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2016-10-09 ArtNo.45859
◆The death of a cow， the birth of a movement
 【Ahmedabad】The Gandhian non-cooperation movement of Gujarat’s Dalits and their move to join forces with Muslims have rattled the right wing, whose cow-protection vigilantism (Gau Rakshaks) now threatens to blow up in its face It is likely the most Gandhian of protests in the past 65 years — the leaderless Dalit non-cooperation, which started in Una in July and has now spread to the rest of Gujarat. After seven young men were flogged for skinning a dead cow near Una, Dalits belonging to nearly 30 different groups pledged to discontinue removing the carcasses of cattle or skinning them — a work that has been their lot under the centuries-old caste system. Soon, reports of attacks against the protesters began trickling in from Samter (August 16), Bhavra (August 20), and Rajkot (August 24). Dalits have responded with non-resistance — not a single instance of retaliation has been reported so far. Dalits are not breaking any law, leaving the State government flummoxed by the protest. The government wants Dalits to go back to work, but the latter firmly refuse to oblige. This is the Dalit moment — a quiet, no-fuss coming of age. ○Backward vs Dalit war over new Karnataka chief secretary  【New Delhi】Appointment of Chief secretary in Karnataka has turned into a caste war. While Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi, on the advice of close aides has been insistent on appointing Ratnaprabha, a dalit officer to the post, CM Siddaramaiah has stuck to his choice of Subhash Chandra Khuntia, a Karnataka cadre officer on deputation to the centre whose repatriation from central services was recently okayed by the PMO. Siddaramaiah had himself written to the centre requesting Khuntia be relived of his duties at the HRD ministry where he is presently the secretary of the department of school education. Sources said congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was in the favour of appointing a dalit as chief secretary of the state and appointment of Ratnaprabha to the post was backed by both senior congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge and Rahul Gandhi's adviser K Raju. Raju and Prabha, said sources, have known each other since the time Prabha worked with Andhra Pradesh government. ○Our diaspora has a lot to offer  【New Delhi】A recent UN report says that India now has the largest ‘diaspora’ in the world, with more than 16 million persons of Indian origin living abroad. This Non Resident Indian (NRI) pool represents a little over 1 per cent of India’s population but is a crucial cog in the wheel of India’s development. How does the Indian diaspora benefit India? The biggest way is through regular remittances. According to a World Bank report released in April, India was the largest remittance-receiving country in the world, with an estimated $69 billion in 2015. This amounts to a whopping 3.4 per cent of India’s GDP, an amazing multiplier because just 1 per cent of the citizenry, which does not even live in the country, contributes more than three times its fair share to the nation’s wealth. 【News source】 The death of a cow, the birth of a movement Backward vs dalit war over new Karnataka chief secretary Our diaspora has a lot to offer ○One world： The aim of SEAnews ◆Recruitment of Ad-SEAnews CanvassersYour Comments / UnsubscribeSEAnews MessengerSEAnewsFacebookSEAnewsGoogleSEAnews eBookstoreSEAnews eBookstore(GoogleJ)SEAnews world circulation |
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