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calendar   Wednesday - August 17, 2011

caste discrimination in Britain? lawyers say you bet and sue

Oh isn’t this wonderful. Just what the public and the victims want to hear from the future King of England. Chinless wimp.

Incredibly, the Prince of Wales put the criminal actions of looters and rioters down to an excess of of youthful ‘energy and natural aggression’. His verdict is bound to cause anger by those hit by marauding swarms of looters last week and people living in areas at the centre of violent gang wars. Charles was visiting a leisure centre in Tottenham, north London, offering shelter and advice to riot victims.

And here’s a new wrinkle to add to the legal system. And leave it to lawyers. Right?  Hey ... UK ...  deep pockets.

Indian couple who lost their law firm jobs due to ‘forbidden love’ at centre of first caste discrimination tribunal

Home Secretary Theresa May considering whether to add the ancient Indian class system to British equality law

By ANDY DOLAN
Last updated at 9:20 PM on 17th August 2011

An Indian couple who met at a legal firm have become the first in Britain to claim ‘caste’ discrimination, saying they were forced from their jobs following their marriage.

An employment tribunal was told that solicitor Amardeep Begraj, 33, was from a higher caste than her husband Vijay, 32, the practice manager.

He belonged to the Dalits, formerly known as the Untouchables because of the nature of their work in roles such as cleaning, pest control or scavenging, and the lowest class of people according to the ancient Indian caste system.

Mrs Begraj has told the tribunal that a senior colleague warned her against marrying Mr Begraj because people of his caste were ‘different creatures’, while he was told his position at the firm was ‘compromised’.

The case throws a spotlight on how the hereditary caste system, for centuries used to categorise people according to occupation or social standing in India, has gained a foothold in a contemporary Britain where five per cent of the population originates from the sub-continent.

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Notice the words ... “a foothold.” That’s always how it starts. With a foothold.


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