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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Untouchability Is A Blot On Humanity, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
"The Government will take all steps for the empowerment of Dalits"
- Lower Castes 'Need Greater Help' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says his government must do more to combat discrimination against lower castes and minorities.
- Indian Pm Condemns Caste System (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
Millions of Dalits still face oppression, says PM
'Untouchables' lobby for jobs in new businesses
- Indian Leader Likens Caste System To Apartheid Regime (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh became the first leader of his country yesterday to compare the condition of low-caste Hindus with that of black South Africans under apartheid.
- Pm Has Another Shot At 'Muslim First' (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Dec 28, 2006)
Economist Manmohan Singh on Wednesday donned the robe of a social crusader when he advocated affirmative action to end social discrimination and disparities instead of his usual thesis of economic growth.
- 11 Chargesheeted For Dalit Killings (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
Within a month of beginning a probe into the murder of four members of a Dalit family in Khairlangi village, the CBI on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against 11 people.
- Govt Committed To Remove 'Inequities' Faced By Muslims: Pm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
Brushing aside BJP's charge of Muslim appeasement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his government was committed to removing "inequities" and "imbalances" faced by the community which has been deprived of an equal share of development . ..
- Untouchability Like Apartheid, Says Pm, Pushes Muslim Equity (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 28, 2006)
Unfazed by the BJP’s charge of Muslim “appeasement” and continuing with his recent tendency to confront political issues head-on, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood his ground to declare that his government is committed to “redressing imbalances . . .
- Risk Management Is A Key Post-Tsunami Lesson (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2006)
Today marks two years since the 2004 tsunami unleashed untold suffering and devastation upon Indian Ocean coastal communities.
- Tracking Sezs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2006)
Forced on the defensive in Singur, the CPM believes there is no better time to talk of the need for national guidelines on the acquisition of land for industry.
- Dalit Disaffection (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 27, 2006)
The spontaneous outbreak of Dalit protests over the ghastly caste atrocity at Khairlanji, and the violent reactions to the desecration of Ambedkar's statue in Kanpur, have sent media pundits into a spin.
- Cry Goes Unheard (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 27, 2006)
No mainstream political party is better than the other when it comes to protecting the common man’s rights.
- Temple Bell Set To Ring Loud (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2006)
Orissa will soon have a place of pride in the list of world records. It will have the biggest bell of the world set at the temple premises of Mahimagadi at Joranda in Dhenkanal district shortly.
- Cuddalore Takes A Lead In Tsunami Reconstruction (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Dec 26, 2006)
Two years down the line, Cuddalore stands out in Tamil Nadu as a district that has not only matched, but even surpassed its goals set to build back better after the tsunami.
- Shocking Outrage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 25, 2006)
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has done well to order a probe into the ostracism of eight Dalit families in Kamanakerehundi village near Mysore, which was reported in these columns.
- Paswan Banks On Dalit Votes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2006)
Ahead of the crucial UP Assembly polls, Chemical, Fertiliser and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is making a serious bid to strike at the core votebank of his political rivals, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party.
- Christmas Thoughts On Dalit Dues (Indian Express, Dominic Emmanuel, Dec 23, 2006)
Immediately after the findings of the Sachar Committee, Union minister for minority affairs A.R. Antulay declared that he not only agreed with the PM to grant a “fair” share to the minorities but that he was “for including Dalit Muslims and . . .
- India's First Dalit Chief Justice To Take Oath On Jan 14 (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Dec 23, 2006)
In a symbolic but significant stride forward for empowerment of India's dispossessed, seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Konakuppakattil Gopinathan Balakrishnan, was on Friday designated by the President as the next Chief Justice of India.
- A Real Agenda For Dalit Liberation (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Dec 22, 2006)
The militant Dalit protests provoked by the Khairlanji carnage highlight India's failure to combat social exclusion and the need for an alternative strategy.
- Desperately Seeking Vote-Bank (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 21, 2006)
Despite the strong economic condition of the OBCs the Congress-led UPA Government is molycoddling them, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Victims, Still: Reports From States (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2006)
Dalit activism has enabled the community to make some progress, but it is still subjected to oppression across the country.
- Story Of Deprivation (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2006)
The promises of the freedom movement and the Constitution remain largely unfulfilled in the case of Dalits.
- A Road-Map For Liberation (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2006)
A road-map for Dalit emancipation was drawn up by this writer in 1996 in the form of a Dalit manifesto.
- At A Crossroads (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Dec 21, 2006)
The Dalit leadership faces a credibility crisis in the absence of a radical political vision.
- Power Of Touch (Frontline, Gopal Guru , Dec 21, 2006)
The concept of untouchability travels from rural locations to the cities.
- Power Brings Death (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2006)
Political power in its real sense continues to elude Dalits in Tamil Nadu, notwithstanding the reservation of seats in elected bodies from village panchayats to Parliament.
- Violence In The Growth Equation (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Dec 20, 2006)
Violence shares a close nexus with poverty caused by decades of gradual shutting of all channels of social mobility. The economic fallout apart, this has had grave repercussions on the prospects of the . . .
- Traveling The Paths Of A Hardy Christianity In India (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2006)
Raymond Cruze is on a pilgrimage, which in India puts him in rather ordinary company. The destination, however, is not the Hindu's sacred Ganges, the Sikh's holy city of Amritsar, or the home of the Buddhist Dalai Lama in Dharmsala.
- Train Blasts, Dalit Fury, Suicides Kept State On The Boil (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2006)
Dalit fury in the wake of Khairlanji killings, rising incidents of farmers’ suicides, assassination of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and the July 11 serial train blasts kept Maharashtra in the news headlines for much of 2006.
- 22 Villages Of Kendrapara Tense (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2006)
A day after Dalits entered it, rituals in temple were stopped
- Kambalapalli Cries Out For Justice (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2006)
In one of the worst incidents of its kind in the State, eight Dalits were burnt alive after being locked up in their huts by a mob of about 200 caste Hindus at Kambalapalli, 35 km from Chintamani in Kolar district.
- Train Blasts, Dalit Fury, Suicides Kept State On The Boil (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2006)
Dalit fury in the wake of Khairlanji killings, rising incidents of farmers’ suicides, assassination of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and the July 11 serial train blasts kept Maharashtra in the news headlines for much of 2006.
- State Has Never Uplifted Anybody (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 15, 2006)
Dalit struggle for dignity has become more difficult because caste-driven societies are manipulated by OBC bosses, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Education Quota Bill Passed In Ls (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2006)
BJP amendment to bring minority institutions under ambit rejected
- Words Of A Controversy (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Dec 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement to the National Development Council that we need “to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably in the fruits of development” and . . .
- No Fight For A New World (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Dec 15, 2006)
The recent violence that convulsed Maharashtra bore a caste character but it was essentially an expression of a spreading lumpen frustration — across castes
- Dead-End Khairlanji (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2006)
At the inter-state council meeting on December 9, the prime minister gave out some prescriptions to chief ministers to address the problem of continuing atrocities on Scheduled Castes.
- Fighting For Equality (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 14, 2006)
Dalit struggle for dignity has become more difficult because caste-driven societies are manipulated by OBC bosses, says Anuradha Dutt
- Forum Seeks Division Of Obc Quota For Muslims (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Dec 14, 2006)
In the light of the Sachar Committee’s findings on social, economic and educational status of the Muslims in India, the National Economic Forum for Muslims (NEFM) has demanded the division of the OBC quota among advanced castes, Hindu most backward . . .
- The New Muslim Vote (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Dec 13, 2006)
Parliament sacrificed yet more business hours over Opposition-alleged and treasury-defended prime ministerial prescriptions on how to spend welfare funds.
- Dalits Defy Ban, Enter Rajasthan Temple (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
Backed by police muscle and led by social activists, more than 800 Dalits entered a temple of goddess Chavanda in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Tuesday to avenge the eviction of a Dalit from the temple by members of the dominant Gujjar community . ..
- Agitated On Singur (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2006)
Singur is clearly on top of the Left Front government’s agenda and this is reflected in no fewer than six pieces in the latest issue of People’s Democracy.
- Not A People's State (Times of India, Walter Fernandes, Dec 13, 2006)
The West Bengal government has promised to create a climate in favour of private investment.
- Vidarbha Farmers Miss Making Election Statement (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 13, 2006)
Farmers re-electing ruling party members in the by-election will only lead the Congress to believe it is on the right track.
- The March Of Maoists (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 13, 2006)
"Gher lebo, dilli ko gher lebo" is the Naxal (Maoist) slogan in Chhattisgarh.
- Political Games (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2006)
The BJP should be concentrating on important issues.
- Dalits Offer Prayer At The Chawanda Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
Hundreds of Dalits on Tuesday offered prayers amid tight security in an ancient temple here, nearly two-and-a-half months after a member of their community was stopped from entering the shrine that sparked protests against the district administration.
- What, If Not Rank Communal Appeasement: Advani (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Dec 12, 2006)
As the tug of war intensified on Monday between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "Muslim first" remarks, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani termed Singh's statement as . . .
- Periyar And Lord Rama (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 12, 2006)
Fourteen years after the removal of the offending Babri structure at his sacred birthplace, Lord Rama returned on December 6, 2006, to face his greatest modern iconoclast, the late EV Ramasamy Naicker. EVR or Periyar, as he was popularly . . .
- Addressing Muslim Deprivation (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Dec 11, 2006)
The Sachar Committee’s thoughtful report on the Muslim condition in India 60 years after Independence makes sombre reading.
- New Direction (Frontline, Deb Mukharji, Dec 11, 2006)
The Government of Nepal and the Maoists make peace and set out a road map for a democratic future.
- Robbing Dalits (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Dec 11, 2006)
The government deprives Dalit families of their precious land in the name of development.
- Enforcing Silence In Khairlanji (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Dec 11, 2006)
There are serious allegations that democratic protest and social activism are being curbed in the wake of the Khairlangi murders.
- `State Domination Perpetuating Violation Of Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2006)
Government blamed for delay in setting up human rights commission
- Pmo Out To Douse The Minority Fire (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2006)
With the BJP launching a frontal attack on the prime minister for suggesting ‘communal budgeting’ at the National Development Council meet with his “minorities-come-first” remark, the prime ministerial establishment swiftly got into a damage control . . .
- Sour Cream (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2006)
In rejecting the recommendation of a parliamentary standing committee to introduce a "creamy layer" clause to the Bill seeking to provide a 27 per cent OBC quota in Government-aided institutions of higher learning, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . . .
- Traveling The Paths Of A Hardy Christianity In India (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2006)
Raymond Cruze is on a pilgrimage, which in India puts him in rather ordinary company. The destination, however, is not the Hindu's sacred Ganges, the Sikh's holy city of Amritsar, or the home of the Buddhist Dalai Lama in Dharmsala.
- Khairlanji: Atrocity Of A Law Forgotten (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 09, 2006)
The response of post-Independence India to crimes against dalits is a curious mix of comprehensive legislation and a comprehensive failure to administer them.
- Sour Cream (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 09, 2006)
Manmohan's final quota betrayal
- Getting Even (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 09, 2006)
"We are No. 2. We try harder". This catchline of a car rental company holds true for Dalits and other oppressed sections of the society. Being perennial underdogs has only increased the efficiency and resilience of Dalits. As political and economic . . .
- Adharmic Postures (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 08, 2006)
Nothing sacred about such temples
- The Fear Of Democracy Of The Privileged (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 08, 2006)
The 50th death anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is a time to remember that the larger society ignores or distorts the Dalits' struggle for their rights at its own risk.
- Bias And The Police (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
In every State Muslims constitute disadvantaged communities; only the extent and nature of the disadvantage vary.
- Lesser Citizens (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
In every State Muslims constitute disadvantaged communities; only the extent and nature of the disadvantage vary.
- Behind The Backwardness (Frontline, YOGINDER SIKAND, Dec 08, 2006)
Muslim organisations see the Sachar report as reiterating their own concerns and providing legitimacy to some of their demands.
- Another Turning Point (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
The Sachar report has the potential to affect all facets of Indian politics as the Mandal and Masjid issues did.
- On The Margins (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Dec 08, 2006)
The Rajinder Sachar Committee finds that the Muslim community in India is deprived and neglected, and makes far-reaching recommendations.
- Ambedkarism & Republic Of Rage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2006)
Ambedkarism is seen as a genuine vehicle of social mobility.
- Addressing The Civic Deficit (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Dec 08, 2006)
Branding the report of the Sachar Committee as minority appeasement does not solve the problem.
- Reaction To Acquittal Guarded In Kambalapalli (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Dec 07, 2006)
"What can one man do? They have given all the witnesses money," said M. Venkatrayappa, whose wife Ramakka, sons Sriramappa and Anjaneya and daughter Papamma were among the eight Dalits who were burnt to death in Kambalapalli village in Kolar . . .
- In Search Of National Pride (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 07, 2006)
The UPA Government's policies are at complete variance with the central ideas of India's civilisational ethos
- Dss Urges Mayor To Install Ambedkar Statue In City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2006)
Members say all the other districts have his statue
`Ambedkar wrongly projected as a Dalit leader alone'
Mayor urged to install statue using MCC's general funds
- Fifty Years Later, Still Missing Babasaheb (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Dec 06, 2006)
When Dr Am-bedkar died on December 6, 1956, many of his dreams remained unfulfilled. He had embraced Buddhism on October 14, 1956 at Nagpur and had vowed to spread Buddhism in the country.
- Acquittal Of Kolar Massacre Accused A Setback To Dalits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2006)
Dalits forum wants the Government to move High Court
- Caste In Stone (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2006)
There can be little doubt about the vulnerability of B.R. Ambedkar in stone. His statues, consecrated serially to mark the highpoints of the Dalit struggle, continue to take the major brunt of caste hatred.
- Sonia Attacks Mulayam Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2006)
`State has not properly handled the situation after desecration of the statue'
- Speed-Breakers To Growth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 05, 2006)
Lack of skilled manpower may be the outcome of fast, unexpected growth, but what of the neglected infrastructure?
- Dalit Rally Foiled In Nagpur (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 05, 2006)
Unprecedented police concentration; roads barricaded
- Sonia Attacks Mulayam Govt On Law And Order Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday attacked the the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in UP saying law and order was virtually “non existent”.
- Message From Dalits (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 05, 2006)
The recent militant protests by Dalits in different parts of Maharashtra could herald a new phase in Dalit activism as youth disillusioned with traditional political formations seek to assert their rights on the streets.
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