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		<title>IITs to treat disabled on par with SCs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com IITs to treat disabled on par with SCs17 Aug 2008, 0515 hrs IST, D Suresh Kumar,TNNCHENNAI: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) must henceforthtreat physically disabled candidates at par with those from theScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.Consequently, physically disabled candidates for whom 3 % of seatshave been reserved in the IITs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=336&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cropping equality (Chandrabhan Prasad)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.dailypioneer.com Cropping equalityBy Chandrabhan PrasadA good number of Indians who are self-conscious, wise, progressive,pro-people and visionary, are upset over the declining crop diversity.According to one estimate, Indian farmers once grew 30,000 ricevarieties. Now, more than 75 per cent have become extinct. It&#8217;s fearedthat soon, only a dozen rice varieties will be left.True, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=335&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Karat seeks quota for Dalits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.newindpress.com KERALA Aug 17, 2008Karat seeks quota for DalitsSunday August 17 2008 01:09 ISTExpress News ServiceJustice V R Krishna Iyer being greeted by CPM general secretaryPrakash Karat who turned up to grace the Scheduled Caste Conventionorganised by the CPM in Kochi on Saturday. CPM state secretaryPinarayi Vijayan and Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=334&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayawati as muse</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.deccanherald.com Mayawati as museFascinated by Mayawati, political journalist Ajoy Bose decided todocument the political journey of this rising Dalit leader. ArathiMenon digs deeper.Mayawati&#8217;s growth from rags to riches is one that befits a fairytale.The UP Chief Minister – dressed in silk kurtas, her diamonds intact –tops the chart of the highest tax [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=333&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayawati gets more security cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.hindu.com NationalMayawati gets more security coverLucknow (PTI): Alarmed over a lapse in the security cover of UttarPradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, police authorities here have decidedto further strengthen her security by installing CCTVs and jammers inher office and official residence.The decision comes in the wake of arrest of an ISI agent MohammadMasroor alias [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=332&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Karat urges SC/ST quota in pvt education institutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.newkerala.com Karat urges SC/ST quota in pvt education institutionsKochi, Aug 16 : Calling for a &#8216;common united struggle&#8217;to protect therights of the Dalits in the country, CPI(M) General Secretary PrakashKarat today urged the Centre to introduce a Bill in Parliament toensure reservation for SC/ST and OBC students in private educationalinstitutions.Addressing a huge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=331&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CM Visions a Developed Bihar with &#8216;Rainbow Revolution&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.patnadaily.com CM Visions a Developed Bihar with &#8216;Rainbow Revolution&#8217;Patna: Aug. 16, 2008Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, during his speech at Patna&#8217;s GandhiMaidan on the occasion of India&#8217;s Independence Day on Friday,reiterated his vision for a &#8216;Rainbow Revolution&#8217; saying Bihar was wellon its way to an all-round prosperity with agriculture being thecenterpiece of economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=330&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maya&#8217;s mystery heir is revealed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Shivam Vij) Maya&#8217;s mystery heir is revealedRaja Ram, Mayawati&#8217;s successor, is BSP&#8217;s national vice-president sinceAugust 20061 BSP&#8217;s constitution says its national vice-president will be in lineto take over the party&#8217;s leadership2 Mayawati has written Raja Ram&#8217;s name and placed it in two sealedenvelopes which are with two of her loyalists3 They have been directed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=329&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Mayawati and social empowerment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.organiser.org Home &#62; 2008 Issues &#62; August 24, 2008BookmarkMayawati and social empowermentBy M.V. KamathBehenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati; Ajoy Bose; Penguin Viking,pp 277, Rs 499.00India&#8217;s greatest shortcoming, indeed its basic weakness, has been thecaste system which largely prevented the country from acting as aunified force. It was this which contributed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=328&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AP Govt encourages khadi &amp; village industries in urban areas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.fibre2fashion.com AP Govt encourages khadi &#38; village industries in urban areasAugust 18, 2008 (India)The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has taken the initiative tocelebrate the 61st Independence Day by encouraging regionalentrepreneurs to set up khadi and village industries in urban areas aswell.The Government is already providing a 35 percent subsidy toentrepreneurs from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=327&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free books for SC, ST boys in govt schools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com Free books for SC, ST boys in govt schools18 Aug 2008, 0439 hrs IST, Gauree Malkarnekar, TNNPANAJI: In addition to girls of standards fifth to eight, boys fromthe Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes studying in the same classesin government and government-aided schools will be provided freenotebooks under the Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=326&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Khairlanji Dalit massacre nears judgment day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.dnaindia.com Khairlanji Dalit massacre nears judgment dayJaideep HardikarMonday, August 18, 2008 04:17 ISTNAGPUR; The Khairlanji Dalit massacre case has entered a crucialphase. The prosecution, which started its final arguments before aspecial trial court in Bhandara on Thursday, will conclude them onTuesday, setting the stage for the court&#8217;s verdict.Eleven people are accused of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=325&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do the Dalits see modern India ?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: vikramvgarg.wordpress.com How do the Dalits see modern India ?&#8220;How the fragments view the nation&#8221; was an eye-opening paper by B.Narayan (www.ingentaconnect.com)of the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.The author interviewed various Dalit villagers in the villages ofShahabpur and Shivpuri near Allahabad. He discusses the variousaspects of the spectacular rise of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=324&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayawati fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.centralchronicle.com ColumnMayawati fearsEven those who do not subscribe to her brand of politics that theyfind opaque, brash and frenzied, probably admire her for thesingle-mindedness with which the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawatihas been pursing her ever-rising ambitions. The &#8216;Dalit ki Beti&#8217; hasnow re-christened and promoted herself as the &#8216;Bharat ki Beti&#8217; afterlaying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=323&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BSP trashes report on Mayawati heir</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.zeenews.com BSP trashes report on Mayawati heirLucknow, Aug 19: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Tuesday termed mediareports regarding the identity of Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterMayawati&#8217;s heir as baseless.&#8220;The media reports regarding Mayawati&#8217;s heir are baseless and have notruth in them. The media should not publish such news withoutconfirmation, &#8221; a Press release [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=319&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quota leads to less OBC seats in JNU</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.expressindia.com Quota leads to less OBC seats in JNUHamari JamatiaPosted online: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 0402 hrs ISTNew Delhi, August 18University&#8217;s own affirmative action policy took in more: officialsThe Supreme Court-directed reservation for OBC category students inall central universities has had an opposing effect at JawaharlalNehru University this year. The premier [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=318&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calling an SC &#8216;chamar&#8217; offensive, punishable, says apex court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com Calling an SC &#8216;chamar&#8217; offensive, punishable, says apex court20 Aug, 2008, 0250 hrs IST,Sanjay K Singh, ET BureauNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said that addressing Scheduled Castespeople as &#8216;chamar&#8217; may amount to an offence punishable under theprovision of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Preventionof Atrocities) Act, 1989.A bench [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=317&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal: Yuba Sansar: A Youth Radio in Ottawa introduces pro-dalit program</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: nepaldalitinfo.net Yuba Sansar: A Youth Radio in Ottawa introduces pro-dalit program inits maiden webcastThe nepaldalitinfo special reportOttawa, August 19- Canada Forum for Nepal (CFFN), an Ottawa basedorganization, has initiated a web-based radio program run by Nepaliyouth in Ottawa to educate children and youth in rural areas of Nepal.The most part of its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=316&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dalit village faces &#8216;economic boycott&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: in.news.yahoo.com Dalit village faces &#8216;economic boycott&#8217;Wed, Aug 20 03:27 AMThe Dalit settlement in Pirali village in Limdi Taluka is facing aneconomic boycott of sorts by the upper caste Darbar community whichblocked their access to the village and even stopped them from goingoutside for work. The trouble started after the Dalits protestedagainst the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=315&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Denigrating SCs, STs a disgrace to country: Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Siddhartha Kumar) Source: www.hindu.com Front PageDenigrating SCs, STs a disgrace to country: Supreme CourtLegal CorrespondentRespecting all communities is the only way to keep it unitedIn many parts, SC/STs are oppressed, humiliated and insultedThe sooner caste system is destroyed, the betterNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has deprecated the practice of uppercastes denigrating the Scheduled Castes and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samatha.in&blog=4485553&post=314&subd=samathain&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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