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केंद्र सरकार ध्यान दे. जनगणना में जाति का कॉलम जोड़ा जाए और जाति के आंकड़े जुटाए जाएं. इन आंकड़ों से नीतियाँ बनाने और जातिवाद से लड़ने में मदद मिलेगी. सिर्फ़ ओबीसी नहीं, यह देशहित में है। @narendramodi @AmitShah #CasteCensus पूरा थ्रेड पढ़ें। 🧵
भारत में केंद्र और राज्य सरकारें जाति को केंद्र में रखकर कई नीतियां बनाती हैं.
जैसे कि केंद्र सरकार ओबीसी फाइनेंस कमीशन चलाती है. इसके अलावा राज्यों को भी ओबीसी विकास के लिए फंड दिया जाता है. लेकिन किसी को नहीं मालूम कि किस राज्य में कितने ओबीसी हैं और किसे कितना पैसा देना है.
जैसे कि केंद्र सरकार ओबीसी फाइनेंस कमीशन चलाती है. इसके अलावा राज्यों को भी ओबीसी विकास के लिए फंड दिया जाता है. लेकिन किसी को नहीं मालूम कि किस राज्य में कितने ओबीसी हैं और किसे कितना पैसा देना है.
इस वजह से केंद्र से ओबीसी विकास के लिए जाने वाला पैसा राज्य की कुल आबादी के अनुपात में भेजा जाता है. यह एक अजीब स्थिति है. समस्या को जाने बगैर, उसे देखे बगैर, समस्या से लड़ने की कोशिश की जा रही है. ओबीसी इस देश की जनसंख्या का सबसे बड़ा समूह है.
Starting shortly, @EllisMonk @DhandaMeena and Kamala Visweswaran on 'Race and Caste: How do Oppressive Systems Count?' Panel moderator: @surajyengde
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This panel has now begun. @surajyengde introduces the speakers @EllisMonk, Kamala Visweswaran and @DhandaMeena
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#CasteCensus @EllisMonk will talk about enumeration, stratification and amelioration of racial domination.
Panel 5: Caste Census and the 'Muslim Question' begins in 15 min.
Tune in for a discussion with @KhalidAAnsari4 @SrinivasGoli1 Faisal Devji and Ali Anwar, moderated by @shireenazam
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Tune in for a discussion with @KhalidAAnsari4 @SrinivasGoli1 Faisal Devji and Ali Anwar, moderated by @shireenazam
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Watch the livestream of Panel 5 on our Facebook page here:facebook.com/southasianalte…
Our fifth panel has started. Featuring @mpalianwar @SrinivasGoli1 @KhalidAAnsari4 and Faisal Devji. Moderated by @shireenazam. #CountingCaste
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Q&A for the 4th Panel on 'From Colonial to the Everyday: Hindutva’s Caste Ambiguity' is going on.
#CasteCensus "Between 2014 and 2018, UPPSC jobs came down by 40% and so oppressed groups got fewer jobs by reservations. In 2019, by setting income limit of 8 LPA, government made this quota accessible only to the elites of UCs."-Christophe Jaffrelot
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#CasteCensus "Shudra landed castes (Marathas, Jatts etc) did not support reservation. Only now that regional Shudra leadership is demanding Caste Census. Once it comes, they realizes the truth about their strength in powerful places"-Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
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Our third speaker Christophe Jaffrelot (@jaffrelotc) has begun discussing 'From Colonial to the Everyday: Hindutva’s Caste Ambiguity'
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@jaffrelotc We need data, showing representation of different castes in different institutions. This is one of the ways to assess the degree of representativeness and hence democratisation, this is true for India and other countries.
@jaffrelotc Those who come from one group will be inclined to speak about their group, especially in parliament. I started looking at this data of Members of Parliaments, in the 80s and this data is a goldmine.
Our second speaker Sagar has begun discussing 'From Colonial to the Everyday: Hindutva’s Caste Ambiguity'
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I will speak from my experiences of reporting on Hindutva, before coming to the caste census. Hindutva is not just about mobs wearing shawls, red marks on their forehead. It is more about people who want Hinduism as the normal politics of the country.
First coined by Savarkar, he says Hindutva is about common religion, common heroes, common history, common festivals, common flow of blood, everyone born this side of Sindhu. He says Christian and Muslim communities are not Hindu because they do not have this common history.
The keynote address for the 2nd day of the #CasteCensus Conference begins now!
Keynote Speaker: Bharat Patankar - Activist, President Shramik Mukti Dal
He will speak in the loving memory of Gail Omvedt.
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Keynote Speaker: Bharat Patankar - Activist, President Shramik Mukti Dal
He will speak in the loving memory of Gail Omvedt.
@PatankarPrachi
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@PatankarPrachi Bharat Patankar- Today we cannot decide on a program of caste annihilation. The information from the census will be useful only if it liberates people from caste mode of production.
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@PatankarPrachi Mahatma Phule proposed an alliance between stree, shudra and ati-shudras, overcoming the division of labourers.
We begin with our 3 panel of the day, Whose Culture is it?: Decoding Caste within 'Popular' Culture. Moderated by @rumlolarum with @beemji, @KotwalMeena, @nrithyapillai, and @sakie339
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@rumlolarum all the panelists have one thing in common, that they are always invited to speak on the 'caste factor' and not as artists, doctors, journalists. #CasteCensus #CountingCaste
@KotwalMeena is the founder of @The_Mooknayak and has faced a lot of hate and violence online for her work.
Panel 2 will start in half an hour at 6:30 PM IST. You can join via zoom link or the live stream here 👉 facebook.com/southasianalte…
Follow this thread for the live updates from the second session of 'Counting Caste'.
Follow this thread for the live updates from the second session of 'Counting Caste'.
The topic of Panel 2 is: 'Caste and Hinduism: Constructions of the Colonial census'. And the speakers are Gopal Guru (@GopalGuru10 ), Anupama Rao and Rekha Raj. The session will be moderated by Nidhin Donald.
Panel 2 starts with mod Nidhin Donald setting the theme of how the census is framed as a colonial problem. Religion as an identifier has never been without controversy. Adivasis and untouchables have punched a hole in the construction of Hinduism. #CasteCensus
The misinformation propaganda over reservations by influential privileged-caste persons has reached comical depths. This warrants a short 'Explain Like I'm 5' primer on the philosophy of reservations, esp for decent UC folks who are indeed receptive to learning more.
Many anti-reservation polemic commentaries totally neglect to mention the primary goal of any affirmative action policy: proportionate representation of, & distribution of resources to, the different groups & communities which form a society.
Of course there was no great need for humans, esp once they ostensibly had become a 'civilized species' (or 'dharmic'?), to have such artificial divisions among themselves. But the socially dominant ppl & groups in the past did create these divisions, & here we are.
Unfortunate to see the example of a single postgraduate degree in a single subject in only two institutions out of several hundred, being used to erase/overlook the historical underrepresentation of oppressed caste communities in the medical profession and in medical specialties
All the more unfortunate when one notes that alternative avenues for the same degree are available more to "open" category students than to OBC, SC, ST students. The former, in general with a few exceptions, have far more resources and the "right" contacts compared to the latter
That is, an avg Brahmin or Kayastha student will far more easily be able to access the degree in another institution, even a foreign one. After graduation that doc will, compared to eg a Dalit or Adivasi doc, face far less obstacles in starting practice or gettin a well-payin job
#RajyaSabha starts with Chairperson making a statement condemning y'day incident of some MPs climbing on table.
While making the statement, the Chairperson also got emotional and cried.
However, protests resume and he quickly adjourned the House till 12pm!
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While making the statement, the Chairperson also got emotional and cried.
However, protests resume and he quickly adjourned the House till 12pm!
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#LokSabha started at 11am & adjourned sine die within 7 mins.
In valedictory speech, Speaker said that House couldn't function as expected due to disruptions.
And yet, he claimed that 20 Bills were cleared in LS!
PM finally shows up on last day!
#MonsoonSession
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In valedictory speech, Speaker said that House couldn't function as expected due to disruptions.
And yet, he claimed that 20 Bills were cleared in LS!
PM finally shows up on last day!
#MonsoonSession
#SansadWatch
Today, on last day, during playing of Vande Matram, an MP (possibly Harsimrat Badal) making a final point by carrying a placard.
Despite intense protests by Opposition demanding a discussion on #FarmLaws & #FarmersProtest since beginning of #MonsoonSession, it didn't happen.
Despite intense protests by Opposition demanding a discussion on #FarmLaws & #FarmersProtest since beginning of #MonsoonSession, it didn't happen.
#LokSabha begins discussion on #Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill.
Protests have subsided for the time being.
Dr. Virender Kumar, Minister of Social Justice speaks on the Bill, claims that states will have the right to notify OBC lists for their states.
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Protests have subsided for the time being.
Dr. Virender Kumar, Minister of Social Justice speaks on the Bill, claims that states will have the right to notify OBC lists for their states.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, INC on #Constitution (127th) Amendment Bill:
- We had warned Govt in 2018 that states rights were being taken away, but Govt didn't listen. Wasted its time and money in Supreme Court petition
- Govt has majority, so doesn't listen
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- We had warned Govt in 2018 that states rights were being taken away, but Govt didn't listen. Wasted its time and money in Supreme Court petition
- Govt has majority, so doesn't listen
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Chowdhary continues on Constitution #OBCreservation Bill:
- When states started protesting, people started protesting and with an eye on election, you brought this Bill now
- But we also demand that 50% ceiling be removed, approach SC, let states decide
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- When states started protesting, people started protesting and with an eye on election, you brought this Bill now
- But we also demand that 50% ceiling be removed, approach SC, let states decide
#SansadWatch
