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Thu Jul 2

• Who are Vellalars and History of Vellalars Mudaliars Gounders
• Kongu Vellalar Gounders Website | Traditional Kongu Community
• In support of caste system in India: Well, let me clarify that I do not support the present CASTE SYSTEM in India, before some one starts abusing me. And to be more honest, I do not agree to the word CASTE being used to describe the ?system? in India and I am not sure the English word of Indian ?VARNA? System or Hindu ?VARNA? system. Major differences :

Wed Jul 1

• Our True Colours : outlookindia.c om: Racism in India
• Tehelka - The People's Paper: Born in a small hamlet called Pur-Kanersar in the Khed Taluk of Pune district in 1949, Namdeo is ?almost? one of Midnight?s Children. His father was a small-time Mahar farmer who, along with his fellow-untouch ables, lived off land granted to them just outside the village limits. Namdeo was his only surviving child. Unable to feed his family he went to Mumbai to work as a Muslim butcher?s assistant. He would bring home daily wages and discarded portions of beef. Namdeo and his mother joined him when Namdeo was about six or seven. He recalls his sense of awe as he stepped out of the Victoria Terminus station. His eyes were immediately arrested by a huge hoarding of the film Mother India then showing at the Capitol cinema.
• 2 Poems by Namdeo Dhasal: Translated by Dilip Chitre
• Namdeo Dhasal by Dilip Chitre: Namdeo Dhasal is one of my closest friends. This surprises many people who know him and me because of the controversies that his political activities generate and because they cannot, even by association, connect me with his political stances which have been inconsistent. He was one of the founders of Dalit Panthers in 1972, a militant activist organization, at that time inspired by the Black Panthers in the United States, or so it seemed. In some ways it fitted into the global mosaic of anger, protest, demonstrations , violence, and youthful revolutionary upsurge that swept across France, Germany, parts of Europe, Africa, America, and Asia.

Mon Jun 29

• Dalit kids cannot use school loo but have to clean them - India - The Times of India

Thu Jun 25

• Caste system in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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