Mr. Rajeev Dhawan?s article published on 28th December, 2001 in The Hindu – The Equality Amendment of 2001 neither talks about law nor talks about society. He has selectively quoted the statistics which show high percentage of SC/STs promoted at higher levels. Exceptions can?t be the rule but he has tried to make them so. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dalits’
Don’t Use Supreme Court Against Dalits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Against Dalits, Dalits, Supreme Court on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dalits,?don?t? celebrate Divali
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged celebrate Divali, Dalits, Divali on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Minority Front, Chandigarh, today asked for Dalits to boycott Divali to register their protest against the Jhajhar killings. A resolution to this effect was unanimously passed at a rally of the front to pay homage to the killed. The front demanded that the killers be tried [...]
Mass conversion of Dalits planned
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dalits, Mass conversion on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chandigarh, October 28 While the Haryana Government has been discomforted by the conversion of Dalit families to Buddhism, Christianity and Islam at a function at Gurgaon yesterday organised by the All-India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations, the state government is likely to face another bout of embarrassment when the next programme of the confederation gets under [...]
Dalits and law enforcement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Custodial abuse and torture of Dalits, Dalits, Discrimination in the provision of disaster relief, Disproportionate targeting of Dalits, enforcement, Failure of police to properly register crimes against Dalits, Forced Prostitution, Lack of gender equity, law, Police abuse of Dalit Women, Police Extortion and Looting, Poor implementation of development programs, Reform state policies, security legislation against Dalits on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 2004 the NHRC characterized the law enforcement machinery as the greatest violator of Dalits’ human rights.35 This problem is not a recent one. In 1979 India constituted the National Police Commission to analyze problems in police performance.36 However, the Commission’s recommendations, which include recommendations specific to police abuse of Dalits, have still not been adopted. Police [...]
fight against untouchability
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dalits, religions, untouchability on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fight against untouchability What is Untouchability? Dalits are the manual scavengers, the removers of human waste and dead animals, leather workers, street sweepers and cobblers. The mere touch of a Dalit was considered “polluting” to a caste member. Thus, the concept of “untouchability” was born. Isn’t Untouchability illegal? The preamble to the Indian Constitution proclaims the goals of [...]
