moustache, or for owning or riding horses, we will have to organise ourselves and our community will have to come together in a disciplined manner," Gautam said as he addressed the gathering with chants of Baudhh dharam ki kya pehchaan? Maanav, maanav ek samaan (What is the identity of Buddhism? All humans are equal) and Jaati choddo, Samaaj Jodo (Break the caste system, unite the society).

 

AAP's Rajendra Pal Gautam addressing the crowds.

(Photo Courtesy: Mission Jai Bheem/Twitter)

 

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/dalits-in-delhi-convert-to-buddhism-mission-jai-bheem-aam-aadmi-party#read-more

Good for them. Sometimes we forget that the real golden age in India was when the Buddhist university of Nalanda was flourishing and the likes of Harsha Vardhana were patrons of the religion and Brahmanism was actually in a phase of decline. 

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

54 minutes ago, Grand_Design said:

Good for them. Sometimes we forget that the real golden age in India was when the Buddhist university of Nalanda was flourishing and the likes of Harsha Vardhana were patrons of the religion and Brahmanism was actually in a phase of decline. 

 

 

And look where that got them...  Buddhists went completely ahinsa mode & got what was coming to them.  

Bin Qasim put Buddhists to sword first in Sindh even though they sorta helped him out vs Dahir with their unrest. 

Brahmins have their share of follies too including legendary Blunder in Kashmir by refusing Rin chin to adopt Hinduism & rest is history. 

Overall once Hinduism stopped evolving with time & its fall started.  We got lucky with huge population otherwise this was gonna end like countless other cultures. 

 

[Stan AF]

Seattle becomes the first city in the US to ban caste discrimination

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN

Updated 7:01 AM EST, Thu February 23, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, founder and executive director of Equality Labs (left), and Aneelah Afzali, executive director of the American Muslin Empowerment Network, hug after passage of an ordinance adding caste to Seattle's anti-discrimination laws.

John Froschauer/AP

CNN  — 

Seattle is explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of caste, making it the first city in the US to take such a step.

The Seattle City Council approved an ordinance on Tuesday that amends the city’s municipal code to include caste as a protected class, alongside categories such as race, religion and gender identity. The law prohibits caste discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and other arenas, and allows caste-oppressed people in the city to lodge complaints of discrimination.

“It is a very simple question: Should discrimination based on caste be allowed to continue in Seattle?” Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who sponsored the ordinance, said during Tuesday’s city council meeting. “But while simple, it is also profound and historic.”

Seattle Council Member Kshama Sawant talks to supporters after the passage of an ordinance that explicitly bans caste discrimination in the city.

John Froschauer/AP

Casteism is an insidious form of discrimination that typically operates within South Asian communities. The caste system is a social hierarchy that divides people into rigid categories at birth, with those on the lowest rungs of the ladder – many of whom self-identify as Dalits – on the receiving end of slurs, discrimination and even violence because of their caste identities. Though the caste system originated in ancient India and is rooted in Hinduism, its contemporary form developed under centuries of Muslim and British rule, and it can now be found in virtually all South Asian countries and religious communities. After India attained independence, the country’s new constitution, authored by a Dalit legal scholar, formally banned caste discrimination, but caste-based prejudice remains a serious problem in modern India.

 

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With South Asians comprising one of the nation’s fastest growing immigrant groups, caste bias and discrimination has the potential to become more pervasive in the US. But because caste-oppressed people in the United States are a minority within a minority, those who aren’t of South Asian origin may not recognize the subtle dynamics at play.

Already, the issue is making its way through the legal system: A California state court is set to hear a case from a former Cisco Systems employee who alleged he was discriminated against because of his caste.

Caste is especially relevant in Seattle, one of the nation’s largest tech hubs and home to major companies that employ large numbers of South Asian immigrants. In the week leading up to the vote, several people testified in public comment hearings and letters to the city council about how caste has manifested in area workplaces and other settings.

Supporters say the move will help advance awareness

The Seattle City Council approved the ordinance 6-1. Scores of people across race, religion and caste backgrounds registered to speak during the public comment period on Tuesday, with an overwhelming majority supporting the legislation. Supporters included dominant and oppressed caste workers, union members, progressive political organizers, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, among others.

“This was a win centuries in the making and it was really the fruition of many years of organizing in Seattle across racial and gender and worker lines,” said Thenmozhi Soundararajan, executive director of the Dalit advocacy organization Equality Labs. “It’s also proof that the South Asian community wants to heal from caste.”

Supporters of a proposal to add caste to Seattle's anti-discrimination laws applaud as the city council votes to pass the ordinance.

John Froschauer/AP

Despite broad support, the ordinance faced some opposition by groups including Coalition of Hindus of North America, the Hindu American Foundation and the Vishva Hindu Parishad of America, who argued that the legislation unfairly singled out Hindus and contributed to harmful misconceptions of them.

Seattle’s ordinance is a key first step in raising awareness around caste discrimination, said Maya Kamble, a DC-based product manager at Amazon whose team is based in the city. Kamble, who is president of the anti-caste group Ambedkar Association of North America and uses an alias publicly, said caste-oppressed people in the US have so far had little recourse to address issues of bias and discrimination due to a lack of understanding and protections. Now, in Seattle, that has changed.

“At least we have a way to fight back,” she said.

Sawant said she hoped that other cities across the country will follow Seattle’s example and institute similar measures.

“If you are reading this and you marched in the Black Lives Matter movement or you desire to live in a society free of racism, racial discrimination, sexism or misogyny, then you should be paying attention,” she told CNN before Tuesday’s vote. “Because while caste oppression or discrimination does not affect all Americans, the way it manifests itself is no different than other types of oppression under capitalism.”

In recent years, several institutions of higher education have also made caste a protected status, including Brown University, the California State University system, Colby College and Brandeis University.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/22/us/seattle-bans-caste-discrimination-cec/index.html

[coffee_rules]

Th re is no caste discrimination in US. This is just left commies agenda. Yeh peeda yahan pe bhi pahunch gaye.

[Stan AF]

Village leaders slap hefty fine on inter-caste couple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar 

 

The village leaders, on getting to know about the inter-caste marriage, had in the same year imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh on the family and even barred them from entering the village.

    

Published: 07th March 2023 09:05 AM  |   Last Updated: 07th March 2023 09:05 AM   |  A+A A-

Image used for representational purpose only.

By Express News Service

MYSURU: Even in the 75th year of Independence, incidents of social ostracism and boycott still prevail in the rural belt. An incident reported at a village in Chamarajanagar district is testimony to this. According to a complaint, in 2018, Govinda Shetty, a resident of Kunagalli village near Kollegal, of the Uppara community married his girlfriend Shwetha, who is from a scheduled caste from Hoovinakoppalu village in Mandya district. The village leaders, on getting to know about the inter-caste marriage, had in the same year imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh on the family and even barred them from entering the village.

 

 

The couple did not return home and stayed in Malavalli, and earned their livelihood. However, as Shetty’s mother fell ill, the couple came to Kunagalli, which irked the village leaders, who imposed another fine of Rs 3 lakh on the couple. They also instructed them to pay it before March 3.

However, this time, the couple lodged a complaint at the DYSP office and this enraged the leaders further, who increased the fine amount to Rs 6 lakh and instructed all the villagers not to talk to them or provide them any essentials from the shops in the village.  

 

Following this complaint, Mamballi police booked a case against 15 persons. When the police questioned the accused, they denied and said that no such fine was imposed and claimed that Shetty’s family members had themselves ostracised the couple. However, the police have taken up the case and are probing the matter.

Speaking to The New Indian Express, Shetty alleged that his community members have not lifted the social boycott and they are buying groceries from shops owned by members of other communities.  “What mistake have I committed by marrying a girl from outside my caste,” he asked.

 

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/mar/07/village-leaders-slap-hefty-fine-on-inter-caste-couple-in-karnatakas-chamarajanagar-2553766.html

 

[Lone Wolf]

2 hours ago, Stan AF said:

Village leaders slap hefty fine on inter-caste couple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar 

 

The village leaders, on getting to know about the inter-caste marriage, had in the same year imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh on the family and even barred them from entering the village.

    

Published: 07th March 2023 09:05 AM  |   Last Updated: 07th March 2023 09:05 AM   |  A+A A-

Image used for representational purpose only.

By Express News Service

MYSURU: Even in the 75th year of Independence, incidents of social ostracism and boycott still prevail in the rural belt. An incident reported at a village in Chamarajanagar district is testimony to this. According to a complaint, in 2018, Govinda Shetty, a resident of Kunagalli village near Kollegal, of the Uppara community married his girlfriend Shwetha, who is from a scheduled caste from Hoovinakoppalu village in Mandya district. The village leaders, on getting to know about the inter-caste marriage, had in the same year imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh on the family and even barred them from entering the village.

 

 

The couple did not return home and stayed in Malavalli, and earned their livelihood. However, as Shetty’s mother fell ill, the couple came to Kunagalli, which irked the village leaders, who imposed another fine of Rs 3 lakh on the couple. They also instructed them to pay it before March 3.

However, this time, the couple lodged a complaint at the DYSP office and this enraged the leaders further, who increased the fine amount to Rs 6 lakh and instructed all the villagers not to talk to them or provide them any essentials from the shops in the village.  

 

Following this complaint, Mamballi police booked a case against 15 persons. When the police questioned the accused, they denied and said that no such fine was imposed and claimed that Shetty’s family members had themselves ostracised the couple. However, the police have taken up the case and are probing the matter.

Speaking to The New Indian Express, Shetty alleged that his community members have not lifted the social boycott and they are buying groceries from shops owned by members of other communities.  “What mistake have I committed by marrying a girl from outside my caste,” he asked.

 

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/mar/07/village-leaders-slap-hefty-fine-on-inter-caste-couple-in-karnatakas-chamarajanagar-2553766.html

 

Sad reality...  It's not so ideal in the  North either.   People here don't bother attending SC/ST weddings even when invited. 

It's an irony as SC/ST people are the ones holding higher positions these days.  But stereotypes aren't going anytime soon. 

Exists in Muslims as well lol

[Stan AF]

In a First in Canada, Toronto School Board Votes to Recognise Caste Oppression

The district school board in Toronto, the largest in the country, has agreed to the creation of a working group of people who identify as Dalit or caste-oppressed.

The Toronto District School Board's move comes nearly two weeks after Seattle became the first US city to ban caste discrimination, based on a vote by the city council. Photo: Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/Mar/2023

 

New Delhi: The district school board in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, has voted to recognise that caste oppression exists in Toronto schools, the Globe and Mail reported.

It has asked the Ontario Human Rights Commission to help create a provincial framework that addresses caste discrimination and oppression, the report said.

The motion was voted upon late Wednesday, with 16 trustees voting in favour and five against.

 

The newspaper reported that the board also agreed to create a working group of people who identify as Dalit or caste-oppressed. This is believed to be the first time a school board has acknowledged the existence of caste oppression in Canada, it added.

 

Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustee Yalini Rajakulasingam told the daily that caste-oppressed people do not come forward to share their stories of oppression because there is nothing in place to deal with the problem. “There is no category to record caste [oppression]. So it is not being recorded as caste. This does not mean it is not happening,” she said.

 

She told the daily that the board’s partnership with the human rights commission will remedy that.

The move comes nearly two weeks after Seattle became the first US city to ban caste discrimination, based on a vote by the city council.

“This motion is not about division, it’s about creating healing and empowering communities and providing them safer schools that students deserve,” Rajakulasingam told the newspaper.

“In Seattle, 4% of the community identify as South Asian. At the TDSB, we are at 22%,” she added.

She said that parents who identified as members of the oppressed castes told her about incidents where their children were bullied and harassed.

 

According to Hindustan Times, TDSB is the largest school board in the country, and serves approximately 235,000 students in 583 schools.

 

“The original motion was changed a bit since the school board alone could not create this kind of framework. The Ontario Human Rights Commission getting involved will open up discussion further,” Chinnaiah Jangam, an associate professor at Carleton University and co-founder of the Canada-based South Asian Dalit Adivasi Network, told the daily.

 

He added that this is a historic moment and that the board has opened the doors to discussions on caste oppression everywhere and not just in schools.

The newspaper also reported that the board’s proposal had drawn sharp opposition, especially from a group called the Canadian Organization for Hindu Heritage Education.

 

The group said that adding caste to the list of protected identities is “Hinduphobic”.

“There is little evidence or reports of ‘caste oppression’ in Toronto and for that matter Canada. Hence the declaration that ‘there is rise in documented anti-caste discrimination in the diaspora, including in Toronto’ makes the motion misleading, prejudiced, and lacking in integrity,” the petition said, which has more than 5,000 signatures, the report said.

 

https://thewire.in/caste/in-a-first-in-canada-toronto-school-board-votes-to-recognise-caste-oppression

[coffee_rules]

What kind of caste oppression are people  facing here in Kaneda? This is some woke activism. Look at this nutcase. She says yoga needs to be decolonized , it seems there is UC oppression in Yoga of Hinduism. Yoga has roots in Islam. Rishi Patanjali has been canceled 

 

 

[Texan]

Tell Canada and Seattle to give 5% reservation in Colleges and Government jobs to Dalits also. If they really think this is such a big issue, then don't do just token gestures.

[Stan AF]

 

 

tribal family barred from entering rohini cinemas in sennai..The lady had already said that she was denied entry previously to ajith and vijay films before.

[Nikhil_cric]

20 hours ago, Stan AF said:

 

 

tribal family barred from entering rohini cinemas in sennai..The lady had already said that she was denied entry previously to ajith and vijay films before.

The fact that such incidents happen in 2023 in an Indian metro should give us a fair idea what an unequal society this must have been even 300 years ago

[Stan AF]

Finally some justice!!!.

 

Rot in jail murdering caste bastard!!!!

 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/explained-what-is-the-dalit-youth-gokulraj-murder-case-in-tn-namakkal-all-about/article66922944.ece

 

https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/gokulraj-murdermadras-high-court-upholds-conviction-life-sentence-10-convicts

[Stan AF]

You Dare to Celebrate Bhim Jayanti?'

 

Dalit Youth Killed in Maharashtra's Nanded In a brutal attack with sticks and daggers, a group of men killed a Dalit youth in Maharashtra's Nanded.

 

TEJAS HARAD

NEWS

Published: 02 Jun 2023, 6:55 PM IST

 

In a 

brutal attack with sticks and daggers, a group of men killed a Dalit youth named Akshay Bhalerao on Thursday, 1 June in Bondhar Haveli village in Maharashtra's Nanded district.

A First Information Report was filed in the incident at the Nanded Rural police station on the complaint of Akshay's elder brother Akash.

When Akshay and Akash had gone to a grocery store in the village in the evening, a group of men charged at Akshay hurling casteist abuses, the complaint notes. The men were part of a wedding procession (baraat) of a Maratha bridegroom that was passing through the main road. Along with shouting and dancing on DJ music, some of the men in the baraat were also brandishing swords, sticks and daggers, the FIR states.

According to the FIR, one of the accused, when he spotted Akshay and Akash at the grocery store, started hurling casteist abuses at them and yelled, "These two must be killed, you dare to celebrate Bhim Jayanti?"

 

After this, the group started kicking and punching Akshay and beating him with sticks. Later, one of them repeatedly attacked him with a dagger as others held his hands and legs, leading to his instant death, the complaint states.  They later beat Akash too as well as their mother who had reached the spot after hearing about the incident. They have sustained injuries.  The police have registered a case under sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sections 143, 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 324, 323, 294, and 504 of the Indian Penal Code, and sections 4, 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.  <div class="paragraphs"><p>(Photo: By arrangement)</p></div> Police inspecting the spot after the incident  (Photo: By arrangement)  The FIR names Santosh Tidke, Datta Tidke, Krishna Tidke, Nilkanth Tidke, Narayan Tidke, Shivaji Tidke, Mahadu Tidke, Baburao Tidke and Balaji Mungal as the accused.

The police has made seven arrests in the case.  Rahul Pradhan, president of Yuva Panther, alleged that the Bondhar village is notorious for crimes against the Buddhist residents. He told The Quint that the Buddhist community in the village has not been able to take out a procession on Ambedkar Jayanti for the last 40-45 years due to the opposition from the dominant Maratha community. 

 

The Bondhar Haveli village has more than 30% Scheduled Castes population.  Pradhan, who had reached the village immediately after he received calls about the attack, alleged that the Marathas were angry that the Buddhists had celebrated Ambedkar Jayanti this year. Akshay was at the forefront of the Bhim Jayanti arrangements and that's why he was targetted, he claimed.

 

https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/news/dalit-youth-killed-ambedkar-jayanti-nanded

[coffee_rules]

Fake news alert , as always the case ..

 

[bharathh]

4 hours ago, Under_Score said:

^^

As always the case?   Alright, didn't know that Ladies are not allowed inside Jagannth Mandir...even though this is discrimination, not sure why the retard practice is still in place in modern India. I had a doubt bcoz of the recent Vista project snubbing of Murmu....... Any idea why the president was not invited by Fekendra Modi for the inauguration of the new Rajbhavan? 

My guess is that he wanted to hog all the limelight, jaise usne apne khud ke paise sey banaya hai....... 

Sad that a religion even with nobel ideals has the same problem

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/11/a-kaur-demands-the-rights-of-gender-equality-given-by-her-gurus/amp/

[bharathh]

7 minutes ago, Under_Score said:

I'm not a religious person, SGPC has to deal with this, how does this compare to 'Women cannot enter' the Temple 

 

I have seen women doing kirtan in some wedding functions at a Gurudwaras over here. 

 

Means...Kuch bi...just to prove your point. 

 

You should argue with the person that wrote this. Not me. She has apparently spoken to the gurus themselves and has recorded her sessions. 

 

In your example - you went from not allowed in the sanctum santorum to not allowed into the temple? You do know that she was in the temple right? 

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

On 6/27/2023 at 4:53 AM, Under_Score said:

^^

As always the case?   Alright, didn't know that Ladies are not allowed inside Jagannth Mandir...even though this is discrimination, not sure why the retard practice is still in place in modern India. I had a doubt bcoz of the recent Vista project snubbing of Murmu....... Any idea why the president was not invited by Fekendra Modi for the inauguration of the new Rajbhavan? 

My guess is that he wanted to hog all the limelight, jaise usne apne khud ke paise sey banaya hai....... 

Agree with the Parliament fiasco but other than that such practices (Jagannnath issue) are prevalent in India coz of religious reasons. 

I think we should all respect that.  It has been same under every regime.  BJP or Congress cannot do much here. 

Caste discrimination is a reality though & there is no hiding from it. 

[Singh bling]

11 hours ago, Under_Score said:

This is a very shameful & despicable behavior, this inhuman trash must be brought to justice.

 

ये जानवर कौन है?
गिरफ़्तारी हुई या नही?
CM साहेब ध्यान दें।
ये है एक देश एक क़ानून।
ये है BJP का आदिवासी सम्मान।
जो पेशाब कर रहा है वो सीधी BJP MLA का करीबी प्रवेश शुक्ला है।
जिसके सिर पर पेशाब कर रहा वो आदिवासी युवक है।@ChouhanShivraj जी https://t.co/LviRZ4TqSQ

Disgusting

 

[coffee_rules]

Instant justice delivered.

 

 

BJP govt in MP initiates another strong action against culprit parvesh shukla; Bulldozes his house https://t.co/nXm1q7RGiQ pic.twitter.com/h9ze57W9Jb

— Megh Updates ™ (@MeghUpdates) July 5, 2023

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