[WSMDiscuss] Coronavirus Vs. Caste Virus

[Umakant]

Dear Friends

Greetings! Coronavirus pandemic hasbecome another pretext for the continuing caste based atrocities on Dalits.Day-in and day-out Dalits are being denied equal status and violence inflictedon them. As the caste divide has a long history so does the incidents of castebased atrocities thus becoming a perfectly normal happening which does not evenpricks the conscience of this great country. 

 

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Chemical sprayed into mouth, worker dies

Piyush Srivastava,The Telegraph, April 20, 2020 

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/coronavirus-lockdown-chemical-sprayed-into-mouth-worker-dies/cid/1766385?ref=india_india-page

 

Cops have registereda murder case against 5 persons who have been absconding since April 14

 

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Pradhanarrested for ‘punishing’ Dalit youth in Meerut

The Hindu, April 19, 2020 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pradhan-arrested-for-punishing-dalit-youth-in-meerut/article31380908.ece

 

Avideo of two Dalits being mercilessly beaten by the pradhan of a Meerut villagesurfaced on social media on April 19. The pradhan of Kaili village has beenarrested, police said.

 

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TwoSanitation Workers Attacked With Axe in MP's Dewas, Four Held

PTI, April 18, 2020 

https://www.news18.com/news/india/two-sanitation-workers-attacked-with-axe-in-mps-dewas-four-held-2582971.html

 

Aadil Khan, aresident of Koyla Mohalla, attacked two sanitation workers with an axe whenthey were cleaning the locality on Friday.

 

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Maharashtra:Three Labourers Die While Cleaning Septic Tank

PTI, April 18, 2020 

https://thewire.in/labour/maharashtra-three-labourers-die-while-cleaning-septic-tank

 

The men were not given proper protective gear.

 

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AnInvisible Virus Highlights the Virulence of an Age-Old Visible Virus

Jeya Rani, The Wire,April 14, 2020 

An Invisible Virus Highlights the Virulence of an Age-Old Visible Virus


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On Ambedkar Jayanti,a sobering reflection: Not just the coronavirus, no epidemic can threaten theexistence of Dalits to the extent that caste hatred and poverty do. Henceforth,caste, aided by the virus, will valorise the very idea of segregation. 

 

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With Regards 

Umakant, Ph. D 

New Delhi 

 










My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality. 
B.R.Ambedkar
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