In India there are thousands of victims every year, some are rape victims,some are victims of theft, dacoity, murder.
So why publish only the castes of few victims ? just because they are dalits ? or is the target to deliberately start flames of caste violence ?
Crimes against women in India are high , in general the law and order situation is bad so there are many crimes obviously some of them will be against dalits too, because they are majority in number. This has got nothing to do with caste divide this is more like a media created hate campaign.
We have too many criminals who think they are above law and then we have a unthinking media which only mentions caste names when the victims are dalits just to further divide this society on caste lines.
Shame on such media, and shame on such criminals .
RE:Can rediff publish castes of all victims why not ?
by Kumar on May 01, 2008 12:13 AM Permalink
Sincere Citizen is a supporter of the evil caste system. He is a BJP-RSS wala who uses every excuse in the world to belittle the problem of the most evil caste system and how it hurts, tortures, harasses and humiliates crores of Indians.
RE:Can rediff publish castes of all victims why not ?
by satyarthi on Apr 30, 2008 07:39 PM Permalink
In normal case, it is right not to publish the caste of the victim. However, in instant case the boy derives his anger (hatred) from a socio-cultural upbringing. Publishing here the caste of the victim, in a way serves the purpose of community teaching.
RE:Can rediff publish castes of all victims why not ?
by Tom Dick on Apr 30, 2008 08:10 PM Permalink
Irrespective of the cast of the victim, what the boy has done is a very serious crime and must be dealt as such. I agree that cast should not have been brought into the news. The crime that committed is way too serious. Importance should have been given to that fact. Justice must be sought on behalf of the victim. It is no fun to be thrown into fire by people with muscle, money or other privilleges.
RE:Can rediff publish castes of all victims why not ?
by satyarthi on Apr 30, 2008 08:19 PM Permalink
Yes in addition to power asymmetry, the mindset of the boy is also exposed in this case. It is not only an issue of law and order, it goes beyond that. The mindset must be set right.
RE:Can rediff publish castes of all victims why not ?
by gac on Apr 30, 2008 06:44 PM Permalink
u also should take into account that this dalit community is facing lot of hardships in our country where u have direct r indirect crimes against targeting this community is an hard fact which u have to accept.
