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Month June 2017

Karnataka – Pregnant Muslim woman burnt alive by her own family for marrying a Dalit man #Vaw

The families of the man and the woman came together to torture him and kill her. Theja Ram Representation Photo / “Witch Burning” by Nik Page is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 × In a nondescript village of Bijapur district,… Continue Reading →

Toiling for a toilet- When a sanitation scheme deepened rural indebtedness

Yardain Amron Bad foundation: “Just building people toilets doesn’t mean they’ll use them. More crucial and challenging is inducing communal behavioural change.” Banjari, a resident of a village in Janjgir-Champa district, went into deep debt to construct a toilet.  … Continue Reading →

100 years after historic anti-caste Panthibhojanam, Kerala leaders come together to recreate event

CM Pinarayi Vijayan also urged people to introspect if society had moved forward in its thinking in the 100 years since Panthibhojanam.   A century ago this week, social reformer Sahodaran Ayyappan made a powerful statement against the caste system… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra farmers’ strike sends vegetable, milk prices soaring

RAHUL WADKE In the past two days, farmers in northern and western Maharashtra have stopped sending milk and vegetables to the cities and have been dumping their produce on the streets. Supplies from the producing regions in the State have… Continue Reading →

Indian media wants Dalit news but not Dalit reporters

Caste privilege and domination in newsrooms must end. Media in India is dominated by the upper castes, writes Mondal [Reuters/Jitendra Prakash] by Sudipto Mondal Sudipto Mondal in an investigative journalist who reports mostly from South India on caste, communalism and… Continue Reading →

Bengaluru cop turns moral police over ‘indecent words’ on man’s T-shirt at multiplex #WTFnews

The young man’s T-shirt bore the word ‘fu*king’, and a moralistic man and a cop did not like that. Megha Varier × When a young man in Bengaluru walked into PVR Cinemas at Bengaluru’s Forum Mall on Friday, little did he… Continue Reading →

‘Mentally disabled’ woman found chained, naked in rehab centre in Hyderabad #WTFnews

A young woman was found chained and naked in a rehab center in Hyderabad. She claimed that she was touched inappropriately by someone who visits her at night. By Express News Service HYDERABAD: Even as Cyberabad police has launched an inquiry… Continue Reading →

The viral images that show protestors eating raw meat are MORPHED and FAKE

By Pratik Sinha – Two images are currently viral on social media. In one of them a man can be seen holding an animal bone and seemingly eating raw flesh off the bone. In the other one, a woman is… Continue Reading →

How To Make Fake #Aadhaar Card From Mobile Phone In Just 2 Minutes

Rail cops uncover fake Aadhar scam THE ASIAN AGE. | ARPIKA BHOSALE Touts providing pre-booked tickets on the basis of forged cards to customers.  The railway police stumbled upon the racket after they arrested a tout recently. (Representational photo) Mumbai:… Continue Reading →

An Indian MLA has started a digital sanitary pad bank for underprivileged women

People can donate both funds as well as sanitary napkins. Dr. Bharati Lavekar/Facebook × In a move to provide menstrual hygiene products to underprivileged girls and women, a Mumbai MLA has started a digital sanitary pad bank. Versova MLA Bharati… Continue Reading →

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