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March 28, 2016 · 3:32 pm

Anti-Reservation TV Ad by Havells Fans! File a complaint.

Recently launched TV commercial by Havells Fans is not only anti-reservation but also disrespectful to the Constitution of India, which guarantees representation of lower castes.

Havells Fans in the TV ad for representation is using words such as ‘ladder’ but has it considered how all its business is running in family? No matter their sons and daughters has ‘merit’ or ‘qualification’ but they will inherit the business, won’t you call this as ‘ladder’? Havells Fans is afraid from that the demand of representation in private sector is emerging. Almost all the seats in private sector are filled with people with jugad and so called upper castes and these castiest organisation.

Why doesn’t Havells has guts to speak against thousands years old Hindu caste system? Doesn’t Havells want to bring ‘winds of change’ or doesn’t it want to ‘hawa badlegi’ towards caste discrimination?

Havells has just proved itself as an ignorant parasite. Just like ‘some’ of the generations of ‘privileged’ castes who exploited the untouchables & the marginalized, & amassed social, religious & economic equity that could sustain their ilk for many generations. Now, Havells is here to teach us no to avail the opportunities that could open the doors of social and economic upliftment.

“Apni hawa me hun pala, apne dum par hun khada”

Really?

Is Havells not using ‘ladder’ in terms of loans and freebies on tax exemptions from Government? Would Havells reject that? Government provided you ‘ladder’ and is still providing you ‘ladder’ through refinancing your loans so don’t tell us what is ‘ladder’ and first stop using that ‘ladder’ yourself. Post independent when Havells was founded it could flourish because of government’s supported ‘ladder’ in terms of promoting local businesses and boycotting foreign businesses.

We demand to take down this casteist commercial as we are not your Pankhas!

Please file a complaint against Havells Fans here

Check out the reality of Reservation System in India. So called upper castes are enjoying it and are fooling lower castes.

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Update – On 29th March, Havells Fans did withdraw its casteist ad and posted the following message on its Facebook page.

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March 28, 2016 · 2:40 pm

[Video] Hitler reacts to Hyderabad University Unrest

Hitler reacts to Hyderabad University Unrest!

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March 25, 2016 · 1:00 am

[Video] Police brutality at University of Hyderabad #JusticeForRohith

Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad, Appa Rao, who is responsible for the death of Rohith Vemula again joined the university as VC and when students were protesting this and were demanding justice for Rohith, Police did beat students at University of Hyderabad! Such a shameful act.

Manu Smriti Irani, your ‘children’ have been attacked by police and are without food, water and electricity at Hyderabad university.

Which mother will let her children without food?

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March 24, 2016 · 8:07 pm

Brahmins’ Job Portal – Only for Brahmins! Others need not to apply

Brahmins have infected every space in India with caste discrimination and Brahminism. They have made separate foods – especially for Brahmins, and there already is caste discrimination in private job sector.

As per the website, brahminexpert, it is dedicated private job exchange run by Brahmin welfare organisation for the unemployed Brahmin community and it is run by Tamil Nadu Telugu Brahmana Saba Trust.

We have seen, such organisations and so called upper castes having links in private companies don’t give any chance to Dalit-Bahujans in jobs at private companies. When these so called upper castes have links and family members in private companies there is no way they will give opportunity to lower castes. This is the reason manuwadi governments are privatizing everything so that they don’t have to implement reservation and upper castes will keep on enjoying!

We demand reservation in private sector and we strongly object privatization.

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March 20, 2016 · 12:11 pm

Poem on Mahad Satyagraha

Mahad Satyagraha Haat

In the motionless alleys

Outside the village gates

You came and thundered

Everyone started

Brushed of the dust and woke up

You walked forward

Holding flaming urn

All the merchants of darkness were fear struck

You kept on walking

With everyone following

You stopped at the bank of the pond

And gave us life …

‘Haat’ in Marathi means ‘hands’.

Poem is written by Arjun Dangle, one of the founding members of the Dalit Panther Party.

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March 20, 2016 · 9:10 am

Mahad Satyagraha – Times when Untouchables revolted

[Excerpt from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s writings ‘Essays on Untouchables and Untouchability’, Chapter 2, titled – ‘The Revolt of the Untouchables]

The movement of the Untouchables against the injustice of the Hindu Social Order has a long history behind it, especially in Maharashtra. This history falls into two stages. The first stage was marked by petitions and protests. The second stage is marked by open revolt in the form of direct action against the Hindu Established Order. This change of attitude was due to two circumstances. In the first place it was due to the realisation that the petitions and protests had failed to move the Hindus. In the second place Governments had declared that all public utilities and public institutions are open to all citizens including the Untouchables. The right to wear any kind of clothes or ornaments are some of the rights which the British Indian Law gives to the Untouchables along with the rest. To these were added the rights to the use of public utilities and institutions, such as wells, schools, buses, trams. Railways, Public offices, etc., were now put beyond the pale of doubt. But owing to the opposition of the Hindus the Untouchables cannot make any use of them. It is to meet the situation, the Untouchables decided to change the methods and to direct action to redress their wrongs. This change took place about 1920.

Read also – 20th March in Dalit History – Mahad Satyagraha

Of such attempts at direct action only few can be mentioned so as to give an idea of the revolt of the Untouchables against the Hindu Social Order. Of the attempts made to vindicate the right to use the public roads, it is enough to mention one, most noteworthy attempt in this behalf was that made by the Untouchables of Travencore State in 1924 to obtain the use of the roads which skirted the temple at Vaikorn. These roads were public roads maintained by the State for the use of everybody, but on account of their proximity to the temple building, the Untouchables were not allowed to use certain sections, which skirted the temple too closely. Ultimately as a result of Satyagraha, the temple compound was enlarged and the road was realigned so that there the Untouchables even if they used it were no longer within the polluting distance of the temple.

Watch also – Mahad Satyagraha – A clip from Babasaheb Ambedkar’s movie

Of the attempts made to vindicate the right to take water from the public watering places, it is enough to mention the case of the Chawdar Tank.

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March 20, 2016 · 7:20 am

Mahad Satyagraha – A clip from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Movie

20th March is the day of dignity for entire dalits of India. This is the day, we broke the religious boundaries and touched the water. Water was mere reason, it was the fight for self respect, the passion of proving ourselves, the war for water, the struggle for existence, the fire of revolution, and finally we step forward towards our rights on 20th March 1927. Lets celebrate the 82nd anniversary of war of water.

Hindus:

Hindus & Hinduism have a cruel history on the pages of India, they have been practicing the Hindu culture, where kindness was far away from this religion. All Hindus not only Brahmins, but also Maratha, Vaani, Teli, Kunabhi everybody from higher caste used to exploit Dalits (Untouchables).

Ban On Water:

Can you imagine how horrible is that a community was banned to have a drinking water from public lake or dam. My God! It was bloody behaviour of all Hindus (Not only Brahmins) to banned the Dalits from drinking water. These Hindus used to go for bathing, laundry, washing in the lake water, but Dalits were not allowed to take a drinking water from any lake, well, or any public water source. This is not the story of couple of days or centuries, this is the story of millions of years. Still you can see the same situation in rural area of India, the Komati Samaaj staying in Sironcha, they still follow this kind of belief.

Read also – 20th March in Dalit History – Mahad Satyagraha

Statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Chavdar Tale Mahad

Chavdar Tale (Tasty Lake):

March 20, 1927 the day Dalits finally touched the water of Chavdar Tale with the association of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at Mahad in the Raigad district of the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The main organizer of this movement was R B More, introduced Dr. Ambedkar and his other colleagues like Anantrao Chitre, Bapu Sahasrabuddhe and Sitaram Shivtarkar. On 19th March 1927 Dr. Ambedkar gave an erupting kind of speech. People just went with electrifying energy and flame out with the intention to throw out the slavery of thousands of year. On the next day 20th March 1927 In this satyagraha, thousands of Dalits for the first time drank water from the lake that for centuries had been set aside only for caste Hindus.

Purification of Chavdar Tale (Tasty Lake) :

After the water of lake was drank by Dalits, all Hindus from entire India raised the voice against Dr. Ambedkar and even many Hindus threatened him to kill. The Hindus came to foolish conclusion that the water of Chavdar lake had been polluted by the touch of Dalits. They threw the water purification program, and you will be shock by hearing that ‘Urine of Cow had been drizzled in the entire water to purify the water of lake’

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March 19, 2016 · 5:10 pm

[Video] Listen Dontha Prashanth speaking on Justice for Rohith Vemula

Dontha Prashanth was one of the five Dalit PhD Scholars from University of Hyderabad, including Rohith Vemula, suspended in the case where false allegations were leveled against them by the ABVP student leader in August 2015.