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Neelambaran A
Empowered Yet Demeaned: Discrimination of Dalit Panchayat Heads Continue in Tamil Nadu
20 Nov 2020
From denying permission for the president of the panchayat to hoist the national flag to denying them chairs during the meetings, these caste based atrocities are varied and numerous.
Bindu Doddahatti
India’s Lessons From The Black Abolitionists
01 Jul 2020
Activists and students from largely minority institutions are being picked up every single day and charged with the draconian laws. BJP has succeeded in imprisoning several prominent Dalit and Muslim…
Ravi Kaushal
Rajasthan: Brutal Assault on Dalit Brothers Suspected of ‘Stealing Money’ Sparks Outrage
20 Feb 2020
FIR registered in Nagaur after video goes viral on social media, showing a screwdriver being inserted in the private parts of one victim.
Yogesh Maitreya
From Mahars to Buddhists: The Culture of Protest
22 Jan 2020
Despite the repressive role attributed to Hindus, Ambedkar’s attitude toward Hinduism remained ambivalent for much of his life.
Indian Cultural Forum
“From Shadows to the Stars”: A Tribute to Rohith Vemula
17 Jan 2020
On his fourth death anniversary we look back at the discrimination faced by Rohith Vemula and the events that followed his death.
Damyantee Dhar
Dalit RTI Activist Thrashed by ‘Upper Caste Men’ in Botad, Gujarat
27 Nov 2019
This is the fifth incident of attack on dalits by upper caste men since May this year in Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
Newsclick Report
Civil Society Activists, Students, Lawyers Demand Release of Bhim Army Chief
16 Sep 2019
“The agenda of the anti-dalit BJP government,” said senior human rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan, “is to reconstruct the structures of dalit oppressions similar to what was practised by the…
Yogesh S
BBMP Pourakarmikas Protest Against Casteist Statement and Treatment
15 Jul 2019
Pourakarmikas who segregate garbage and clean the lake and its surroundings were denied drinking water facilities and access to toilet and were made to eat next to the garbage.
Damayantee Dhar
Gujarat: Dalit Man Attacked by His Brother’s Murderer
29 Jun 2019
This is the fourth incident in a month, of a dalit being attacked by upper caste men in Saurashtra region of Gujarat and second incident where kin of accused has attacked family of the victim.
Ram Puniyani
Why the March of Secularism in India Has Not Been Smooth
06 Jun 2019
India’s plurality and diversity, though currently under cloud, will not allow secular values to be eclipsed by sectarian and aggressive communal politics currently on the prowl.