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Replies to the The Hindu Council/Forum UK
Articles refuting the Hindu Council/Forum UK's propaganda.

FABO Replies to the Hindu Council UK

Saturday, 31 January 2009 20:18
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The latest reaction to the Hindu Council UK's Report Caste in India comes in the form of report titled The Evil of Caste - The Caste System as the Largest Systemic Violation of Human Rights in Today’s World. The  Response to the Hindu Council UK Report on the Denial of the Caste System and its Effects was drafted by Mr Chanan Chahal and is  published by FABO, the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisations UK, in association with the Dalit Solidarity Network UK.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 20:30
 

Britain – A Society Free From Caste Prejudice?

Sunday, 01 February 2009 15:55
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At least this is the claim of the British Government. How did the British Government arrive at this conclusion?

The British Government claims that it had a preliminary survey carried out which indicated that there was no strong evidence to suggest that there is caste based discrimination in the UK. Surprisingly the Hindu Forum of UK, which has in the past supported extreme right wing Hindu organisations, released a report in 2008, to the very same effect. The difference between the two approaches is that the UK Government did not release the basis and results of their survey whilst the Hindu Forum did. It is not possible to analyse the British Government’s finding or criticise these, as the basis of their conclusion is not available. Nevertheless the Hindu Forum’s Report is in the public domain and hence it can be scrutinised.

Last Updated on Friday, 11 June 2010 20:35 Read more...
 

Who Invented Hinduism? by Prof David Lorenzen

Friday, 27 February 2009 19:05
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 In this article titled "Who Invented Hinduism?" Professor David Lorenzen of El Colgio de Mexico argues that Hinduism as a clearly defined category was not invented by the British as has been asserted by some scholars; he then goes on to argue that neither Hinduism nor the invention of caste in India is the work of 'outsiders'.

Last Updated on Monday, 21 June 2010 20:45
 

Outlaw Caste Discrimination in UK - the Legal Case - by Annapurna Waughray

Monday, 30 March 2009 20:06
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 The Hindu Council, The Hindu Forum and in the past the British Government, all claimed that an anti-caste discrimination legislation is unwarranted. Their reasoning is based on highly spurious and non-scholarly foundations.

In a paper titled 'Caste Discrimination: A Twenty-First Century Challenge for UK Discrimination Law?' published in the February 2009 edition of the Modern Law Review, Annapurna Waughray, an international lawyer, argues for the case of anti-caste legislation to be included in the UK legislation on various grounds, the legal argument being that not to do so would contravene the international law and agreements. 

Last Updated on Saturday, 12 June 2010 20:13
 


Rquotes

Dalits and the Authorities

The Hindus have the police and the magistracy on their side. In a quarrel between the untouchables and the Hindus the untouchables will never get protection from the police and justice from magistrate. The police and the magistracy naturally love their class more than their duty.

Dr B R Ambedkar

Newsflash

The Times of India

8 Indian states have more poor than 26 poorest African nations
PTI, Jul 12, 2010, 04.18pm IST

LONDON: Acute poverty prevails in eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new 'multidimensional' measure of global poverty has said.

The new measure, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), was developed and applied by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support.

It will be featured in the forthcoming 20 th anniversary edition of the UNDP Human Development Report.

An analysis by MPI creators reveals that there are more 'MPI poor' people in eight Indian states (421 million in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) than in the 26 poorest African countries combined (410 million).

The new poverty measure that gives a multidimensional picture of people living in poverty, and is expected to help target development resources more effectively, its creators said.

The MPI supplants the Human Poverty Index, which had been included in the annual Human Development Reports since 1997.

The 2010 UNDP Human Development Report will be published in late October, but research findings from the Multidimensional Poverty Index were made available today at a policy forum in London and on line on the websites of OPHI and the UNDP Human Development Report.

The MPI assesses a range of critical factors or 'deprivations' at the household level: from education to
health outcomes to assets and services.

Taken together, these factors provide a fuller portrait of acute poverty than simple income measures, according to OPHI and UNDP.

The measure reveals the nature and extent of poverty at different levels: from household up to regional, national and international level.

This new multidimensional approach to assessing poverty has been adapted for national use in Mexico, and is now being considered by Chile and Colombia.

"The MPI is like a high resolution lens which reveals a vivid spectrum of challenges facing the poorest households," said OPHI Director Dr Sabina Alkire, who created the MPI with Professor James Foster of George Washington University and Maria Emma Santos of OPHI.

The UNDP Human Development Report Office is also joining forces with OPHI to promote international discussions on the practical applicability of this multidimensional approach to measuring poverty.

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