Bhovis in Tarikere ostracize woman for permitting daughter to have intercaste marriage
Chikkamagaluru: A woman living in Lingadahalli of Tarikere taluk and belonging to the Bhovi community was ostracized by the members of the community for having permitted the intercaste marriage of one of her daughters.
Jayamma, who was a member of the Bhovi community and had four daughters and a son, had married three of her daughters to youngsters from the same community. Her youngest daughter, however, loved a youngster belonging to Adikarnataka community and married him with the consent of both families.
The Bhovis in Lingadahalli, however, took objection to a girl of their community opting for intercaste marriage and, led by a teacher from the community, are learned to have ostracized Jayamma for a year now. The woman is denied permission to attend social functions of the community and enter temples, sources have said.
Jayamma is reportedly running from pillar to post in an attempt to file a complaint with the deputy commissioner regarding the ostracism.
The Bhim Army, however, has expressed its support to the family, clarifying that a citizen had the right to marry the person he/she loved, adding that love marriage was not a crime. The Army members also stated that ostracizing people, however, was unjust.
The members have said that a meeting would be called to discuss Jayamma’s issue under the SC/ST Act in order to give justice to the woman and also convince the Bhovis in the matter.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
