Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Hard realities of Dalits

Shame on India & Indian - 2 (Hard Realities)

Every hour 2 Dalits are assaulted,
Every day 3 Dalit women are raped,
Every day 2 Dalits are murdered & 2 Dalits Houses are burnt in India.
(Report of Ministry of Welfare of the Govt. of India 1992-1993)

* 37 percent of Dalits living below poverty in India.
* More than half (54%) of their children are undernourished in India.
* 83 per 1000 live birth children born in Dalit community are probability of dying before the first birthday.
* 45 percent of Dalits do not know read and write in India.
* Dalits women burden double discrimination (gender and caste) in India.
* Only 27 percent of Dalits women give institutional deliveries in India.
* About one third of Dalit households do not have basic facilities.

(Source: NSSO, Census of India and NFHS-II)

BSE, (Mumbai Stock Exchange) set up in 1875. 3500 companies traded every day, no Dalit owned company traded in 1875, none in 2005.
CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), set up around 1895. 57, 00 member organizations, and 80,000 individual members, no Dalit member till now.
ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India), set up in 1920. One lakh individual company membership, no Dalit company member.
FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), set up in 1927. 1,500 corporate members, and over 500 chambers of commerce, no Dalit member in 1927, none in 2005.
IIC (India International Centre), set up in 1962. With 4828 individual, and 296 corporate membership, no Dalit member in 1962, and probably, none in 2005.

(From India Today’s website)

Over 28,000 incidents of crime against SC/ST in 2005
Over 28,000 incidents of crimes, including murder and rape, were committed against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes across the country last year, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
While 24,792 cases were reported against Scheduled Castes, as many as 3,691 crimes were committed against Scheduled Tribes, Minister of State for Home I D Swami said in a written reply.
The maximum numbers of 4,892 cases against Scheduled Castes were reported from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh topped the list in atrocities against Scheduled Tribes with 1643 cases.
Police: Over 68,000 complaints were received against police personnel in the year 2000 alone, but only 26 of them were convicted, Swami said.
In 1999, 135771 cases were reported, 137492 cases in 2000 and 125152 last year, as per the data compiled by National Crimes Record Bureau.

See the above given facts and there will be no need of saying anything else about the condition of the Dalits (UNTOUCHABLES) here in India. Although some of these facts are of 1992-1993, 2005 I don’t think the condition of the Untouchables have improved a lot. The crimes have increased year by year (In 1999, 135771 cases were reported, 137492 cases in 2000 and 125152 last year, Over 28,000 incidents of crime against SC/ST in 2005 as per the data compiled by National Crimes Record Bureau.).The condition has become the worst in the present context as India is developing India Shining!!! Where it is developing where it’s shining? India is Developing towards a Civil War, Developing in creating Hate between the People & Developing in Dividing people based on Caste System etc. Where it is shining why at least me not able to see India Shining? India might be shining for the families like TATA, BIRLA or AMBANI’s. India is not shining for the common people (Dalits) those constitutes 85% population of the India. See the facts and you can yourself come to know where India is shining or developing.
People below Poverty Line:
SC: 31.64 %
ST: 44.2 %
OBCs: 21.8 %
Upper Castes: 12.78 %

The Government enacted the Prevention of Atrocities Act in 1989 and over the years it has proved to be a lame duck. Nothing has improved, changed for the Dalits (can’t say about the upper caste people, those who think they are but not in reality. Their condition might have improved by torturing Dalits!!!! Shame on these people)
While out of the total cases, only one in five were disposed, out of the disposed cases, a mere 2.31 per cent ended up in conviction. The number of acquittals is six times more than the number of convictions. (These are the facts of 2005) Many cases remain unnoticed by this Casteist media and not just the media the police and the judicial system have failed to report all the crimes happening against the Dalits. Media can provide information about what’s going in the one’s bedroom but can point out the atrocities happening to the Dalits. Why so? Doesn’t this show the discrimination? Why media feel so much feared about giving such news or they just don’t want to show people the real face of India and Hinduism as they are also Hindus? I won’t say anything about this almost everyone will understand this very well itself. (Top 500 posts in Media there are no one from Dalits at Delhi).
Now see 1st three days (Millions of Rupees) of the parliament (winter session, 2006) are wasted by these politicians discussing on Greg Chappell. What the hell common people is going to get from all this? Is this going to give anything to the economy of India? Or by discussing on Greg Chappell India is going to become developed nation? I think only politicians can answer this better those don’t even know the meaning of Economy!!! Has anyone raised the case of Khairlangi? I don’t think so. They can discuss all about Schin’s marriage, Greg Chappell, Britney Spears & Mandir’s etc. there in the Parliament but what happens when the turn of raising voice for eliminating Casteism or discrimination comes? Almost every leader becomes silent then why so? At least Dalit leaders should have raised this Khairlangi Case but they are becoming puppets in the hands of these Manuwadi people days by day. Shame on all our own leaders those haven’t raised such points of Casteism and discrimination from where all world listen them.
Shame on all the ministers also those are filling their own pockets by giving all atrocities happening over Dalits a political look for the development of own party.
Is there any scope for human development if we go on committing such indecent? Can’t say and can’t expect anything from Indian at least.The Untouchables are made “Religious, Economic and Political Slaves” by means of “Hindu Caste System” and its religious fake rituals. The people who believed in “Basic Human Rights” from all over the world should have to come forward to destroy “Hindu Caste System” and give justice to millions of people suffering since last thousands of years. Shame on India and me that I am still trying to wake up the people here in India those are DEAD and following stupid and fake rituals!!! Shame on me that I couldn’t save my mother, sister and brothers those died in Khairlangi and also those are being tortured daily by these so called Upper Caste people (Those who think they are but not in Reality).
NOTE: Please see more details below:
Latest Category Wise %Age Census in Govt. Jobs.
Since Independence SC/ST/OBCs Have Been Completely Used & Thrown in Free India by UC people.
GOVT. JOBS UC%AGE SC/ST%AGE OBC%AGE
SHOULD BE AS PER POPULATION 25% 23% 52%
EXISTING SITUATION
1ST CLASS POSTS 89.62% 5.69% 4.69%
2ND CLASS POSTS 71.19% 18.18% 10.63%
3RD & 4TH CLASS POSTS 56.62% 24.18% 18.18%
REFERENECE LOKNAYAK, MARATHI DAILY FROM BOMBAY, DATED 29-04-2006
Brahmins Grabbed/Snatched Rights of SC/ST/OBCs. The Glaring facts as per following Table:

GROUP POPULATION POLITICS EMPLOYEED COMERENCE LAND EDUCATION
BRAHMIN 3.5 41 62 10 5 —–
XSHATRIYA 5.5 15 12 27 80 —–
VAISHYA 6 10.5 13 60 9 —–
TOTAL 15 66.5 87 97 94 78
SC 15 11 4 0.1 0.5 6
ST 7.5 7.6 1 0.1 0.5 2
OBC 52 8 7 0.8 4 2
MINORITIES 10.5 3 1 2 1 2
TOTAL 85 33.5 13 3 6 22
REFERENECE MAHANAYAK, MARATHI DAILY FROM BOMBAY, P-1 HEAD NEWS, DATED 30-04-2006.
FOR FUTHER REFERENECE READ THESE PAPERS OR SEE IN MAGAZINE NAMED “BEGAM SHEHAR”.

#Pardeep Singh Attri (Punjab)

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Atrocities on Dalits

Dalits are a people who have been mistreated for thousand of years by the so called Hindu high castes. There are hunderds of atrocities, everyday occuring in India. But only few of them come to the notice of media and law. Most of the dalits do not dare to go to the police station and to court against the injustice and misdeeds done to them. As it further worsens their life.

Let me mention a few here:

Uttar Pradesh: A girl of 16 years was burned alive in Hapur district on 19th Aug/07, after she protested the high caste 3 boys, trying to rape her. The culprit ran out of village after the incident.

Urai District: Three teachers were suspended by the District Magistrate, after they were found out that they ask the dalits kids to sit in a seprate place from other students. The mid-day food was given from a far to them. And the teachers used a seprate stick to beat the dalit kids and the other students. The children told that the teacher washed their hands after beathing them, thinking it made them unclean.

Bihar: A child's fingers were cut after he stole some tomato from a field.

Madhya Pradesh: A village chief, a dalit woman was insulted when she did the flag hosting on Independance day. 

Some more facts: Dalits almost 20 % of the total, a significant population

*The dalit issue was raised up in House of Commons in U.K. this year in May.

*In certain parts of our country if the dalits refuse to work in the fields of land-lords, they get killed.

*After every 18 minutes there is a new case of dalit atrocities.

*Every day 3 dalit woman get raped.

*  Same time 11 dalits are being beaten everyday.

*13 Dalit get killed every week.

* And 5 house get burned

*Even in jails and Police stations they suffer the stigma of being a dalit.

*Dalits are most poor and uneducated people.

* Leading Hindi news paper (amar Ujala) says, " Socially we are still living in the pre-indepandance times"

There is more than this, in the real India. How sad it is being a human being to behave this way. But people those who behave this way, have their own philosophy to support even these criminal acts.

Yes, the people are groaning and few to comfort them. Hope somebody will respond to these dear people of God.

 

*most of the infomation based on AmarUjala.com editorial, Aug 20th/07

 

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