#MP Chandrashekhar Azad

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अनुसूचित जाति के युवाओं पर दर्ज केस वापस नहीं लिए तो सांसद चंद्रशेखर आजाद पहुंचेंगे ऊना; हितेश माही

#News अनुसूचित जाति के युवाओं पर दर्ज केस वापस नहीं लिए तो सांसद चंद्रशेखर आजाद पहुंचेंगे ऊना; हितेश माही

Una News: जिले के धर्मपुर गांव के स्वर्ण जाति के युवक की ओर से जातिसूचक शब्द कहने के बाद पुलिस के सुपुर्द किए जाने के मामले में विभिन्न संगठनों के विरोध के बाद अब अनुसूचित जाति संगठन भी सड़कों पर उग्र हो गए हैं। महर्षि वाल्मीकि गुरु रविदास महासभा हिमाचल प्रदेश के अध्यक्ष अमित वाल्मीकि सहित परिवार व छह साथियों के खिलाफ दर्ज केसों को झूठा बताते हुए उन्हें केस वापस लेने की विभिन्न अनुसूचित जाति…

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Hathras Case Live Updates: The Union Of Journalists Roared in the RAPED case in Hathras | Uttar Pradesh Government Steps for this Case |

Censorship in the news of gang rape and murder in Hathras! The Delhi Union of Journalists roared

The Delhi Union of Journalists roared against the mischievous attempt to block all reports of the Hathras incident. They expressed grief over the incident and condemned the administration. The phone of the rape victim's family has been seized and no one is allowed to go to the village to meet them.

Police are blocking the entrance of journalists and photo journalists when they try to enter the village. Police blocked their way as TMC MP Derek O'Brien, Kakli Ghoshdastidar and other leaders tried to enter the village. Earlier in the day, Congress officials threw Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to the ground. Bhim Sena leader Chandrashekhar Azad was also barred from Hathra.

The forensic report does not indicate rape. However, the rape law is in question today. The situation has also raised suspicions. The body was rushed to the crematorium at midnight and buried. The second autopsy could have dispelled all doubts about this.

"We express our condolences over this heinous incident and question the role of the Uttar Pradesh government in arbitrary censorship," the Delhi Union of Journalists said. What the government is trying to hide is political leaders, journalists are trapped. The government is forced to question who it does not want to protect.

Also Read: Hathras Case Live Updates: Priyanka-Rahul Gandhi Walking to Meet the Family in Hathras || Rahul Gandhi Arrested ||

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Bhim Army Leader Chandrashekhar Azad Vows to Provide ‘Political Alternative’ to Dalits Chandrashekhar Azad hit out at two BSP MPs who voted in favour of the Citizenshrip Amendment Bill, saying that they had helped the BJP and deceived Ambedkar and BSP founder Kanshi Ram. via Top Politics News- News18.com

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India: Chandrashekhar Azad leader of Bhim Army calls for Bharat Bandh on Feb 23

India: Chandrashekhar Azad leader of Bhim Army calls for Bharat Bandh on Feb 23

India: Chandrashekhar Azad leader of Bhim Army calls for Bharat Bandh on Feb 23

On Wednesday, Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad called for a ‘ Bharat Bandh ‘ on 23 February against a Supreme Court ruling that states were not bound to make quotas on promotion and public employment assignments, and that quota is also not a fundamental right.

He asked MPs and MLAs from the Scheduled Castes…

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via Today Bharat nbsp; Police are even filing cases against the protesters, prompting them to question the contradiction between what KCR is saying and what his government is doing on the ground. nbsp; Despite Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao taking a stand against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), groups protesting against the legislation are unhappy with the state government for suppressing peaceful protests, especially in Hyderabad. The city has been witnessing flash protests, mostly during night time, as the police are not allowing any group to stage a sit-in or take out rallies. Police are even filing cases against the protesters, prompting them to question the contradiction between what KCR is saying and what his government is doing on the ground. The denial of permission to several groups including women and students to stage protests has angered them and they are now cautioning the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government that they can't be silenced for long. What is upsetting the organisations is that Hyderabad is lagging in protests against the "discriminatory legislation" compared to other Indian cities including cities in BJP-ruled states. The curbs on anti-CAA protests have angered several socio-political, religious, groups, voluntary and student organizations and activists. "If there are not many protest programmes like Shaheen Bagh in Hyderabad, it will be a blot on the city," Jamaat-e-Islami's Telangana unit chief Hamed Mohammed Khan told a protest meeting last week. He said that though Telangana police calls itself 'people-friendly' police, its attitude was not at all friendly. "We are appealing to the friendly police to cooperate with people in peaceful protests, allow them to vent out their feelings and resist the excesses being committed on them," he said. "When the protests are being held across India, this attitude of Hyderabad police is condemnable," social activist Khaleda Parveen told IANS. She believes that the Chief Minister's statement on CAA could be a mere eyewash as he did not say anything on the NRC and the NPR. Khaleda Praveen, who led a flash protest at various places and was also booked by the police, alleged that police action against the protestors is brutal. "The Hyderabad police make tall claims of providing security to women by forming She teams but the same police force is adopting shameful tactics. The women police are pinching private parts of women protestors while detaining them," she alleged. Even All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), a dominant political force in the city and a friendly party of TRS, seems to be helpless. The party was not allowed to organize 'Tiranga rally' in the city and was forced to shift the venue to the outskirts. The United Muslim Action Committee, of which the AIMIM is also a part, was denied permission to organize its protest meet and poetry programme at historic Charminar on the night of January 25. Though it agreed to an alternate venue proposed by the police, the High Court, acting on a petition, imposed various restrictions and the programme had to be winded up by 9.15 pm while it was scheduled to continue till midnight. AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who is visiting other parts of the country to address protest meetings, said their next programme of forming a human chain from Bapu Ghat to Mohammedi Lines, would depend on the police permission. Hyderabad has so far witnessed three major peaceful protests. Lakhs of people attended Million March, organized by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising various group. The police, however, booked 25 cases against the organizers for violating the conditions. The second huge protest was 'Tiranga Rally' of AIMIM which was also attended by lakhs of people. Earlier, a massive protest meeting was held at AIMIM headquarters Darussalam. Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was detained and forcibly sent back to Delhi ahead of a protest meeting on January 26. The leader alleged that the "dictatorship in Telangana is at its peak". Earlier, former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students union leader Kanhaiya Kumar was also not allowed to address a protest meet. In the latest instance, the JAC against CAA, NRC and NPR, comprising various groups, was not given permission for a 48-hour sit-in by women. JAC convenor Mushtaq Malik said the police refused to give permission for the protest at Darul Shifa Grounds in old city and suggested that they move it to Mir Alam Eidgah on the outskirts. When they agreed, police officials went back on their word, he alleged. He warned that if the police become more repressive, the movement will become bigger and stronger.

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‘Will that FEAR stop him from slapping her’: Vikram Motwane Slams Kabir Singh Director Sandeep Vanga On Twitter

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‘Will that FEAR stop him from slapping her’: Vikram Motwane Slams Kabir Singh Director Sandeep Vanga On Twitter

‘Will that FEAR stop him from slapping her’: Vikram Motwane Slams Kabir Singh Director Sandeep Vanga On Twitter Niharika Nayak Hyderabd040-395603080 December 2, 2019

On the 27th of November, the entire country was left in a state of shock recently when the body of a 26-year-old veterinarian was found charred and disposed off in the state of Telangana. The victim hailed from Hyderabad and was on her way home when her scooter broke down, and she was accosted by the accused. The criminals first offered the victim help and then went on to kidnap, assault and gang rape the victim before disposing off her body underneath an Underpass in Chatanpally. The events of the crime are incredibly graphic and violent in nature, and many people drew parallels to the Nirbhaya rape case that had occurred in New Delhi in 2012.

Many celebrities, from cricketer Yuvraj Singh to actors Richa Chadda and Farhan Akhtar spoke about the crime and expressed their concerns over the safety of women in our country. However, Sandeep Vanga landed in hot water (again) for his tweet regarding the issue. Read on to know what exactly happened.

The Tweet

Netizens have been sharing pictures of the criminals and asking for the government to deliver capital punishment, but as usual, the government is taking its own time. Even politicians have come forward and asked for the case to be sent to a fast track court but to no avail. Director of Kabir Singh and Arjun Reddy, Sandeep Vanga added his two cents into the incident. He wrote “Fear is the only factor which can change things radically in a society and fear should be the new rule. Brutal sentencing will set an example. Now every girl in the country needs a firm guarantee. I request @warangalpolice to come into action. #RIPPriyankaReddy.”

Public Outcry

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After the tweet was posted, many netizens came forward to call out the director for his hypocrisy. The director’s films Kabir Singh and Arjun Reddy are known for glorifying toxic masculinity and violence against not just women, but men as well. The Twitterati found it ironic that a director who has openly spoken about how couples who hit each other are still in love, is now suddenly concerned about women’s safety issues. In the offending scene, Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh slaps his girlfriend’s (played by Kiara Advani) character across the face.

Director of Lootera, Vikramaditya Motwane called Sandeep Vanga out in a shady tweet ‘Will that FEAR stop them from slapping her?’ This was in reference to a comment passed by Sandeep Vanga about couples slapping each other out of love. Another celebrity who came forward to slam Sandeep Vanga was singer Sona Mohapatra who wrote “Would also help if you did your job better. Stop making films where you glorify sexist behavior, misogyny, and violence against women. Films like #KabirSingh aka #ArjunReddy where you ride on male toxicity for commercial gain. Maybe use your ‘ virtue signalling’ in your work?” Other Twitter users also expressed distaste and aimed at the director with tweets like “That’s rich coming from you!’ and ‘Make movies like Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh, glorify toxic masculinity and tweet about fear. Not nice.” All of this comes after Malayali actress Parvathy Thiruvothu criticized the film and its lead character for encouraging not just violence against women but ‘copycat’ would use this film as inspiration for their own depraved actions. According to the acclaimed actress, both Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh had the language of glorification unlike its counterpart, Joker which presented the storyline for the viewers to see as it is. Read some of the Tweets below

What Others Have Said Regarding The Crime

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Actor Salman Khan took to Twitter to refer to the criminals as ‘shaitan‘ (meaning demons) disguised in human form and brought up a valid point in that ‘Beti Bachao‘ should not just be a campaign but should actually show through. Rajya Sabha MP and former actress, Jaya Bachchan stated that the criminals should be lynched in full view of the public. The Leader of the Opposition party, Ghulam Nabi Azad said that there was a need to take a stand together against such atrocious crimes. Telangana chief minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao ordered for the establishment of a fast-track court for the trial of the case and pledged to provide the victim’s family with whatever necessary help was required. Asha Devi, the mother of the victim of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, said that what happened to the young veterinarian was extremely barbaric and that she hopes her family receives justice quicker than her own family that has been fighting for seven years.

Where Are The Criminals Now?

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The perpetrators of this horrendous crime have been apprehended and sent into judicial custody for fourteen days. The Mandal executive magistrate has passed orders that the accused cannot be produced on fast-track court at Mahabubnagar as there is a non-availability of the judge. This has sparked widespread outrage across the state and protestors have gathered outside the police station where the criminals are being held. The accused, whose names are Jolly Shiva, Mohammed Arif, Jolly Naveen, and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu are most likely going to be shifted to Mahabubnagar.

Considering the heinous nature of the crime, the criminals must not be shown mercy and must be dealt with the utmost urgency rather than delaying the process further and further. Our hearts go out to the family of the victim and hope they receive the justice they deserve.

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पटना में दलितों पर हुए लाठीचार्ज से भड़के सांसद चंद्रशेखर आजाद, कहा, सूद समेत जवाब दिया जाएगा

Bharat Bandh: एससी-एसटी में सब कैटेगरी से जुड़े सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले के खिलाफ भारत बंद का असर उत्तर प्रदेश के कई जिलों में दिख रहा है. भारत बंद के आह्वान पर बहुजन समाज पार्टी और अन्य संगठनों के लोग विभिन्न जिलों में प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं. दुकानें बंद करवाई जा रही हैं और मार्केट नहीं खोलने की अपील की गई ��ै. वहीं पटना में आंदोलन कर रहे भीम आर्मी के कार्यकर्ताओं पर पुलिस ने लाठीचार्ज कर दिया. पुलिस…

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Every day Bulletin: India, Pakistan to face off in World Cup; protesting medical doctors in Bengal agree for talks; day's prime tales

http://tinyurl.com/y3qj88lk Junior medical doctors on strike in West Bengal agree to satisfy Mamata Banerjee for talks The deadlock in West Bengal confirmed indicators of easing as agitating medical doctors mentioned Saturday night time they had been open for talks with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to finish their stir, however they might determine on the venue of the assembly later. Earlier on Saturday night, the protesting medical doctors had turned down Mamata’s invite for a closed-door assembly on the Secretariat and had as a substitute requested her to go to NRS Medical School and Hospital for an open dialogue to resolve the dispute. File picture of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. PTI Late on Saturday night time, the joint discussion board of junior medical doctors held a press convention. “We’re open for dialogue at all times. If the chief minister extends one hand, we’ll lengthen 10 of ours… We’re eagerly ready to interrupt the impasse,” the spokesperson mentioned. The agitating medical doctors had additionally turned down Mamata’s request saying there was no sincere effort on her half to interrupt the impasse. “We’re eagerly ready to begin our responsibility, however from the chief minister’s facet, there isn’t a such sincere initiative to discover a resolution,” he had mentioned earlier within the night time. The junior medical doctors on strike additionally rubbished her claims that a couple of of their colleagues had visited her on the Secretariat. Mamata, at a press convention, had urged the agitators to renew work and mentioned her authorities has accepted all their demands. The Ministry of House Affairs issued an advisory seeking a report on the stir. However Mamata reacted sharply to it and mentioned such advisory ought to be “despatched to states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat the place a number of murders are reported for the reason that final couple of years”. Governor KN Tripathi wrote to Mamata, advising her to take instant steps to supply safety to the medicos and discover a resolution to the deadlock. The West Bengal chief minister later mentioned she has spoken to the governor and apprised him concerning the steps taken by the state authorities to resolve the deadlock. India and Pakistan to conflict in Cricket World Cup as we speak Virat Kohli’s males will look to proceed their good run in 50-over World Cup historical past towards neighbours Pakistan when the 2 sides tackle one another in a blockbuster contest on Sunday to be performed at Outdated Trafford in Manchester. For the reason that 1992 version, each nations have clashed six occasions and each time, India ended up on the successful facet, giving the lads in blue a good-looking 6-Zero lead over Pakistan. So far as staff information is anxious, Shikhar Dhawan will proceed to relaxation as there was no additional replace on his thumb harm from staff administration. Pakistan could deliver again their star spinner Shadab Khan after he was dropped to accommodate an additional pacer towards Australia. To not neglect, there are darkish clouds hovering over the match and fairly actually in order a few showers are anticipated to play spoilsport in the course of the course of the match in Manchester. The match will start at three pm IST. Centre requires all-party assembly forward of Parliament session The federal government has convened an all-party assembly at 11 am on Sunday, a day earlier than the primary session of the newly elected Lok Sabha is scheduled to start. The Centre will search the Opposition’s assist in passing essential payments, reminiscent of one on triple talaq. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and several other others have met Opposition leaders, together with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Ghulam Nabi Azad, to hunt their assist for the graceful functioning of Parliament. The BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance has a whopping 353 members within the 545-seat Lok Sabha, nevertheless it has solely 102 members within the 245-seat Rajya Sabha. The newly constituted BJP Parliamentary Occasion Govt Committee will even meet on Sunday. On the assembly, to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the celebration will chalk out its technique for the session, which is able to conclude on 26 July. Moreover, as suspense continues over the standing of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the grand previous celebration has but to determine its chief within the Lok Sabha. Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP PL Punia advised India Today: “There’s nonetheless time to determine the chief of the Home. It will likely be carried out by Sonia Gandhi quickly.” PL Punia mentioned that leaders of the Opposition events could meet after oath is run to newly elected Lok Sabha MPs. Making India $5 trillion financial system difficult however certainly achievable, says Modi at NITI Aayog meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mentioned the aim of constructing India a $5 trillion financial system by 2024 is difficult however certainly achievable, as he requested states to give attention to their core competencies and work in direction of elevating the GDP proper from the district degree. The dimensions of India’s financial system was estimated at $2.75 trillion at March finish. Modi made the assertion on the fifth assembly of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog. The assembly, which held in a “very constructive ambiance”, was attended by senior union ministers and nearly all of the chief ministers, apart from Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal) and Okay Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana). In his inaugural handle, the prime minister additionally underlined the necessity to take efficient steps to deal with drought in numerous components of the nation. Modi additionally spoke of a collective combat towards poverty, unemployment, drought, flood, air pollution, corruption and violence and mentioned that everybody has a typical aim of attaining a New India by 2022. He described Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana as illustrations of what the Centre and the states can accomplish collectively. Tsunami alert lifted for New Zealand after 7.Four magnitude earthquake struck Kermadec Islands A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake caught close to the distant Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand Sunday, briefly prompting a tsunami warning. After initially forecasting “a menace to seashore, harbour, estuary and small boat actions”, New Zealand’s civil defence organisation gave the all-clear eight minutes later. The earthquake was given a preliminary magnitude of seven.4, however later downgraded to 7.2 by the US Geological Survey. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Middle additionally lifted its tsunami warning for components of the South Pacific however mentioned “minor sea degree fluctuations could happen in some coastal areas close to the earthquake”. The earthquake struck at 10.55 am at a depth of 10 kilometres some 928 kilometres north-northeast of the New Zealand metropolis of Tauranga within the North Island. Amazon’s Instagram rival Spark shutdown after two years Amazon had launched Spark in 2017 with a feed of tales and pictures aimed toward Prime members. It was set to compete with Instagram, nevertheless it by no means actually took off the best way the corporate had anticipated. In any case, the information procured from the Spark app and Amazon’s discovery instrument will be present in a brand new socially-inspired product which Amazon calls #FoundItOnAmazon. Your information to the most recent cricket World Cup tales, evaluation, studies, opinions, stay updates and scores on https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019.html. 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Unconscionable (Low-caste Indians are better off than ever—but that’s not saying much)#MohnishAhluwaliaNotes

Abject deprivation is slowly decreasing, but prejudice endures FOR Dalits, these are the best of times. Once known as untouchables and reviled as ritually unclean, this sixth of India’s population has never been more integrated. Since the constitution banned discrimination against untouchables 70 years ago, and with quotas for state schools, jobs and elected offices giving Dalits a leg up, gaps in education, income and health have steadily shrunk. Dalits, who in the past feared crossing certain streets, now have their own millionaire-filled chamber of commerce, scores of energetic NGOs to promote their rights and some 84 of the 545 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament. In October a board that manages hundreds of Hindu temples in the southern state of Kerala for the first time broke one of the last ancient taboos, inducting six Dalits to serve as priests. Ram Nath Kovind, who was elected India’s president in July, was born into a weaver caste, making him the second Dalit to serve as head of state. But Indian presidents hold little real power, and there has never been a Dalit prime minister. That it is the best of times for Dalits does not necessarily mean that times are very good. Reservations, as the government’s quotas are known, have indeed given once-unimagined opportunity to many Dalits. “Without them we would all be cleaning shit,” says one activist. Yet Dalits remain markedly poorer, worse educated and less healthy than average (see chart); they are 30% more likely than other Indians to end up in prison. Out of the 642 faculty members in the country’s top management schools, which are state-run, only four are Dalits. Out of 496 vice-chancellors—in effect presidents—of state universities, just six are from “scheduled” castes, as the lowest ranks of the Hindu caste hierarchy are officially known. (“Scheduled tribes” or adivasis—tribal communities traditionally excluded from the caste system altogether—constitute a further 9% of India’s 1.3bn people.) The headlines reveal quotidian horrors. Dalit Woman Raped and Murdered, Man Poisons Well Used by Dalits, Dalits Attacked for Slaughtering Cow, Dalit Youth Killed For Watching Upper-Caste Ceremony, Dalit Forced To Shave Moustache. Protests and riots by members of higher castes typically end with politicians and officials acceding to their demands; similar actions by Dalits tend to be met with repression. Chandrashekhar Azad, a prominent Dalit activist arrested in May, was ordered to be released by a high court in November, with the judge reprimanding police for their “politically motivated” handling of his case. A day later he was rearrested under the draconian National Security Act, intended for terrorist cases, under which he may spend a year in detention without charge. Many Dalits have broken professional barriers, but many more are stuck doing jobs no one else will take, such as disposing of dead animals and cleaning sewers. In 2017 alone some 90 sewer-cleaners, all Dalits, were fished out dead from India’s drains, an activist group reports. So much are Dalits associated with tidying up other peoples’ mess that anthropologists have identified caste attitudes as the main reason for rural India’s uniquely high rate of open defecation. It was found that many upper-caste villagers, including Dalits of higher sub-caste than the drain-cleaners, see toilets as “polluting” to their homes. Dalit parents regularly protest that schools have singled out their children to clean toilets. They also complain that state schools assign numbers to plates when handing out free lunches, lest a child whose family insists on ritual separation from Dalits be served on “polluted” crockery. In eastern and southern parts of India the proportion of respondents who say they consider Dalits polluting can be as low as 1%. When asked more specific questions about interacting with Dalits, however, these numbers tend to rise, dramatically so in less enlightened parts of India. In the central state of Madhya Pradesh some 53% of respondents to one survey said their family tried to avoid certain forms of contact with Dalits; surveys of rural areas in nearby states found rates of 65% or more. Although 55% of Indians say they do not mind people of different castes marrying one another, only 4% say they have married someone from outside their caste. A study in 2010 of some 1,589 villages in the western state of Gujarat identified 98 practices, from preventing access to public wells to obliging Dalits to play drums at weddings, and ranked them in order of prevalence. It found, for example, that in 91% of villages Dalits were not allowed in non-Dalit temples, and in 98% of them non-Dalits would not serve tea to Dalits in their homes. The survey also found a high prevalence of similar practices among different sub-castes of Dalits. Yet such practices, although still widespread, are declining. Recent surveys suggest that barely a quarter of families still follow them in some form, compared with virtually all Hindus before independence. Devesh Kapur, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, recalls visiting a rural area in the 1970s. “The kind of language that was used and the whole emphasis on purity and pollution was just nothing like as relaxed as we see now.” Mr Kapur suggests it is just as important to consider the “intensity” of practice as the prevalence. Even among families who admit to prejudices such as refusing to let Dalits into their homes, or to use the same utensils, it is likely that the number of such taboos has diminished over time. Accelerating urbanisation, bringing with it a much wider degree of anonymity, is an important factor. “Take the fast-food industry,” says Mr Kapur. “I don’t know who has touched my food anymore, and pretty soon I stop caring.” Martin Macwan, a Dalit activist and one of the authors of the Gujarat study, cites another example of change. When he started a service offering free legal advice 20 years ago all his clients were Dalits. Others did inquire, but at first balked when Mr Macwan told them they could have his services free of charge if they would drink a glass of water in a Dalit home. Now a third of his clients are non-Dalit. Indians will not turn liberal overnight, says Mr Kapur. It happens in stages. The first is when people stop noticing who is Dalit; the second when they stop caring. The third is when they actively want to do away with untouchability. “I think we are now somewhere between the first and second steps,” he says. #MohnishAhluwaliaNotes

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Dalit Leaders Slam Bhagwat’s Call for Harmonious Debate on Quota; NCP MP Finds No Fault in Proposal Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said Mohan Bhagwat’s remark was uncalled for and urged him to shun his anti-quota ideology, while Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said only the RSS president could not see the discrimination. via Top Politics News- News18.com

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मायावती ने संसद चंद्रशेखर आजाद को दिया बड़ा झटका, उनके करीबी रामगोपाल कोरी को बना बीएसपी का उम्मीदवार

Chandershekhar Azad: बहुजन समाज पार्टी ने यूपी उपचुनाव के उम्मीदवारों का ऐलान कर दिया है। रविवार को बीएसपी के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष विश्वनाथ पाल ने रामगोपाल कोरी के साथ पार्टी प्रमुख मायावती से मुलाकात की। मायावती से मुलाकात के बाद ही इस बात की अटकले लगाई जा रही थी कि कोरी को अयोध्या की मिल्कीपुर विधानसभा से उम्मीदवार बनाया जा सकता है। इसी के कुछ देर बाद पाल ने कोरी को उम्मीदवार बना दिया। इसके साथ ही…

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सांसद चंद्रशेखर आजाद ने नीरज चोपड़ा को बताया भारत का गोल्डन बॉय, कहा, मुझे उम्मीद थी गोल्ड लेकर आएंगे

Chandrashekhar Azad on Neeraj Chopra: आजाद समाज पार्टी के मुखिया और उत्तर प्रदेश की नगीना सीट से सांसद चंद्रशेखर आजाद ने ओलंपिक में सिल्वर मेडल जीतकर भारत का मान बढ़ाने वाले जैविलन थ्रोअर नीरज चोपड़ा को जीत की बधाई दी है. उन्होंने कहा कि मुझे उम्मीद थी कि वो गोल्ड लाएंगे लेकिन कोई बात नहीं वो खुद ही हमारे लिए गोल्ड हैं. नगीना सांसद ने नीरज चोपड़ा को बधाई देते हुए कहा कि “मैं रात को उनका मुकाबला…