excellent shame to Modi sarkar
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 5:45 PM, subhash.gatade <[email protected]> wrote: > *Here is Prof Shamsul Islam's reaction to the renaming of Gurgaon :* > > The change of name of Gurgaon to Gurugram is shocking one as the > government announcement defended the change in the name of Guru > Dronacharya. There could not be worst humiliation of Dr. Bhim Rao > Ambedkar, a > Dalit icon on his 125th birth anniversary. Guru Dronacharya was the Guru > who > deceitfully deprived thumb of a lower Caste fine archer, Ekalavya, by > asking his > thumb as 'guru dakshina' so that he could not compete with Guru's high > Caste > Kaurav & Pandav students. It shows brazen insensitivity of RSS/BJP rulers > to the Dalit sentiments on Dr Ambedkar's very birthday. > This change also means that history attached with Gurgaon will be erased. > It is to be noted that Gurgaon and its adjacent areas played immensely > heroic role during 1857 Rebellion. This area was the place from where > maximum martyrs of 1857 hailed under the leadership of Rao Tula Ram. These > all narratives will be lost to the future generations. > > http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/gurgaon-to-be-gurugram/221590.html > > Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre- PMARC has been initiated with > the support from group of senior journalists, social activists, academics > and intellectuals from Dalit and civil society to advocate and facilitate > Dalits issues in the mainstream media. To create proper & adequate space > with the Dalit perspective in the mainstream media national/ International > on Dalit issues is primary objective of the PMARC. > > You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community > Dalits > Media Watch <https://dgroups.org/groups/pmarc>. > > View this contribution on the web site <https://dgroups.org/_/772hrk0b> > > A reply to this message will be sent to all members of Dalits Media Watch. > > Reply to sender <[email protected]> | Unsubscribe > <[email protected]> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
