They are forced to sit in separate rows, bring utensils from home or given food in plates marked boldly with permanent ink to distinguish them from the rest.According to a survey on social discrimination conducted by Jansahas, an NGO, and Unicef, in 24 villages across four districts – Ujjain, Sheopur, Katni and Jhabua – in Madhya Pradesh, more than 63 per cent of Dalit children are subjected to caste discrimination while being served mid-day meals in government schools.They are forced to sit in separate rows, bring utensils from home or given food in plates marked boldly with permanent ink to distinguish them from the rest.The Mid-Day Meal Scheme, funded by the government, is the world’s largest school lunch programme and covers 120 million children. Ironically, one of the key objectives of the scheme is to increase socialisation among children of different caste groups.“As many as 40 per cent of Dalit students facing discrimination were given mid-day meals inplates specially set aside for them,” Jansahas activist Ashif Sheikh told Hindustan Times. While some were asked to bring utensils from home, most were served their mid-day meals on leaf plates. Non-Dalits, however, were served on metal plates.The survey found that most teachers were insensitive to the discrimination against Dalits because of caste-based traditions being followed in rural areas, he said.In a majority of the schools surveyed, Dalit students were not allowed to sit in the front row. As many as 78 per cent of school-going Dalit students were backbenchers or forced away from the front row and subjected to casteist abuses.And 79 per cent of such students were compelled to clean the schools. In some schools, this chore was given only to Dalit girls.The survey found that the Anganwadi scheme, a government-sponsored mother and childcare scheme catering to children in the 0-6 age group, also discriminates against Dalits. About 59 per cent of Dalits said they desisted from sending their children to the local anganwadi facilities.The victims claimed that Dalit children were not allowed to enter the anganwadis and were forced to accept nutritional supplements outside the building.The survey concluded that caste discrimination is one of the prominent reasons for the absence of Dalit children from school.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Apartheid funded by tax payers money
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
UNTOUCHABLITY EXPLORED FOR BLIND EYES
20TH CENTURY
temple and General Secretary of Scholars
Association of Varanasi tells about Caste
System and Dalits.
reservation for Dalits and the priest continuing what
he has read in Vedas. And not to forget, the youth
wants justice.
was all history right!!!
Shrankacharya telling about what is pure and
what is impure.
castes or rather castes control Power. And
untouchability is not crime but a rule here.
in which society they are living or
just don't want to come out of their
dream world. Some castes mind deny
and do their best to bury the reality.
When I posted this video on the orkut
community named "India" which is the
largest Indian community present on
Orkut or may be on any social website
having more than 8 lakh members.
Firstly the thread was deleted 3 times.
then when convinced one moderator to
let it be, it got good and positive replies
about 100 in just one hour. But next
day other moderator deleted it and i
was removed from the community
quoting these videos cant be verified
by him so they cant allow it. While i
myself argued a lot about other such
threads already present in the community
and positive replies by the members on my
thread and even asked that let people
decide what is right and wrong,but
it was strict No.
But soon I found out the moderator was
member of Anti-reservation protests.
I asked her wether she is against
reservation for untouchables or against
untouchables itself.
She had no reply. This kind of mindset is
inherent in the people of India and that is
why such situation is still there.
I dont know what to expect from a
moderator of such a big online community
but it is clear at the top people are biased
and they want rest of the masses to view,
and think.
Posted by INDI YOUTH BLOGGER at 4:38 AM 16 comments
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CASTEISM IN OTHER RELIGIONS
LEARN ABOUT HOW THIS EVIL HINDUISM CREATED, SPREAD FROM ITS ROOTS AND INFECTED THE TREES OF OTHER RELIGIONS
infected society.
Religion-obessed.
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URBAN-CASTEISM
Posted by INDI YOUTH BLOGGER at 4:16 AM 4 comments
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