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Dalits seek equality based society
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 7 : Jana
Utthan Pratisthan (JUP), a leading body in internationalising the status of Dalits in
Nepal today brought out a book entitled ‘Nepal ma Jaatiya Bhedbhav ko Awastha ra
Yasko Bishwobyapi Sandarva’.
The book has been
successful in exposing the condition of Dalits in the context of Nepal where more than 20
percent of the total population is occupied by the community.
Padam Singh
Bishwokarma, chairman of National Dalit Commission released the book and stressed that the
book should be read not only by the Dalits but also by non-Dalits.
He further said that
literature plays an important role in transforming the society and this book would have
some positive effects on the society to form the society based on equality.
He also apprised that
450 incidents of discrimination have been detected after former prime minister Sher
Bahadur Deuba declared that the act of discrimination in any form is liable to punishment
and jail term or both.
Speaking at the
programme, Krishna Pahadi, chairman of Shanti Samaj emphasised that all the traditions
followed by the community should be ignored and the new society should be developed based
on equality and democracy.
D. B. Sagar
Bishwokarma, executive director of JUP and Hamid Ansaari, representative of INSEC also
spoke on the occasion.
The book is divided
into two parts. The first part includes the state of racial discrimination in the country,
its history, social and religious discrimination, partiality in education and human rights
of Dalits.
In the same way, the
second part has a wider coverage and it includes racial discrimination with reference to
international context including suggestions.
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