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Judgment On September 24, a Bhandara court in Maharashtra pronounced the judgment in the famous case of Kairlanji massacre in which four members of a Dalit (schedule caste) family were brutally murdered by a mob. Court sentenced the six out of total of 11 accused persons to death while two have been sent to life imprisonment. And the remaining three accused has been acquitted by the court for lack of evidence.   Incident In September 2006, A Dalit woman Surekha Bhotmange, her daughter Priyanka had identified the assailants to the police whom they had seen assaulting a police-patil. Police had arrested the accused on September 29 and had released them on bail on the same day. They in the evening had attacked the house of the Dalit family and killed four members of the family brutally. The mother and the daughter were dragged out of the house by the mob, stripped and were beaten up with wooden sticks and bicycle chains. There heads were banged repeatedly against a wall till they died. The violent mod did not end here, they killed two more male members of the family Sudhir (18) and Roshan (21). Because of the slow and biased investigation process by the state police department, Dalit agitation had broke out and had taken a violent turn. Violence had expanded in the whole state and a train was set on fire. After it, state government had handed over the inquiry to a special CBI team and the some police officers had been suspended. This issue remained in headlines for many days and many national leaders had expressed their view against the shocking crime.   Discrimination In this case, a Dalit family had to face the ire of some people of upper caste. The way they were brutally murdered show the attitude of the upper class people towards the lower class. In most parts of India, Dalits and other low caste people face discrimination and are mostly treated like bonded laborers. In the Bihar foods we have seen that even in the relief camps Dalits are being discriminated. This kind of discrimination has given rise to many social problems. In some state Dalits have converted to Christian religion. But it divided the society more as we have seen in the state of Orissa. But with this court verdict, people’s trust in the judiciary has been re-established and also a message has [...]

State The State of Jammu and Kashmir is India’s northernmost state. It is one of the most favorite tourists’ destinations in India. Its geography, culture and the seasons of the state has always attracted the tourists to visit it. Jammu and Kashmir consists mainly three reasons. First is Jammu that is also the winter capital of the state. Second is the Kashmir which consists the city of Srinagar, that is also the summer capital. And the third region is Leh and Ladakh, that is also called the “Little Tibet”. In the Jammu region most of the population is Hindu, while is Kashmir, Muslims and Tibet is inhabited mostly by the Buddhist population.   Rulers Before the 12th century it was ruled by successive Hindu empires that include the Maurya and Kushan Empires. But by the mid of the 12th century it was occupied by Turkish rulers who spread Islam in the region. Later on it was occupied by the Mughals. In the end of the 18th century it was captured by the First Sikh ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore. But after the downfall of the Sikh rule it was ruled mainly by the Dogra rulers. When India got independence it was divided into two parts, India and Pakistan. But the princely states were not merged in any of the part. It was left to their rulers to choose to merge their region into the country of their choice. But Pakistan violated the agreement and attacked  the state with the purpose of capturing it. Following it ruler of the state Maharaja Hari Singh accepted the accession of the state into India. Indian forces entered the state to save it from the further occupation  but were not allowed by the then Government of India to flush the invaders out. After that the state of Jammu and Kashmir has always remained the bone of contention between both of the countries and they have fought three wars with each other.   Special Status 60 percent area of the state is controlled by India, 30 percent by Pakistan and the remaining 10 percent by the Republic of China. State of Jammu and Kashmir is the only state of India that has its own flag and constitution. defense, communication and foreign policy are directly handled by the Parliament of India and the rest by the state government which has been provided with  special autonomy under [...]

Incident The Chief Executive Officer of Italy based company Graziano Transmissioni, which manufactures auto components, was allegedly killed by an agitating group of workers of the company who had been dismissed from their jobs on disciplinary grounds a couple of months ago. A meeting was being held between the management and the dismissed employs to sort out the matter but altercation broke out between both of the parties on some issue. Amid the heated arguments, a security guard opened fire following which a group of other 100 suspended workers,who were waiting outside the factory premises became violent. When the CEO came down to calm down the workers he was manhandled and bludgeoned to death by them.   Meeting Two months ago, company had dismissed almost 200 employees who had turned violent during their agitation while demanding the hike in their pay. Since then they were demanding reinstatement and had been invited by the management for talks to sort out the matter. But during the meeting management demanded their written apology as a pre-condition to reinstate them. This condition infuriated them and turned them violent.   Problems After the economic revolution in India, a lot has changed. But a very little change has happened in the financial and working condition of lower level workers. There are huge disparities in the wages of regular and temporary workers.  In unorganized sector workers are paid poorly. Lack of job security, poor working conditions and callousness of the management towards workers are the major reason of simmering anger among workers. Tough private investment has created lakhs of jobs but in small companies workers are paid poorly. In most of cases they are paid less than the daily wage limits set by the government. If workers agitate then they are fired from their jobs. Government of India has not made such rules that can deal with these problems. Noida incident is just an eye-opener. It is the time for all the private companies and the center government to apply a new approach to tackle such problems. Government must make some rules that will provide job security to the workers and will also address their wages related problems. On the other hand it is the responsibility of the management to deal with the workers with compassion other wise no body can prevent such kind of incident from happening.