Category Caste Discrminination
POSTED ON JANUARY 3, 2020 According to the police, the celebrations this year were peaceful as Dalit youngsters raised slogans like “Ekach Saheb Babasaheb” and “Jai Bhim” reverberated in the air much to the delight of visitors to Bhima Koregaon… Continue Reading →
Vidya Bhushan Rawat Iconic statue of EVR Periyar at the Periyar Thidal. His powerful presence in the Dravidian land ensured that the hate-mongering caste supremacists remained out of the power game in Tamil Nadu. But now, the Tamil land is… Continue Reading →
With no alternate sources of income, ‘liberated’ women manual scavengers work on contract with municipal corporations as sweepers and cleaners, often cleaning waste with their hands. Rakhi Bose | News18.com@theotherboseUpdated:December 18, 2019, 11:40 AM IST Women sanitation workers and families of male… Continue Reading →
The victim, identified as 43-year-old Lokesh, is reportedly living hand-to-mouth by selling the food item on his ‘Thela’ (moveable food stall/cart). Published: 15th December 2019 05:19 PM | Last Updated: 15th December By ANI GREATER NOIDA: A poor vendor reportedly belonging to the Dalit… Continue Reading →
Will withdraw Koregaon Bhima cases: Uddhav Prafulla Marpakwar & Swati Deshpande TNN Mumbai: CM Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday assured a delegation of NCP leaders comprising cabinet members Jayant Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal and legislator Prakash Gajbhiye that criminal cases filed… Continue Reading →
By James Reinl (L-R) Somappa, 52, Muniraju, 37, and Kaverappa, 54, finish manually emptying a pit, in Bangalore, India in August 2019. Courtesy: WaterAid/ CS Sharada Prasad/ Safai Karmachari Kavalu Samiti UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15 2019 (IPS) – People who empty out sewage… Continue Reading →
A 37-year-old Dalit man, who was mercilessly thrashed and forced to drink urine in Punjab’s Sangrur district, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, 16 November, morning at a hospital, police said. “He succumbed to his injuries at the Post Graduate… Continue Reading →
‘November 07, 2019 08:14 IST ‘Whenever Dalits have agitated on the streets, the government has blamed Naxalites.’Jyoti Punwani reports from the Bhima-Koregaon commission hearings. IMAGE: Professor Jogendra Kawade. Photograph: Jyoti Punwani “The violence at Bhima-Koregaon on January 1, 2018 was promoted… Continue Reading →
Teltumbde is one of the activists booked by police for allegedly inciting caste-based violence at Bhima Koregaon.(Photo Courtesy: YouTube Screengrab) A group of Canadian organisations has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind, requesting them to… Continue Reading →
Ask why then will he be arrested, see the move as purely an attempt to silence intellectuals and offer their support to keep him from being taken into custody Prachee.Kulkarni The all-round support for Anand Teltumbde, management professional-turnedcivil rights activist, against the… Continue Reading →