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[1] The Hindu Dalit cook gets a raw deal S. Prasad Krishnagiri: Maheswari, a 26-year-old mother of four, lost her husband in an accident two years ago. Her family found it hard to make ends meet until she was appointed on compassionate grounds as a cook in the Mottur panchayat primary school in Kaveripattinam union. She joined work on March 2 and things seemed to be looking up for her. But to Maheswari's dismay, 88 students of the school refused to eat food cooked by her, as she was a dalit. Their parents too objected and insisted their wards would not touch the food. They requested officials to transfer Maheswari and appoint a "caste Hindu" woman in her place. Food wasted The children reportedly refused to eat the food cooked by Maheswari for three days. It was thrown away. Revenue officials held talks with parents and villagers of Mottur panchayat, but they bluntly said their wards would not eat food cooked by Maheswari. "Former panchayat president Madan and village gounder Madesh abused me and said the children would not consume food cooked by me. The Revenue officials asked me to accept a transfer and work in the Arasampatti primary school if I wanted to continue in my job," says Maheswari. The Barur police have registered cases against Madan and Madesh under Section 4(3) of the Protection of Civil Rights Act. "The Government should bring the guilty to book. The National SC/ST Commission should visit the village and investigate the matter. Barring a few, the children bring food from home and refuse to eat the food cooked by Maheswari," says Kathir, executive director of Evidence, a human rights organisation that looked into the incident. http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 ---------------------- [2] AFGHAN CHRISTIAN COULD FACE DEATH SENTENCE FOR REJECTING ISLAM An Afghan man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death on a charge of converting from Islam to Christianity, reported the Associated Press (AP). The trial is believed to be the first of its kind in Afghanistan and could determine what shape Islam will take four years after the ouster of the Taliban. Abdul Rahman, 41, was arrested last month after his family accused him of becoming a Christian, Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada told AP. Rahman was charged with rejecting Islam and his trial started Thursday, March 16. Rahman confessed that he converted from Islam to Christianity 16 years ago while working as a medical aid worker for an international Christian group helping Afghan refugees in Pakistan. ???We are not against any particular religion in the world, but in Afghanistan this sort of thing is against the law,??? Mawlavezada said. ???It is an attack on Islam.??? Mawlavezada said he would rule on the case within two months. In the months before U.S.-led troops ousted the Taliban in 2001, it claimed Western aid groups were trying to convert Afghan Muslims. They arrested eight foreign aid workers for allegedly preaching Christianity, but later released them unharmed. The human rights group International Christian Concern (ICC) is calling on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to pardon Rahman. ???The Afghan authorities should drop this case immediately,??? stated an ICC press release. ???Afghanistan has already had enough of religious extremism under the Taliban. The world is watching to see if Afghanistan has entered the 21st century. We urge Afghanistan not to return to the days of the Taliban.??? (Religion Today/Evangelical News/International Christian Concern) ------- [3] From: Parvez Jamasji <parvez1942@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Mar 24, 2006 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] This evening: Pgm to commemorate Shaheed Bhagat Singh and others Wish the function all the Best. The time has come to liberate India from the yoke of corruption, from our own rulers. Best Wishes Parvez Jamasji. VrC. GvPr. Sqn. Ldr. Retd. http://www.geocities.com/siafdu/vc81.html SANSAD <sansad@sansad.org> wrote: Dear friends: Seventy-five years ago, today, the British Colonial rulers of India hanged Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Their martyrdom is one of the major milestone in the long anti-colonial struggles of the people of united India. --------------- [4] From: rkurian@bgl.vsnl.net.in Date: Fri Mar 24, 2006 Subject: Reigniting the Arms Race... http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032306L.shtml Reigniting the Arms Race By Michael Klare The Nation 03 April 2006 Issue During the early cold war era, both superpowers provided nuclear technology to selected Third World countries - the United States to South Korea and Iran (under the Shah), the Soviet Union to China and North Korea - as a way of cementing ties with favored allies and shifting the global balance of power in their favor. Later, as concern over the spread of nuclear weapons intensified, the superpowers agreed to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and to cease transferring weapons-related nuclear technology to nonweapons states. |
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