Round Table India

National Commission for Scheduled Castes to Organize Awareness Camps to Disseminate Information About the Rights of Scheduled Castes

by rti_adminon December 9, 2010March 20, 20230

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes will be organizing awareness camps in all divisions/mandals of all States/UTs in order to disseminate the information about their rights and safeguards provided in the Constitution of India. The Commission during its interaction with various organizations has observed that the majority of Scheduled Caste people are not aware of …

Dalitbahujan Renaissance

Jotirao Phule: Shetkaryaca Asud (Part 2)

by rti_adminon December 7, 2010March 20, 20230

Translated by Gail Omvedt and Bharat Patankar Chapter 1 Due to the dominance of the selfish Bhat-Brahmans in all government departments, they have been able to so deceive the ignorant farmers with the sham of their self-interested religion that they have no resources left to send their tiny children to school, and even those who …

Policy

Tackling Malnutrition in Rural and Urban Areas

by rti_adminon December 4, 2010March 20, 20230

As per NFHS-3, undernutrition is 42.5 % in children below five years. It is 47.9% in Scheduled castes, 54.5% in scheduled tribes and 42.3% in other backward classes. In rural areas it is 45.6 % as compared to 32.7 % in urban areas. 35.6 % of women suffer from Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED). The prevalence …

Atrocities

Appointment on Fake Caste Certificate

by rti_adminon December 2, 2010March 20, 20230

Some cases of appointments made on the basis of allegedly fake caste certificates have come to the notice of Government. As per information received from 30 Ministries/ Departments, there were about 1383 cases of appointments made on the basis of allegedly false/ fake caste certificates. The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered 58 cases against …

Features

Karthik Navayan: A Scholar. An Activist. A Role Model

by rti_adminon December 2, 2010March 20, 20230

Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Portal (First published in the ‘Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Portal’ in 2010) Advocate Karthik Navayan, age 33, is one of our mentors for law students. Based in Hyderabad, he is an activist-scholar who is instrumental in organising various campaigns on the issues of Dalit students, child labour, land rights and …

Research

Muslim-Catholic dialogue in India: Is caste the main problem?

by rti_adminon December 1, 2010March 20, 20230

Jason Keith Fernandes Introduction Sharing his experiences on Christian-Muslim dialogue in the March ’09 issue of Jivan, Fr Paul Jackson was unusually reticent on the challenges that face the Catholic aspirant on this route. To say that this route is a path of thorns would not be an exaggeration, since there are quite a …

Policy

Atrocities Against Dalits

by rti_adminon November 29, 2010March 20, 20230

Percentage of Scheduled Caste population to total population as per 2001 Census, in India, and in States/Union Territories, is mentioned in the table below: Percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) population to total population in India and States/Union Territories, as per 2001 Census

Dalitbahujan Renaissance

Jotirao Phule: Shetkaryaca Asud (Introduction)

by rti_adminon November 29, 2010March 20, 20230

Translated by Gail Omvedt and Bharat Patankar A brief introduction to Phule: Jotirao Phule (1827-1890) is considered a founder not only of the anti-caste movement; in Maharashtra he is also looked upon as father of the farmers’ movement, the women’s movement, and a bahujan-oriented environmental movement. He was born in a Mali (gardener jati) …

Gender

India district bans cell phones for unmarried women

by rti_adminon November 25, 2010March 20, 20230

NEW DELHI — A local council in northern India has banned unmarried women from carrying mobile telephones to halt a series of illicit romances between partners from different castes, media reports said Wednesday.The Baliyan council in Uttar Pradesh state decided to act after at least 23 young couples ran away and got married …

Dire Need to Expose Student Organizations like ABVP and Disha

Reevaluating ‘ST’ Status: A Tani Christian’s Reflection on Identity and Cultural Preservation in Arunachal Pradesh

Chamkila Movie: Caste Erasure and Caste Consciousness

Electoral Bonds & the missing link of Gupt Daan

From Oppression To Liberation: A Transformative Journey towards Egalitarianism and Empowerment

Appeal for funds: Support post-production of Marathi film ‘Ghairati’