Madiga Women leadership should get its due credit and share

Madiga Women leaders being dragged from AP Assembly in April, 1998

Madiga leadership should ensure that Bill on ABCD categorisation is introduced in parlament and they should continuosly work on the Bill.

Madiga Leadership should give a special attention on the development of the Women Leadership in the community. Madiga women leadership is also Important for the overall development of the Madiga community. Madiga women leadership should be brought at par with the upper caste women leadership.

 

Madiga male leadership and others should remember that it was 5 madiga girls who entered AP Assemly on April 21, 1998, under the leadership of Mary Madiga demanding the implemantation of ABCD categoristion. And , all were arrested, humilated and put behind the bars for several months. 

Male leadership should not forget the conribution of women madiga leaders and they should be given their due credit and share in the leadership.

Jai Bheem, Jai Telangan

`Let us fight for a separate Telangana Unitedly’

Dear Friends,

A large number of my friends are visiting my blog – www.marymadia.blogspot.com and offering their comments. Recently, I have received two important comments which I thought to share with you. Below are the two following comments:  

        
         A blog visitor:

`Let us fight for a separate Telangana Unitedly’

I appreciate you ma'am for doing such a wonderful job, but i would appreciate you more if at this point of time with your influence you educate the people around you about ONLY our T-state dream. ONLY why we want a state of our own etc..,an...d if you are doing this already just ignore the things written under, and my sincere thanks to you marykumari garu!
 

i would like to suggest you that this is not the right time to publicity the work you are doing, please don't relate the appreciated work you are doing with the Telangana state form...ation agitation, at OU and KU i'd seen students fighting for Telangana they were not in a mood to talk about the religion or caste at that point of time, because we know a separate state will be a solution for many of the issues, like the one you are fighting for. Let the people who fight for the T-state fight with their hearts and soul let them not deviate to other issues till the state is formed after that i will be glad to see you resume where you have kept full stop of the work you've been doing b4.

hope you understand our desire to achieve a new state, a state that is free frm problems like the one you are fighting for. a state ver everyone is treated equally & with respect. and state where every person is made to think about development of their region and developing on their own with out corruption.
Thank you.

A Face Book friend from USA on my blog:

`America can also become a third world country'

Hello Mary, nice to meet you. My name is Bobby and I live in America, and I would to share your story with everyone that I know. I think it's important that people understand that life is not that good all over the world and that america can to become a third world counrty like most of the world,  I found you on facebook.

Crossed several hurdles, Miles to go............................

Dear all,

Some of you asked me to write a Profile based on my work. 

Please read my profile below.

Thanks & Regards,

Kalakuntla Marykumari Madiga
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Profile

My name is Kalakuntla Marykumari Madiga. I am a Hyderabad based social activist. I am married and blessed with one daughter and one son. My husband Mr Palaguda Srinivas Rao is a political activist.   

I was born on February 2, 1976 in a remote village Ragunata puram, Rajapet mandal of Nalgonda Distict in Telangana. I am the youngest daughter of five sisters and one brother.

I come from a poor dalit family. My father was a shoe-maker. I started earning and supporting my family since my school days. I have been relentlessly fighting the casteist and feudal forces from an early stage of my life. And, this fight still continues…….

I was interested in the student politics since school days. Hence, I got involved in the Dhandora (social change) movement at the age of 18 in the year 1994. In fact, I was one of the founder members of the Dhandora movement that started in mid-90s in Andhra Pradesh. The movement was being spearheaded under the banner of Madiga Reservation Porata Sammittee (MRPS) for the categorization of the reservation quota into A,B,C and D.

I was the state mahila president, M.R.P.S between 1994-1999 and worked hard to mobilize lakhs of Madigas - one of the two major sub-castes of Dalits in AP. After getting associated with MRPS between 1994-99, I along with a group of like-minded dalit activists decided to take a Padayatra. We took the Padayatra for 2,600 KM and interacted with the deprived sections to understand their problems. The Padayatra finally culminated in Guntur district and we joined Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the presence of late Shri Kanshi Ram Ji in 1999.

Due to the hectic involvement in the movement, I had to discontinue my studies after 12^th class. Later, I decided to do my graduation and currently I am at the final stage of completing degree.

I realized the importance of learning English and Computers to get connected with the outer world. Thus, I started learning both written and spoken English along with using internet medium. 

Some of my well wishers and my 16 years old daughter Anusha help me in learning English while my 9-year old BudhaVeer (who was named by Shri Kanshi Ram Ji) trains me in getting acquainted with the various modes of the internet medium like using Yahoo mail and Face Book.

I have my own blog – www.marymadiga.blogspot.com - where I have stored the details of my life time activism.  The pictures of various meetings and paper cuttings of the press coverage have been uploaded at the blog. I also take the help of this blog to express myself on various current issues concerning the deprived section and on the formation of a separate Telangana state.

The people of Andhra Pradesh specially the deprived section know me by my name because of my fight for the Dalit rights. I caught the attention of the state when I headed a team of five young  girls and stormed the Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly demanding categorization of  scheduled  caste reservation into  A,B,C,D. Due to our protest inside the well of the Assembly shouting slogans against the then state government, the Assembly unanimously resolved to categorise the schedule caste reservations bill in 1997.

I faced lathi-charge on several occasions, was tortured in the police custody and put behind the bar for several months while fighting for the Dalit rights.

I along with others organized and led a padayatra in 1999 with a slogan to establish political power to the Bahujans which was started from Karmchedu and went through the Telangana districts and Rayalseema in four months. I write inspirational songs and sing to mobilize dalits. 

We organized a massive rally attended by 10,000 people to join BSP in the presence of Shri Kanshi Ramji at Guntur.

Currently, I am working on the atrocities against dalit women, youth and children in Telangana. My aim in life is to work for the empowerment of the Dalits and bring them to the mainstream of the state. I am actively participating in the Telangana movement also for the formation of a separate state.   

I often appear on TV for exclusive interviews and the newspapers quote me on various issues concerning Dalits, tribals, women and Telangana movement.

I appeal all of you to extend your whole-hearted support in all ways to carry my fight further for the deprived section and Telangana. You can contact me at my e-mail ID: mary_kumari95@yahoo.com

Regards,

Kalakuntla Marykumari Madiga
President
Telgangana Mahajena Mahila Samakya
Hyderabad
E-mail: mary_kumari95@yahoo.com
Blog: www.marymadiga.blogspot.com

    

In memory of youth who sacrificed their life for Telangana

Dear Friends,

Jai Bhim.

The revival of Telangana movement, in the last few years, has witnessed a large scale violence. Around 400 youth died in the late 60s when they were killed in the police firing. And, another 400 died in the resurgent Telangana movement. More than 800 youth died so far for the cause of Telangana.

In the latest phase, the youth died in the police firing and a large number of them immolated themselves demanding a separate state – Telangana. A majority of the youth belong to the deprived section – SC, ST and BC.  

Telgangana Mahajena Mahila Samakya, a platform fighting for the deprived section of Telangana, has organized a meeting on February 29, 2010 at Sundarayya Vignyan Kendramu, Hyderabad in memory of these brave youth who sacrificed their life for the cause of Telangana. We have facilitated the parents and family members of these brave youth of Telangana.

Telangana Mahajena Mahila Samakya also appealed to the youth of Telangana not to resort to any drastic step of immolation and instead fight the state repression upfront without any immolation.

Jai Telangana  Jai Jai Telangana………………..

Kalakuntala Mary Madiga
Telangana Mahajena Mahila Samakya
Hyderabad

I interacting with the people's singer Gaddar on the stage

My son on the lap of Mananiya Shri Kansi Ram Ji and I standing behind him

The great Dalit leader late Shri Kansi Ram Ji named my son  Buddha Vir.

Listenting to a viewer's question at TV1 channel during an interactive session

At RK Sudiio for `Prajala Gunde Chappudu' (People's heart beat) programme

Participating in a panel discussion along with Ms N Lakshmi Parvathi at TV9 channel

During a road show on the dalit rights in Telangana

Let us continue our fight for the Dalits and Tribals

Dear all,

Jai Bhim.

Andhra Pradesh is at the cross-roads.

The revival of Telangana movement by Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) under the leadership of Shri KCR in the last few years has brought the issue of the backwardness  of the region to the fore. The movement has conveyed the people how Telangana has been neglected for the past several decades by the successive governments of the state.

However, the conflict between the Telangana and Samaykhaya Andhra (United Andhra) has pushed back the issues related to the deprived section specially of Dalits. The situation of the Dalits has further worsened due to the lack of a proper leadership in the State who can raise the voice to safeguard their interest. The decreasing employment generation in the government sector and the absence of reservation quota in the private sector has resulted a large number of unemployment among the Dalit and Tribal in the last one decade.

There are a number of issues like Land Reforms which is yet to be carried for the distribution of the land among the landless SCs and STs. Similarly, the small land holding of the poor SCs and STs is being grabbed by the land and builder mafia. A large number of other issues are also there which needs to be resolved.

We need to revisit all the issues related to the deprived sections specially SCs and STs so that the caste and feudal structure can be demolished in the state.

I invite all to send your views, comments and suggestions in a write up format on the above subject at mary_kumari95@yahoo.com  

Looking forward for your support,

In Solidarity

Paladugu Marikumari Madiga

Blog under construction

Dear Friends,

This blog is under construction. It will be completed soon.

Please stay with us.

Thanks & Regards,

Paladugu Marykumari Madiga

Remembering the Massiah of Dalits

Mananiya Shri Kansi Ram giving a momento to me

Telengana Foundation Day