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The plight of the Dalit community in India

Dalits are around 300mn and they are being beaten and humiliated by thugs. They must be such cowards if they can't even stand up as a community!
 
Agree Dalits Are Coming Out Of Poverty.

Napa said:
It's a mixed bag. Thanks to democracy, the Dalits have seen an increase in their political power. Politicians like Kanshi Ram and his protege Mayawati were very successful. Unfortunately Mayawati could not deliver much to the people when she became Chief Minister of India's most populous state.

Economically the Dalits remain at the bottom, not unlike African-Americans in the US. With the economy growing at a rapid rate, many of them are coming out of poverty, though they still lag the other communities.

Overall I would say that Dalits have made significant improvements in terms of political power. As for economic power, the improvement has been in absolute terms, but not relative to other communities.
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There is the past generation who become successful and has create a name for themselves and thier families. I am going to share five names of these personalities and surely you will be in Awe for them. Names are Ratibhai Makwana, Ashok Khade, Raja Nayak, Kalpana Saroj, Bhagwan Gawai These Dalits has came out of the Stigmas those are attached to their commuity and now they are very famous and rich personalities.
 
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Samikhan said:
There is the past generation who become successful and has create a name for themselves and thier families. I am going to share five names of these personalities and surely you will be in Awe for them. Names are Ratibhai Makwana, Ashok Khade, Raja Nayak, Kalpana Saroj, Bhagwan Gawai These Dalits has came out of the Stigmas those are attached to their commuity and now they are very famous and rich personalities.
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Thanks for sharing the names of these successful people. I am very happy that at least some people from India's under-class are succeeding. Let's hope with the return of the BJP government, the country will continue experiencing strong economic growth and the condition of the poor will keep improving.
 
Dalits are seen as being subhuman in India. There are so many programmes on it that it can't be denied. The Dalit experience is to be bullied by the Brahmin's in particular.
 
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Dalits are seen as being subhuman in India. There are so many programmes on it that it can't be denied. The Dalit experience is to be bullied by the Brahmin's in particular.
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Lot of Brahmins don't like admitting this, but Brahmins and other "upper class" people still look down on dalits. It is disgusting and stupid. To be honest, Brahmins over the decades or so have become another dalits in South. Because of their past attitude and views towards the rest, they are being looked down upon. I know two instances personally where love marriage went sour cause the non-brahmin side refused to marry their kid off to a Brahmin family.
 
Realromeo said:
Lot of Brahmins don't like admitting this, but Brahmins and other "upper class" people still look down on dalits. It is disgusting and stupid. To be honest, Brahmins over the decades or so have become another dalits in South. Because of their past attitude and views towards the rest, they are being looked down upon. I know two instances personally where love marriage went sour cause the non-brahmin side refused to marry their kid off to a Brahmin family.
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The Brahmin's see themselves as the chosen Hindu's much like how the Arab's see themselves as real Muslim's. We know what it happening to the Arab's today where non-Arab Muslim's who make 85% of the world Muslim population not giving a damn about them. This is how all forms of arrogance meets it's end.
 
PakLFC said:
The Brahmin's see themselves as the chosen Hindu's much like how the Arab's see themselves as real Muslim's. We know what it happening to the Arab's today where non-Arab Muslim's who make 85% of the world Muslim population not giving a damn about them. This is how all forms of arrogance meets it's end.
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The issue is Brahmins are looked downupon while the other upper castes get to getaway even though clearly they are also below Brahmins. I wish slowly the northern version of Hinduism dies here. Casteism was introduced by them.
 
Madhya Pradesh: 2 Dalit kids lynched for open defecation

Two Dalit children killed in MP for ‘defecating’ in open, 2 arrested

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/2-dalit-children-killed-in-mp-for-defecating-in-open-2-arrested-6029629/

Shivpuri Ground Report: Murder of 2 Dalit kids for defecating in open shows ODF India remains distant dream
Two Dalit children, who did not have a toilet at home, were allegedly beaten to death by two upper-caste men for defecating near a village panchayat building in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Wednesday. An India Today ground report found that most houses in the area do not have toilets.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/madhya-pradesh-shivpuri-dalit-kids-beaten-to-death-open-defecation-ground-report-1603764-2019-09-27

Village steeped in untouchability, say family of Dalit children killed in Madhya Pradesh

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/village-steeped-in-untouchability-say-family-of-dalit-children-killed-in-madhya-pradesh/story-v31yrOFabQZcwww9pdfFzJ.html

The girl was molested as well it appears, tragic. This state is currently under Congress, their CM Kamal Nath is an evil man who led a mob during 1984 anti-Sikh riots as per many eye witnesses. Doesn't matter BJP or Congress, this country is a hellhole for majority citizens and doesn't seem to be changing for the better.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2 days from now, on October 2, the Govt will declare India Open Defecation Free with the usual fanfare. Toilet building has been a huge plus for Modi govt but are we really ODF? Here is a reality check! <a href="https://t.co/TgMaWNvcvg">https://t.co/TgMaWNvcvg</a></p>— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) <a href="https://twitter.com/sardesairajdeep/status/1178503333000011776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two Dalit children killed in MP for ‘defecating’ in open, 2 arrested. The village had earlier been declared, ‘Open Defecation Free’<a href="https://t.co/ZaEWbZO4B0">https://t.co/ZaEWbZO4B0</a></p>— Seema Chishti (@seemay) <a href="https://twitter.com/seemay/status/1177098198206148609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Swachh Bharat has failed to create durable facilities, let alone end open defecation, because it has ignored the bedrock of poor sanitation practices in India: the caste system.<a href="https://t.co/aDRm5oQv9o">https://t.co/aDRm5oQv9o</a></p>— scroll.in (@scroll_in) <a href="https://twitter.com/scroll_in/status/1178170286094471169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We live in a country where the Prime minister is receiving an award for efforts to end open defection in USA, while in his homeland two Dalit kids were lynched for open defecation. Shame on all of us. A society which fails its vulnerable has no future</p>— ‏پربھا (@deepsealioness) <a href="https://twitter.com/deepsealioness/status/1177321574216503296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have become a society ridden with mob lynching. For everyone who supports mobs anywhere, any place, remember one day the mob comes for you. (Replacing earlier tweet on the same subject with link to a newspaper story on this crime.) <a href="https://t.co/1w3vYdvMxI">https://t.co/1w3vYdvMxI</a></p>— HindolSengupta (@HindolSengupta) <a href="https://twitter.com/HindolSengupta/status/1177205927553847297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Indian society has failed these 2 Dalit children :(, RIP.

Meanwhile tomorrow (Gandhi Jayanti) this is going to happen.

Urban India to be declared open defecation free tomorrow

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/urban-india-to-be-declared-open-defecation-free-tomorrow/articleshow/71384788.cms

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Govt website indicates rural India open defacation free

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coinciding-with-pms-announcement-in-houston-ministrys-website-indicates-rural-india-open-defecation-free/articleshow/71266044.cms

[MENTION=147527]MP2011[/MENTION] Indian citizens being taken for a ride yet again. After this announcement by PM, it will officially become anti-national to question statistics and status of ODF, toilet coverage, maintenance, running water etc.
 
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Things are only gonna get worse. You can't politicise sex starved men in extreme politics and expect everything to be hunky dory. Soon they will train their guns on each other and it will be quite a watch.
 
Lynching again :facepalm:

How many Dalits will get killed for open defecation? Majority of Dalits are poor and they form the biggest chunk of open defecaters in India. I guess they all need to be killed then :facepalm:

Swachh Bharat my foot. Until you control the population growth, open defecation will never go away. Millions of people live in gutters in India and they have no access to sanitation. They have to live and they do it at their nearest available site. Its a terrible mess created by Indians by having dozens of kids as if they are competing with their neighbors.
 
Dalits are treated like sh** by the Ind elite. There are 300mn of them and they should be beating the craap out of the upper classes for their discrimination against Dalits. Come on Dalits it’s time to stand up against these racists
 
Bewal Express said:
Dalits are treated like sh** by the Ind elite. There are 300mn of them and they should be beating the craap out of the upper classes for their discrimination against Dalits. Come on Dalits it’s time to stand up against these racists
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Dalits have number strength. They are the biggest community in India population wise. But they are splintered across India. They speak different languages and their looks differ based on the region. They themselves have internal hierarchy and discriminate and fight among themselves.

Its a messed up situation. BSP led by Kanshi Ram and Mayawati tried to unite Dalits across India, but failed miserably. They are restricted to UP. No Dalit cares about Mayawati in South India. North Indian Dalits looks differ a lot from South Indian Dalits.
 
RIP

So sad.

If these Hindu extremists hate people with the same religion there is no hope for other minorities in this fascist led state.
 
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Dalits have number strength. They are the biggest community in India population wise. But they are splintered across India. They speak different languages and their looks differ based on the region. They themselves have internal hierarchy and discriminate and fight among themselves.

Its a messed up situation. BSP led by Kanshi Ram and Mayawati tried to unite Dalits across India, but failed miserably. They are restricted to UP. No Dalit cares about Mayawati in South India. North Indian Dalits looks differ a lot from South Indian Dalits.
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No wonder they are treated like rubbish.
 
Sad.

Lets see how is the law and order situation under Kamal Nath now, lets not forget if no one is punished Congress should get the blame.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Dalit biryani vendor was attacked by goons in UP's Greater Noida. Hurled with casteist abuses, the man was thrashed in full public view near a busy underpass in Greater Noida's Rabupura area. Local police has not made any arrests so far. <a href="https://twitter.com/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Uppolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/C9NEk8HCNk">pic.twitter.com/C9NEk8HCNk</a></p>— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/Benarasiyaa/status/1206082355644907521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Discrimination against dalits by hindus is rife in the uk as well!
Pretty disgusting that these backward people are bringing their 3rd world mentality and ideas to the first world!
 
Dalits in the uk are doing really well and are successful and some hindus cant take it that the dalits are weathier than them and try to play the old third world card of discrimination.

In a real meritocracy, you get to show these lowlife hindu extremists, who are the real superior human beings are !
 
More than 430 Dalits convert to Islam in Coimbatore citing injustice and discrimination

Post the tragic incident in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, where a wall collapsed and led to the death of 17 Dalits, over 3,000 people from the Dalit community announced that they were going to accept Islam as their religion. Over 430 people have converted to Islam and many more are in the process of the conversion. Mohammed Abubaker, originally known as Marx, converted to Islam soon after the December 2 event.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sh...iting-injustice-and-discrimination-1581478750
 
Captain caveman said:
Discrimination against dalits by hindus is rife in the uk as well!
Pretty disgusting that these backward people are bringing their 3rd world mentality and ideas to the first world!
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Captain caveman said:
Dalits in the uk are doing really well and are successful and some hindus cant take it that the dalits are weathier than them and try to play the old third world card of discrimination.

In a real meritocracy, you get to show these lowlife hindu extremists, who are the real superior human beings are !
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Just saw a TV programme of how some Hindus in the UK are using caste system to discriminate against lower caste such that they are even losing their jobs and livelihood.
 
4 Dalits Killed in 4 Days, Activists Say Upper Castes in TN Using Lockdown as Opportunity for Assaults

"Tamil Nadu should be declared as an atrocity state. The caste situation here is like in no other state," says A Kathir, executive director of Madurai-based NGO Evidence.

Caste-based violence has raised its ugly head to new levels in Tamil Nadu during the time of the novel coronavirus pandemic, allege social activists.

Since the first nationwide lockdown began on March 25, there have been at least 30 major incidents of caste-based violence in the state, according to a study by Evidence. Activists allege that in many places, some upper-caste groups are using the lockdown as an opportunity to assault Dalits.

"In a lot of incidents, there are 40-50 people attacking in groups. How is this possible in a lockdown?" asks Kathir. "In the last four days, four Dalits have been murdered. Honour killings, group attacks, murders, rape and harassment have all happened. They say domestic violence has increased in the society. Caste-based violence has also increased now, and the victims are not even able to complain properly due to the lockdown. Under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, if the accused moves for bail, they have to intimate the victim. The High Court has now said accused don't need to appear because of the virus. Now people are using this in their favour and moving for bail. Government should take a policy decision on this."

The severity levels of the crimes, as listed by Evidence, have seen a rapid escalation too. "On an average, 100 cases are filed under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in a month," says Kathir. "Most of these cases are minor incidents while four to five could be bigger crimes. But this month, the 30 incidents that we're talking about are all big. So it's a rapid increase in brutal crimes."

Among the incidents is an honour killing of M Sudhakar in Morappanthangal village in Arani. Sudhakar, who belonged to the Oddar caste, was murdered on March 29 by relatives of his lover who belonged to the Vanniyar caste. Two accused, including the woman's father have been arrested.

In another incident on April 24, a reporter of the political party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s (VCK) Velicham TV channel, Adi Suresh, was attacked after he reported about a group damaging the portrait of Dr BR Ambedkar in the town.

On April 21 in Karambakkudi in Pudukkottai district, MBA graduate Muruganandham, a Dalit, married his lover Bhanupriya. Soon after the wedding, Bhanupriya's relatives attacked Muruganandham and kidnapped her. "Bhanupriya was rescued after action by Evidence," said Kathir.

On May 8 in Udayakulam village in Tuticorin, a dispute over loan led to the murder of A Palavesam and his son-in-law R Thangaraj by a group belonging to the Devar community. On the same day in Salem, Vishnupriyan, a Dalit, was murdered by upper caste groups, Evidence says.

The incidents have increased with migrant workers, most of them from lower castes, returning to villages from cities. While many of them, especially ones that have returned from Covid-19 hotspot Koyambedu, have been quarantined, their family members are facing the brunt of discrimination. In some villages in Tiruvannamalai district, upper caste people have allegedly even placed thorns outside Dalit colonies to ensure they don't move out.

These incidents, added with the general discrimination, has made life even more difficult for lower caste people, observers say.

"In Nilakottai, there have been incidents where shops have refused supplying to Dalits, because of the perception that they are not hygienic people. Sanitary workers, scavengers, maids... there is a perception that they are not clean. This discrimination, when added with the caste factor, has increased manifold. Not all have bathrooms in their houses. Government bathrooms are hardly in usable conditions, so they still use open spaces. Now they're not able to come out, and are struggling," says Kathir.

According to him, reopening of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) liquor stores will only add to the woes.

"They say TASMAC revenue hit Rs 175 crore on the first day it was opened. At least 80 per cent of that would have come through the poorest of poor people. They're people who struggle for food, so it's likely that the money is from loans. Two Dalits were murdered in Thoothukudi because of this. It's a cycle and it's all linked," says Kathir.

While Kathir calls for a helpline for caste-based violence, P Sampath, president of Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), says the only way to stop discrimination is by strict enforcement of existing laws.

"Even in this pandemic, casteism has not stopped. A lot of Dalits who are workers have been returning home, and they're frowned upon," he says. "
Unfortunately, there's no specific time for caste discrimination. It'll be there at all times. There is no dearth of laws against caste-based discrimination in India. There are plenty of sections under which people can be booked. Other countries do not have caste issues, but they don't have as many laws as India does to fight racism in their countries. But the government should enforce these laws. Government should act in such a way that people who indulge in such activities are not able to live peacefully in the society."

Kathir, meanwhile, wants the authorities to come down hard on attackers by booking them in the state's Goondas Act.

"The world is in lockdown, but casteism has not been locked down. The government has not taken action. They say people attacking doctors will be booked under National Security Act. Why is that concern not there over Dalits? How are they attacking in groups? It's a shame that people are fine to die of coronavirus but won't let go of their casteism. Coronavirus is scanning the society. It's bringing out the worst in some people. Caste is even more dangerous than coronavirus."
https://www.news18.com/news/india/4...down-as-opportunity-for-assaults-2615511.html
 
Abdullah719 said:
4 Dalits Killed in 4 Days, Activists Say Upper Castes in TN Using Lockdown as Opportunity for Assaults

"Tamil Nadu should be declared as an atrocity state. The caste situation here is like in no other state," says A Kathir, executive director of Madurai-based NGO Evidence.

Caste-based violence has raised its ugly head to new levels in Tamil Nadu during the time of the novel coronavirus pandemic, allege social activists.

Since the first nationwide lockdown began on March 25, there have been at least 30 major incidents of caste-based violence in the state, according to a study by Evidence. Activists allege that in many places, some upper-caste groups are using the lockdown as an opportunity to assault Dalits.

"In a lot of incidents, there are 40-50 people attacking in groups. How is this possible in a lockdown?" asks Kathir. "In the last four days, four Dalits have been murdered. Honour killings, group attacks, murders, rape and harassment have all happened. They say domestic violence has increased in the society. Caste-based violence has also increased now, and the victims are not even able to complain properly due to the lockdown. Under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, if the accused moves for bail, they have to intimate the victim. The High Court has now said accused don't need to appear because of the virus. Now people are using this in their favour and moving for bail. Government should take a policy decision on this."

The severity levels of the crimes, as listed by Evidence, have seen a rapid escalation too. "On an average, 100 cases are filed under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in a month," says Kathir. "Most of these cases are minor incidents while four to five could be bigger crimes. But this month, the 30 incidents that we're talking about are all big. So it's a rapid increase in brutal crimes."

Among the incidents is an honour killing of M Sudhakar in Morappanthangal village in Arani. Sudhakar, who belonged to the Oddar caste, was murdered on March 29 by relatives of his lover who belonged to the Vanniyar caste. Two accused, including the woman's father have been arrested.

In another incident on April 24, a reporter of the political party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s (VCK) Velicham TV channel, Adi Suresh, was attacked after he reported about a group damaging the portrait of Dr BR Ambedkar in the town.

On April 21 in Karambakkudi in Pudukkottai district, MBA graduate Muruganandham, a Dalit, married his lover Bhanupriya. Soon after the wedding, Bhanupriya's relatives attacked Muruganandham and kidnapped her. "Bhanupriya was rescued after action by Evidence," said Kathir.

On May 8 in Udayakulam village in Tuticorin, a dispute over loan led to the murder of A Palavesam and his son-in-law R Thangaraj by a group belonging to the Devar community. On the same day in Salem, Vishnupriyan, a Dalit, was murdered by upper caste groups, Evidence says.

The incidents have increased with migrant workers, most of them from lower castes, returning to villages from cities. While many of them, especially ones that have returned from Covid-19 hotspot Koyambedu, have been quarantined, their family members are facing the brunt of discrimination. In some villages in Tiruvannamalai district, upper caste people have allegedly even placed thorns outside Dalit colonies to ensure they don't move out.

These incidents, added with the general discrimination, has made life even more difficult for lower caste people, observers say.

"In Nilakottai, there have been incidents where shops have refused supplying to Dalits, because of the perception that they are not hygienic people. Sanitary workers, scavengers, maids... there is a perception that they are not clean. This discrimination, when added with the caste factor, has increased manifold. Not all have bathrooms in their houses. Government bathrooms are hardly in usable conditions, so they still use open spaces. Now they're not able to come out, and are struggling," says Kathir.

According to him, reopening of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) liquor stores will only add to the woes.

"They say TASMAC revenue hit Rs 175 crore on the first day it was opened. At least 80 per cent of that would have come through the poorest of poor people. They're people who struggle for food, so it's likely that the money is from loans. Two Dalits were murdered in Thoothukudi because of this. It's a cycle and it's all linked," says Kathir.

While Kathir calls for a helpline for caste-based violence, P Sampath, president of Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), says the only way to stop discrimination is by strict enforcement of existing laws.

"Even in this pandemic, casteism has not stopped. A lot of Dalits who are workers have been returning home, and they're frowned upon," he says. "
Unfortunately, there's no specific time for caste discrimination. It'll be there at all times. There is no dearth of laws against caste-based discrimination in India. There are plenty of sections under which people can be booked. Other countries do not have caste issues, but they don't have as many laws as India does to fight racism in their countries. But the government should enforce these laws. Government should act in such a way that people who indulge in such activities are not able to live peacefully in the society."

Kathir, meanwhile, wants the authorities to come down hard on attackers by booking them in the state's Goondas Act.

"The world is in lockdown, but casteism has not been locked down. The government has not taken action. They say people attacking doctors will be booked under National Security Act. Why is that concern not there over Dalits? How are they attacking in groups? It's a shame that people are fine to die of coronavirus but won't let go of their casteism. Coronavirus is scanning the society. It's bringing out the worst in some people. Caste is even more dangerous than coronavirus."
https://www.news18.com/news/india/4...down-as-opportunity-for-assaults-2615511.html
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Castism from North India is the worst thing to happen to Tamil Nadu. I'd even rate it before British Invasion. We don't have a religious issue between communities but caste is an issue.
 
Realromeo said:
Castism from North India is the worst thing to happen to Tamil Nadu. I'd even rate it before British Invasion. We don't have a religious issue between communities but caste is an issue.
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True. EV Ramasamy failed to reform the casteist society in TN. Everyone uses his name, but follows the opposite of his ideology.
 
Realromeo said:
Castism from North India is the worst thing to happen to Tamil Nadu. I'd even rate it before British Invasion. We don't have a religious issue between communities but caste is an issue.
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Huh what? Own up.
 
India: Unable to access online classes, Dalit girl kills herself

Students have protested in southern India after the suicide of a teenage girl who was unable to attend online classes because she did not have access to the internet or television.

Schools have been shut across India since the country locked down its 1.3 billion people on March 25 to curb the spread of the coronavirus, leaving millions of children whose families cannot afford expensive devices with no access to education.

Among them was Devika Balakrishnan, the 14-year-old daughter of a daily wage labourer in the southern state of Kerala who was found dead near the family home on Monday, the first day of the new school term, having apparently taken her own life.

Indian media reports said the teenager went missing from her house on Monday afternoon. Her burned body was later recovered from a deserted spot near her house.

An empty bottle of kerosene was found near her body.

"There is a television at home, but that has not been working. She told me it needed to be repaired, but I couldn't get it done. I couldn't afford a smartphone either," said the girl's father, who belongs to the underprivileged Dalit community (formerly referred to as "untouchables"), according to media reports.

"I don't know why she did this. I said we could look at options, like going to a friend's house."

The young girl's mother had given birth a few weeks ago, and the family was suffering financially, said a report by the NDTV network.

Suicide sparks protests
Student activists in Kerala took to the streets to protest her death, which has highlighted the inequalities of the lockdown, with pupils in poor, rural areas far less likely to be able to learn online.

"The government action has put the poor students under stress and pressure," said Abhijith KM, who heads the Kerala Students Union and was among the protesters.

"It should enable the poor students to obtain computers at interest-free loans to avoid similar cases in future," he told the Reuters news agency by phone from Kozhikode district.

He said the group had organised protests in all Kerala districts, but limited the number of protesters to 50 in each area so they could follow social distancing rules.

Police said they used batons to disperse protesters in northern Malappuram district, where the victim was from.

One officer was injured when about 28 students tried to enter the district education office, Malappuram superintendent of police Abdul Kareem said.

India has begun easing its coronavirus lockdown, which was among the strictest in the world and left millions without work.

But schools have not yet reopened, and Kerala began its academic year on Monday with classes broadcast on television and online for more than four million students.

The protesters accused the government of not checking whether all students had the means to attend them.

Kerala's education minister expressed grief over the teenager's death and ordered an investigation.

He said remote classes were being conducted on a trial basis and that students who missed them would be given opportunities to attend again.

Kerala is one of India's wealthier states and more than half its inhabitants have access to the internet, according to a 2018 report by the Internet And Mobile Association of India.

It also has among the highest rates of internet use by women, the same report said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...ian-girl-commits-suicide-200603035732974.html
 
US protests trigger calls by India's Dalits to end discrimination

Spurred on by the anti-racism protests in the United States, Dalits (a marginalised community once referred to as "untouchables") have called on India to acknowledge centuries of oppression they have endured.

Dalits find themselves outside the Hindu caste hierarchy - a membership determined at birth - and have historically faced violence, segregation and been barred from even having their shadows touch those of people from more privileged castes.

Dalit campaigners said they supported the Black Lives Matter protests in response to the death of George Floyd after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, and hoped it would ignite a similar conversation in India.

"We extend our solidarity because we feel them and we have faced discrimination ourselves," said Omprakash Mahato, president of the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association, a Dalit organisation at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.

India banned discrimination based on caste - a system which divided Hindus into groups based on occupations - in 1955.

But ancient biases against Dalits and members of the less privileged Hindu caste groups persist, making it harder for them to access education and jobs and buy homes.

'Good moment to challenge narrative'

"In India, people need to admit their role in everyday discrimination faced by Dalits and only then can a dialogue for change be initiated. We hope what they are seeing unfolding globally will lead to soul searching," said Mahato.

"People need to understand that every life matters."

Dalits, who were sometimes forced to perform "unclean" tasks like disposing of corpses, and scheduled tribes - Indigenous peoples who are often isolated or disadvantaged - make up about a quarter of India's population of 1.3 billion.

"Indian Dalits have historically learned a lot from the struggle of the African Americans," Ruth Manorama, who works for rights of Dalit women, told the Reuters news agency.

"This is a good moment to challenge the narrative in India also and talk about the age-old repression of Dalits, which is visible even during the COVID-19 pandemic with discrimination denying people aid."

Dalits were among the worst-hit by India's strict lockdown, often having to wait longer for their turn to receive food or financial aid at local distribution points, and even being turned away, she said.

About 300 people have signed a Change.org petition emphasising that the "lives of Dalits and minorities matter too" and urging Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "admit ... that caste discrimination is included in racial discrimination".

"It is a good time for people in India to understand and to point out to the government that racial discrimination is not only what you see in America," said Henri Tiphagne of People's Watch, a charity backing the petition.

"It is the same as how so-called 'untouchables' are treated in India."


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...ia-dalits-discrimination-200611101740372.html
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Casteism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Casteism</a> Upper Caste deny cremation of a dalit woman in Raibha village <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Agra?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Agra</a>. Body of the woman was removed from the pyre & cremated at a different place. Police probing the matter.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DalitLivesMatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DalitLivesMatter</a><br> <a href="https://t.co/FOdOGHi2hR">pic.twitter.com/FOdOGHi2hR</a></p>— The Dalit Voice (@ambedkariteIND) <a href="https://twitter.com/ambedkariteIND/status/1286376180711477248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The body of a Dalit (formerly referred to as "untouchables") woman was taken off a funeral pyre in India by a group of men belonging to more privileged castes who said she could not be cremated on communal land, police said on Tuesday, a case that prompted angry calls for an end to caste discrimination.

The funeral was being held in northern Uttar Pradesh state's Agra district last week when about 200 men stopped the cremation, saying the site was not meant for villagers from less privileged castes, police and the woman's husband said.

"My family and I... begged them to let us perform the last rites but no one listened to us. The police were also called, but nothing was done," said Rahul Bajaniya, the woman's husband.

"We had to take the body to a different cremation ground, which is about four kilometres [2.5 miles] away, and perform the last rites there," he told Reuters news agency from Kakarpura village, which lies close to the iconic Taj Mahal.

Bajaniya said caste discrimination in the village was so entrenched that people from the more privileged castes "even object to us when we fetch water from the [community] hand-pump".

An online video showing men removing firewood from the pyre as a body lay on the ground had been viewed nearly 200,000 times.

The incident sparked anger on social media, with politicians and campaigners demanding justice for the woman's family.

Kumari Mayawati, a Dalit political leader in Uttar Pradesh, described the case as "most shameful and most condemnable" in a tweet.

"In this casteist and most disgusting incident, a high-level inquiry should be done by the... government and the culprits should be given harshest punishment so that such an incident is not repeated in the state," she said.

** Veer Kumar, the local deputy police superintendent, said his team could not take any action unless the woman's family filed an official complaint.

"The family has raised their demand for a separate cremation ground, and that is being looked into," he said.

Bajaniya said he had decided not to file a police complaint because he wanted to "live peacefully in the village" where he was often given part-time jobs by the residents who belonged to more privileged castes.


India banned discrimination based on caste in 1955. But centuries-old biases against Dalits, who fall out of the caste system, and Hindus from less privileged castes persist, making it harder for them to access education, jobs and homes.

A growing population and rising pressure on land to build homes, highways and industry is triggering conflicts, with Indians from less-privileged castes often facing eviction, particularly in rural areas where discrimination is strongest, campaigners say.

Their traditional burial and cremation grounds are also targeted, with Dalits sometimes forced to keep relatives' bodies for days until they can find a place to bury or cremate them.

More than half of the people belonging to India's less-privileged castes are landless, according to census data. Several states have laws aimed at giving land to Dalits, but few have produced results, according to Dalit activists and leaders.

SR Darapuri, a Dalit rights activist based in Uttar Pradesh's state capital, Lucknow, demanded that the government do more to meet the needs of poor minorities.

"This is not a new case or a new thing as it keeps on happening in India," he said.

"The only solution to end this caste discrimination is making separate community centres in every village for lower-caste people where they can go and talk about their problems and requirements."
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Horrific?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Horrific</a> A 19 year old dalit youth Monu was called to the Lalganj police station for questioning in connection with a motorcycle theft on Sunday. The police beat him brutally after keeping him in custody for 3 days and he died.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DalitLivesMatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DalitLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://t.co/PDVLAoCvHY">pic.twitter.com/PDVLAoCvHY</a></p>— The Dalit Voice (@ambedkariteIND) <a href="https://twitter.com/ambedkariteIND/status/1301853828711510017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Dalit folks have it really rough.

This type of discrimination has no place in 21st century.
 
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15-Year-Old Dalit Girl Ends Life After ‘Rape’ in UP’s Chitrakoot

A 15-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly gang-raped, has ended her life by hanging herself on Tuesday, 13 October, in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh.

This comes days after she was found bound and gagged in a plants’ nursery in the district, and the police did not act on the complaint of her mother, who had spotted three men leaving the spot where the girl was found, the girl’s mother said.

Chitrakoot Superintendent of Police (SP) Ankit Mittal said that the 15-year-old girl hanged herself in her house in the Manikpur area on Tuesday, news agency PTI reported.

Circle officer (CO), City, Rajnish Yadav told ANI that a case under the SC/ST Act is being registered and stern action will be taken against the accused. He further stated that medical reports of girl are awaited.

The police have also registered an FIR of rape, abatment of suicide, wrongful restraining and under the charges in Section 3/4 of the POCSO Act, the Hindustan Times reported.

The mother of the deceased alleged that the girl ended her life as her complaint was not registered. However, the police claimed that the family did not file a complaint earlier.

The victim’s mother stated that the girl went missing on 8 October, and was found in the nursery with her hands and legs tied and mouth gagged. She also saw three men, who had their faces covered, leaving the nursery, the Hindustan Times reported.

According to the Hindustan Times report, one person has been identified and taken into custody.

Asking for prompt action, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said: “The district administration has been instructed to ensure prompt and effective action in connection with the incidents of Agra, Chitrakoot and Pratapgarh. Senior officials should immediately check the opportunity. Complete the investigation proceedings in time and ensure the safety of the victims’ families,” Adityanath tweeted in Hindi.

https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/15-year-old-dalit-girl-ends-life-after-rape-in-up-chitrakoot
 
Unnao: Dalit teen girls found dead on India farm

Bodies of two Dalit girls, aged 13 and 16, have been found on their family farm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A 17-year-old, who was also found at the same spot in Unnao district, is in a serious condition in hospital.

The girls belonged to the same family - the older girls were sisters and the 13-year-old was their cousin.

Their families say they were found on Wednesday evening with their hands and legs tied with their own clothes.

The teenagers had gone to their field on Wednesday afternoon to collect cattle fodder. Their families said they started searching for them when they did not return in an hour as they usually did.

A senior police officer, however, said the girls may have died of poisoning.

"There was some white substance coming out of their mouth and doctors have said there were symptoms of poisoning. We are recording statements of all the people concerned and an in-depth probe is being conducted. Necessary action is being taken," Superintendent of Police Sureshrao A Kulkarni said.

The girls belonged to Dalit families - formerly untouchables who are at the bottom of the Hindu caste system and despite laws to protect them, they still face widespread discrimination in India.

Violence against women has been in focus in India since the December 2012 gangrape and murder of a young woman on a bus in the capital, Delhi.

But there has been no sign that crimes against women are abating.

Unnao district has been in the news for sexual violence against women in recent years.

A woman was set on fire in 2019 when she was on her way to testify against her alleged rapists. She later died of her injuries.

A lawmaker from the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Unnao was convicted of rape in 2019.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56107936
 
Firebat said:
Unnao: Dalit teen girls found dead on India farm

Bodies of two Dalit girls, aged 13 and 16, have been found on their family farm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A 17-year-old, who was also found at the same spot in Unnao district, is in a serious condition in hospital.

The girls belonged to the same family - the older girls were sisters and the 13-year-old was their cousin.

Their families say they were found on Wednesday evening with their hands and legs tied with their own clothes.

The teenagers had gone to their field on Wednesday afternoon to collect cattle fodder. Their families said they started searching for them when they did not return in an hour as they usually did.

A senior police officer, however, said the girls may have died of poisoning.

"There was some white substance coming out of their mouth and doctors have said there were symptoms of poisoning. We are recording statements of all the people concerned and an in-depth probe is being conducted. Necessary action is being taken," Superintendent of Police Sureshrao A Kulkarni said.

The girls belonged to Dalit families - formerly untouchables who are at the bottom of the Hindu caste system and despite laws to protect them, they still face widespread discrimination in India.

Violence against women has been in focus in India since the December 2012 gangrape and murder of a young woman on a bus in the capital, Delhi.

But there has been no sign that crimes against women are abating.

Unnao district has been in the news for sexual violence against women in recent years.

A woman was set on fire in 2019 when she was on her way to testify against her alleged rapists. She later died of her injuries.

A lawmaker from the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Unnao was convicted of rape in 2019.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56107936
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There is a Bollywood movie with almost same plot...

Sometimes reality can be crueler than any fiction.

I hope Police finds the culprits and judge hangs them.
 
Looking at the thread, almost all news are coming from UP. There were such issues in bihar but in recent times, it has died down.

Hopefully, justice system will address these more strictly and these crimes will be lessen.
 
Itachi said:
Looking at the thread, almost all news are coming from UP. There were such issues in bihar but in recent times, it has died down.

Hopefully, justice system will address these more strictly and these crimes will be lessen.
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Another one from UP

 
New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday asserted that people from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) converting to other religions should not be given benefits under reservation.

The Right-wing Hindu organisation also stated that it is in talks with many Parliamentarians to discuss various issues related to religious conversions in the country.

While speaking to media, VHP's central working president Alok Kumar said, "If important then an amendment in the Constitution or law should be amended to ensure that the tribals converting to another religion do not get the benefits of reservation and other facilities provided to the scheduled tribes under the Constitution."

"We will continue to reach out to more Parliamentarians to discuss various issues pertaining to religious conversions in the country," he added.

Meanwhile, the VHP will launch a campaign against religious conversion from December 20 to 31 in the country.

While making the announcement, VHP's national joint general secretary Surendra Jian demanded a law against forced interfaith marriages and for denying benefits due to Dalits and Hindu tribals who convert to other faiths.

He claimed that large-scale conversion had taken place during the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

"We are in talks with Centre. This is not a political issue. We urge both the central and state governments, belonging to whichever parry, to stop forcible conversion by Muslim and Christian preachers," the VHP leader added.

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...ions-must-not-be-given-reservation-vhp/841743
 
Police in northern India have arrested six people in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two girls from a lower-caste community who were found hanging from a tree, local officials said on Thursday.

The bodies of the two girls, aged 15 and 17, were found in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, local police said.

“Four of the accused lured the girls to a field and raped them,” local police official Sanjeev Suman told reporters.

A detailed investigation is still pending into the incident, Suman said, adding that from preliminary inquiries it appeared that the girls were strangled with a scarf and hung from a tree after they were raped.

Violence against women, especially those from lower castes, is endemic in India, where several still follow an ancient caste system.

The victims’ families told police the two girls were abducted by the men on motorcycles, raped and later murdered, local media reported. Reuters was unable to contact the families.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said the government would act to ensure justice for the victims’ families.

“Our government takes incidents like this very seriously. We will take the strictest action in accordance with laws,” he told Reuters partner ANI.

DAWN
 
Days after two sisters were found hanging from a tree in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a post-mortem has reportedly confirmed that the girls were raped and murdered. The BBC's Geeta Pandey reports from the girls' village in Lakhimpur district where their families are trying to come to terms with their colossal loss.

Torrential rains have lashed the region since Wednesday night, muddying the narrow path to their home in Tamoli Purva village, just over 200km (124 miles) from the state capital Lucknow.

The gloom inside the two-room home perfectly mirrors the grey skies outside.

Here sits the Dalit (formerly known as untouchables) family of two sisters - 17 and 15 - whose lives were brutally cut short, when they were raped and strangled to death in a sugarcane field, not far away from their home.

Their mother, the only witness to her daughters' kidnappings by three men who came on a motorbike on Wednesday afternoon, sits on a rope bed, surrounded by female relatives.

She is inconsolable.

"My daughters are gone. How will I live now?" she asks, tears rolling down her cheeks. "They lived here," she says patting her heart.

A minute later, sorrow gives way to anger. "I want to see all those men hanged, just the way they hanged my daughters," she says.

Six men have been arrested for the gang rape and murder of the girls. One of them is a neighbour and the remaining five are Muslims from a nearby village.

The murders have shone the spotlight again on the sexual violence faced by India's 80 million Dalit women, a community that is at the bottom of India's deeply discriminatory caste hierarchy.

Critics say that caste-based sexual violence is exacerbated by inefficient governance - police are slow to register a complaint, and even when they do, they raise doubts there was a rape. Authorities have also been accused of protecting culprits in the past.

This time too the police investigation has roused suspicions and triggered protests by locals and opposition parties.

Police say the sisters were in relationships with two of the men who murdered the girls because they were putting pressure on them to marry them.

But the claim is strongly contested by the family and relatives. They remember the girls with warmth and affection.

The older had dropped out of school to take care of home and hearth because of their mother's ill health.

"She would cook and clean and do all the chores and look after me," says their mother who had a surgery six months ago.

The younger was the "studious sort" who was studying in the 10th grade in a school in a nearby town.

"She wanted to study a lot," said their father, a day wage labourer who earned 250 rupees ($3.14; £2.75) a day. "I had promised her that I would help her complete high school."

Living in a small village, the sisters had few opportunities, but their family say, that they were talented and nurtured dreams.

The 17-year-old had a talent for stitching clothes. Her older brother says he used to take her to a nearby village over four months as she learnt sewing.

After he started working, first in Himachal Pradesh and then in Delhi, he bought her a sewing machine during the festival of Holi in March.

Their mother shows off her pink blouse. "My daughter made it for me," she says.

The 15-year-old was fond of art, she says, leafing through her youngest daughter's drawing book.

There are few pictures of the sisters. The family say they did not have mobile phones, but they show me one passport size photograph of the 15-year-old.

The girl, pictured against a white background, sports two long pigtails and there's just a hint of a smile.

"She was the ambitious one. She wanted to study and work. She wanted to open a beauty parlour," says an aunt.

Those dreams are now lost forever, says their brother.

Crimes against women have long taken place in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state with more than 200 million people. The place is also home to a staggering number of poor people and it is the poor and disadvantaged low-caste women who are most at risk.

Back in Lakhimpur, the brother remembers the last time he met his sisters.

"I saw them when I came home during the festival of Rakhi in August," he says, adding that the family celebrated the Hindu festival with much joy and laughter.

"We were all so happy. We never thought that something like this could ever happen in our village. My sisters lived a very protected life, they never went anywhere alone," he says.

"If it can happen to us, it can happen to anyone."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62923808
 
How is caste relevant here? The perpetrators were muslims and hence of another religion so caste is irrelevant.

Its shocking that BBC doesn't want to focus on the perpetrators but on caste.
 
A Dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a group of people and singed with burning sticks when he entered a temple to offer prayers at Salra village in Mori area of Uttarkashi district, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on January 9 when 22-year-old Ayush, a resident of Bainol village, visited the temple, they said.

According to the victim's complaint to police, some people belonging to upper class assaulted him at the temple, tied him up and singed him with burning sticks throughout the night.

Ayush was rushed to the primary health centre on January 10 from where he was referred to a higher centre for better treatment, officials said.

Ayush in his complaint said the attackers were angry as he entered the temple despite being a Dalit.

NDTV
 
Four Dalit men were allegedly hanged upside down from a tree and beaten up with sticks by six persons on suspicion of stealing a goat and some pigeons in a village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, police said on Sunday.
A video of the incident surfaced on social media, following which the police on Saturday arrested one person in connection with the attack, while five others are absconding, an Ahmednagar police official said.

A shutdown was observed in Haregaon village in Shrirampur taluka on Sunday in protest against the incident.
 
Dalit Woman Stripped Naked, Urinated Upon Over ₹ 1,500 Loan In Bihar
Bihar Dalit Woman Assaulted: When the woman refused to pay additional interest on loan, Pramod Singh, his son and their aides assaulted her and stripped her naked
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A Dalit woman in Bihar was brutally assaulted and stripped naked for refusing to pay additional interest on a loan her husband had taken from a village strongman.

The man's son also urinated in her mouth, the police said.

Police said the woman's husband had borrowed ₹ 1,500 from Pramod Singh in Mosimpur village of Patna district.

The couple had repaid the whole amount, however, Pramod Singh had been demanding additional interest on the loan.

When the couple refused, Pramod Singh, his son and their aides assaulted her and stripped her naked, police said.

In her complaint, the woman alleged that Pramod, his son Anshu and four other men forced her to come along with them on Saturday night while she was outside her home to get water from a handpump.

They thrashed her with sticks and stripped her naked at an isolated place in the village, officials said. Pramod Singh then asked Anshu to urinate in her mouth, officials said.

She somehow managed to escape. Her family members said that they went out looking for her at around midnight, and found her running towards the home naked.

The woman sustained serious head injuries and is being treated at a hospital, police said.

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Dalit Woman Stripped Naked, Urinated Upon Over Rs 1,500 Loan In Bihar

A Dalit woman in Bihar was brutally assaulted and stripped naked for refusing to pay an additional interest on a loan she had taken from a village strongman.
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cricketjoshila said:
How is caste relevant here? The perpetrators were muslims and hence of another religion so caste is irrelevant.

Its shocking that BBC doesn't want to focus on the perpetrators but on caste.
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Maybe all the perpetrators were Muslims in the above cases also? It's certainly not shocking that you have disappeared from this thread since details were published.
 
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