Bihari Dalit woman to address UN session
Prabhakar Kumar
CNN-IBN
Updated 0858 hrs IST (+GMT 5:30), 08.02.06 Email Print
Mothari (Bihar): It's a gritty tale of a Dalit woman's strength and determination.
Girija Devi, who kickstarted an anti-liquor movement in rural Motihari in Bihar, will now be addressing a bigger audience at the United Nations.
Read the full Story at
http://www.ibnlive.com/article.php?id=5049§ion_id=3
2 comments:
Mrs.Girija Devi represents one of the most oppressed and marginalised caste rather scheduled tribe of India called Mushar.Mushars are very hard working people wandering in remote areas to collect wood to sell to earn liveliwood.Both men and women usually addicted with country made liquor called Daru and Tari.This addiction is the main bane for their backwardness,poverty and exploitation.Mushars are landless and semi bonded very hard working people.In my Bhojpur district,they are regarded as champion 'Chaita' singers as they have been gifted with a pitched tone.Nowadays Mushars are raising their voice against injustice and exploitation as they have been associated with ultra left outfit popularly known as 'Naxalite Movement'.Girija Devi symbolises the aspiration of this Dalit community and her expression in Bhojpuri reveals the pain and misery of this suffering humanity.
Bhojpuri as a 'lingua franca' has been a linakge from ancient time to this post modern period to create a network of hard working and lively people.Bihar like other states is passing through transition period where a lady like Girija Devi marches against all odds to salvage the social values and reinstate the past glory of the land.She is merely a drop in the ocean initiating a social change.The invitation of UNO should be appreciated.At the same time we so called progressive creatures should assess the pain of crores of our people and should take pledge to fight against the prevailing non-social,feudal and evil forces.At last ,I may remember those Mushars carrying wooden bundles on head and their women carrying kids on back and selling'Datun'a type of wooden tooth brush in the villages.Alas ! Girija Devi turns in to a real crusader than a demi god.
Baldeo Pandey.
Chandigarh.
Mobile 09815601768
E-mail Address : baldeokrpandey@gmail.com
Mrs.Girija Devi represents one of the most oppressed and marginalised caste rather scheduled tribe of India called Mushar.Mushars are very hard working people wandering in remote areas to collect wood to sell to earn liveliwood.Both men and women usually addicted with country made liquor called Daru and Tari.This addiction is the main bane for their backwardness,poverty and exploitation.Mushars are landless and semi bonded very hard working people.In my Bhojpur district,they are regarded as champion 'Chaita' singers as they have been gifted with a pitched tone.Nowadays Mushars are raising their voice against injustice and exploitation as they have been associated with ultra left outfit popularly known as 'Naxalite Movement'.Girija Devi symbolises the aspiration of this Dalit community and her expression in Bhojpuri reveals the pain and misery of this suffering humanity.
Bhojpuri as a 'lingua franca' has been a linakge from ancient time to this post modern period to create a network of hard working and lively people.Bihar like other states is passing through transition period where a lady like Girija Devi marches against all odds to salvage the social values and reinstate the past glory of the land.She is merely a drop in the ocean initiating a social change.The invitation of UNO should be appreciated.At the same time we so called progressive creatures should assess the pain of crores of our people and should take pledge to fight against the prevailing non-social,feudal and evil forces.At last ,I may remember those Mushars carrying wooden bundles on head and their women carrying kids on back and selling'Datun'a type of wooden tooth brush in the villages.Alas ! Girija Devi turns in to a real crusader than a demi god.
Baldeo Pandey.
Chandigarh.
Mobile 09815601768
E-mail Address : baldeokrpandey@gmail.com
Post a Comment