Tag Dalit
AFP | Jun 1, 2014, 07.01 PM IST Shock, protest against UP gang-rape KATRA SHAHADATGANJ: The nightly trek into the fields behind their homes under the cover of darkness leave the women of Katra Shahadatganj in northern India feeling scared and vulnerable at… Continue Reading →
Vishal Kamal, In love with English Literature, INTJ, Mining Engineer One of the biggest mistake that can be done by a society is to pretend that the problem does not even exist. Most of the people answering this question would… Continue Reading →
In 17-yr-old’s death, a school that turned away Written by Chandan Shantaram Haygunde , Sushant Kulkarni | May 25, 2014 1:12 am Nitin Aage’s parents at their home in Kharda village. SUMMARY The Aages are low-caste Mahars. Nitin’s parents work as labourers at a stone-crushing… Continue Reading →
Nupur Sonar The four survivors of the 23 March gangrape Nupur Sonar The four survivors of the 23 March gangrape recount their night of horror, while the State continues to be indifferent to Dalit atrocities in Haryana. Nupur Sonar reports… Continue Reading →
Narendra Modi belongs to Modh-Ghanchi caste, which was added to OBCs categories in 1994, says Gujarat government Friday, 9 May 2014 – 6:10am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA DNA Correspondent Responding to Congress charge that Narendra Modi… Continue Reading →
A protest rally on May 20, 2014 from Dadar East to Chaitya Bhoomi, Dadar West against brutal murder of Nitin Age (Kharda Village, Dist- Ahemadnagar). The police attempted to cover up the casteist nature of the murder of a 17-year-old… Continue Reading →
PRESS RELEASE 9 May 2014 NCDHR strongly condemns “calculated” expulsion of three marginalised EFLU students New Delhi: The National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) strongly condemns the calculated expulsion of three marginalised students from the English and Foreign… Continue Reading →
An FIR was registered against yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Mumbai on Wednesday for his controversial statement on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Ramdev’s statement that Gandhi goes to Dalit homes for “picnics and honeymoon” had kicked up a controversy recently. “An… Continue Reading →
Saturday, 3 May 2014 – 5:39pm IST | Agency: DNA In December 1935, the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (society for the abolition of caste system) invited BR Ambedkar to deliver a speech. Ambedkar wrote the speech, titled it as ‘Annihilation of… Continue Reading →
Show Caption A study on untouchability practices in 1,589 villages in Gujarat provides critical data for the Dalit movement to shape its interventions at the national and international levels. By ANUPAMA KATAKAM DESPITE laws making it punishable, untouchability continues to… Continue Reading →