Friday, 31 August 2018

Guj: 2 persons stop Dalit's funeral procession over land row

Guj: 2 persons stop Dalit's funeral procession over land row: Dalits of a village in Gujarat's Mehsana district today carried a corpse to the local police station in protest after two persons allegedly stopped the funeral procession, an official said today.
However, police said that the incident, which took

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Modi government spreading hatred against Dalits: AAP Minister

Modi government spreading hatred against Dalits: AAP Minister: Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Wednesday accused the central government of spreading hatred against the Dalits and backward classes and arresting those who supported them.

Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Police raid homes of Left-wing activists in several states, arrest at least 4

Police raid homes of Left-wing activists in several states, arrest at least 4: Maharashtra police today raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least four of them for suspected Maoist links, sparking a chorus of outraged protests from human rights defenders.
The raids were carried

Police targeting Dalit rights activists post Koregaon: CPI-M

Police targeting Dalit rights activists post Koregaon: CPI-M: Condemning arrests of various activists and journalists such as Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao and Gautam Navlakha, the CPI-M on Tuesday alleged that the police have been targeting Dalit rights activists an intellectuals after Bhima Koregaon riots.

Saturday, 25 August 2018

Atrocities against Scheduled Castes have shown no sign of abating, Delhi HC on Mirchpur case





Atrocities against Scheduled Castes have shown no sign of abating, Delhi HC on Mirchpur case: Atrocities against Scheduled Castes have shown no sign of abating even today, the Delhi HC stated in its judgment in the Mirchpur case passed today.

70 Dalit families debarred from village by dominant caste

70 Dalit families debarred from village by dominant caste: At least 70 Dalit families from Kanudi village in Rajasthan's Barmer district were allegedly debarred from accessing basic facilities by dominant Rajpurohit families.The matter flared up after a resident of the village Rawat Ram lodged a complaint

Monday, 20 August 2018

Ground Report: The Musahar community in Bihar at the bottom in peril

The Musahar community in Bihar at the bottom in peril



Ground Report: The Musahar community in Bihar at the bottom in peril: “If our cattle somehow enter agricultural fields of upper castes we are verbally abused, beaten up and forced to pay a certain amount as fine,” says, Ram Rati Devi, a daily wage landless labour of

DMK has been two-faced in commitment towards social justice, Dalit rights

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Supremo M Karunanidhi passed away on August 7, 2018, in Chennai



DMK has been two-faced in commitment towards social justice, Dalit rights: A critique of the Dravidian movement largely focusing on DMK and particularly on Karunanidhi's regime from a Dalit perspective

HINDUISM & OTHER RELIGIONS ARE THE TWO WINGS OF THE SAME BIRD CALLED INDIA — The Indian Panorama





HINDUISM & OTHER RELIGIONS ARE THE TWO WINGS OF THE SAME BIRD CALLED INDIA — The Indian Panorama: Featured | It is very unfortunate that misguided, dishonest, corrupt, semi or not educated at all Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs that do not understand

The Bhim Thing

The Bhim Thing



The Bhim Thing: The Dalit social movement needed a leader who would demand power. Chandrashekhar stepped up.

Monday, 13 August 2018

Tanzeela Qambrani becomes Pakistan’s first woman lawmaker of African descent





Tanzeela Qambrani becomes Pakistan’s first woman lawmaker of African descent: Qambrani a 39-year-old Sidi who has been nominated to a seat reserved for women aims to tackle stigma attached to her community

Bhim Army prepares to galvanise Dalits against Modi govt on Aug 19

Patna: Bhim Army Sena members stop a train during the bandh call given by Dalit organisations



Bhim Army prepares to galvanise Dalits against Modi govt on Aug 19: Bhim Army leaders say they will support the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Saturday, 11 August 2018

A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society

A dalit rapper uses his verses as a weapon to take on an unequal society: Sumeet Samos tries to critique the society and its fallacious ideology of dividing human beings on the basis of caste

Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Dalit cook row: Students now complain of food poisoning

Dalit cook row: Students now complain of food poisoning: A few students of a school, mired in controversy over appointment of a Dalit woman for cooking noon meal, took ill after eating the food in a suspected case of food poisoning even as she claimed it to be a conspiracy to throw her out.
As many as

Monday, 6 August 2018

The scourge of untouchability

The scourge of untouchability: The young Dalit kids are despised for having been born in a community considered inferior to others but lauded for their talent

Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Only a pro-Dalit party can form next Govt at the Centre: BJP MP Phule

Only a pro-Dalit party can form next Govt at the Centre: BJP MP Phule: BJP MP and Dalit leader Savitri Bai Phule today demanded a debate in Parliament to strengthen the SC/ST Act which, she said, has been made 'ineffectual' by the Supreme Court judgement and asserted that only a pro-Dalit party will form the next