Nu's Nemesis

This is an gravely shocking incident. Now the authorities might turn more
vigilant about it's tokensistic approaches, only to return to square one a
couple of months later, once the pressure has fizzed out.

Though on quite a different tangent, and perhaps not of prime interest in this
issues, however, I observe that is several places throughout this write-up the
PTG have been referred as 'poor' aboriginals. Were they poor? Are they poor now?
Usgae of words like poor are media's art of playing with words to draw sympathy
towards the victims, but somewhere ends up doing injustice to the dignity of
these proud people. Someday, another lawyer from Calcutta would wake up filing a
petition to salvage these aborigines from their poverty.

Further, if they are poor and vulnerable today, is it because they didn't
advance and turn civilized (colonised), or is it because the 'powerful' chose to
leave them 'powerless'.

In solidarity
Sharbendu


----- Original Message ----
From: Pankaj Sekhsaria <pankaj@...>
To: Andamanicobar <andamanicobar@...>
Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2007 4:38:43 PM
Subject: [andamanicobar] Nu's Nemesis


Sent by Samir Acharya.
pankaj
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Nu's Nemesis
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 23:51:30 -0700
From: Society for Andaman & Nicobar Ecology <samiracharya. sane@gmail. com>

Dear all,
A news that appeared in ASPECT of today is pasted below.

Samir

"A MAN SETS ABLAZE AN ABORIGINAL TRIBAL WOMAN"
Port Blair, July, 2

IN an incident that took place on Saturday at Port Blair, an woman of
Great Andamnese tribal community was set ablaze after pouring petrol by
a local man named Dayanand, S/O. Bharat, who is a group "C" employee in
APWD. This incident took place at the "Basera" Nivas , which is the
stay home for Great Andamanese tribal people here.

The woman named Nu, W/o. Pege has sustained 60% burn all over the body
and is admitted in the G.B. Pant Hospital;.

The police has arrested the culprit behind the incident.

A vigilant citizen, who saw the tribal lady at the hospital, as
questioned whether the Administration is really serious in extending
security & care t the aboriginal tribal people here. The said incident
has exposed the level of care , the Administration is giving towards the
poor aboriginal tribal people, particularly women of the community.

This incident and the past incidents involving tribal people have
defeated the tall claim of Admnistration that tribal are in the safe
hands of AAJVS. If the factor safety was something really existing,
how, could a person enter into the "Basera" home and pour petrol and
set ablaze the poor women.

It is a matter of shame that the facilities and monetary assistance
which are sanctioned by GOI and which are supposed to be distributed
among these tribal people are being looted away by the Administration
authorities. And these poor tribe people are not even provide even the
basic need of security and care.

Samir adds,

The tragic incident that took place in Adi Basera on Saturday last once
again calls our attention to the following:
a) That the Administration is not too concerned about visits of
non-tribals to the members of PTGs, unless the visitor happens to be a
journalist.
b) Adi Basera was a Guest House for PTGs since long. It was declared a
protected tribal reserve only after a lady correspondent of NDTV
interviewed Lichu and Nu at Adi Basera and NDTVs broadcast of the
damaging interview.

C) Adi Basera is guarded throughout the day but not at night, presumably
because the journalists do not normally try to interact with PTGs at night.
d) There was no guard at Adi Basera that night, although Nu's son was
sleeping in another room. The main building was under repair and as
such other tribals were not present. Reportedly the miscreant regularly
visited Nu in Adi Basera at night.

Even for the Jarawas the Administration' s Efforts stop with religiously
publishing to cease and desist from taking tourists into the tribal
reserves and allowing interactions

--
Society for Andaman & Nicobar Ecology
P.B.No <http://P.B.No>. 63
Middle Point
Port Blair-744101
A & N Islands

Ph: (03192) 232929, 234624
Fax:(03192) 236014






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