Flagrant breach of RTE Act.

Flagrant breach of RTE Act.
St Xavier school, Doranda, Ranchi
3rd Feb. 2012


By Md. Shamim Ansari




Some students of St. Xavier School, Doranda, Ranchi, dared to talk in the class room . The teacher entered the classroom and asked the monitor about the noise. The monitor Gautam wrote the name of  fifteen students involved in the said offence. The teacher Brother Rajesh called five students and began punishing them. One of the students named Amrit Sagar Kerketta was slapped so terribly on the left ear that he got swelling on the temple and liquid began to ooze from the ear. Dr. Raghav Sharan Diagnosed that the ear drum was fully damaged. The mother of the boy, Nishi Kerketta complained about the matter to the principal of the school, who only gave assurance that the matter would looked into. Janmadhyam raised the issue. All the electronic and print media reported the incident immediately. An applicatin with demand of quick action against the cruel teacher and the school administration was given to the Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi. 

Fair at Sukuenburu, MARANGHADA

19^th December 2011

By Jitendra Mahato

The historical hill Sukuenburu is situated near village Totadah, 7-8 kms from Maranghada and near about 25 kms east from Khunti. It has a great importance for the history of Jharkhand and for Munda community. When the Munda People from Sutiyambe spread in the different directions of Jharkhand, they lost communication with their own people due to separation. Few intellectual Mundas met with each other and decided to have a gathering of Munda community every year. And they decided the Sukuenburu hill as their meeting spot. It is the matter of about……….. year ago. All the Mundas were signaled through the bonfire on the Hill. The distant Mundas get signal through it. Day after they saw the bonfire, they used to come and gather on the mountain top. It brought continuity in their brotherhood. They used to sing and dance there. Another trend of kite flying also started from there. This trend is contemporary as old as the Munda history.

                                      At present the day of gathering is 9^th day after the full moon of December. This year the day was 19^th December 2011. A team of Janmadhyam in guidance of Pravin kumar went there to reveal the history. They saw people started coming to the hill early in the afternoon. All climbed it by walking. Few cars were also standing on the midway of the hill. The climbers were form 6 years child to 60 years old lady. Children were very much excited. Youth was trying to look fashionable. New born baby also came in their mothers lap. Children and youngsters came with their colorful dragon kites mend by them. They started flying them. In the next five minutes the sky was full with colorful kites. Every part of the kites were prepared with love and labor. The string with Kudrum fiber, the frame with bamboo sticks. The scenario was amazing to feel. In the middle of the hill top people started dancing and singing their folk songs….

“Hai re gore hauwa…

 Maji pati hauwa”

People danced for hours in the beat of nagaras till dusk. After that they started coming down singing and dancing. Midway was full with fair shops. People enjoyed Gulgullas, Khurmas and groundnuts.

                             Faces were happy seeing their own people gathered. This has become the best medium of Mundas to interact with their community. Seeing their unity we can say, “As long as Sukuenburu is there the love and brotherhood of Mundas will stay immortal”.