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Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Subject: [PMARC] Dalits Media Watch - News Update 25.01.10
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Dalits Media Watch
News Update 25.01.10
Ambedkar Statue Damaged,Dalits Protest In Ghaziabad - India Server
http://www.india-server.com/news/ambedkar-statue-damageddalits-protest-19956.html
Cop held for attempt to rape junior - Times Of India
Education: An unfinished revolution - Times Of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Education-An-unfinished-revolution/articleshow/5496681.cms
Modi springs book on Dalits - The Telegraph
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100125/jsp/frontpage/story_12025732.jsp
No change in woman's caste post-marriage: HC - Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Lastnight-Home/571043
Raped SC girl becomes unwed Mother in Kendrapara - The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com/BHUBANESWAR/Bhubaneswar.html
Volunteer body seeks probe into security guard's death - The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com/BHOPAL/Bhopal.html
Sarpanch's son set on fire in MP village - Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/news597940.html
India Server
Ambedkar Statue Damaged,Dalits Protest In Ghaziabad
http://www.india-server.com/news/ambedkar-statue-damageddalits-protest-19956.html
Last Updated: 2010-01-25T12:04:58+05:30
There was chaos in Ghaziabad on Monday,25th Jan, as an Ambedkar statue in Lathmar colony,was found damaged. It was observed by the residents in the morning hours.Police officer R.K. Gautam said, the right hand of the statue was broken and found quite a distance away from the statue.
The incident deeply hurt the sentiments of the people and they staged a demonstration blocking traffic on the highway. The district magistrate instructed the police to take charge and passify the crowd assuring them that a new statue of Ambedkar would be erected.
A meeting for the residents of the colony at the collectorate has been called by the district magistrate.Gautam said, "After receiving the information we visited the spot, controlled the mob and invited them to come for a meeting with the district magistrate."
Times Of India
Cop held for attempt to rape junior
TNN, 24 January 2010, 06:53am IST
JAIPUR: A 50-year-old reserve inspector (RI) was arrested in the city on Saturday for allegedly trying to rape a junior. Brahmpuri police arrested the RI, Rampratap Yadav, who was suspended following the complaint.
The victim, a 25-year-old woman constable, alleged in her complaint that the accused tried to molest her in his quarter at the Rural Reserve Police Lines building on Saturday morning when they returned after completing their panchayat polls duty at Bassi.
The victim, a resident of Chomu, was accompanied by three others — including Yadav and two other constables — to the Rural Reserve Lines.
Inspector suspended
The police said that the incident took place at around 4.30 am. The victim alleged that when they got off the police jeep, Rampratap handed her a tiffin and asked her to place it in his quarter.
"Rampratap being his senior, she did not refuse. But when she went inside his quarter, Rampratap followed her and bolted the door from inside," said DySP Sulesh Chowdhary. The officer added that the RI first tried to lure the victim into a physical relationship, and when she did not comply, he allegedly attempted to rape her.
"On this, the victim raised an alarm. Some policemen who were on night duty rushed to the quarter and rescued her," said the officer.
The police said that the victim went to the residence of SP (rural) Vipin Kumar Pandey immediately after the incident and reported the matter to him. He sent some policemen along with her to Brahmpuri police station after which an FIR was lodged. "He was arrested soon after the case was registered," said the officer.
The victim sustained scars on her body following the struggle with the accused. She was recruited in 2009 and was undergoing police training. "We have conducted the medical examination of the victim and Rampratap Yadav. He has been booked under sections 323, 354, 376 and 511 of IPC and sections of SC/ST Act," the officer added. Pandey told TOI that Yadav has been suspended and is being interrogated.
Times Of India
Education: An unfinished revolution
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Education-An-unfinished-revolution/articleshow/5496681.cms
Subodh Varma , TNN, 25 January 2010, 04:27am IST
India's education system is a juggernaut. Over 290 million students attend educational institutions on a typical working day. Enrolment has increased tremendously in schools, technical and professional courses, colleges, distance learning centers, even coaching centers. In 1951, 19 million were enrolled at elementary level (classes 1 to 8), just 1.5 million from 9 to 12. Today, elementary sections have over 130 million enrolled, 37 million in higher classes. Higher education has seen a stunning 100-fold enrolment growth — from 1.7 lakh students in 1951 to over 12 million currently. What drives Indians is hope that education will open doors to a better life.
Here are some other numbers. India has the world's largest population of illiterates —about 380 million. Nearly every child in the 6-11 years age-group is enrolled but by class 5, one-third have dropped out, by class 8, half; by class 10 nearly two-thirds are out of school. Only 10% go for higher education. In all, over 170 million children and youth in the age group 6-24 years are out of the education system.
Why is this? Experts cite the four Great Divides: rural-urban, men-women, rich-poor and the caste divide. In each case, there is a disadvantaged section, which finds it difficult to get access to education and thus gets left out. Back in 1951, 35% of urbanites and only 12% of rural people were literate. In 2006, 80% urbanites were literate but in rural areas literacy rate was 59%. The story of dalits and tribals is similar, although there has been an even greater surge in their desire for education. In 1961, literacy among dalits was 10% and among tribals 9%. This increased to 55% and 47% respectively in 2006, a massive increase but still behind more advanced sections. Finally, there is the rich-poor divide. Among society's poorest third, literacy is about 46%. In the middle third, it improves to 65%, while among the richest third, it is over 72%.
Though it's gone up since 1951, government expenditure — in 2006-07, total expense on education was Rs.1.33 lakh crore (3.6% GDP) — is insufficient to educate 1.2 billion Indians. Forty years ago, the Kothari Commission argued that at least 6% of GDP should be allocated to education, but spending has always remained below par.
Low government spending has led to growing inequity in education, as those with better resources get better education, while the majority have to make do with mediocre standards.
The Telegraph
Modi springs book on Dalits
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100125/jsp/frontpage/story_12025732.jsp
BASANT RAWAT
On a day the Congress-led central government was wiping egg off its face over a howler in an anti-female foeticide advertisement, Modi's political promotional appeared picture-perfect, having ticked all the right boxes on the symbolism stakes.
A Modi aide explained the yatra's objective. He said Surendranagar had witnessed the highest number of atrocities on Dalits who, unlike elsewhere in Gujarat, were gearing to fight back politically.
Another party insider said the chief minister wanted to wash off the riot taint: "He was seen as someone who thumbed his nose at the rule of law and the Constitution. He wants to make amends."
Indian Express
No change in woman's caste post-marriage: HC
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Lastnight-Home/571043
MUMBAI: In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that the caste of a woman born into a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe does not change after her marriage to a person from a forward caste. "The suffering of such a person is not wiped out by marriage to a person born in a forward caste and the SC/ST label continues notwithstanding marriage," observed the court. The ruling came on Friday on a petition filed by one Rajendra Shrivastava who sought anticipatory bail after his wife, who is from a scheduled caste, accused him and her in-laws of "dowry harassment and casteist atrocities".
The Pioneer
Raped SC girl becomes unwed Mother in Kendrapara
http://www.dailypioneer.com/BHUBANESWAR/Bhubaneswar.html
PNS | Kendrapara
A 24-year-old Scheduled Caste girl of Badatota Chhapali village under Mahakalpada police station is yet to get justice as the cops are yet to arrest the youth who lured her by making false promise to marry her and succeeded in keeping a physical relationship with her and made her pregnant.
Though more than five months have already been passed since the FIR was lodged with the police, they are yet to arrest the accused, alleged the victim girl's family members.
According to the victim Hatabhagi Behera (name changed), who belongs to the fisherman community she has given birth to a child a three days ago. She and her widow mother are earning their livelihood by doing menial work and by selling flattened rice in the nearby villages.
"About one-and-half years back, my mother sent me to borrow some rice from the neighbour's house. I went to my neighbour Satyabrata Tarai house, and inquired about his mother to borrow rice from her. But Satyabrata finding me alone in his house raped me. Later, Satyabrata came to my house and provided 5 kg of rice to me and asked not to disclose the matter," alleged the victim.
"He came to my house on a regular basis and lured me by making false promise of marriage and kept physical relationship with me and as a result I got pregnant," said the victim.
The matter came to the fore when the family members of the girl came to know about the pregnancy after the girl was medically examined in the local hospital. Later, the victim's mother disclosed the matter to Satyabrata's mother and requested to get them married. But the youth's mother denied the proposal and the youth told the villagers that he is innocent, alleged the victim's mother.
Failing to get justice from the youth and his family members, the girl lodged an FIR with the Mahakalpada police on August 1, 2009. The local police except filing a case did not make any effort to nab the youth.
The Pioneer
Volunteer body seeks probe into security guard's death
http://www.dailypioneer.com/BHOPAL/Bhopal.html
Staff Reporter | Bhopal
Dalit Samaj Kalyan (DSK) has alleged that the police were not registering the case of murder and theft, into the death of a security guard, who worked with TCI Transport Company. The organisation has alleged that the company employees were involved in thefts and later killed the guard.
Hemlata Singh, wife of the deceased guard Maharaj Singh along with DSK State head, BP Banshkar and other volunteers, while talking to the mediapersons on Sunday stated that her husband was working with the TCI Transport Company for the last 25-30 years.
She informed that her husband at the company witnessed thefts twice few years back and both the times and he had reported the incidents to his manager.
She further informed that another theft had taken place on November 22, 2009 and company's driver Surendra, manager Rahit Panth, Karan, Dharmendra, Surendra, Jitu, Manoj and Naresh stole goods worth lakh of rupees from the company, following which the deceased reported the matter to company manager.
Hemlata alleged that after this incident, the accused employees killed her husband in a well-planned conspiracy by strangulating him and hanged the body on a tree.
The volunteers informed that the company employees connived with the police and got a case of suicide registered. They further informed that the victim's wife had approached to the DGP, IGP, Collector, SSP, Human Rights Commission, Women's Commission, Home Minister and the Chief Minister but to no avail.
The victim's wife alleged that company manager wants to push the matter under the carpet by paying Rs 2 lakh. She further threatened that she would resort to suicide, if the matter is not disposed off by a high-level probe within one month.
Zee News
Sarpanch's son set on fire in MP village
http://www.zeenews.com/news597940.html
Updated on Thursday, January 21, 2010, 22:
Vidisha: A village sarpanch's son was set on fire by some unidentified persons in the district, police said.
Premnarayan Ahirwar (30) had gone out to bring pesticide when some persons poured kerosene oil and set him on fire at Mehluya Chowk near here, they said, adding his condition is reported to be critical.
The victim, with over 70 per cent burns, was rushed to a hospital by the locals, they said.
He was being shifted to Bhopal from here for better medical care, the police said.
The police suspect that some old enmity was the cause of the incident and are waiting for Ahirwar to regain consciousness to record his statement.
Ahirwar's mother Jamunabai is the Sarpanch of Mehluya area where the rural body election process is underway. PTI
--.Arun Khote
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