SEMINAR ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

Let us start this day with surya namaskaar.

This is our sunrise

I like to read the poem of Sharankumar Limbale, (marathi poet)

I do not ask for the sun and moon from your sky

Your farm your land

Your high houses  or your mansions

I do not ask for gods and rituals

Castes and sects

Or even for your mother, sisters, daughters,

I ask for

My rights as a man

Each breath from my lungs

Sets off a violent trembling

In your texts and traditions

Your hells and heavens

Fearing pollution

Your arms leapt together

To bring to ruin our dwelling places.

You’ll beat me, break me,

Loot and burn my habitation

But my friends!

How will you tear down my words

Planted like a sun in the east?

My rights : contagious caste riots

Festering city by city, village by village,

Man by man

For that’s what my rights are-

Sealed off, outcast,road-blocked, exiled.

I want my rights give me my rights.

Will you deny this incendiary state of things?

I ‘ll uproot the scriptures like railway tracks,

Burn like a city bus your lawless law

My friends!

My rights are rising like the sun

Will you deny this sunrise?

Vanakkam

Namasthe

Namshkaar

Aapkaa svagat hai

Suswagatham

Swaagatham

&

JAI BHIM

DEAR FRIENDS,

Today is the memorable day in mumbai.

The history is repeating here after 1940, in the same soil.

I am very proud to know that our fathers generation at mumbai invited Thanthai Periyaar

At 1940 to discuss about the social justice with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Jinnah.

It was really a gathering wind to smash congress, the media said,

JUSTICE LEADER TO SAIL IN THE SAME BOAT WITH JINNAH AND AMBEDKAR.

Our dharavi kaalakilla road public meeting of 07 Jan 1940,

Very important day in mubai tamizar.

In that meeting Ambedkar was the president and Periyar was the chief guest

The interpreter  is  Anna!

Today, the history is repeating again !

We invited the president of dravidar khazhagam, Mr veeramani,

The strong pillar of social justice in India after Periyar with us

In the same soil with Dr.Ambedkar’s followers

We know, backward class & dalith

The sutras and panchamaas

The total non Brahmins should come under one roof to fight for the

Social justice.

This team

This conference

The scholars in the dais

It is the dream of mahatma Buhler

And the wish of Thanthai Periyar.

2500 years ago, Gauthama Buddha ,the first person to introduce the social

equality and justice in North India. In south, the great poet, scholar and philospher

Thiruvalluvar strong said

EVERYONE IS EQUAL BY BIRTH

PIRAPOKKUM ELLA UYIRKKUM

Saahu Maharaj, Mahatma Bhule, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar, Thanthai Periyar, Kanshiram..

The long list..

We all know the social history of the social justice revolution.

It is really ashamed to India, the great democracy of the world, to discuss on this

Subject after 65 years of Independent.

The wrongs and the consequent disabilities are historical because they

Originated in the PAST,

But they are not the things of the past ,

They are the REALITY EVEN TODAY.

KHERLANCHI AND DHARMAPURI

Only the name of the places are different

But he reasons are same, same..

How could there be free, fair, equal competition among unequals?

I remember Ayyaa Veeramani’s article of 2004 to Hindu paper

He said: RESERVATION IS DEMANDED AS A RIGHT

TO SET RIGHT THE WRONGS.

Reservation is the policy based on the principles of social justice

To eradicate the continuing social injustice.

Recently while watching the Parliament session, our speaker Meerakumar

Said< : the worlds richest persons are living in India, How come we are poor

Country? Many are below the poverty line? I really don’t understand this!”

 She may know why it is?

But as a politician she refused to accept the fact.

India’s natural resources are not only for Ambani and Mittal families,

Everyone, you and me , have the right for our natural resources..

Our parliament never open the gates for us,

We don’t have our representation

Our Indian democracy was never been ruled by 50% majority winning votes

Of any individual parties or aligns

Candidates got less than 20% votes also become MP in India.

We realized this basic mathematic error and started campaign for electoral

Reforms in India.

I like to say few words about Mr. Suresh Mane and Mr. Pradeep Dhoble.

I have met Suresh Mane in the Tata institute seminar with Black African American scholars. We all know that he is actively involved into the political affairs and growth

Of the BSP. He is the founder of Bahujan Municipal Kamkar Union .

He is fighting for the rights of the Mumbai municipal workers and Mumbai

Port trust workers. He is academically superior person in politics.

The most important fact about him is, for me, as a writer,

He is the author of 4 books.

Pradeep Dhoble, Engineer, MBA  graduate.

President of  OBC Seva sangh

President of Air Corp. OBC Employees Association

And sec. Of All India federation of Backward class Employees association.

Mr. V Kumaresan, the general secretary

Of The rationalists’ Forum, Tamil nadu.

The rationalist forum is the backbone of the social justice

Activities

It is great  pleasure to welcome u all,

The BSP Activists

Ambedkar followers

Periyaar perumthondarkaL

My karunchattai thambimaar

Dravidian movement leaders of Mumbai,

Writers,  journalists

Iam thanking the team on behalf of everyone

For arranging this seminar ..

Before saying  bye to all,

I am repeating Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s address to the

Assembly on 26^th Nov 1950.

ON 26^TH JAN 1950, WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE WORLD OF CONTRADICTIONS. IN POLITICS WE HAVE EQUALITY AND IN SOCIETY

INEQUALITY. IN POLITICS WE WILL BE RECONGNISING THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE MAN ONE VOTE AND ONE VOTE ONE VALUE. BY REASON OF OUR

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE CONTINUE TO DENY THE PRINCIPLE OF

ONE MAN ONE VALUE”

RESERVATION IS NEITHER A POLICY MATTER  , A POLITICAL

GIMMICK NOR A MATTER OF CHARITY. IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL

OBLIGATION”

Thank you.

(welcome address  on 24/2/2013

at Ambusher Velbai sabhagraha, near Nappoo hall,

central matunga, Mumbai 19.

Seminar on social justice

Reservation –

Challenges and tasks

 Presidentail address: Dr K Veeramani , president, Dravidar kazhagam, Tamil Nadu

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Suresh Mane, Mr. Pradeep Dhoble and Mr V kumaresan.

Arranged by Mumbai Rationalist Forum, OBC seva sangh, Maharashtra.