Here is a wake-up post for Neo who has such an inflated view of himself as an elite of India (a caste Hindu?) and who has spit out so much dirt and filth against China.
Dalit oppression
Yes, India has had a Dalit president and now a COJ. So what? No differenct for those miserable beings who, like it or not, are also fellow Indians of Neo:
Bharosiram worked in as an agricultural harvester for a caste Hindu landlord. The landlord paid him only in cheap corn liquor, knowing that Bharosiram was a Dalit and would find it difficult to get work elsewhere. Bharosiram became a chronic alcoholic, and one day set fire to himself after a serious argument with his wife. He now has permanent 3rd degree burns over 90% of his body.
Rape Victim
Rakshadevi is 5 years old. In November 2005, she was lying in her family hut, while her parents worked in the local fields. A caste Hindu man from the neighbouring village entered her Dalit village, took her from her cot to a local temple, and raped her brutally. Her internal organs are so badly damaged that she has had to have several operations in order to reroute her utinary tract to emerge from the side of her abdomen. 6 months later, the police have not made any arrests - despite the identity of the criminal being known to Rakshadevi and her family. Atrocities like this against Dalits are often ignored or treated as extremely low priority by the police.
Living outcastes
Dalit slums are invariably the worst parts of any indian city; they are rarely recognised as formal settlements by the government and so lack basic humanitarian services. There is no drainage, no running water, no waste disposal and no legal means of forcing the government to take action.
Discriminative discipline
Government schools around India promise open acceptance for all students, but in reality many teachers refuse to teach Dalit children. They cite them as 'unworthy of learning' or a 'waste of teacher time'. Even if they are accepted, Dalit children are not given equal opportunities in many schools. In the photo, left, Dalit children are being denied lunch at a public school in Bihar.
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Neo: Democracy or hypocracy?
You asked for that.
Dalit oppression
Yes, India has had a Dalit president and now a COJ. So what? No differenct for those miserable beings who, like it or not, are also fellow Indians of Neo:
Bharosiram worked in as an agricultural harvester for a caste Hindu landlord. The landlord paid him only in cheap corn liquor, knowing that Bharosiram was a Dalit and would find it difficult to get work elsewhere. Bharosiram became a chronic alcoholic, and one day set fire to himself after a serious argument with his wife. He now has permanent 3rd degree burns over 90% of his body.
Rape Victim
Rakshadevi is 5 years old. In November 2005, she was lying in her family hut, while her parents worked in the local fields. A caste Hindu man from the neighbouring village entered her Dalit village, took her from her cot to a local temple, and raped her brutally. Her internal organs are so badly damaged that she has had to have several operations in order to reroute her utinary tract to emerge from the side of her abdomen. 6 months later, the police have not made any arrests - despite the identity of the criminal being known to Rakshadevi and her family. Atrocities like this against Dalits are often ignored or treated as extremely low priority by the police.
Living outcastes
Dalit slums are invariably the worst parts of any indian city; they are rarely recognised as formal settlements by the government and so lack basic humanitarian services. There is no drainage, no running water, no waste disposal and no legal means of forcing the government to take action.
Discriminative discipline
Government schools around India promise open acceptance for all students, but in reality many teachers refuse to teach Dalit children. They cite them as 'unworthy of learning' or a 'waste of teacher time'. Even if they are accepted, Dalit children are not given equal opportunities in many schools. In the photo, left, Dalit children are being denied lunch at a public school in Bihar.
At least seven Dalit teachers have been transferred in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district for objecting to segregation of upper- and lower-caste students during mid-day meals in some schools.
Now upper-caste parents in other villages are using the threat of transfer to keep Dalit teachers from opposing the practice.
‘‘During training, we are taught to treat every student the same irrespective of caste or religion, but here it is not so,’’ said Girishbhai Wadher, a Dalit headmaster who was transferred from the primary school in Bhojpari village to one in Mehindad, and then to one in Kabran. Wadher, who joined service three years ago, said the discrimination was not so rampant or visible when he joined three years ago.
Now I live in US and kind of not seeing the dalit discrimination much. I interact with people of upper caste communities on a day to day basis, some times I still can feel the hatred they have towards the dalits (who are fellow indians). Should I conclude this is general human nature that one hates the other and try to opress others. What is the education that we were taught teaching us, to discriminate against the fellow Indians, forget indians, how can you discriminate against fello human being. I guess I am kind of feeling hypocratic when I am writing this, b'cos I too show the tendencies of this nature some times. I don't know when this dirty Indian minds are going to get cleaned up and be able to accept the whole indians under the same roof and provide equal opportunity. Dr. Ambedkar has done a great job through providing Indian Constitution and we need a Martin Luther King to eradicate this syndrome. I wonder even a Martin Luther King can bring change in India, well may be another Gandhi, and I really wonder whether another Gandhi can ever raise in India. I don't see any hope, god give us some hope.
Now upper-caste parents in other villages are using the threat of transfer to keep Dalit teachers from opposing the practice.
‘‘During training, we are taught to treat every student the same irrespective of caste or religion, but here it is not so,’’ said Girishbhai Wadher, a Dalit headmaster who was transferred from the primary school in Bhojpari village to one in Mehindad, and then to one in Kabran. Wadher, who joined service three years ago, said the discrimination was not so rampant or visible when he joined three years ago.
Now I live in US and kind of not seeing the dalit discrimination much. I interact with people of upper caste communities on a day to day basis, some times I still can feel the hatred they have towards the dalits (who are fellow indians). Should I conclude this is general human nature that one hates the other and try to opress others. What is the education that we were taught teaching us, to discriminate against the fellow Indians, forget indians, how can you discriminate against fello human being. I guess I am kind of feeling hypocratic when I am writing this, b'cos I too show the tendencies of this nature some times. I don't know when this dirty Indian minds are going to get cleaned up and be able to accept the whole indians under the same roof and provide equal opportunity. Dr. Ambedkar has done a great job through providing Indian Constitution and we need a Martin Luther King to eradicate this syndrome. I wonder even a Martin Luther King can bring change in India, well may be another Gandhi, and I really wonder whether another Gandhi can ever raise in India. I don't see any hope, god give us some hope.
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Neo: Democracy or hypocracy?
You asked for that.
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