[Reader-list] "Even animals are provided with a shelter"

[rashneek kher]

This caste war is going to finsih India one day.It is time we throw this
Manu-smriti out of own system but that is easier said than done.
In a state where the CM is himself from a so called lower caste one expects
better treatment of dalits although that doesnt mean others should not treat
them well.
However who better than a refugee(Rohit Bhan) can understand how humiliating
it is to be one.

Regards

Rashneek

On 5/8/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> There are refugees, and then there are refugees.
> best
> shivam
>
> http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080049106
>
> Dalits live like refugees in Gujarat
>
> Rohit Bhan
> Wednesday, May 7, 2008 (Palanpur)
> Over 100 Dalits in Palanpur township of north Gujarat have been living
> in makeshift camp for last eight months after being driven out of
> their village by upper castes.
>
> Ironically, the camp is outside the collector's office.
>
> Maniben is one of them, widow of a man, who was killed after he went
> to court over against Rajput family attempting to bring down his house
> to get to their fields.
>
> He won the case but after his killing, Dalits in the area were
> attacked and threatened. They fled their homes and have been living in
> these camps since.
>
> ''Even animals are provided with a shelter, if we find him wandering
> but here there is none to listen that we are languishing here,'' said
> Maniben.
>
> The administration in September last year declared these people forced
> migrants.
>
> Initially, they were given Rs 15 a person per day but even that
> stopped in March.
>
> Officials said the money can't continue beyond six months.
>
> ''The government says they can't pay beyond six months but our
> question is why hasn't alternate arrangements been made for our
> sustenance in these last six months,'' said Maniben.
>
> Meanwhile, officials said they are working on rehabilitating these
> Dalits at the earliest.
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Rashneek Kher
http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com