tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post791735477167631720..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: It's the gaitDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-23352346762035885102010-04-27T23:43:55.144+05:302010-04-27T23:43:55.144+05:30Check out the following news report which appears ...Check out the following news report which appears on chennaionline.com: <br /><br />http://bit.ly/cJ2DJr<br /><br />The short news report from Betul (Madhya Pradesh) is pasted below. (Dilip, I suspect this will violate some copyright regulation or the other so please edit this comment as you see fit.)<br /><br /><i>Pardhi community members, most of them women and children, have threatened to commit suicide en masse due to their miserable plight after their houses were torched by a mob two years ago.<br /><br />The nomadic tribe people have sought mercy killing permission from Madhya Pradesh Governor Rameshwar Thakur.<br /><br />"The women and children of the community, living in relief camps have handed over a memorandum, addressed to the Governor and to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sanjeev Shrivastava, seeking permission for mercy killing," Sangeeta Pardhi, a community member said today.<br /><br />The community members had staged a sit-in near Collector's office here yesterday.<br /><br />The mob had in September, 2007 torched the houses of the Pardhi tribe suspecting that the nomadic tribe was behind the alleged rape and killing of a woman at Chouthia village in Multai tehsil.</i>Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270071532015895732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-72043706960097209682010-04-26T17:49:15.687+05:302010-04-26T17:49:15.687+05:30No doubt the Pardhis walk with their own particula...No doubt the Pardhis walk with their own particular gait as determined by their genetics, culture, nutrition, footwear etc. It's the observer who interprets this as inimical to his interests -- hence the "sneaking" characterisation. This is also a modern phenomena and hence the relevance of your post. Well done! If you feel those anonymous (sneaking) pats on the back, they are from me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com