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Day June 16, 2018

‘Avatar’ tribe poses second challenge to Vedanta after deadly India protests

Reuters  |  LANJIGARH, I The killing by police of 13 people protesting against the copper smelter in Tamil Nadu, to the south, has given fresh impetus to their campaign to also close the Odisha refinery run by the company’s Indian unit, Vedanta Ltd. The company… Continue Reading →

Republic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde #BookReview

Anand Teltumbde’s Republic of Caste is a masterful narration of the social and historical life of caste in India, of how communities have been systematically disempowered, and how such exclusion is in the very DNA of the republic Dhrubo Jyoti… Continue Reading →

India – When Social Media Becomes Anti-Social

In the Northeast, a few posts have fanned unrest in recent times. Bikash Singh reports In the winter of 2015, peninsular India was battered by the retreating monsoons that killed more than 500 people in cities dotting the south-eastern water… Continue Reading →

Anti-Dalit Stir in Maharashtra Worries BJP Ahead of 2019 elections

Question of Cong credibility; Bhima-Koregaon riots & Dalit youths being beaten up may take toll Krishna.Thevar Mumbai: Fast-tracking the work on a mega Ambedkar memorial and 100% subsidy to buy farmland for poor and landless scheduled caste labourers — these… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra: Dalit boys beaten, paraded naked for swimming in well #WTFnews

The Dalit boys were swimming in the well to beat the summer heat. Police said this upset villagers, who allegedly pulled them out, stripped and paraded them. They were allegedly beaten with leather belts, police added. A still from a… Continue Reading →

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