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Tamil Nadu: It is not the 21st century for Tamil Dalits
by Guest Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:40 pm
In the Kalkeri village in Krishnagiri, Caste Hindus took this denial of temple entry to new levels. After the Dalits acquired the right to worship in two of the temple villages in 2009, members of the dominant community built a new temple. One fine night, the idols from the old temple were usurped and taken to the new one in which the Dalits continue to be excluded.
The more dramatic incident that rocked the state was the “wall of shame” in the Uthapuram village in Madurai. The wall was built right across the village in an attempt to allegedly keep the Dalits off the upper caste territory. While it was demolished after orders by the Chief Minister in 2008, Dalits in the village were denied other rights, including temple worship, till early part of 2012.
Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO, found in its survey in 2008 that in all the 213 villages it sampled in 12 districts, Dalits were discriminated in one form or the other in temple worship.
However, such bias is seen in administration as well. The New Indian Express reported in December 2011 that Dalit children of Kurayur in Madurai were denied admissions to the government school in the village.
Activists say that incidents of clashes are increasing between the Dalits and the Backward Classes in many districts as the former are getting more and more mobilised politically and are asserting their rights.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article590534.ece?service=print
The more dramatic incident that rocked the state was the “wall of shame” in the Uthapuram village in Madurai. The wall was built right across the village in an attempt to allegedly keep the Dalits off the upper caste territory. While it was demolished after orders by the Chief Minister in 2008, Dalits in the village were denied other rights, including temple worship, till early part of 2012.
Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO, found in its survey in 2008 that in all the 213 villages it sampled in 12 districts, Dalits were discriminated in one form or the other in temple worship.
However, such bias is seen in administration as well. The New Indian Express reported in December 2011 that Dalit children of Kurayur in Madurai were denied admissions to the government school in the village.
Activists say that incidents of clashes are increasing between the Dalits and the Backward Classes in many districts as the former are getting more and more mobilised politically and are asserting their rights.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article590534.ece?service=print
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