#Dalit card

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লিখি লোৱা, মই এজন মিঞা ("Write Down 'I am a Miyah'", 2016) by Hafiz Ahmed, translated from Assamese to English by Shalim M. Hussain, began a movement of resistance poetry among Assamese Muslims of Bengali descent, referred to as Miya Poetry after a slur used to describe this community. From Abdul Kalam Azad, for Indian Express ("Write...I am a Miya", 2019):

This poem went viral and other young poets started responding to him through poems. The young poets also started reclaiming “Miya”, a slur used against us, as our identity with pride. This chain of Facebook posts continued for days, reiterating the violence, suffering and humiliation expressed by our community. As time passed, more poets wrote in various languages and dialects, including many Miya dialects. The nomenclature ‘Miya Poetry’ got generated organically but the poets and their associates have been inspired by the Negritude and Black Arts movements, and queer, feminist and Dalit literary movements, where the oppressed have reclaimed the identity which was used to dehumanise them. The trend transcended our community. Poets from the mainstream Assamese community also wrote several poems in solidarity with the Miya poets while some regretted not being poets. Gradually, this became a full-fledged poetry movement and got recognised by other poets, critics and commentators. The quality and soul of these poems are so universal that they started finding prominence on reputed platforms. For the first time in the history of our community, we had started telling our own stories and reclaiming the Miya identity to fight against our harassers who were dehumanising us with the same word. They accused us of portraying the whole Assamese society as xenophobic. The fact is we have just analysed our conditions. Forget generalising the Assamese society as ‘xenophobic’, no Miya poet has ever used the term ‘xenophobic’ nor any of its variants. The guilt complex of our accusers is so profound that they don’t have the patience to examine why we wrote the poems.

Amrita Singh, writing for The Caravan ("Assam Against Itself", 2019), detailed the political backlash against Miya Poetry, in particular the above poem.

On 10 July this year, Pranabjit Doloi, an Assam-based journalist, filed a complaint at Guwahati’s Panbazar police station accusing ten people of indulging in criminal activities “to defame the Assamese people as Xenophobic in the world.” Doloi claimed that the ten people were trying to hinder the ongoing updation of the National Register of Citizens, a list of Assam’s Indian citizens that is due to be published on 31 August. The premise of Doloi’s complaint was a widely-circulated poem called, “Write down I am Miya,” by Hafiz Ahmed, a school teacher and social activist. “Write. Write down I am a Miya/ A citizen of democratic secular republic without any rights,” Ahmed wrote. The police registered a first information report against Doloi’s complaint, booking all ten persons for promoting enmity between groups, among other offences. [...] At the press conference, Mander emphasised that people in Assam are in distress because of the NRC’s arbitrary and rigid procedures. “One spelling mistake when you are writing a Bengali name in English … that is enough for you to be in a detention center, declared a foreigner,” Mander said. “If you are not allowing this lament to come out in the form of poetry, then where is this republic of India going?”

Ahmed's poem is influenced in structure by "Identity Card", a 1964 poem by by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish which uses the symbolic figure of the Palestinian working man to confront Israeli occupiers. Darwish's identity card, a symbol of Israeli subjugation transformed into a cry of Palestinian national identity, is reshaped by Ahmed into the National Register of Citizens for Assam and the accompanying fear of statelessness and disenfranchisement for the Miya people.

This solidarity between writers from oppressed groups is, of course, not one that ends with Darwish and Ahmed, nor with the Black, queer, feminist, and Dalit influences of Miya Poetry. As long as there is oppression, there will be companionship and recognition reflected in art and activism. On December 13, 2023, Black Agenda Report reprinted Refaat Alareer's "If I Must Die", acknowledging the connection between Alareer's poem and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay, written in 1919 in response to the Red Summer white supremacist riots. In 2000, Haitian community activist Dahoud Andre translated "If We Must Die" into Kreyòl, and the Black Agenda Report editorial honors Alareer in a similar way, reprinting "If I Must Die" with an accompanying Kreyòl translation. (POEM: If I Must Die, Refaat Alareer, 2023.)

Transcripts under the cut.

[Hafiz Ahmed Transcripts (Assamese and English):

লিখি লোৱা, মই এজন মিঞা

লিখা, লিখি লোৱা মই এজন মিঞা এন. আৰ. চিৰ ক্রমিক নং ২০০৫৪৩ দুজন সন্তানৰ বাপেক মই, অহাবাৰ গ্ৰীষ্মত জন্ম ল’ব আৰু এজনে তাকো তুমি ঘিণ কৰিবা নেকি যিদৰে ঘিণ কৰা মোক?

লিখি লোৱা, মই এজন মিঞা পতিত ভূমি, পিতনিক মই ৰূপান্তৰিত কৰিছোঁ শস্য-শ্যামলা সেউজী পথাৰলৈ তোমাক খুৱাবলৈ মই ইটা কঢ়িয়াইছোঁ তোমাৰ অট্টালিকা সাজিবলৈ, তোমাৰ গাড়ী চলাইছোঁ তোমাক আৰাম দিবলৈ, তোমাৰ নৰ্দমা ছাফা কৰিছোঁ তোমাক নিৰোগী কৰি ৰাখিবলৈ, তোমাৰে সেৱাতে মগন মই অনবৰত তাৰ পিছতো কিয় তুমি খৰ্গহস্ত? লিখা, লিখি লোৱা মই এজন মিঞা গণতান্ত্ৰিক, গণৰাজ্য এখনৰ নাগৰিক এজন যাৰ কোনো অধিকাৰ নাইকিয়া মাতৃক মোৰ সজোৱা হৈছে সন্দেহযুক্ত ভোটাৰ যদিও পিতৃ-মাতৃ তাইৰ নিঃসন্দেহে ভাৰতীয়

ইচ্ছা কৰিলেই তুমি মোক হত্যা কৰিব পাৰা, জ্বলাই দিব পৰা মোৰ খেৰৰ পঁজা, খেদি দিব পাৰা মোক মোৰেই গাঁৱৰ পৰা, কাঢ়ি নিব পাৰা মোৰ সেউজী পথাৰ মোৰ বুকুৰ ওপৰেৰে চলাব পাৰা তোমাৰ বুলড্‌জাৰ তোমাৰ বুলেটে বুকুখন মোৰ কৰিব পাৰে থকাসৰকা (তোমাৰ এই কাৰ্যৰ বাবে তুমি কোনো স্তিও নোপোৱা) যুগ-যুগান্তৰ তোমাৰ অত্যাচাৰ সহ্য কৰি ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰৰ চৰত বাস কৰা মই এজন মিঞা ��োৰ দেহা হৈ পৰিছে নিগ্ৰো কলা মোৰ চকুযুৰি অঙঠাৰ দৰে ৰঙা সাৱধান! মোৰ দুচকুত জমা হৈ আছে যুগ যুগান্তৰৰ বঞ্চনাৰ বাৰুদ আঁতৰি যোৱা, নতুবা অচিৰেই পৰিণত হ’বা মূল্যহীন ছাইত!

Write Down ‘I am a Miyah’ Hafiz Ahmed, 2016 trans. Shalim M. Hussain

Write Write Down I am a Miya My serial number in the NRC is 200543 I have two children Another is coming Next summer. Will you hate him As you hate me?

write I am a Miya I turn waste, marshy lands To green paddy fields To feed you. I carry bricks To build your buildings Drive your car For your comfort Clean your drain To keep you healthy. I have always been In your service And yet you are dissatisfied! Write down I am a Miya, A citizen of a democratic, secular, Republic Without any rights My mother a D voter, Though her parents are Indian.

If you wish kill me, drive me from my village, Snatch my green fields hire bulldozers To roll over me. Your bullets Can shatter my breast for no crime.

Write I am a Miya Of the Brahamaputra Your torture Has burnt my body black Reddened my eyes with fire. Beware! I have nothing but anger in stock. Keep away! Or Turn to Ashes.

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[Mahmoud Darwish Transcripts (Arabic and English):

سجِّل أنا عربي ورقمُ بطاقتي خمسونَ ألفْ وأطفالي ثمانيةٌ وتاسعهُم.. سيأتي بعدَ صيفْ! فهلْ تغضبْ؟ سجِّلْ أنا عربي وأعملُ مع رفاقِ الكدحِ في محجرْ وأطفالي ثمانيةٌ أسلُّ لهمْ رغيفَ الخبزِ، والأثوابَ والدفترْ من الصخرِ ولا أتوسَّلُ الصدقاتِ من بابِكْ ولا أصغرْ أمامَ بلاطِ أعتابكْ فهل تغضب؟ سجل أنا عربي أنا اسم بلا لقبِ صَبورٌ في بلادٍ كلُّ ما فيها يعيشُ بفَوْرةِ الغضبِ جذوري قبلَ ميلادِ الزمانِ رستْ وقبلَ تفتّحِ الحقبِ وقبلَ السّروِ والزيتونِ .. وقبلَ ترعرعِ العشبِ أبي.. من أسرةِ المحراثِ لا من سادةٍ نُجُبِ وجدّي كانَ فلاحاً بلا حسبٍ.. ولا نسبِ! يُعَلّمني شموخَ الشمسِ قبلَ قراءةِ الكتبِ وبيتي’ كوخُ ناطورٍ منَ الأعوادِ والقصبِ فهل تُرضيكَ منزلتي؟ أنا اسم بلا لقبِ! سجلْ أنا عربي ولونُ الشعرِ.. فحميٌّ ولونُ العينِ.. بنيٌّ وميزاتي: على رأسي عقالٌ فوقَ كوفيّه و��فّي صلبةٌ كالصخرِ... تخمشُ من يلامسَها وعنواني: أنا من قريةٍ عزلاءَ منسيّهْ شوارعُها بلا أسماء وكلُّ رجالها في الحقلِ والمحجرْ فهل تغضبْ؟ سجِّل! أنا عربي سلبتُ كرومَ أجدادي وأرضاً كنتُ أفلحُها أنا وجميعُ أولادي ولم تتركْ لنا.. ولكلِّ أحفادي سوى هذي الصخورِ... فهل ستأخذُها حكومتكمْ.. كما قيلا!؟ إذنْ سجِّل.. برأسِ الصفحةِ الأولى أنا لا أكرهُ الناسَ ولا أسطو على أحدٍ ولكنّي.. إذا ما جعتُ آكلُ لحمَ مغتصبي حذارِ.. حذارِ.. من جوعي ومن غضبي!!

Identity Card Mahmoud Darwish, 1964 trans. Denys Johnson-Davies

Put it on record. I am an Arab

And the number of my card is fifty thousand I have eight children And the ninth is due after summer. What's there to be angry about?

Put it on record. I am an Arab

Working with comrades of toil in a quarry. I have eight children For them I wrest the loaf of bread, The clothes and exercise books From the rocks And beg for no alms at your door, Lower not myself at your doorstep. What's there to be angry about?

Put it on record. I am an Arab.

I am a name without a title, Patient in a country where everything Lives in a whirlpool of anger. My roots Took hold before the birth of time Before the burgeoning of the ages, Before cypress and olive trees, Before the proliferation of weeds.

My father is from the family of the plough Not from highborn nobles.

And my grandfather was a peasant Without line or genealogy.

My house is a watchman's hut Made of sticks and reeds.

Does my status satisfy you? I am a name without a surname.

Put it on record. I am an Arab.

Color of hair: jet black. Color of eyes: brown. My distinguishing features: On my head the `iqal cords over a keffiyeh Scratching him who touches it.

My address: I'm from a village, remote, forgotten, Its streets without name And all its men in the fields and quarry. What's there to be angry about?

Put it on record. I am an Arab.

You stole my forefathers' vineyards And land I used to till, I and all my children, And you left us and all my grandchildren Nothing but these rocks. Will your government be taking them too As is being said?

So! Put it on record at the top of page one: I don't hate people, I trespass on no one's property.

And yet, if I were to become hungry I shall eat the flesh of my usurper. Beware, beware of my hunger And of my anger!

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[incorrectmahabharatquotes]

I know the history of the word Hindu. I was simply using it to give you clarity.

You've made your perspective clear. Deflection and whataboutism are your weapons.

You are so quick to play your dalit card everywhere, but you forget that dalits were among the persecuted Hindus too. I never denied that the caste system is evil and needs to be gone completely. Why bring it up in a conversation where it wasn't even an issue?

You're so far into your leftie liberal mode that you don't even realise that you're here because of the efforts of fellow Hindus' efforts to abolish the caste system and bring in reservations to compensate for the oppression. It's still a work in progress but there's definitely progress.

Moreover, had this nation been running on the same values as Islamic rulers of the past who broke our temples, you'd be killed just for being a queer or being a Hindu who didn't convert.

Just look at the minorities in other Islamic countries.

But you won't, I know. Because hating fellow Hindus and denying history is more important for you. It's the cool thing to do these days.

One day you'll learn, hopefully soon. I wish you luck. 🙏

How dare you say Babasaheb Ambedkar was a Hindu when he died a Buddhist and swore to not die a Hindu. How dare you insist that the real people who worked towards societal change for women, Dalit and Adivasi people, like Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, did so at 0 cost of their 'Hindu' society. Savitribai Phule did not have shit flung at her every day by brahmins for you to say 'Hindu' as though they weren't the ones who opposed her attempt to educate girls.

How dare you, lastly, insist that Dalits are ALSO Hindu, as though they haven't been dehumanised and humiliated for centuries on end and prevented from entering temples out of 'Impurity'.

In all our arguments, I find it INCREDIBLY funny that you seem to always focus on Muslim invaders, but never at all focus on the kind of bullshit the British wrecked on us. I'll tell you why: its because the British were the ones to club ALLLLLLL these varied identities together under a wishy washy 'Hindu' label in censuses. Dalit people are also under this label BECAUSE OF CLERICAL LAZINESS.

And this shit worked PERFECTLY for Hindu Nationalists. The more uniform our 'identity' got, the better. But of course, caste was essential to the functioning of 'Hindu' society.

So I give you this chance to inform me: What kind of society acts like this? Why are Dalit children beaten in schools for touching the wrong water pot? And forgive me for assuming, but if you have a household help who comes by, why do you treat her in a way which is 'different' to your family? Why is your circle of friends the same 3 people from the same community? Why do we live in this kind of society? What morality are we functioning on? Tell me, without resorting to justifying henious acts by saying 'Dharma'. I dare you.

-Mod G

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Hello again, Anon-Who-Has-Unfollowed-But-Is-Still-Here-Inexplicably,

Mod G actually replied to you before I did. You didn't say about their reply. That's fascinating. They answered your ask in a far more direct way so I thought adding the same thing would be redundant. Turns out, it wouldn't have been redundant because you didn't even read what they said. Who knew.

You know what? I actually did say what the conquerors did was wrong. I directly talked about it. That's not what-aboutery. Did you not even read that part? I said what they did was wrong and what you're doing is wrong too. (I'm saying it again because you seem to be under the impression that I'm not holding these historical figures responsible for their actions sufficiently enough for your taste.)

I talked about being dalit in terms of reclamation and reparation. It is directly related to the topic you were talking about. Sure, free to tell me that I should be grateful to my "fellow Hindus" and should express that gratefulness by shutting my mouth and not criticizing them when they're doing something wrong. Got it. All that work-in-progress you talk about but I should still know my place and not speak over savarna Hindus. Understood.

Newsflash, the said beloved Hindus will ALSO gladly kill me for being a queer, as you put it. Right now, in fact. We're not exactly a queer-friendly nation, if you haven't noticed.

You also seem to be under the impression that Hindus=Hindutva which is just a wrong assumption on your part. In fact, from all the replies we're getting it seems to me that the other Hindus disagree with your hindutva politics. What do you make of that?

But yes, I'm a filthy leftie liberal blah-blah. I'm hating Hindus because I said something they're doing is wrong. But all you do is keep talking about Muslims and Islamic countries and don't even wonder why.

-Mod S

[flukeanalgesics]

Also I think iska hogya ab, we talked politics we fucked up. He's a brahmand atheist liberal who doesn't understand his privilege, advocates for billionaires, generation weleath and privilege what a dick this entire thing was dumb in the first place, if somebody would actually want to understand politics they'd, becuse it'd be personal , it'd matter to them, not caring about the world is dumb, you are a part of the world how does one not care about the world when it directly impacts them, he doesn't because his life isn't rollercoasting and on the verge to fuck up everyday.

Says leftists are selfish, lazy, playing victim card, greedy, jealous because somebody "smart" is making money out of working class?!??!

I don't even know where to start to this so many wrong things.

He even said that underprivileged ppl are alcoholics wali cheez like bro wtf

Says he fw leftist girls when he meets em. Untill they start talking politics becuse he's apolitical he doesn't get it and then loses interest. That's literally objectifing women and to be more specific a leftist kink, ke oh okay you'd get in their bed but you don't give a fuck about what they stand for. Could go in depth of this as well, ppl fetishized muslims, dalits, black, native American, kashmiri, palestinian women hmesha se hi

Doesn't even want to get started on how he doesn't understand socalism and communism ka kuch bhi even apolitical ppl give fucks bro and Know ke kya galat hai kya sahi hai, stop calling yourself upper middle class for sympathy.

Honestly I m going to be very vocal about ( unironically) my political ideologies shuru se hi if I meet a person .I m never compromising on this. If saamnna wala person aur main are on a serious note in a good friendship or relationship. Internet main kuch bhi bakchodi bolna doesn't matter nobody cares, even ngl I have legit disguised myself as a right wing person sometimes 😭😭just so I can see ke in bhadwo ka mindset chalta kasei hai, that's just me maybe I like to see ke kitne paani main hai. Spy material.🤣😝

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So dumb of me to give him sympathy when he got scammed up by a store lowkey karma. Ispr bhi I can talk for hours, why do ppl scam other ppl in the first place? Becuse of how the system works, ppl need money and need to survive. Billionaires scam the entire country. Comparing a person who scammed you directly to a person who scams billions of ppl directly indirectly in as many ways possible, what logic They are the bigger enemy than a local thrift store scammer jo apne Ghar ko chalane ki koshish krraha hai. Also I think he lost more than 2000 rupees, he was probably dumb enough to get scammed, no shit has to be 2000 ki on a thrift store, first hand hi kharredo isse accha.

Bro also said he fw bpdbegum heavy, he got his shitpost acc after getting inspired from her and I remind him of her this is a whole different topic bpdbegum wouldn't fw me as much as I know because of how fucked I m, all the points felt dumb. Not the first time I don't understand when ppl compare me with her, happened too many times jbse she got mainstream it's like okay I fw her but she'd hate me if we remove my politics and social labels from me that's one thing we'd agree on. anyway back to the point idk if he'd fw her now that he knows bpdbegum 100% hates every single category he falls in. I won't lie what I think is bpdbegum or any leftist wouldn't even bother to talk to him, instant blocked and i literally tried and was even nice. Did not ask questions, did not deviate things, did not cuss, did not call him a peace of privileged upper caste libertarian who doesn't give two fucks about anything but himself. He's right he's borderline narcissistic. I guess it's all the brshmands lmaoo he's literally everything he called me and my ppl.

+he 's just dumb says the same things over and over again and very very common basic liberal questions. I never had them myself for a sec mujhe laga maybe I m not thinking of it theek se shayad analyse nahi kiya critically but nah it's him. I did not have questions because I know what it is like to be on groundlevel, surviving capitalism.

And to questions I did not answer.

Would i kill a person if they kill my entire family ? Yes.

Would i advocate for billionaires if I were billionaire? No. I wouldn't be a billionaire in a first place, it's unfair to profit off ppl for their work. I wouldn't want to be a billionaire

Centrist Liberal ko chedo, fascist bahar aajata hai

[robertogreco]

This was posted by me to a watch forum in March 2022. As with many of the posts that I made there, I have begun adding them to this Tumblr as a record of that time for me and of my wristwatch-related meanderings.

When a story is about something else, but a watch plays a very important role

In a very recent article in Wired, “Trapped in Silicon Valley’s Hidden Caste System,” an HMT (Hindustan Machine Tools) watch – a photo from the story is above – is described right out the gate and is referred to throughout. Here is the opening:

“SIDDHANT WAS 14 when he learned of the watch. His father, a low-wage worker on the Indian railway, was trying to save up for it, tucking away a few rupees when he could. Made of steel, the watch had in its dial a sketch of a portly man, his face framed by round glasses and his broad shoulders clad in a wide-lapelled jacket. It was his father’s hero, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the man most responsible for weakening the caste system’s grip on Indian society. After school, Siddhant liked to ride his bike down the crowded streets of Nagpur, India, past groups of kids playing cricket, to a squat concrete building where his father rented a modest office with his friends, all anti-caste activists. Inside, he’d find the men sitting in plastic chairs, swapping tales of their exploits with Ambedkar, surrounded by posters of the man and newspapers spilling off bookshelves. As he sat listening, Siddhant couldn’t help but notice as one friend and then another and a third appeared at the office with the watch strapped to their wrists. One day, Siddhant showed up on his bike and, to his immense surprise, saw on his father a different version of the watch. A gift from a big-shot friend, this one was comparatively luxe. Instead of the metal strap it had a leather band, and it was quartz, battery-powered rather than a windup. Siddhant couldn’t help but blurt out: “I want that watch!” Siddhant, like his father, is a Dalit, a member of the most oppressed caste in South Asia’s birth-based hierarchy. Even among Dalits, their family was especially poor. Siddhant sometimes spent his evenings crouched near the firepit where his family cooked their food, repairing his torn rubber sandals with a hot iron rod that melted the straps back onto the sole. Seeing his father’s watch, something clicked: This was a symbol of everything he was after—to be an elite, educated Dalit, just like Ambedkar. Siddhant’s father made him a deal. If Siddhant finished high school with first honors, he could have the watch. A year later, Siddhant came home brandishing his report card from the Maharashtra board of education: He’d done it. While his father, beaming, scanned the results, Siddhant grabbed the watch off a shelf and adjusted the strap to his wrist. Siddhant has worn the watch nearly every day since—while riding his bike 12 miles to college, while earning his first paycheck as an engineer, while getting married. When he flew across the Atlantic to start a tech career in the San Francisco Bay Area, he wore it. It was on his wrist when he interviewed for, and landed, the job that convinced him he might finally escape the orbital pull of India and his family’s multigenerational poverty: as a software engineer at Facebook, with an offer package that totaled almost $450,000.

[buzz-london]

The Truth about Caste Discrimination in Ramayanam || Project SHIVOHAM - 9 Jul 2023

Brahminical Oppression & Dalit Victimhood are best trump cards of certain Political & Religious cartels. These cartels have been misusing Sri Ramayanam in a malifide way to serve their own interests. In this doc film, we bring forward the truth.

[court-marriage-lawyers]

What Are Sc/St Inter Caste Marriage Benefits?

India is a country with many different cultures. Even with so many individuals from various cultures residing together, each culture has its own range of limits. Inter-caste marriages are still one of India's most serious concerns. In Indian families, marrying someone from a different caste causes uproar.

It is simply not acceptable. Witnessing such trivialities when India has made such strides in technology and other sectors is disheartening. Even now, it is not uncommon for people to learn about honour killings in India. Though this is most visible in rural regions, individuals living in cities are not far behind. Although city inhabitants do not engage in honour killings, some parts of the community still do not allow SC/ST inter-caste marriages. 

Those who oppose SC/ST inter-caste weddings frequently say that two different religions and civilizations cannot coexist in the same home. We, on the other hand, strongly disagree. Co-existence is never an issue when two people in love are compatible. 

Eligibility for SC/ST Inter Caste Marriages

Several requirements must be met by the couple in order for them to benefit from the 'Inter-caste Marriage Program 2018'. These are as follows:

That must be the couple's first marriage.

The Married Pair Should Include Any Dalit Community Members.

The Hindu Marriage Act requires that the marriage be registered.

The Documents Needed Under the Scheme to Be Presented To The Relevant Authorities.

A married couple's annual income must not exceed 5 lakhs when both are together.

Documents Required for SC/ST Inter Caste Marriages

The documents are as follows-

The Ration Card

The Original Salary Certificates of the Couples Must Be Provided

Inter-Caste Marriage Enrolment Endorsement (Marriage Authentication), Which Is A Certificate Granted By The Sub-Office, Registrar's Panchayat President, Or A Declaration Given By NSS or SND, Might Also Be Filed.

Both spouses' castes are endorsed.

Declaration A Married Couple That Has Only Been Married For a Year. (It Has To Be Received By A Gazetted Official, MLA, or MP In The Concerned Territory).

Identification proof, such as a voter ID card or a copy of an Aadhar card

Interested in the Inter-Caste Marriage Scheme

Benefits of SC/ST Inter Caste Marriages

There are no restrictions on thoughts and viewpoints- When two persons of different faiths marry, their beliefs and perceptions shift. Acceptance grows, and you grow more tolerant of people from diverse cultures. Your mind expands daily, and you see the world in a new light.

You have the opportunity to discover new things- It goes without saying that marrying someone from a different caste involves learning new things. You will learn about a specific culture, their way of life, and their cuisine. You will also have the opportunity to celebrate many festivals, which means extra fun and festivities at home. Because of this, life becomes a joyful journey.

You will have brighter children- According to a survey; children born to different caste parents are probably more intelligent and understand significantly more about the outside world. As a result of the difference in DNA, the children will be smarter than children born to parents of the same caste.

Parenting could be done much more effectively- Another significant advantage is that parenthood will be done much more effectively. Couples from various castes have broader and more modern perspectives on life because they come from different backgrounds. Their parenting reflects this. Parents will be able to teach their children to make their own decisions while respecting those decisions. Parents of various faiths will have a wonderful blend of traditional and modern thought.

You are going to be more adaptable- Living in the same household with two different castes/cultures allows for more flexibility. You may not always want to adhere to their customs or rituals, but you must learn to adapt to their practices. For example, if a pooja is required, you will assist in whatever way necessary to make it a reality. You will gain an understanding of other people's interpretations of religion, culture, or ritual, whether or not you believe in it

SC/ST Inter-caste marriages have only positive outcomes. Those who claim that inter-caste weddings produce a lot of disputes among couples fail to recognize that the fights occur due to a lack of compatibility. Fights between couples are unrelated to caste, religion, or culture. In reality, India needs such marriages in order for people to learn to coexist harmoniously.

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[newssy]

After Muslims, KCR Wooing Dalits with Ambedkar Statue, Other Schemes Ahead of Telangana Polls

Last Updated: February 27, 2023, 10:46 IST The political commentator further said KCR will play up the Ambedkar card as a matter of ‘self-respect towards Dalit, though such an approach might irk certain sections in the upper class’. (Image: Twitter/File) While CM K Chandrashekar Rao hopes 10% of total voters will consolidate in BRS’ favour in the form of Muslims; implementing the Dalit Bandhu…

[bobyseo]

Human Empathy At Its Peak

Sri Jatti Gopinath, IPS has adopted Karraballavolu Village in SPSR Nellore District's Ozil Mandal (presently serving as the SP of Kurnool district). The hamlet, a place with severe infrastructure problems, is where the public servant was born. He discovered as a child growing up in the countryside that the lack of infrastructure facilities made life for residents pitiable. This early remembrance gave the officer the social commitment to accomplish something worthwhile for the country of his birth. The village Sarpanch, Sri Mummadi Ramaiah, succinctly summarises the practical challenge: In order to distribute wedding cards in the village, people used to stop at the village school, take off their shoes, fold their gowns to the knee, and wade through murky waters. Even a happy family gathering turns into a horror in the village. After Sri Gopinath's intervention, the situation significantly improved. Most people have uniformly confirmed this viewpoint. Visit the official website for a more detailed view of the astonishing works done by him as The former  Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and for all of the Latest Political News.

Intriguingly, Sri Jatti Gopinath adopted the community at the same time as the  Former Honourable Chief Minister, Sri Nara Chandrababu Naidu, announced the launch of the Smart Village Smart Ward initiative in 2015. The officer took on the duty of the infrastructure development of Karraballavolu village after being an eyewitness to the issues in the community and establishing connections with the relevant government organizations. The improvements made within a few years are impressive, including installing power and poles in the village, a RO water plant for the provision of drinking water, CC roads throughout the community, and renovations to the Hindu and Muslim cemeteries. The officer's primary concern while doing this was the nearby Dalit settlements. Nara Chandrababu Naidu is considered one of the greatest chief ministers in Andhra Pradesh as well as India too, not only because of the Greatest achievements done by his government in the span of 9 years but also did many of the contributions to the state even when he was not the chief minister.

He maintained that the Dalit colonies should serve as the starting point for all infrastructure improvements. As per his request, all development work was finished in the Dalit colonies before interventions in the main village.  Mr. Sri Jatti Gopinath genuinely embodied the conflux of humanist principles that led him first towards the village with disadvantaged colonies. He is an embodiment of human empathy," says R. Siva Kumar, the grama panchayat secretary, in a statement that perfectly captures Jatti Gopinath's concern. 

All other public-minded savants should take note of the transformation in village life brought about only by one public worker and follow their lead. N Chandrababu Naidu is the man behind every greatest TDP contribution done in the span of his period as The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

[bblogster]

Chandrababu Naidu’s Implementation of Welfare Programmes

N. Chandrababu Naidu, the state's chief minister, is attempting to build a brand image for the people of Andhra Pradesh. That appears to be the case after he implemented 21 welfare programmes. He launched a burst of programmes and projects to help rural villages improve their socioeconomic position.

In 1996, Naidu proposed the Janmabhoomi Programme (Motherland). The initiative received a resounding reaction when it called for micro-community participation in repairing and revitalising society.

The “Clean and Green Campaign,” a significant initiative to promote cleanliness, hygiene, and environmental conservation throughout the plantation, was launched at the same time. In addition, the Neeru Meeru (Water & You) initiative instilled a sense of responsibility in the population by encouraging watershed activities in rural areas and different water conservation techniques in urban areas. Chandrababu Naidu and his party members were so helpful in creating awareness of these schemes among the people with the help of Anantapuram TDP’s latest news.

Chandranna Bima (insurance of Rs5 lakh in case of accidents, death, and disability for workers in the unorganised sector), Chandranna Sankranthi Kanuka (distribution of subsidised essential commodities to BPL card holders), Chandranna Ramzan Taufa, Chandranna Christmas Kanuka, and the Chandranna Kapu Bhavan are among the 21 schemes launched since Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation in 2014. (for the Kapu community). You can get the most recent Anantapuram political news and  Anantapuram  TDP Leaders on our website.

He has urged for openness in the execution of welfare and development programmes for Dalit, ST, SC, and minority groups.

Naidu said at a meeting with Ministers to review the implementation of all welfare programmes and the integration of SC, and ST sub-plans that the government was spending thousands of crores on welfare programmes and that technology should be used effectively to bring in transparency and change people's lives for the better. He believes that the sums spent on government schemes should be posted online. Even now people can know all the updates and news with the help of TDP’s latest news, TDP Anantapuram news, TDP news, and more.

He emphasised the need for proper use of technology, saying that linking Aadhar numbers with recipients of government programmes will reduce misuse and pilferage. He said that the Swacha Andhra Pradesh––– Corporation would be formed soon and that sanitation and hygiene should be given top priority, with individual latrines being prioritised and constructed on time. Officers should work with the goal of improving people's lives rather than mindlessly enforcing constitutional requirements. To stay updated about the development in the Anantapuram region you can regularly check the TDP Achievements on our website.

[dailypioneer]

Names Channi as CM to secure Sikh, Dalit votes

Eyeing Assembly elections in the crucial States of Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the next few months, the Congress on Sunday played a “surprise” Dalit card by naming Charanjit Singh Channi as the next Punjab Chief Minister.

Channi, the outgoing Technical Education Minister, is also one of those leaders who had rebelled against the party’s old warhorse Captain Amarinder Singh.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi congratulated Channi after he was picked as the next Punjab Chief Minister, and said the party must continue to fulfil the promises made to the people of the State. Rahul said “history had been created by the party after choosing a Dalit face” to head the Congress Government in Punjab.

The entire Congress leadership including party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and his sister Priyanka Gandhi besides seniors like Harish Rawat, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, Pawan Bansal, Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala, were involved in setting the Punjab unit in order.

Channi, 58, a three-time MLA from Rupnagar’s Chamkaur Sahib will be sworn in as Punjab’s first Dalit Chief Minister on Monday. His elevation is significant given the fact that Dalits form around 31 per cent of Punjab’s population. The Dalit population is in the same range in neighbouring States of UP and Uttarakhand.

[lok-shakti]

Dinesh Khatik: दलित कार्ड से बढ़ाई तासीर, मंत्री दिनेश खटीक की चिट्टी के तलाशे जा रहे निहितार्थ

Dinesh Khatik: दलित कार्ड से बढ़ाई तासीर, मंत्री दिनेश खटीक की चिट्टी के तलाशे जा रहे निहितार्थ

लखनऊ: यूपी के जलशक्ति राज्यमंत्री दिनेश खटीक (Dinesh Khatik) ने केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री अमित शाह को लिखी चिट्टी का मजमून कुछ ऐसा रखा है कि उनका सरकार पर ‘दबाव’ भी बन जाए और कोई ‘प्रतिकूल प्रभाव’ भी न हो। संघ के पुराने कार्यकर्ता और दो बार के विधायक दिनेश खटीक मंत्री बनने के बाद चाहते थे कि इनका विभाग और क्षेत्र में दबदबा बना रहे। तबादलों में उनकी भी सु��ी जाए पर न तो उन्हें कोई कामकाज दिया गया और न ही…

[eretzyisrael]

Blindfolded and sworn to silence, I was captured by Saddam’s men

Fifty-five years ago, the Iraqi regime began a reign of terror against the Jewish community after the catastrophic defeat of Arab states in the Six Day War. The 3,000 Jews still living in Iraq were sacked from their jobs, barred from university, had their phones cut off and were forbidden to leave the country. The worst day was 27 January 1969, when nine Jews were among 14 people hanged in the public square. Dozens more Jews men were arrested and never seen again. Saeed Herdoon spent six months as a captive of Saddam’s henchmen, but was lucky enough to get out alive.  We are grateful to his daughter Dalit for drawing  attention to his story, as posted by JIMENA. Herdoon died in 2007. 

Saeed Herdoon z”l

Passover, 1969; it was a usual day in the office, centrally located in the business district in Baghdad. I was working as an importer/exporter of fabrics as I do now with my brother-in-law and several other men. Suddenly, without warning, three of Saddam Hussein’s men (who would later become his personal republic guards in the Ba’ath party) entered the office, and shut the main doors. The elder of the three, apparently the leader, told the two younger men to collect the identification cards of everyone in the office. As he began the shuffle through the cards, he began to separate the cards into two groups. We all understood that he was apparently separating the Jews from the non-Jews. The two younger men redistributed the non-Jewish ID cards to their rightful owners and escorted them outside the office.

We were five men left in the office, all Jewish men. The leader of the three-armed men informed us that we would be taken in for questioning. In the meantime, the office was being searched for anything ‘incriminating’- files and even our typewriters were confiscated from us. The two partners of our office were separated from the rest of us and taken outside the building- we soon follow them while, at the same time, we were forced to carry all the confiscated items from the building ourselves. The three-armed men and us walked down the street where two cars were waiting. Three went in one car and two in the other. Immediately after we sat in the car, the officer told us, in a particularly polite manner, that our eyes were to be blindfolded. With an old, dirty piece of cloth, our eyes were covered- little did we know at that moment that they would remained covered for the next two weeks.

The driver sped up and as the car filled with dust, we understood that the car had driven off of the main roads. Meanwhile, our own cars remained in our office building parking lot and our families were left to wonder why none of us returned for dinner that night. After an hour or so, the cars stopped and we were forced outside. They took us into a building and guided us up the stairs. No one dared to speak, and we were not given any information about where we were, or how long we would remain in the guard’s custody. We entered a room which we could sense was filled with several other men in our position, and we were each seated on the floor. I felt the presence of men on either side of me, and then I heard a man cough. I realized that this man was the late Salah Haddad; I knew that he and his 18-year-old son had been taken ten days earlier. I whispered his name, but he did not respond. After two or three attempts to find out whether or not it was really him, he finally whispered back in an urgent manner, “Don’t talk!”

After a while, a man entered the room and informed us that we were not allowed to move around or talk until they (whoever ‘they’ were) had a chance to review our individual cases. After seven or eight hours of sitting still and awaiting more information some men, including myself, were moved into another room where we slept on the concrete floor- still blindfolded and still wearing my suit. During the night, we were given some bread and tea, and early in the morning, men were taken in groups of two to the bathroom (while still in blindfolds, and of course in the company of a guard).

I later came to understand that the reason we had to remain silent at all times and that we were only allowed to use the bathrooms early in the morning is that the building we were in was a working police station. Saddam’s ‘men’ had taken control of the second floor of the station house and, as such, they had to wait till the building was quite early in the morning to allow us to move around. All of us, fifteen men in total, remained in this routine of sleeping on the floors, not talking, and not seeing past the darkness of our blindfolds for the entirety of two weeks.

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[incorrectmahabharatquotes]

Just wanted to drop in with my love and appreciation for what you do 🌸🌸 as someone who loves and has grown up with hindu mythology, it's so heartwarming to see blogs that still engage with the hindu epics without falling prey to bigoted hindutva propaganda. We are gradually running out of these safe spaces unfortunately but I'm so glad this blog is still here

Honestly, I wonder how some people read the epics and walk away from it thinking "Oh war, fighting and hatred is good actually and we should do more of it".

Today is a very interesting day. I'm getting called ignorant today. I'm doing good work. I'm denying history somehow. We're creating a safe space. I'm playing the dalit card, apparently. A bunch of people are sending their love and appreciation.

The dichotomy is so good. Thank you for all the love to balance out the hate.

-Mod S

[qalma-e-azadi]

hi hello welcome to another i cri session today i'm gonna talk about a topic that is overshadowed or just dulled by now which is Afghans in india. some of you may be shocked some of you are haa pata tha ki there are Afghans in india but how many? and where?

yes. that's a lot of Afghans. now let me open up a history lesson. from the early nineteenth century Afghans have had good relations with the Indian subcontinent which is maybe because the delhi sultanate and the mughals came from these areas and beyond. Afghan merchants often visited coastal trading cities like Calcutta (now kolkata) for sweet sweet trade deals. rich afghans visited india (after independence) as a summer stay. and the trading went on too. that all changed when their royal king Zahir Shah was overthrown in a coup by his cousin, Daoud Khan on 17 July, 1973, thus abolishing the monarchy. after the coup (which landed some gunshots and violence but was without bloodshed) life went on in Afghanistan as usual but Afghans would soon know this to be "the start of the fall". in the December of 1979, the Soviet union invaded Afghanistan. this war stretched out for at least ten years. this was when the Afghans lost their land became fugitives and many ran, to save their children, to save their women, to save their men and mostly to save what shred of Afghanistan that the soviet union had left, and became refugees in u.s.a, pakistan, Iran, Europe and india. mind you this war was bloody, soviet soldiers raped children and women constantly, people were trapped in their own homes and it was very disgusting i hate you for this Soviet union. so after this assholerry when the roussis (Russians) were gone and the Taliban had taken over, people were overjoyed. the war was over Taliban are muslim we're going to be okay. but that meant bad news for hazaras the servant caste who were shi'as not sunnis like the rich pashtuns that were their masters (much like the dalit-brahmin thing). taliban massacred, raped, killed hazaras here and there you know what for? for being there. existing. being so dirty and disgusting while they just be humans. unacceptable to the Taliban! also unacceptable to the Taliban? adultery, music, women, kite flying, women talking loud, education, drinking booze, dancing, flying kites, leaving the house without a full burqa and your abusive man who keeps beating you. and the punishment if you did any of this? cutting your hand off, chopping your feet off, hitting your thighs with a baton, your nails being pulled out of your nailbeds, being gunned in your leg, kicking your stomach till you spit out blood. and the worse was for adulterers. they were led to a stadium. they were buried in soil till their necks. then their heads would be hit repeatedly either witha foot or a bat until their neck cracked. there was always an audience. of course none of these thing mattered if you were the Taliban yourself! you want sex? do it with a little boy! you want music and dancing? make the little boy do it! you want women? make the little boy dress up as one! the Taliban made Afghans run faster, to the countries they had run to before just trying to live to hold on.

now you may ask how is this torturous and triggering paragraph relevant to india? lemme tell you, these battered bruised mentally/physically tortured people are hated here. after what they went through. who hates them? modi does. like he hates every other minority sab bhaad me jaaye. his supporters call them illegal (a living breathing person is illegal wow), jihadi, talibani, meat eating bastards and the one i hate the most, "go back to your country" you're going to seriously say that to a guy who saw his mother and his sister get raped in front of his eyes, his father being shot in his chest eight times, his fiancee being dragged by her hair to who knows where? you're going to say "go back to your country" to this guy? for fuck's sake do you think that he doesn't want to return to the Afghanistan of his childhood? where people had kite flying festivals in winter? where pakoras fumed the streets? where women wore henna on their wedding day? where children complained about homework? don't you ever stop and think about how much he has to forget and remove from his memory just because they hurt too much to go back to? don't you have a heart you asshole. now again the CAA and nrc the bills we hate with our life and soul were going to send these people to internment camps (possibly back to Afghanistan) (p.s. some of these people very poor of them don't even have an aadhar card), specifically because after seeing the Taliban kill off most of his family he needs to come to India legally like a gentleman and not flee the country the first and fastest chance he gets because dude manners. and for that fuck the modi administration

[bauliya]

what i don't understand is why americans don't just... leave. like. just fucking leave. i'm from india and honestly it's like, a crappy country, esp if you're a woman, or dalit, or muslim, or queer, and literally every young person i know is tryna leave even though forex makes it nearly impossible, and racism makes getting visas or green cards an absolute nightmare and indian degrees and work experience have little worth in other countries, and they have to go FAR to get a better life so i don't understand why americans, especially white middle class americans who can get visas easily and literally only need to cross over a border to canada and have credentials that are respected in most countries, dont just fucking leave like. you're one major sickness away from bankruptcy!!!! get out!!!! motherfucker!!!! this ain't normal!!!

[singinginthecar]

hi! saw ur meme abt the caa and idk i could be wrong but its my understanding that it doesn’t really directly affect current citizens? like the caa doesn’t remove citizenship, but instead provides a fast track for people who are hindus, christians, etc. im very anti-caa (its so blatantly islamophobic wtf) but i also think indian politics has so so much misinformation. just bc u mentioned that millions would be stateless and idk if that’s accurate

when you look at the combined damages that CAA and NRC can do... it really can strip citizenship of millions of people in india. not just illegal muslim immigrants but also adivasis, transfolk, dalits, poor people... basically anyone who cannot produce verification of their ancestry of having lived in india. and no, aadhar card is not "proof", according to am*t sh*h. you need government issued documents that state your grandparents name. and they need to be from before 1971. so if you've lost track of your documents, then too bad... you're not an indian citizen. this is why there are potentially 19 million+ people in assam that were considered as illegally residing when they tried to implement nrc over there. many of them muslim migrants, but many many more who simply did not have the documentation to prove that they've lived in india and so did their ancestors before them. here's a link to all the required documents (x). here's another link for a basic rundown of how harmful CAA + NRC is to those of us who aren't immigrants (x)