The Times of India Daily ,Chennai Edition has used Schedule caste name in derogatory manner in its report

(Word History: The word pariah, which can be used for anyone who is a social outcast, independent of social position, recalls a much more rigid social system, which made only certain people pariahs. The caste system of India placed pariahs, also known as Untouchables, very low in society. The word pariah, which we have extended in meaning, came into English from Tamil pa aiyar, the plural of pa aiyan, the caste name, which literally means "(hereditary) drummer" and comes from the word pa ai, the name of a drum used at certain festivals. The word is first recorded in English in 1613. Its use in English and its extension in meaning probably owe much to the long period of British rule in India.Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pariah.)


Times of India shows its true  face of casteism –The media coverage  on atrocities and human right violation against SC/STs appeared in their Daily are not in the interest of social justice or for national interest , it is nothing but  eyewash ,to deceit and uprising dalits against caste Hindus and caste ridden media .  Times of India has joined the bandwagon of Subramania swamy ,who insulted the LTTE leader captain  Prabhakaran by calling him  as ' international Pariah'.


The News Item appeared in the daily 

Jairam’s Cancun Gambit:To turn dealmaker or the Pariah
Nitin Sethi
TNN

New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh looks set to make a bold deviation from the country’s formal stance on climate change talks to suggest that developing countries should agree upfront to a detailed plan for international scrutiny of their mitigation actions without waiting for developed countries to reveal their hand.

While the developing countries have, as part of the grand bargain at Copenhagen talks, accepted the idea of international scrutiny, they want to delay its operationalisation till the developed countries have revealed how far they are willing to go to accept emission targets for themselves and to fulfil their promise to give US $90 billion immediately and US $100 billion every year starting 2020 for a global effort. Ramesh, on his way to Cancun to join leaders from around the world to break the logjam in climate change negotiations, is likely to suggest that developing countries should revisit their strategy.

It is a gambit. Developing countries, especially the emerging economies grouped as BASIC, have so far been staunchly opposed to the idea.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Ramesh’s idea may take India closer to top nations



New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, on his way to Cancun for climate change negotiations, is likely to suggest that developing countries revisit their strategy.

Developing countries, especially the emerging economies grouped as BASIC, have so far been staunchly opposed to the idea. A failure carries the risk of India becoming a suspect in the camp. Domestically, climate change talks have been a sensitive issue, with a strong risk of attempts at flexibility getting dubbed as sellout.

Conversely, the idea has the potential of pitchforking India into the role of bridgemaker.

It could also move India closer to the developed world, especially the US, which has demanded that key developing economies elaborate how they shall get ‘international consultation and analysis (ICA)’ done of their mitigation actions, whether funded internationally or domestically.

As of now, Ramesh faces heavy odds, with developing countries firm that they should wait to see whether developed countries keep their part of the Copenhagen bargain. The failure of developed countries to provide $30 billion annually to the poorest countries starting 2010 has only validated their tough stance. China, Brazil and South Africa have told India not to be proactive.

BASIC as well as G77 are likely to go into a huddle on this in Cancun in the coming days.

Ramesh has differed from the approach since April 2010 when he, at the request of US climate change envoy Todd Stern, took the first step towards giving details upfront on “international consultation” and to the US-backed Major Economies Forum--The Times of India Dated 03-12-2010 –Chennai Edition.


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