tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558972181160692051.post1370884878801943519..comments2023-04-01T21:02:03.238+05:30Comments on Trying to Rationalize: Wake up and smell the Shit!What's in a name?http://www.blogger.com/profile/09497136907261985456noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558972181160692051.post-53868531462445785942010-08-13T23:05:37.942+05:302010-08-13T23:05:37.942+05:30Why should they be evicted in the first place?Why should they be evicted in the first place?What's in a name?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09497136907261985456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558972181160692051.post-63985498086035763142010-08-13T02:42:22.125+05:302010-08-13T02:42:22.125+05:30It is shameful. The municipality should have provi...It is shameful. The municipality should have provided decent accommodation before trying to evict them. I am sure the officials in question should be put in prison for casteist harrasment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558972181160692051.post-7031044185356929012010-07-25T18:09:28.875+05:302010-07-25T18:09:28.875+05:30In a way I agree. It can probably be easily shown ...In a way I agree. It can probably be easily shown that they were allowed to settle there (I think 80 years ago is what some news source said) by the powers-that-be. They should given clear property rights to their settlements and left alone.Pramod Biligirihttp://pramodbiligiri.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558972181160692051.post-81970881174789341802010-07-25T13:22:45.981+05:302010-07-25T13:22:45.981+05:30@PramodBiligiri
The article does indicate that th...@PramodBiligiri<br /><br />The article does indicate that the land is theirs collectively. <br /><br />If we look at the DH piece, it says they were resident there for several decades. <br /><br />When they first moved in - it would have been a few years or maybe a decade before independence. Considering their status (Both then and now) - highly unlikely that they would been in a position to acquire land through purchase. They would, in all reasonable likelihood, have been allowed to stay there - with the consent of upper-caste members of the area. To turn up after decades and ask for ownership papers is a bit shaky no? <br /><br />They may not be in a position to sell the land themselves - but that does not imply - that they can be evicted. <br /><br />It's more about displacement than it is about land ownership. I don't expect them to have a "patta" when they have been carrying the excrement of the town on their heads for decades. Cutting of the water supply is extremely intimidatory and discriminatory - it does not matter if they have an illegal connection - considering the kind of work they do - free water is the least that they deserve.What's in a name?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09497136907261985456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558972181160692051.post-78694358134964546842010-07-25T10:07:37.775+05:302010-07-25T10:07:37.775+05:30Yeah I read it in DH yesterday. Very sad :| Seriou...Yeah I read it in DH yesterday. Very sad :| Seriously, these people have to move out of their houses because of a commercial complex? Ugh.<br />But the article didn't mention if the place they were living on belonged to them.Pramod Biligirihttp://pramodbiligiri.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com