Archive for April, 2008

In a very shocking incident, the main Witness of the Khairlanji Massacre, Mr Rajendra Gajbhiye was dashed by an unidentified four-wheeler from bihind while he was goin to his village in order to attend a ceremony. Rajendra was brutally hurt by the dash and was admitted to  local hospital. He was accompanied by two Police Body-Guards who [...]


Pic01 Ever compassionate-smiling Bodhi, brother Nitin Dongre
This  day marks 1st Death Anniversary of Lieutenant of humanity; Brother Nitin was indeed hero of generation. His fragnant qualities cross miles and avons!
 
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‘Democratic Secular Republic of Nepal’ is an investigative write-up from  Vidya Bhushan Rawat who  is not only an activist but a thinker.
 
 
Cynics in India might feel offended as how the only ‘Hindu’ Rastra of the world has democratically sealed the fate of an over pampered as well as highly autocratic monarchy in the recently held [...]


he Uthapuram wall with the fence that was electrified by caste Hindus.
A SINISTER electrical device attached to a wall that segregates Dalits from caste Hindus was removed by government officials at Uthapuram village in Madurai district on April 17. The device, it is said, was meant to warn Dalits against crossing the wall.While the 10-foot-high [...]


14Apr08

An article of the day from Tehelka
To know the course India could have taken, we only need to take a look at our neighbourhood. Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan all have Manuvaadi social hierarchies similar to India, but in the absence of an Ambedkar and his socio-political philosophy, which found superb articulation in the [...]


Report by  Pradeep
People wouldn’t do this job for a million pounds and untouchable sweeper is doing just for two times meal!!!
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 [...]


The Accused in Khairna Massacre Aquitted……read more ..
In the jolt to the justice of the Dalits , the session court here in Bhandara has aquitted the accused , Subhash Pachare due to the lack of evidence . In its judgement order of 33 pages the Hon. Special Judge , S.S. Burdkar said that the prosecution [...]


Because the status of  special court has not been given to the court where the present case of Khairlanji massacre is going on , the court is taking  its own course in the proceedings. Since today the court has recorded only the statements of the the accused , Gopal Binjewar & it has just  started [...]


 Today  the statements of the accused were being recorded . The court’s clerk was asking the accused questions in a very hushed voice which ATN correspondant was not able to hear properly. He was asking the questions from the statements of the witnesses which  accused was answering in mechanical way like- either ‘ It is false’ or ‘ [...]


  Days after a widow was paraded naked in a village here for entering a temple, two Dalit widows have been forced to swallow human excreta by villagers who blamed them for being responsible for an outbreak of chicken pox.
Police arrested four people on Sunday for violating the Jharkhand Anti-Witchcraft Act, 2001 and Prevention of [...]


NO COURT PROCEEDINGS TODAY
Now, it is the turn of the court to delay the proceedings which is very unfortunate quality of Indian judicial system and people within.
On the last date on 31st March , the prosecution finished their evidence interrogation & pushed the ball in the Hon. Judge’s court . But till today , the Hon.Judge is not [...]


In yet another gruesome incident, a 65-year-old Dalit woman and her 19-year-old granddaughter were allegedly hacked to death by a local BJP leader at Sirsi village under the Ghatampur police station on Saturday. Senior police officials, including SSP Ashok Kumar Singh, were camping at Sirsi village where the situation was stated to be tense.
The deceased [...]


A family of farmer has recently written a letter to President of India to privilage them a wishfull death. This strange incident happened in MP, Dist. Pilbhit , near Gajrola Police station, Diyura village.
Farmer, Shivpal who comes from Dalit caste (Popi Pasi), and his family  dragged out of their farm by the local; upper caste goons. [...]


      The court assembles at 11: 15 A.M.The Hon.Judge S.S. Das first disposes off the other cases in his court. The Public prosecutors , Ujwal nikam & Ezaz Khan are sitting on their respective chairs waiting for the arrival of the defence lawyer Adv.Khandewale. At 1 P.M. he along with other defence lawyers , Adv.Bedarkar [...]


Today , there was to be  hearing on the application filed by the defence lawyers, Ninad Bedarkar & Sanjay Lakhanikar.The court had ordered the C.B.I. to file the reply . Since the P.P Adv. Khan is  away in New Delhi , his reply by fax reaches into the court late after 3P.M. It is learnt [...]


Time and again, statutory SC/ST commission has been seen silently observing blatant castiest dance  in democratic set up. In India interestingly the rule of land negates discrimination of any kind. This is high time for people of progressive India,  Parliament should think over either scrapping this powerless Commission or empowering it further and see how its neutrality is maintained.  Very [...]