[Reader-list] “INDIA UNTOUCHED” wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

It is amusing to see the venomous hate that is prevalent in society for "brahman", is it ignorance or is it deliberate to a commune which is less than three percent of the total population, has only persued knowledge inspite of demanding social conditions, being subjected to ridicule for the inability  of the community to take lati in their hands. ?

 Brahmin as seen by society in general, by OBCs and dalits in particular is always oppressed class in the social life, oppressed always by ruling fuedal lords, kshatriyas who use the brahmin shield to exploit the dalits, but the blame goes to "brahmins". ? Why, because brahmins are not fighters with strong tactics of latis, but jats , vanniyars, thevars, reddys and gowdas are paleyagars of yester years who ruled the kingdoms, with "manusmrithi" written by a kshatriya, applicable to his times of rule.! 

 Worst thing is brahmin today has to go for general category inspite of good achievements for his only fault that he is born in brahmin parents as if the vagina of the ladies are classified as caste vaginas. ?

   In democratic rule the OTHER BACKWARD CASTES,  have always been in rule, being fuedal lords and strong numerical strength by organised latis, brahmins have been in poverty, living a austere life, but giving full importance to education of their progeny, once educated free India saw the brain drain only because of this bad governance of discrimination, where OBCs ate into the reservation and quotas, for better living conditions the educated brahmins went out to greener pastures as they did not have the latis to enforce their rights as the gujjars or gowdas and jats and reddys or a kamma do.!

   Dalits even after sixty years have remained in the oppressed class thanks to the OBC rule that is prevalent in the free India, thus a karunanidhi, a Ramadooss and a Arjun Singh can have their say with dummy leadership of dalit who again go and find a new mayavathi or a kanshiram who believe in crores amassing, being a chamar ki beti.

   The only reddeming factor in mayas maya jal has been she has got the winning combination of discriminated segments of the society with her combination., in fragmented, divided society.

  Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:49 pm
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] “INDIA UNTOUCHED” wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar
To: Prabhakar Singh <prabhakardelhi at yahoo.com>
Cc: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>

> not only that, look at our judiciary. it s bunch of arrogant 
> brahmin/bania combination
> it s not at all representative. this s bz it follows the ideology 
> of brahmincal caste system.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Prabhakar Singh <prabhakardelhi at yahoo.com>
> To: Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>; sarai <reader-
> list at sarai.net>Sent: Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 4:42:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] “INDIA UNTOUCHED” wins Silver Dhow at 
> Zanzibar
> Unfortunately our entire political system and elections are 
> inceasingly based on caste system even today.
> Prabhakar
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> To: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Monday, 21 July, 2008 1:03:03 AM
> Subject: [Reader-list] “INDIA UNTOUCHED” wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar
> 
> This s film evry Indian should watch. Can see funny creatures from 
> varanasi unashamedly supporting brahmincal caste system and 
> preaching casteism in 21st century.
> 
> "INDIA UNTOUCHED" wins Silver Dhow at Zanzibar International Film 
> Festival 2008
> July 20, 2008 
> 
> Ahmedabad-based documentary filmmaker and human rights activist 
> Stalin K. won the Silver Dhow Award for his film "India Untouched-
> Stories of A People Apart" at the recently Zanzibar International 
> Film Festival in Tanzania 
> [http://www.ziff.or.tz/winners.htm].India Untouched is said to be 
> the most comprehensive look at the caste system prevalent in India 
> and Stalin had spent four years traveling the length and breadth 
> of the country to make this film. The film is produced by Drishti, 
> a media and human rights organization and Navsarjan, a leading 
> Dalit human rights organization. 
> 
> The festival, that was held in the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania, 
> is an International Competition with 60 screenings of the best 
> short films and feature-length documentaries from all over the 
> world.  India Untouched was adjudged as the second best film of 
> the festival. This is the fifth award for this film. It won the 
> Best Documentary at the Indo American Arts Council Film Festival 
> in New York in November 2007, the Best Film at the One Billion 
> Eyes Film Festival in Chennai in August 2007,  the Golden Conch 
> Award for the Best Documentary and the Best Film of the Festival 
> Award at Mumbai International Film Festival in February 2008. It 
> was also shown at the following festivals:
> 
> DC Meets Delhi Film Festival, Washington DC, September 2007 
> CineCufa Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2007
> Hamptons International Film Festival, New York, October 2007
> Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, November 2007
> Mini Indian Film Festival, Connecticut, November 2007
> Mumbai International Film Festival, India, February 2008
> Amnesty International Film Festival, Netherlands, March 2008
> Tallahassee Film Festival, Florida, May 2008
> 
> For more information on the film:
> http://www.drishtimedia.org/news3.htm
> 
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