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“Akansha founded by ashoka fellow by Shaheen mistry is running a BMC school in kala chowki , mumbai where they are violating all the sections of Right to Education Act , I made formal complaint regading this to variouse authorities… Continue Reading →
RAHI GAIKWAD, The Hindu, Oct 3.2012 The HinduDiscrimination: Arrogance in urban areas kills their confidence. Photo: V.V. Krishnan Caste discrimination takes on insidious forms in higher education institutions across the country, according to a report When 35 medical students… Continue Reading →
Ganesh Nadar in Tuticorin, Rediff.com A Hindu caste group has built a fence around a Dalit colony to prevent them from venturing onto their fields and using sanitation facilities. The reason: The SC community protested against their employers six years ago…. Continue Reading →
JOINT STATEMENT ON ATROCITIES ON CULTURAL ACTIVISTS AND DALITS. We the undersigned are extremely appalled and outraged by the arrest of Kanwal Bharti eminent Dalit writer for his comments on Face book. If one looks seriously at the banner headlines… Continue Reading →
“I will stand by freedom of speech”A well-known dalit writer is arrested for a facebook post on the suspension of IAS officer Durga Nagpal and the demolition of a madrassa. RUKMINI SEN talks to Kanwal Bharti Dalit writer Kanwal Bharti , A… Continue Reading →
Manoj Mitta, TNN Aug 10, 2013, NEW DELHI: Despite outlawing social evils such as child marriage and Sati, the British balked at taking on untouchability during the Raj. Three months ago, in a quirky turn of events, the David Cameron government… Continue Reading →
Urmi A Goswami, ET Bureau Aug 12, 2013, (Even 37 years after Parliament…) NEW DELHI: After losing her husband to an illness,Jeyanthi (name changed) was forced to step in as the bread earner for her six young children. With no education, work… Continue Reading →
A matter of tastes DIVYA TRIVEDI, The Hindu The HinduA question of caste: There is a deafening silence around Dalit food practices. Photo: T. Singaravelou The only project of its kind that archives the food practices of Dalits is… Continue Reading →
In caste-ridden Haryana, Dalit women fight back by speaking out. An exclusive ground report by Aradhna Wal. Photos by Ankit Agrawal 2013-08-17 , Issue 33 Volume 10 Manisha Devi | 27 ‘People warned me to leave the rape case alone…. Continue Reading →
, LUCKNOW | AUG 07, 2013 A social activist today filed a complaint with National Human Rights Commission on the arrest of Dalit scholar Kanwal Bharti over his Facebook post on the suspension of IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal, alleging that the… Continue Reading →