Archive for August, 2009
It was active day of People’s March in Gevrai . A protest lead against insane administration that is covering perpetrators and failed to arrest ‘castiest bulls’ in Ranjani rape case . The March was lead by a delegation that demanded: 1. Rehabilitation of the family of (dead) Laxman Aher family 2. Government should take responsibility […]
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Gang rape of a Dalit minor by a Hindu Priest and his accomplices is worst incidence in line with the atrocities piling up in Beed District. Kidnapping Victim from her home in Rajni village near National highway and gang rape in adjacent farms to Ahemadanagar Road – 8-10 km from Beed is a ghory summary. […]
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By day, they work together, consulting with each other to help their patients. But at lunch, the 150 doctors at this medical college in Muzaffarpur head to seven separate rooms. The menu in each cafeteria is the same. Daal, rice, sabzi. But “the kitchens are separate for Harijans, Thakurs and Brahmins,” says Shatrughan Rai, who […]
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The gruel caste minds manage to escape out from the police scan due to many reasons. Atrocitynews correspondent confirms that the accused in the caste Atrocity where Laxman Aher was brutally murdered for beating the drum during festive time are not arrested . The gang of 3 are out of Police vigil till date. It […]
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Malas Pimpalgaon: Local media
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Jaswant Singh who as part of core think tank of BJP and also involved with the Rastriya Sawyamsevak Sangha on Wednesday equated the RSS design of NEW INDIA at par with white American group Ku Klux Klan (KKK) . He had been unceremoniously expelled from the party a week ago. “Please don’t ask me. I […]
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In a Brahmin stronghold Tahsil of Gevrai in Beed District the atrocities on Dalits are piling up as always. This time the festivals of Bulls (POLA) brings death penalty to some. No doubt deaths are not from upper-castes but from helpless poor Dalits at the hands of former. Soon after the killings, Police stations are […]
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Caste downgrades health directly
The caste system, with its societal stratification and social restrictions, continues to have a major impact on the country. The system, generally identified with Hinduism, is also prevalent among Christians, Sikhs and Muslims. While some barriers are broken in urban settings, many continue to persist in rural India. While the secular, socialistic and democratic principles […]
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A case pertaining to scheduled caste atrocity came to light at Palabhavi village in Raibag taluk, following the intense opposition by the upper caste people. The SCs dug the grave one day after the burial and took the body of a person belonging to their community to bury the body elsewhere. According to sources, people […]
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Please download the Entire report of the Phule Pimpalgaon Atrocity making a case for an ugly output of caste based mindsets, fight for protection of civil liberties and the effect on state from rights movement. Post Phule-Pimpalgaon, Maharastra state has decided to punish the villages under POA Act 1989 which are infected with caste virus. Report Phule-Pimpalgaon_Atrocity.pdf […]
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Around 14 persons were injured in a caste clash between Dalits and upper caste Hindus in Doora village in Mysore taluk. One person, Laxmana, has been admitted to Apollo Hospital with multiple grievous injuries, while the others are being treated at K R Hospital. Police have arrested one person. The trouble started with a […]
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Caste and Indian Market
Freedom just another word, For nothing left to lose, Nothing ain’t worth nothing, If its free – Kris Krisolfeson ‘Seinfeld’ is one of my favorite TV serials and it was no surprise that it was one of the most popular American serials of all times. What did surprise me though was the fact that ‘SEINFELD’ […]
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Following is a letter posted by Atrocitynews reader-Mr. Uttamrao Sukhadeve who is harassed due to inertness of the National Commission for Scheduled Caste. This isn’t the first case. The commission warrants restructuring as it grapples in the hands of petty (castist/corrupt) politicians. Dear Atrocitynews, The Government of India established “The National Commission for Scheduled Caste”by Act […]
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PARALAKHEMUNDI (Orissa): As many as 66 girls from N Jhalarsingh Kanyashram, a government-run school for SC/ST girls in Gajapati district, ran away from the hostel after three teachers allegedly made casteist taunts to them. “You all belong to lower castes,” the triad would “always keep telling” them. “They have inflicted unbearable torture and trauma on […]
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A welcome decision- Ministry of Home affairs Maharastra state, has decided now to take stringent yet punitive actions against perpetrators of Caste violence in the wake of rising Caste-Atrocity cases in the State. The top officials along with Minister for state agreed to come forward to implement POA act 1989 to fullest. Village in which […]
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Rajastan: Fed up with district administration’s apathy, 11 members of a Dalit family attempted to end their lives on the campus of the collector’s office on Monday. Jiva Sagathiya along with three children and seven women consumed kerosene but police intervention saved their lives. The family is protesting against district collector’s order to return the […]
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Dalit woman was allegedly prevented from entering a temple and beaten up by some devotees following which the district administration has ordered a probe into the matter. The disctrict is part of UTTARANCHAL. The incident took place on Monday when the Dalit woman went to visit Mahasu temple in Hanole of Vikasnagar. She allegedly crossed […]
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FACT FINDING REPORT ON ILLEGAL DETENTION.TORTURE, DISPOSSESSION FROM LANDS, DESTRUCTON OF CROPS, FORCINGTO DRINK URINE, PULLING MOUSTACHES, INSULTING, INTIMIDATI0N, ABUSING IN THE NAME OF CASTE, FOISTING FALLSE CASES, VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY STATE , PUBLIC SERVANTS COMMITTING OFFENCES UNDER SC/ST(POA)ACT,1989. District: KURNOOL – Mandal: Rudravaram – Village: Ellavathula – Date of occurrence: 16.7.09 Dates of visit: […]
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