Category Caste Discrminination
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M.R. Shah asked both the activists to surrender within three weeks. ANUPAMA KATAKAM Anand Teltumbde, a file picture. Photo: Mandar Tannu Gautam Navlakha, a file picture. Photo: TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP In a setback to civil rights… Continue Reading →
There is good news on the Ambedkar House in London. While the permission to convert this house into a museum was refused by the local authorities, thanks to the Maharashtra government, which assisted a number people in London appeal against… Continue Reading →
SUSHIL KUMAR14 March 2020 In late 1980s, Bhanwar Meghwanshi, a 13-year-old from the Dalit community, started attending the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s shakhas in Rajasthan, without knowing much about the organisation. Over the course of around four years, Meghwanshi grew to… Continue Reading →
Shemin Joy, DHNS, MAR 10 2020, 15:06PM IST They live in the fringes of the society, clean filth and die, but do not get justice even in death: this is the story government statistics tell. Over 400 people from marginalised communities have… Continue Reading →
Equality Labs As the struggles against white supremacy and settler colonialism have shown us, releasing the myths that reinforce systems of oppression are the first steps to liberation. If you are serious about caste abolition, and the rights of South… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON MARCH 8, 2020 Dr Payal Tadvi A special SC/ST court hearing the Dr Payal Tadvi suicide case recently allowed the mother of the deceased to assist the prosecution during the trial against the three doctors booked on charges… Continue Reading →
A category of women who have consistently been ignored in the popular imagination is the Dalit woman. Rarely are they a part of national conversations and public discourse around modern feminism and the gender justice demagoguery. By Guru Prakash A… Continue Reading →
Here is a historical piece of writing by India’s first female Dalit writer Mukta Salve. At the time of writing this essay, she was merely 14 years old and a student at the school run by Jotirao and Savitribai PhuleBY MUKTA… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Suraj Yengde grew up in a room similar in size to his office at the Harvard Kennedy School, about 100 square feet. But while the office is his own, he shared his childhood room with… Continue Reading →
There are at least 6 Bhima-Koregaon violence accused named in 2 FIRs since 2018 who have not been arrested so far. ANANYA BHARDWAJ 28 January, 2020 8:15 am IST Text Size: A- A+ New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) that took over the… Continue Reading →