Gandhi Dham

Gandhi Dham is a slum in Bijpur separated by boundary wall from NTPC Rihand Nagar Township. It is a locality developed as engineers started living in township. As engineers started living in township, they started giving job like sweeping, cleaning, washing clothes to the poor people. Traditional sweeper class (almost all of them belonged to DOM caste, the most downtrodden caste of Indian society) swarmed here and got regular job on meager wages. As they have no proper place to live and also they are not earning much without any hope for earning more in future, they temporarily made their home in the open place in the vicinity of NTPC. They used wood planks; tins etc for raising four walls and somehow covered their roof and started living. They also reared pigs as their traditional job. What is the most ironic situation for which they are own responsible is that they are not keeping their own home and locality clean. There are heaps wastages and collected water near their homes giving foul smell. Pigs are roaming here and there making the environment even worse.

Seeing their condition, I just interacted one sweeper who used to come in my room for cleaning. He started telling no one is helping them. I suggested him, but only you can change yourself. He understood my point. I suggested him to gather people, so I would address them. I reached in their locality on time. But there were none to receive me. Later I talked some other persons and they were also very confused. I again made them think that only they could change themselves. I again told them to gather people at some other time, so that we could address them for starting some educational program. Again no one turned. My friends became frustrated. I understood that if I wanted to change their life, then I myself had to go door to door for making them aware about better life.

My Observation:

Lack of confidence and hope for better life

Lack of cooperation

Unable to organize themselves in groups for implementing development work

Victims of many vices like drinking,

Having mindset that someone will come and distribute food, clothes etc. to them, but they themselves don’t want to put their own effort

No better schools for their children

Hardly any engineers interact with them. They are silent workers. They are coming, cleaning floors and went away without uttering a single world

They are treated badly by their contractor, they cut their salary on any small complaints

Ideas for their Improvement

Regular interaction and spread awareness about the importance of cleanliness in their own life and show them the vices of drinking, smoking etc. A small video, showing better family life, may work.

Provision for better school for their children with all academic facilities

Stressed on inculcating culture to their children

Provision for reserving some seats in schools like St. Joseph, DAV Public School running in township for better students and whose parents show some sign of improvement in their daily life. If these students got chance to stay with better students, they might start dreaming big in their life as well.

Provision for building a locality with better homes: This should be included in township planning. As the age of township (about 25 years) and the age of this locality (about 25 years) indicate that they are complementary and should be included in township planning.

Distribute better clothes to good students regularly (based on attendance in school)

Crux: the way of living and the living condition, opportunity for progress in life of working class has not changed at all in India. What could be its solution at policy level?

Rani Lakshmi Bai : Warrior queen of Jhansi during 1857 War of Independence - Heroes of Bharatiya War of Independance | Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Rani Lakshmi Bai : Warrior queen of Jhansi during 1857 War of Independence - Heroes of Bharatiya War of Independance | Hindu Janajagruti Samiti

Is it a relevant document?

Social Inequality prevailing in Mithila

Some villagers of one of my senior were discussing with him about several aspects of marriage. That senior is proactive in social works and encourages all who want to pursue career in this field.

All were giving idea of making the event grand by spending huge money on dance program, lighting, food and many other things. I was sitting there and listened their ideas. Everything was decided by keeping in mind "what people will say". At last they also asked me about my opinion.

I told, "You should do what is correct. You should not plan keeping the opinion of people in mind. You are going to be great leader in future, you start giving a new thought to your people, even they oppose you."

I suggested that you should call people of all caste and make them eat together irrespective of caste prejudice. They all got shocked to hear this idea and told that they have to face the outrage of community. Brahmans will not sit with charmkar (Chamar) and eat socially.

Then we talked about humanity, importance of social equality. Boys got excited to listen these ideas and requested me to come their village to organize youth and promised that if not the old ones, but the youth will accept the doctrine of equality, and they will show complete faith in Bharatmata by seeing all as her beloved sons.

I was happy that at least these boys understood the logic. Hope in future people of all caste will sit together and eat together.

Reserved seat for scheduled caste in Panchayati Raj System: Some powerful people of higher caste helps in making a weak member of scheduled caste becoming Head of Village and become proxy decision makers of the village. Because of this there will not be any improvement in the status of schedule castes and ultimately that will deter the development of region and country and finally kill Indian culture. It is shame for Indian intellectuals that they are not learning anything from history. Social leaders have still great challenges to face.

"Vande Mataram"

Are we Indians?

Although our constitution, the most sacred book of modern India, spread secularism in the country. By birth we all are Indians belonging to any community, caste, creed or region. We all are supposed to be treated as Indian by law. But the new "communal law" under consideration is against the spirit of constitution for spreading unity and feeling of being Indian.

Because of this law, we become Hindus, Muslims, Biharis, Maharastrians etc first then only Indian or say we would never define ourselves as Indian.

It is true that there are some miscreants in Jammu-Kashmir killing innocent Pundits, there are some miscreats in Gujrat killing Hindus and Muslims, there are some miscreants in Maharashtra killing Biharis, but as a whole and in day-to-day walk we all felt the heat of brotherhood across the country BREAKING ALL THE SHACKLES.

This law will not protect minority, but it would turn into a great tool for miscreants spreading hatred and phobia among different communities. While working with any person, we all have to be very careful while treating keeping their lineage in mind.

Raise voice equivocally to stop this law getting implemented.

JAGO BHARAT JAGO!

Narain's letter to Chief Justice JS Verma

12th July 1997

Justice JS Verma
Hon’ble Chief Justice of India
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi

Your Lordship,

I am approaching you with great pain and anguish. When in July 1993 I started investigating the Hawala case, all my well-wishers advised me not to take such a big risk. A risk of antagonising 115 most powerful people in the country. I was not at the fag end of my career, where it would not have mattered. My sons were only 4 and 9 years old. Unlike the celebrity crusaders, I did not have the backing of a media house, a corporate house or a political party. My fight was against the entire system. I don’t think there is a parallel of Hawala case, where both the ruling and opposition parties are involved in a single scandal. That is why nobody wanted to take it up. Yet I dared to challenge the might of those who claim to be controlling the destiny of this nation.

2. There are only a few people who at different stages helped me with their limited resources and abilities but nobody has written about them. Much later, when I filed the PIL, three co-petitioners were thrust upon me by Mr. Ram Jethmalani. They did not contribute positively. Rather their actions have been damaging to the cause. Mr. Jethmalani also played dirty tricks. He even attempted to give me a huge sum of money so that he could help the Jains and other accused. Failing to do so he changed sides. I was shocked to see his immoral behaviour and lust money at this stage.

4. Your Lordship, I knocked at the door of the Supreme Court in Oct. 1993 with the complaint : “ That some powers sitting in Dubai and London are funding the militancy in Kashmir and are also distributing money to the prominent politicians and bureaucrats. The money is coming through clandestine Hawala channels. CBI has all the information and sufficient evidence to investigate and prosecute these people but is shamelessly sitting over the matter since 3rd May 1991.” I wanted the Hon’ble Judges of the Apex Court to ensure that the CBI and other agencies perform their obligatory duties and arrest / prosecute the guilty under the relevant sections of TADA, POC, FERA, Income Tax and COFEPOSA.

The CBI blatantly, under the scrutiny of the Hon’ble Court, did not make use of the statements u/s 15 of TADA available with them thereby surrendering the presumptive evidence u/s 21 of TADA.

7. The Income Tax and the FERA authorities have also not moved an inch in this case, although huge amount of foreign currency were seized. Hence, the presumptive provisions of FERA being ignored with impunity.

10. Your Lordship, why can’t CBI’s ‘case file’ related to the Hawala case numbering 3/5(S)/91-SIU-V- parts I to V, 2/1(A)/95-ACU-VI and 3/1(A)95-ACU-VI-parts I to V along with all the volumes is being brought to the Apex Court. If examined properly these files will help in fixing the responsibility in one week’s time. So that all the guilty officials can instead be charge-sheeted for offences u/s 120B-IPC r/w 218-IPC and see 13(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act for causing irreparable harm to the CBI. These officials have endangered the security of the nation by not doing their duty. Your Lordship! if the officials of other government departments would have done the same CBI sleuths would have arrested them by now. How can they be allowed to go scot-free for the same crime?

12. Your Lordship may I ask you, how is it that in the last 50 years not a single top politician or bureaucrat has been convicted for corruption? Although, corruption in India has crossed all limits of shame? Why Your Lordships why? We are under obligation to answer to the nation.

24. Once again I request you with folded hands, on behalf of millions of youth of this country please do not let this opportunity go out of our hands. Otherwise the future generations will not pardon us.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully

Vineet Narain
Editor,
Kalchakra investigative news
C-6/28, Safdurjung Development Area
New Delhi - 110 016
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