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02/12/2006:

"Dalit woman to address UN meet in New York"

PATNA: Her frail frame disguises the steel within, which not only saw her tame the abusive men folk who battered their wives after getting drunk but also earned her a opportunity to address a United Nations meet in faraway New York.

For Girija Devi, 59, a Dalit Mushar (rat-eating caste) woman from the dingy Bhirkhia-Chipulia village, about 30 km from Motihari, the headquarters of Bihar's East Champaran district, it will be a long journey to New York where she will address the 15th session of the UN's division of advancement of woman and department of economic and social affairs later this month--in Bhojpuri.
newindpress.com

And what about political rights for all Dalit people?