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Day August 15, 2016

Dalits Celebrate Independence Day at Una: Pledge Azaadi From Oppression

THE CITIZEN BUREAU https://www.facebook.com/freethinker/videos/10154412778968609/ AHMEDABAD: They came in the thousands from all over Gujarat to Una, marching in small groups, singing songs, shouting slogans, making speeches at halts en route, a sea of people who came together in a strong… Continue Reading →

Rohith Vemula’s mother unfurls tricolour at Dalit protest in Gujarat

DECCAN CHRONICLE. The march was also attended by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who addressed the crowd.  A 350-kilometre march undertaken to protest the flogging has attracted thousands of Dalits every day. (Photo: Facebook) Una (Gujarat):… Continue Reading →

Magsaysay Award Winner – For a better Mumbai, fix the slums first

JOCKIN ARPUTHAM AP An alley in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, in Mumbai The government has plenty of schemes for slum redevelopment, but most of these are on paper. Importantly, sanitation is not on the agenda. I was all of 17… Continue Reading →

Is Arundhati Bhattacharya protecting Coal importers who indulged in over-invoicing?

Is the DRI being stalled by SBI on the over-invoicing of Coal imports? Is the DRI being stalled by SBI on the over-invoicing of Coal imports? While throwing her hat into the race for the next Reserve Bank of India… Continue Reading →

India – Doctor testimony not necessary to establish medical negligence

Jehangir B Gai| Would a complaint of alleged medical negligence have to be proved by examining the subsequent doctor who treated the patient? Or would it suffice to rely on documentary evidence? Here is a case where a consumer successfully… Continue Reading →

20 yrs later, victims of a Dalit massacre still wait for justice

  Manoj Mitta Cow vigilantes attacked Dalits in Gujarat on the very day that happened to be the 20th anniversary of an unusual caste massacre in Bihar. It was unusual in that all but one of the 21 persons killed… Continue Reading →

Acid Attack: No Relief for Most Victims in India #Vaw

SHOMA A.CHATTERJI Tuesday, July 26,2016 KOLKATA: On July 12 this year, The Teldgraph reported that the Calcutta High Court issued an interim order asking the West Bengal government to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to an acid attack… Continue Reading →

RSS chief Golwalkar threatened to kill Gandhi – 1947 CID report

  BHARAT BHUSHAN–  CATCHNEWS EXCLUSIVE Malik/Catch News QUICK PILL The revelations Delhi police CID report: On 8 Dec, 1947 Golwalkar said RSS had the means to silence Gandhi Lucknow CID’s letter: On 1 Dec, 50 RSS men met at Mathura,… Continue Reading →

Rajdeep Sardesai gives ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ a new interpretation

A poem for the 70th Independence Day (inspired by Tagore) RAJDEEP SARDESAI Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, Where no one tells me what to eat, or what to wear, or where to live,… Continue Reading →

70 years on – No freedom from Street Sexual Harassment in Haryana

  On the occasion of India‘s 70th Independence Day, Catch asks the question: how free are the people of the country’s hinterland, and what freedoms and facilities would they like to enjoy? To answer this question, we have chosen locations… Continue Reading →

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