Category Caste Discrminination
By – Karthik Navayan The first time I heard about Guda Anjanna (1 November 1955 – 21 June 2016), through my classmate and Anjanna’s nephew (brother’s son) Guda Rajendar, in 1989, when I was studying in 8th class. Anjanna belongs to… Continue Reading →
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen addressed a special event at the London School of Economics (LSE) to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Dalit rights activist Babsaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Nobel laureate Dr Amrtya Sen criticizes the attitude of branding people… Continue Reading →
Anand Teltumbde . With a self-proclaimed Ambedkar bhakt at the helm of the government, the Dalits might have expected a modicum of directional change in policies towards them. Instead, the two years of Narendra Modi’s government have led to a… Continue Reading →
Sairaat doesn’t focus only on caste identity, but an intersection of identities BY- SAMVARTHA ‘ SAHIL’ Months before the release of the film Sairaat, the Director of the film Nagraj Manjule had said, in an interview to The Hindu, “Love is such… Continue Reading →
Haidar Naqvi, Kanpur | A Dalit woman, 20, had alleged that the son of a politician abducted and raped her in 2014. She was jailed three times and suffered fatal injuries when police arrested her a fourth time on April… Continue Reading →
Anoop Kumar His speech at the talk organised by the Ambedkarite Students’ Association at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, held on 22nd December, 2014. The speech has been transcribed by Valliammal Karunakaran. My name is Anoop and I… Continue Reading →
`Over 18 m People Living in Slavery Conditions Here’ Rakhi Mazumdar Kolkata: India has been ranked fourth in a global survey that lists 167 countries where modern slavery is prevalent. The findings of the survey released on Monday indicate some… Continue Reading →
By Our Representative More than 230 NGOs have called on members of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to reform the practice of the Committee of NGOs that prevents certain human rights organisations, including the International Dalit Solidarity Network… Continue Reading →
The following is a statement in support of scholar-activist Prof Kancha Ilaiah, who is under attack from a number of Hindutva organizations and against whom the Hyderabad police recently registered a case for ‘hurting religious sentiments’. The tendency to … Continue Reading →
Photo: Thinkstock Mumbai, May 29 The Bombay High Court has provided relief to a medical graduate who was denied admission in a post-graduate course in the Scheduled Tribe category despite possessing valid caste certificate on the ground that he had… Continue Reading →