Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union

The Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union (DBSU) is a Dalit-Bahujan civil rights organization locally coordinated from Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, South India.

Origins

Dalits are Native INDIANS and most "CIVILIZED" people of Indus valley civilization. Aryans/Brahmins(culture less people) invitation, the native people lost their homes, lands. They castaway from their native places, and then they went so far in to the deep forests and caves they lived as home less food less and they lost everything...and then they made people groups as FOUR GROUPS/CASTS. The Aryan Invaders made the cast system for their existence. They castaway the native people, Aryans dominated Indians(Sindus)they discriminated the people for their and themselves announced as the great people, and then started social discrimination till today.Indo-Iranian peoples, also commonly known as Indo-Iranic peoples by scholars,[1] and sometimes as Aryan peoples or Aryans from their self-designation, are a grouping of ethnic groups consisting of the Indo-Aryan, Iranian and Nuristani peoples; that is, speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family.

The Proto-Indo-Iranians are commonly identified with the descendants of the Proto-Indo-Europeans known as the Sintashta culture and the subsequent Andronovo culture within the broader Andronovo horizon, and their homeland with an area of the Eurasian steppe that borders the Ural River on the west, the Tian Shan on the east. The term Aryan has generally been used historically to denote the Indo-Iranians because Arya is the self designation of the Indo-Iranian languages and their speakers, specifically the Iranian and the Indo-Aryan peoples, collectively known as the Indo-Iranians.[2][3] Some scholars now use the term Indo-Iranian to refer to this group, while the term "Aryan" is used to mean "Indo-Iranian" by other scholars such as Josef Wiesehofer[4][5] and Jaakko Häkkinen.[6][7] Population geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, in his 1994 book The History and Geography of Human Genes, also uses the term Aryan to describe the Indo-Iranians. The name "Dalit" refers to a group of people traditionally regarded as low caste. The term expresses their "weakness, poverty and humiliation at the hands of the upper castes in the Indian society."^[1] The DBSU was previously known as the Andhra Pradesh Dalit Bahujan Vyavasaya Vruthidharula Union (APDBVVU).^[2] It was a conglomeration of various Dalit-Bahujan owned and managed community-based organisations across Andhra Pradesh. It is dedicated to Damodaram Sanjeevaiah (former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and President of AICC) and Shyam Sundar. Its vision is "equal opportunities for all to identity, security, livelihoods and future."

Kartavyam (Task)

To defend and expand dalit bahujan (DB) right to land, livelihoods and self-respect through sustained public action ensuring equal participation of women.

The previous General Secretary, Sri G.Sudhakar^[3][4] cutting the ribbon at an inaugural function in Prakasam District. To his right is Sri A.Chennaiah (smiling in white shirt), the Secretary-in-Prakasam

About

DBSU works in 16 districts of Andhra Pradesh with 550,000 DB families, establishing an efficient structure with equal participation of women. They possess legal ownership of 25,000 acres (100 km²) of land, while utilizing government programmes to further public safety and secure civil rights. In panchayati raj DBSU has become a viable political force, working so others can live with dignity.

Interventions

• Efficient structure established with equal women's participation and effective leadership from Village to State, protecting rights of the DB, supporting livelihood opportunities and self dignity.

• Food security of 25,000 DB families established with at least 1-acre (4,000 m²) of land assigned and ownership rights and development.

• Using available Government plans, including Supreme Court directives regarding basic food rights, one lakh DB families were guaranteed an additional 100 days of employment per year with minimum wages.

• DBSU members of the 16 districts are asserting and protecting their rights by raising awareness of the various Acts related to child labour, bonded labour, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989^[5] and other right protection Acts like right to information, etc.

• In 16 districts DB is politically aware of their rights and responsibilities, gained political authority and positions and supporting the socio-economic and political development of the DB.

• DBSU has established connections with many movements and organizations, from mandal to state and national levels, influencing policy on employment, political rights, self-dignity, and public safety.

Administration

The DBSU is headed by a State Committee, operating through a General Secretary and an Organising Secretary elected for a term of two years.

Community-based wings

• Andhra Pradesh Differently-Abled Peoples Collective (APDAPC)^[6]
• Andhra Pradesh Jogini^[7] Vyavastha Vyathirekha Porata Samithi (APJVVPS),^[8][9]

• Safai Karmachari Andolan,^[10][11]

Resource-support wings

• Bhavitha,^[12][13][14](education)
• Chindu,^[15][16][17] (cultural)

See also

• Dalit (outcaste)
• Peoples Action for Rural Awakening, Punarnirmaan, Navnirmaan
• Sri N.Paul Diwakar, Past General Secretary, DBSU
• Fr.Thomas Pallithanam, Past Organising Secretary, DBSU

References

Notes

Further reading

• Chandrakanth, W. (3 Sep 2004). "Crime against dalits on rise in State". The Hindu. 
• Clarke, Sathianathan (2001). "Dalit Religion: Resisting and Contesting the Encompassing Hindu Identity". Conference on Religion in South India, Department of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia - Comparative Theologies in South Asia. 
• Clarke, Sathianathan (1997). "Dalits and Christianity: Subaltern Religion and Liberation Theology". Oxford University Press, Delhi. 
• Diwakar, Paul. "Interview with Paul Diwakar - The SC & ST Prevention of Atrocities Act is whitewashing continuing atrocities against Dalits". Ambedkar.org. 
• Kancha Ilaiah, Sri (Sep 2000). "Ambedkar, Hedgewar and Laxman". The Mail Archive. Archived from the original on 2005-04-22. 
• khojhyderabad.com (8 April 2005). "DBSU demand priority in land distribution". 
• National Commission for Women (May 2005). "Report of the National Workshop and Public Hearing on "Women's Right to Adequate Housing, Land and Livelihood"". Archived from the original on 2006-06-26. 
• Simon Charsley, University of Glasgow, I. Narasaiah, University of Hyderabad. "Jamba Puranam: a preliminary reading of a published 'caste myth'". Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, England. Archived from the original on 2004-09-10. 
• Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, Smt. (Dec 18–31, 2004). "A battle for information". Frontline 21 (26). 
• Victor Premasagar (2002). "Interpretive Diary of a Bishop - Indian Experience in Translation and Interpretation of Some Biblical Passages". Archived from the original on 2004-06-04. 
• Prabhakar M.E. (1995). ""Dalit Education and Youth," in Bhagwan Das and James Massey, eds". ISPCK. Archived from the original on 2003-07-20. 
• Massey, James (1997). "Down Trodden: The Struggle of India's Dalits for Identity, Solidarity and Liberation". 
• Massey, James (1995). "Dalits in India: Religion as a Source of Bondage or Liberation with Special Reference to Christians".