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Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD/SB)
 
Udupi, Aug 9: The district Dalita Sangarsha Samiti (DSS) organized a seminar on ‘Freedom for higher castes and untouchable India’ at Hotel Kidiyoor here on Sunday August 9. Eminent intellectual Shiva Sundar inaugurated the seminar.

 
Speaking on the occasion, Shiva Sundar said that a dalit becomes a victim of atrocities every 20 minutes in the nation and many of such atrocities are being reported from states such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab. The national media is in the grip of higher caste Indians who don’t unravel the truth behind such incidents. Kailanj incident that happened in Maharashtra in the recent past deserves to be studied for further introspection, he said.
 
Veteran intellectual Sanjeev Balkur presided. Mangalore University department of History lecturer Barkur Uday also spoke on the occasion.
 
DSS district convener Jayan Malpe delivered the introductory address.  Saraswati welcomed the gathering and Dinakar Bengre compered the programme.