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One Day Civil Society Consultation on Social Justice and Equity- Villupuram
A one-day Civil Society Consultation was organized by Centre for Social Justice and Equity, (MSSW) on 02nd April 2024 at Thurumbar Development Trust – Villupuram. The consultations were attended by 26 members from NGOs, Local Government members, academicians from four districts (Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore and Pondicherry).
Fr. Arul Valan SDB, Convener, Thurumbar Liberation Movement, Thurumbar Community Development and Research Center, Gingee, Villupuram. The centre is the point where people’s problems and the and the government connect these two. We have been working for the people of Puthrai Vannar for 23 years in the name of the Thurumbar Liberation Movement. Dr. Ambedkar said that political change would bring about social change. So, we also have to work with the people to bring about politic al change. We need to sharpen our thinking. We hope that the centre has a lot more work to do.
Dr. C. Jerome Samraj, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Pondicherry University.
Institutions do not teach about the problems of marginalized people, and hence the current students lack social understanding in many respects. It’s just that this government is not a government for everyone; there are a large number of NGOs. They know what people want. This is why the government restricts foreign funding for NGOs.
The hierarchy of social inequality has become the norm in India. so, people follow wrongly. They are doing it according to it. Wherever the oppressed struggle against oppression, the government opens fire. Apart from that, cases will be prosecuted against Dalits. Non-Dalits are less likely to fight, but if they do, the government does nothing about them. “We live in a fundamentally uncivilized society”.
Belated justice for vachathti violence in Tamil Nadu is far from perfect. It is not justice for violence to happen thirty years later. Any justice should be served immediately. Government and politics do not intervene in the problems of marginalized people. Government employees function according to the caste hierarchy. Are government programs reaching people? Isn’t it? I don’t see that. This is the failed model of government. There is untouchability in the villages, and without fixing it, whatever schemes the government brings will not reach the people. The government should fix it first. Also, research should study the perpetrators rather than the victims. That alone can fix the problem. Panchami lands are mostly owned by the government. i. A separate residence should be built for the oppressed. ii. A separate school should be built. iii. Agricultural land should be given for economic development.
