Sandhya Nair, TNN | Jun 8, 2013, MUMBAI: A sweeper in a Nalasopara school secured a first class in the SSC board exam. She is not the only one to clear the exam in her family – her daughter, too, passed it… Continue Reading →
Women and Girls Facing Caste-Based Discrimination Need Special Protections JUNE 7, 2013 Many [Dalit women] experience some of the worst forms of discrimination. The reality of Dalit women and girls is one of exclusion and marginalization, which perpetuates their subordinate… Continue Reading →
This tiny village in Ladakh might be frozen in time, but its initiative to harness renewable energy has led to all-round empowerment RAMAPATI KUMAR, The Hindu “Stupid TV,” Rigzen Tsomo mutters in the local Bodhi language as she taps her… Continue Reading →
Agence France Presse | Updated: June 07, 2013 17:03 IST New Delhi: The Indian government‘s move to implement blanket eavesdropping of online activities, telephone calls and text messages is “chilling”, Human Rights Watch said today as controversy raged in the US… Continue Reading →
Friday, Jun 7, 2013, 6:47 IST | Agency: DNA Dilnaz Boga Protesters at the proposed site for a nuclear plant at Jaitapur sent an e-mail to the three main bankers — BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole in France… Continue Reading →
Let’s ask the political parties what makes them fear public scrutiny Shailesh Gandhi 15-06-2013, Issue 24 Volume 10 Illustration: Vikram Nongmaithem The recent decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to bring political parties within the ambit of… Continue Reading →
BS| New Delhi June 5, 2013 The National Human Rights Commission today issued a notice to the Union HRD Ministry over alleged caste-based discrimination and violence in a hostel of Dalit students in Patna University. According to an NHRC statement, the Commission issued notice to… Continue Reading →
Karthick S, TNN | Jun 7, 2013, When 22-year-old Divya, who belongs to the vanniyar community, decided to elope and marry a dailt youth, all hell broke loose. CHENNAI: Divya Nagarajan could barely stand in the Madras high court premises on Thursday. The pressures… Continue Reading →
By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Dalits or co-called lower caste Hindus – comprising 90 percent of Pakistan‘s religious minorities – are the most underprivileged, with lowest access to education, said a study conducted by Pakistan Hindu Seva (Welfare Trust). The… Continue Reading →
Mallica Joshi, Hindustan Times New Delhi, June 07, 2013 First Published: 01:10 IST(7/6/2013) “I feel I live in South Africa of the apartheid era.” The segregation is not along racial lines but at Delhi University‘s form counters, the caste divide… Continue Reading →
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