Yaman02 Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 An advocate and resident of Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, Sneha, and her parents neither believed in caste nor religion and always left the ‘caste’ and ‘religion’ columns blank in application forms. And now, Sneha, 35, officially doesn't belong to any caste. Her long-drawn battle to get herself officially certified as belonging to ‘no caste, no religion’ came to an end on February 5. According to her, this step is towards social change. Meanwhile, revenue officials said that this could be the first time that such a certificate was issued in the country. “All my certificates have nil or are blank against the ‘caste’ and ‘religion’ columns. This includes my birth certificate and school certificates. They mention me as an Indian. But I started to realise that every application form I filled mandated enclosure of community certificate. So, I had to obtain a self-affidavit. It was only then that it occurred to me that I needed an identity that was sans caste and religion,” she said as quoted by The Hindu. “When people who believe in caste and religion have certificates, why not issue certificates to people like us?” she asked. Sneha's quest for a caste-less and religion-less identity began in 2010. “I started to apply for a [no religion, no caste] certificate in 2010, but officials kept rejecting it for some reason. Some said there was no precedent in the country. It was in 2017 that I began to stand by ground and explained [my stand] to officials. I justified my stand, saying they should look into my request as I had availed no government schemes or reservation,” the daily quoted her as saying. Sub-Collector of Tirupattur, B Priyanka Pankajam gave the green signal to Sneha's request. “She wanted to be certified as [belonging to] no caste and no religion. We had to check if her assertions were true. We verified all her school and college documents and found the two columns blank. So, though we found no precedent, we decided to go ahead and certify her as it will not affect anybody or take away another person’s opportunity,” she said. Sneha’s husband, K. Parthiba Raja, a Tamil professor, said they left the ‘caste’ and ‘religion’ columns blank in the school application forms for their three daughters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM_BHAYYA Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Sneha Sneha Sneha teliviki maru peru .. aa teliviki johaaru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinUsa Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 eppudu a gneral quota lo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kevinUsa Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Veeraveera said: Kidney and liver lekapoina Vokay. But cassette and religion mathram kacchitam ga undali sneha Garu. Its heartbeat of this generation youth. correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kiraak_poradu Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, TOM_BHAYYA said: Sneha Sneha Sneha teliviki maru peru .. aa teliviki johaaru thappu thappu thalalu sneha snehs sneha chikumudulenno chakkaga vippe okaanuoka vanitha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TOM_BHAYYA Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 37 minutes ago, kiraak_poradu said: thappu thappu thalalu sneha snehs sneha chikumudulenno chakkaga vippe okaanuoka vanitha. Trikkulatho mosagalla thikka kudharchafame aame ganatha sneha sneha sneha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Android_Halwa Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 ie sneha akkai ae casette ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manadonga Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Aa pata veyyandi ikkada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samaja_varagamana Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Good post ..................originally ey caste oh telisthe............mem disco start chestham categorize chesi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiraak_poradu Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, TOM_BHAYYA said: Trikkulatho mosagalla thikka kudharchafame aame ganatha sneha sneha sneha vere serial kuda undi no lady detective ammo thega active.... akka pic puvvu lo vachedi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmharshaa Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 bottu pettukundi kaabatti hindu ee ani @uttermost evarithono tolding appudu heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiraak_poradu Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, mmharshaa said: bottu pettukundi kaabatti hindu ee ani @uttermost evarithono tolding appudu heard juttu siga mudisthe sikh ah? em matladtharu kaka. @samaja_varagamana thinnaka poyaka kadukodata ayithe tribal antava? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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