Today at 11am on 8th July,my daughter Nikhila telephoned me from Chennai and told me that a discussion on untouchability is going on in Vijay TV in which she has seen Balwant Singh.The program is titled 'Sathiyamevajayathe'anchored by Hindi film actor Amirkhan.Immediately I tuned the channel to Vijay. A lot of on the spot evidences are shown to prove that untouchability is still existing in India though it is banned by law.One film named 'India untouched' has screened all the details in cities and villages.The boys are not sent to school because they have to clean the toilet and they were served noon meal separately.Balwant Singh a family friend from Saharanpur who travelled length and breadth of India had depicted the incidences black and white in his several books.
Very recently I read a book 'Economic Discrimination' by Thorat published by Oxford.The transition from exploitation to exclution of dalits are described in detail.It can be explained as modern type of untouchability.
Very recently I read a book 'Economic Discrimination' by Thorat published by Oxford.The transition from exploitation to exclution of dalits are described in detail.It can be explained as modern type of untouchability.
Some years back I had come across a matrimonial column in the Hindu news paper.One gentle man put his demand as follows,"suitable alliance from parents are invited,caste no bar,excuse scheduled castes,tribes".What a shameful notice! This does not come under the purview of inter caste marriage since it is limiting the castes of his choice.It is really a humiliation to the dalits .How did inter caste marriage exist if such pseudo- radicalism is followed? I had given the news paper to Dr.Dharam Veer IAS.He made a touching article about this and published.
Very often it is bragged that India is marching ahead as a developing country and turning in to a world power.But nobody knows that 60% of us are in below poverty line.Zamindari system still exists.Asset is building up with a very few.Rich is becoming richer and the poor is becoming poorer.The theocratic feudal system pervades.People are entrapped in religious customs and traditions which even questioning the Constitution and the integrity of the country.But we again brag that our unity is in diversity.Actually we don't have unity but diversity.Nearly one third of the people are not treated as human being,they don't have the freedom of even the cattle.Minimum requirement for human existence are blatantly denied.Some times this will be the only country in the world having this type of draconian heritage being imposed on the aboriginals. It is quite incredible and amazing that the same country was having the highest position of the country-The President of India-the supreme commander of India,and the Chief Justice of India-the judicial head belonging to the so called untouchable community.Now we are having the head of law making body-Loksabha Speaker,belonging to dalit.In a democratic country,the executive,judiciary and legislature are the main pillars of governance.Therefore it is very pathetic that even after attaining the highest positions the same community has not been salvaged.The highly populated state out of 28 states in India ie.20crores,UP was governed by Mayawathi-a dalit,four times,but untouchability not wiped out.There are 131 Members of Parliament out of 543(Lok sabha),thousands of MLAs in the State Assemblies,more the 6 lakhs elected representatives in the local bodies,Doctors,Engineers,Chief Executives,IAS,IPS officers and other Officers are belonging to this community.Even after attaining all these prestigious positions,why this community is in pathetic condition? what are their commitments to their brethren?This has to be examined meticulously in Indian context.
Jagajeevan Ram congress leader was union minister for several times,but he was having separate mud pot and glass for drinking water in his office. He being Union Minister had unveiled a statue in UP which was purified by the people later on as his action polluted the statue.In the first Loksabha a Bangi ie scavenging community member happened to be a member of Parliament.Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime minister knew that nobody would sit in the Sabha along with him as he belonged to a scavanging community,on the basis of mass complaint from other elected members.So his community name was changed as Balmiki,and propagated that the member belonged to a great community of Valmiki who wrote Ramayana,the problem was solved.Thus the Bangi community began to worship Valmiki as their god and to construct temples of Valmiki.There are a lot of very amusing and amazing instances regarding the practice of untouchability in lowest and highest heirarchies in society.It requires bundles of papers to describe.
Jagajeevan Ram congress leader was union minister for several times,but he was having separate mud pot and glass for drinking water in his office. He being Union Minister had unveiled a statue in UP which was purified by the people later on as his action polluted the statue.In the first Loksabha a Bangi ie scavenging community member happened to be a member of Parliament.Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime minister knew that nobody would sit in the Sabha along with him as he belonged to a scavanging community,on the basis of mass complaint from other elected members.So his community name was changed as Balmiki,and propagated that the member belonged to a great community of Valmiki who wrote Ramayana,the problem was solved.Thus the Bangi community began to worship Valmiki as their god and to construct temples of Valmiki.There are a lot of very amusing and amazing instances regarding the practice of untouchability in lowest and highest heirarchies in society.It requires bundles of papers to describe.
Casteism is rooted very deeply in Indian society.It is a general opinion that it exists in Hinduism only.It is a wrong notion.It exists in all religions,in Christianity,Sikh,Islam,and even in Buddhism.There are separate churches,temples mosques,grave yards for dalits.They are treated as untouchables every where. Dr.Ambedkhar is the only intellectual who studied the system in detail in India and proposed a solution.He appropriated the Buddhism in such a way so as to attract the dalits and declared that Buddhisn is the only solution to get rid of from the casteism.But the movement he launched has not made any impact among the dalits which may be due to his unexpected death after embracing Buddhism.
It is very pathetic,very pathetic,because dalits are in double jeopardy.They are treated as inhuman and on the other hand they are denied of their livelihood.They are not having any movable and immovable properties.Their savings,investment and economic activities are nil.In Kerala the total population of dalits including Adivasis would come to 35 lakhs.Scheduled castes constitute less than 30 lakhs and Scheduled tribes 5 lakhs.Total no.of families are 56,43,29 and 10,79,65 respectively.
In Tamilnad,a neighboring state of Kerala, untouchability is in very severe condition though the state is ruled by two major Dravidian parties alternately for more than four decades since 1967.Ironically,these parties claim to be rationalistic in outlook and swear by emancipation of poor.A Madurai based non -governmental organisation has found out that 135 types of untouchability existing in Tamilnad.85% of the villages are experiencing untouchability.136 reserved Panchayat Presidents are there,but 84% are still left un filled,it means that caste Panchayats instead of political Panchayats are there.No Panchayat Presidents are allowed to hoist national flag in independence day.Even if the meeting is held in the Panchayat building, Dalit President is not allowed to sit along with others.The students are un willing to go to the schools due to ill treatment.They are given meals separately,in classes they provided seats away from others,menial jobs are entrusted with them.In the village the dalits are not allowed to walk with chappals,they cannot ride a cycle,they are amenable to the whims and fancies of the upper castes.In hotels they have to sit on grounds,double trumpler system is followed,they are given tea in vessls made up of leaves.The drainage is opened to their dwelling areas,which causes contageous diseases to them.In hospitals the doctors and other staff would never touch them.The villages of dalits are separated by walls in several places.In Uthampuram near Madura the wall was partially demolished by CPM cadres and a path way was constructed.The path way was named as Prakash Karat road.There is a strong untouchability eradication movement led by CPM.As per our Constitution the practice of untouchability is banned as per article 17.The central govt.had enacted legislation for initiating stringent action against the person who practice untouchability.The agrieved party need sent a complaint to the Circle Inspector of police.The burden of proof rests with the accused.There are provisions for legal help from govt.It is the duty of the government to give all protection.If any death takes place immediate relief of Rupees one lakh should be given by government to the heirs.Govt.job should also be given to the heirs.There are so many relief measures extended through"The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes(prevention of atrocities)Act,1989".Distric,
Out of a total no.of 8.32 lakhs working class among dalits in Kerala,6.53 lakhs are cooly labourers in Agriculture and other allied sectors.Govt.job for them is only 51000.One can very easily imagine the pathetic condition of them as they are unapproachable to private sectors where their representation is zero.It is another interesting that no body knows the total land holding of tribes because the land as per records are not actually in possession by them.Terrible encroachment by others is still a menace to them and their survival.The condition of them are more pathetic than the SCs.
Out of a total no.of 8.32 lakhs working class among dalits in Kerala,6.53 lakhs are cooly labourers in Agriculture and other allied sectors.Govt.job for them is only 51000.One can very easily imagine the pathetic condition of them as they are unapproachable to private sectors where their representation is zero.It is another interesting that no body knows the total land holding of tribes because the land as per records are not actually in possession by them.Terrible encroachment by others is still a menace to them and their survival.The condition of them are more pathetic than the SCs.
The Dalits are the makers of the country.Their brain and brawn made the land cultivable,transportable and navigable.The present work participation of them is above 60%. It might be 100%years back.There fore they are eligible for at least the proportionate share of the asset of the country,either movable or immovable.But they are given pittance as alms, as their grievances are treated as cringe.A new sphere of activity in their demands has to be resorted to in these peculiar conditions.
The statistical details given above are as per the study conducted by a Govt.agency recently and the Economic Review of govt 2011.All are shedding crocodile tears with out bothering these statistics or deliberately ignoring as it is not their concern.Really very pathetic.
The statistical details given above are as per the study conducted by a Govt.agency recently and the Economic Review of govt 2011.All are shedding crocodile tears with out bothering these statistics or deliberately ignoring as it is not their concern.Really very pathetic.
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