spaceourtime: January 2019

Is There A Second Wave of Dalit Upsurge in West Bengal?: The Matua movement that lost momentum after raising hopes of Dalit awakening in West Bengal appears to have received fresh impetus again. But is it too early to pass verdict on the future trajectory of the movement and Dalit politics in general?

The allianceâ€™s other demands include enactment of laws to ending discrimination in schools and phasing out of manual scavenging

Dalit alliance wants law insulated from future judicial review: NCDHR has also opposed 10% reservation for EWS, saying poverty alleviation schemes should be introduced instead

Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch website founder Liu Feiyue is shown in an undated photo.

China Jails Human Rights Website Founder For Five Years: Liu Feiyue is sentenced by a Hubei court after being found guilty of 'incitement to subvert state power.'

Indigenous girls tops in Burnaby for grad rate last year: When it comes to students graduating from high school, the Burnaby school district is ahead of the curve. For well over a decade, the district has been ahead of the provincial average – by as . . .

The Women Who Enriched The Indian Constitution | Madras Courier: Fifteen women members of the Constituent Assembly made substantial contributions to the Constitution. Here's how.

Archaeologists have unearthed a major structure in Vadnagar on the banks of Sharmistha Lake. From timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Buddha Head Found amid New Excavation Efforts in Gujarat, India | Buddhistdoor: Carving among numerous findings that narrate the Buddhist history of Gujarat

Crime and politics: Nirmala Panta’s unsolved rape and murder divides activists and prolongs the family’s grief

Entry to Sabarimala a big step forward for gender equality? Ask Dalit women: Clearly, the people celebrating this victory at Sabarimala are predominantly dominant caste Hindu women

Ask An Atheist | WAMU: One nation, not under God.

Confucius Replaces Buddha in Sinicized Chinese Temples: In the new China, Buddhist and Daoist artifacts are destroyed, and temples are turned into nondescript buildings for worshiping the state.

Aboriginal suicide prevention. Where is the funding going?: Comment from A/Prof Dr Tracy Westerman 2018 Australian of the Year finalist and suicide prevention expert.

Call For Paper: Conference On Nationalism And Patriotism In The Contemporary World, NLU Delhi: The International Conference on Understanding Nationalism and Patriotism in the Contemporary World will be held on 02-03 March 2019 by Center for Human Rights and Subaltern Studies (CHRSS), National...

Sowing division: caste is crucial in Indian elections | openDemocracy: Of course,
politicians did not create the powerful Hindu caste system. They merely exploit
this fault-line, exacerbating the caste animosities to build vote banks.

“She is not a ‘Abid”: blackness among slave descendants in southern Tunisia | openDemocracy: Connected first by a slave-master relationship and now by geographical proximity, the ‘white’ and ‘black’ populations of Ghbonton, Tunisia have a complex relationship with each other.

How to Think About Empire: Boston Review speaks with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term ‘postcolonialism.’

Is Japan really racist?: Much ink has been spilled about the supposed homogeneity of Japan and the dangerous idea of racial purity that goes along with it. Some expats have made entire careers writing — or ranting — about the problems of discrimination in Japan. And yet, the number of foreign residents has more…

Art Exhibit Raises Awareness on Violence Against Native American Women: An art exhibit dedicated to Native American women affected by violence and human trafficking took place Friday at the Powless Cultural Center. The art work was created by people in the region impacted by the issue.

A human rights-friendly approach to education | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Young Observer: The following was written for Amnesty International about Warwick Academy’s Human Rights Project on its fifth anniversary as part of Amnesty

Savitribai Phule: 10 facts to know about first female teacher of India: A leading social reformer of her time, Savitribai Phule is hailed for her contribution in the field of education. Savitribai was a crusader for women empowerment as she broke all stereotypes and spent her life promoting the noble cause of women’s education. - Featured News

Muslim-Dalit Unity Failure Ambedkar Jogendranath Mandal

Call for Muslim-Dalit unity: An Unlikely Prospect | IndiaFacts: Call for Muslim-Dalit unity: What Mandal went through and what Dr Ambedkar said is enough to have serious doubts

Odelle Pike of Stephenville is to be invested into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in late January.

Volunteer Odelle Pike to receive Order of Newfoundland and Labrador | The Western Star: When Odelle Pike gets invested into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador later this month she believes the highlight for her will be being in the room with Kaetlyn Osmond.

That’s because the two have crossed paths before, Osmond as a young

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