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*this is a long entry, i wrote it because I feel its important and because i dont want people thinking they had a shitty day(well at least not 2 shitty) these people are REAL and deserve a life that is equal a dignified life they are here every waking day and should not be forgotten, so take from this entry what you will...*
What if you lived in a world where being a slave would be a good thing. Imagine having a life so filled with oppression, hatred, and anguish that becoming a slave would be an easy way to get out. Imagine a world where if your shadow touches a person from a “upper class” they would have to get an all out exorcism. Well in India you don’t have to imagine, these people are called “Dalits” they are the untouchables, unseen, and the unapproachable, and together they make up about 25% of the Indian population. Legally defined as a piece of property or as one who is not a person. They are forced to tie a small pot to their waste and a branch of a thorny tree to wipe the ground, so that their spit and footmarks don’t pollute others. Dalits are not allowed in temples, they are not allowed to sit next to other people of “upper class”. Until recently women are allowed to cover their breast when a person from an upper class is passing by them. Dalit girls are forced into religious temple prostitution and most Dalits die from starvation. That’s “most” Dalits…
“There was a gang rape and murder of a Dalit girl, named Chinnamma by Vokkaligans (upper class) in a near by village. The dead body with injuries to the face, breast, and genitals, was thrown into a well. The Dalits agitated, got the body exhumed, and a postmortem was conducted. But the accused was not convicted do to insufficient evidence.”
“The Vokkaligans could not tolerate the passing with distinction of a Dalit boy in Kolar College, so they murdered him. As usual, in a murder case all the accused were acquitted, with lack of evidence.”
“Dalit woman, Nagamma, was gang raped by about six men in the presence of her husband.” In this case too, there was no conviction.
“Pucca houses of Dalits were demolished or burnt. In Eklara village alone, 81 concrete houses, some double stories, were razed to the ground. In Parbhani district, 1,400 families from 124 villages suffered, and 508 houses and 557 huts were destroyed. In Osmanabad a police sub inspector was sent to maintain law and was cornered by the mob. When he jumped into a well to escape, he was pulled out and burnt alive.”
The slogans of the attackers were:
1. Why do you want to wear clothes?
2. Why do you want brick houses?
3. Why do you want metal pots and pans?
4. Why do you want to keep cattle?
5. Why do you want to send your children to school?
6. Why do you want to keep electric lamps in your rooms?
7. Why do you hang these pictures of Buddha?
They uttered that Dalits should live like their forefathers did, scavenging the streets, collecting dung and excrete.
What if you lived in a world where being a slave would be a good thing. Imagine having a life so filled with oppression, hatred, and anguish that becoming a slave would be an easy way to get out. Imagine a world where if your shadow touches a person from a “upper class” they would have to get an all out exorcism. Well in India you don’t have to imagine, these people are called “Dalits” they are the untouchables, unseen, and the unapproachable, and together they make up about 25% of the Indian population. Legally defined as a piece of property or as one who is not a person. They are forced to tie a small pot to their waste and a branch of a thorny tree to wipe the ground, so that their spit and footmarks don’t pollute others. Dalits are not allowed in temples, they are not allowed to sit next to other people of “upper class”. Until recently women are allowed to cover their breast when a person from an upper class is passing by them. Dalit girls are forced into religious temple prostitution and most Dalits die from starvation. That’s “most” Dalits…
“There was a gang rape and murder of a Dalit girl, named Chinnamma by Vokkaligans (upper class) in a near by village. The dead body with injuries to the face, breast, and genitals, was thrown into a well. The Dalits agitated, got the body exhumed, and a postmortem was conducted. But the accused was not convicted do to insufficient evidence.”
“The Vokkaligans could not tolerate the passing with distinction of a Dalit boy in Kolar College, so they murdered him. As usual, in a murder case all the accused were acquitted, with lack of evidence.”
“Dalit woman, Nagamma, was gang raped by about six men in the presence of her husband.” In this case too, there was no conviction.
“Pucca houses of Dalits were demolished or burnt. In Eklara village alone, 81 concrete houses, some double stories, were razed to the ground. In Parbhani district, 1,400 families from 124 villages suffered, and 508 houses and 557 huts were destroyed. In Osmanabad a police sub inspector was sent to maintain law and was cornered by the mob. When he jumped into a well to escape, he was pulled out and burnt alive.”
The slogans of the attackers were:
1. Why do you want to wear clothes?
2. Why do you want brick houses?
3. Why do you want metal pots and pans?
4. Why do you want to keep cattle?
5. Why do you want to send your children to school?
6. Why do you want to keep electric lamps in your rooms?
7. Why do you hang these pictures of Buddha?
They uttered that Dalits should live like their forefathers did, scavenging the streets, collecting dung and excrete.