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August 2008
Curse of Kosi:
A legend comes true
Times of India -
"Even village elders do not remember anything remotely similar to the tragedy
that has unfolded here," Khushilal Rishidev, a landless dalit
labourer from ...
Dalit delegation from Nepal in India to study quota system
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
New Delhi, August 28: : A Dalit delegation from Nepal is in the country to study about the
reservation system here and fine tune their strategy before ...
New Democracy In Nepal
CounterCurrents.org
- India
And those who have any doubt should see that in Nepal's Constituent Assembly there are about 55 members hailing
from Dalit communities and 22 of them are ...
Dalit delegation from Nepal in India to study quota system
Expressindia.com
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Empowering The Poorest in Nepal
For Safe Birthing
The Women's
International Perspective -
80% of the women trained are from Dalit and Janajati groups. • The first 50 ANMs
to graduate. Photograph courtesy of CTEVT-Nepal. • A critical component to ...
Parties stuck in trivial issues: Nemwang
Gorkhapatra -
The
two-day programme will discuss the issues to be incorporated in the new
constitution of the federal
Campaign 2008 Coverage by Nepal
Media Unveiled
Nepal Monitor -
Parties representing marginalized and dalit communities, namely Dalit Janajati
Party, Tamsaling
Rise above partisan interest: Dr. Bhattarai
Gorkhapatra -
... people and Rs.50000 through Dr Upendra Devkota for a revolving fund
in the district providing scholarship to the dalit
and indigenous students. ...
ACT Alert India, Nepal &
Pakistan No. 32/2008: Heavy rain and floods
ReliefWeb (press release) -
Most of them are from Dalit
and tribal communities. -
Waiting For Management
Gorkhapatra -
While looking into the root cause of the
anthropogenic factors, it was found that most of the poor, women, Dalit and indigenous
communities have to rely on ...
Melrose People: Jackson Stubbs
Melrose Free Press -
Collectively the lower-caste people are known as the “dalit,” the untouchables in
India's tryst with caste
HardNews Magazine -
A member of the Constitution Drafting Committee had remarked: "I am
prepared for the abolition of reservations, provided very Harijan
(dalit) family gets 10 ...
More inclusive now, Tindhara
hostel starts enrolment
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
New enrollments was stopped four years back after the students from the dalit and ethnic communities filed a writ petition against the University at the ...
Ram Kumar Kamat
Himalayan Times
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The Maoists are yet to pick the names from Dalit community and Karnali region.
Prachanda's Long Walk: Rise Of A Rebel
Nepalnews.com
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Belonging to a Brahmin family, which is considered "higher caste" by
orthodox Hindus, Prachanda
even used to readily mingle with lower-caste Dalit, ...
Nembang Hopeful of Inclusive Statute
Himalayan Times
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President of Federation of Dalit Women Durga Sob said, "Dalit
women have not been able to secure their rights." Saying that the new
constitution should be ...
Japan approves Rs
350 M from counterpart fund
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Dalit and Giri Scholarship for Primary School Children in Disadvantaged Districts
(Rs.20, 000000) falls under Education heading. ...
Uproar in Nepal House over use of
Hindi
Peninsula
On-line - Qatar
Kathmandu • Nepal might be one of the most avid watchers of Hindi films and Hindi soap
operas, but it is now up in arms over Hindi being spoken in its ...
Food crisis becoming acute in western Nepal
Nepalnews.com
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The report said that Dalit
communities in northern parts of Rolpa are the worst
hit by food shortages. People from rural areas
have started coming to the ...
(Cast)e Abroad
CounterCurrents.org
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First time in 2001, Caste Discrimination was brought in front of whole world
(by the people working for Dalit Rights) in
the World Conference Against Racism ...
Food shortage hits four districts hard
Himalayan Times
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Dalit communities in northern parts of the
district are the worst hit by food shortage. Villagers are found roaming around
in search for food. ...
Flood affects 70 households of Mahottari
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
BARDIBAS, July 31: Around 70 households of extremely poor Dalit and Janajatis
living in Purbari Dhaubali Tole in Ward No 6 of Jaleshwor
Municipaliity in ...
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