guruji, its interesting pro-hindu writing, but without historical basis.there is no religion as such. constructing a religion like Hindusim has not a long history. in india, you people( pro-hindu) have to formulate a strategy to build such a religion as to be called a unversally accepted. whoever observe from outside would understand that thousand of castes having variuos types of belief sysytem prevail in india. in that situation it si very hard to make up our mind to accept people scattered throughout India on the baisis of caset. Unlike other religioins , there is no sripture that indicates that all people in india are equal. its historically true to assume that Five thousand years of Inidan History would show truth how dangerous these primitive belief system that claimed lives of millions of untouchables through ages.
Every 18 minutes:
A crime is committed against a Dalit
Every day:
3 Dalit women are raped 2 Dalits are murdered & 2 Dalits Houses are burnt in India 11 Dalits are beaten Every week:
13 Dalits are murdered 5 Dalits home or possessions are burnt 6 Dalits are kidnapped or abducted Social and Economic condition of Dalits:
37 percent of Dalits living below poverty in India More than half (54%) of their children are undernourished in India 83 per 1000 live birth children born in Dalit community are probability of dying before the first birthday 45 percent of Dalits do not know read and write in India Dalits women burden double discrimination (gender and caste) in India Only 27 percent of Dalits women give institutional deliveries in India About one third of Dalit households do not have basic facilities Public health workers refused to visit Dalit homes in 33% of villages Dalits were prevented from entering police station in 27.6% of villages Dalit children had to sit separately while eating in 37.8% of Govt. schools Dalits didn%u2019t get mail delivered to their homes in 23.5% of villages Dalits were denied access to water sources in 48.4% of villages because of segregation & untouchabilty practices Half of India%u2019s Dalit children are undernourished, 21% are severely underweight & 12% DIE before their 5th birthday Literacy rates for Dalit women are as low as 37.8% In Rural India Status of Prevention of Atrocities Act:
The conviction rate under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act is 15.71% and pendency is as high as 85.37%. This when the Act has strict provisions aimed as a deterrent. By contrast, conviction rate under IPC is over 40%
