DALIT, Daily update ⋅
21 February 2020
NEWS
7 arrested in Dalit thrashing incident in Rajasthan; protests in state assembly
Deccan Herald
Seven people were arrested for torturing two Dalit men in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, an incident that triggered protests in the state assembly and ...
The Indian author 'Coming Out as Dalit'
BBC News
During her early years in India, Yashica Dutt was brought up to hide that she was a Dalit. She says that she was privileged to live in an urban area ...
BJP MLA's son booked for manhandling Dalit revenue official in Uttar Pradesh
Deccan Herald
An FIR has been registered against Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh's son and his supporters for allegedly manhandling a Dalit revenue ...
Dalit victim of CPM violence says she faced caste-discrimination in Jignesh Mevani's house: Read ...
OpIndia
Chitralekha, a Dalit woman auto-driver who was tormented by CPM has not written an autobiography where she has made a startling revelation.
Dalit ryots get cultivation tips in Nagarkurnool
Telangana Today
Nagarkurnool: The Dalit farmers of Eedulabavi and Ongurnipally villages of Amrabad mandal had an unexpected visitor on Thursday. Dr Padmaiah ...
'Dalits' Still Subject to Abuse in Modern India
Sputnik International
This is the statute, but 'Dalits' or people in the lowest strata of the caste-system, still face insult and injury at the hands of the so-called upper castes.
Shameful, petrol was brutally overwhelmed to loss of life by two Dalit youths in personal components
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
Jaipur: The as soon as once more heart-breaking information has emerged from Nagaur district of Rajasthan. Here two individuals have been ...
Rape, Caste, Double Standards, and India's Middle Class
The Diplomat
But she was different because she was portrayed in the media as a woman living in urban India who was neither a Dalit and nor a tribal. And that ...
Dalit shooting: Forest staff protest against colleagues' arrest
Times of India
On February 16, a Dalit was shot dead in Shivpuri's Fatehpur village, allegedly by a forest department employee, during an altercation between his ...
CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates Kerala Dalit Federation protest meet against CAA
TheDispatch
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Inaugurated the Kerala Dalit Federation protest meet against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “Citizenship
Dalit Youth Urges Supreme Court for Law to Block Quota Benefits for Kin of Legislators and ...
News18
Bhopal/Mandsaur: A Dalit law student has appealed to the Supreme Court for legislation to stop family members of lawmakers and bureaucrats from ...
Rajasthan: Dalit man brutally beaten, sexually tortured over theft allegations, five arrested after
OpIndia
In a video that has gone viral, two men are seen bring brutally abused, and tortured by a group of men. As per reports, the incident occurred in ...
Daily Dose Ep 286: Dalit youths attacked in Rajasthan, Germany shooting, and more
Newslaundry
A podcast that gives you a burst of the day's news so you can shed ignorance, be aware and conquer the world, one episode at a time.
Why We Need Historical Evidence About the Origin of Untouchability
The Wire
The movement for Dalit emancipation in the Indian subcontinent has over the years adopted many symbols from the Civil Rights Movement of African ...
'Horrific and sickening': Rahul Gandhi seeks 'immediate action' against perpetrators who thrashed ...
Financial Express
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed anguish over the thrashing of two Dalits in Nagaur of Rajasthan. Terming the incident as “horrific and ...
'Summon Pawar for Bhima-Koregaon probe panel hearing'
Hindustan Times
The Bhima-Koregaon war was won by the British Army manned by Dalit soldiers against the ruling Peshwas, Brahmin rulers. The Pune Police had
Facing bias, India's Muslims are rallying behind its secular constitution, not radical Islam
Quartz
However, the “non-religious” groups among Muslims, such as pasmanda, or low-caste and Dalit Muslims, organisations working primarily in Bihar, ...
2018 Phagwara violenceProtesters submit memo to SDM for release of right-wing leaders
Hindustan Times
Fateh claimed that police had released Dalit leaders. SSP Satinder Singh rubbished these allegations, saying they had proceeded as per law.
War of words of Lallu's 'Jai Bhim' slogan hots up
Daily Pioneer
A former UP Congress spokesman opined, “Lallu's recent move is merely an extension of Priyanka to woo Dalits and hence an attack on the UP unit ...
How Brown Girl Solidarity Harms Us
Wear Your Voice
Bharatnatyam was appropriated from Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi individuals and sanskritized temple practices reify the divides of cultural and knowledge ...
The Manual Scavenger who Won Padma Shri: Usha Chaumar
Yahoo India News
For the Dalit communities in these regions, years of social malpractice decide the profession that these people would engage in, even before their
Rajasthan: Two Dalits brutally assaulted for stealing money, seven arrested
The Indian Express
A disturbing video of the assault shows a man allegedly dipping a screwdriver in petrol and then inserting it in private parts of one of the two youths.
Tanwar files contempt plea in SC on Ravidas temple restoration
Outlook India
... the aftermath of the Supreme Court order in the Ayodhya case, saying it has 15 trustees, who are all Hindus, and only one from the Dalit community.
After Karnataka, Maharashtra reveals limits of governments focused solely on keeping BJP out
Economic Times (blog)
He seeks to signal that he won't go easy on so-called Naxalites but will be considerate to Dalits. The Pune police have alleged that the “urban naxals” ...
DMK MP calls the Supreme court an 'RSS camp', compares Tamil media to brothels
OpIndia
In his speech that lasted for about 12 minutes, he stated that the appointment of Dalits as High court judges was possible because of the dole given by ...
News updates from Hindustan Times: 'Namaste Trump' will be similar to 'Howdy Modi!' event, says ...
Hindustan Times
The video of two young Dalit men being tortured in Rajasthan is “horrific and sickening”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday and told the ...
Urge Rajasthan govt to take immediate action: Rahul Gandhi on Nagaur incident
ANI News
"The recent video of two young Dalit men being brutally tortured in Nagaur, Rajasthan is horrific and sickening. I urge the state government to take ...
Maharashtra government to celebrate centenary of Mangaon conference on March 21
Yahoo India News
Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde said the celebrations will be held on March 21 as part of the government's Dalit outreach ...
Hyderabad: Biased UIDAI abusing power, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Times of India
“Request @UIDAI & @TelanganaPolice to tell us how many of those 127-listed people are Muslim & Dalit @TelanganaPolice please stop asking for
Green building codes to become compulsory countrywide from July 2021
The Times of Israel
Over recent months, Council head Dalit Zilber has talked often about the need to extend the green building regulations to the whole country. To date ...
Recognising Privilege is Like Sex Education in India
Qrius
In her eyes, it was only the upper-caste folk who end up suffering, “I know a Dalit who is a doctor and he's not oppressed. So reservations are a failure ...
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm.
Devdiscourse
JAIPUR DEL72 RJ-DALIT-2NDLD TORTURE 7 arrested in Dalit thrashing incident in Raj; protests in state assembly Jaipur: Seven people were ...
NEWS
7 arrested in Dalit thrashing incident in Rajasthan; protests in state assembly
Deccan Herald
Seven people were arrested for torturing two Dalit men in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, an incident that triggered protests in the state assembly and ...
The Indian author 'Coming Out as Dalit'
BBC News
During her early years in India, Yashica Dutt was brought up to hide that she was a Dalit. She says that she was privileged to live in an urban area ...
BJP MLA's son booked for manhandling Dalit revenue official in Uttar Pradesh
Deccan Herald
An FIR has been registered against Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh's son and his supporters for allegedly manhandling a Dalit revenue ...
Dalit victim of CPM violence says she faced caste-discrimination in Jignesh Mevani's house: Read ...
OpIndia
Chitralekha, a Dalit woman auto-driver who was tormented by CPM has not written an autobiography where she has made a startling revelation.
Dalit ryots get cultivation tips in Nagarkurnool
Telangana Today
Nagarkurnool: The Dalit farmers of Eedulabavi and Ongurnipally villages of Amrabad mandal had an unexpected visitor on Thursday. Dr Padmaiah ...
'Dalits' Still Subject to Abuse in Modern India
Sputnik International
This is the statute, but 'Dalits' or people in the lowest strata of the caste-system, still face insult and injury at the hands of the so-called upper castes.
Shameful, petrol was brutally overwhelmed to loss of life by two Dalit youths in personal components
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
Jaipur: The as soon as once more heart-breaking information has emerged from Nagaur district of Rajasthan. Here two individuals have been ...
Rape, Caste, Double Standards, and India's Middle Class
The Diplomat
But she was different because she was portrayed in the media as a woman living in urban India who was neither a Dalit and nor a tribal. And that ...
Dalit shooting: Forest staff protest against colleagues' arrest
Times of India
On February 16, a Dalit was shot dead in Shivpuri's Fatehpur village, allegedly by a forest department employee, during an altercation between his ...
CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates Kerala Dalit Federation protest meet against CAA
TheDispatch
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Inaugurated the Kerala Dalit Federation protest meet against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “Citizenship
Dalit Youth Urges Supreme Court for Law to Block Quota Benefits for Kin of Legislators and ...
News18
Bhopal/Mandsaur: A Dalit law student has appealed to the Supreme Court for legislation to stop family members of lawmakers and bureaucrats from ...
Rajasthan: Dalit man brutally beaten, sexually tortured over theft allegations, five arrested after
OpIndia
In a video that has gone viral, two men are seen bring brutally abused, and tortured by a group of men. As per reports, the incident occurred in ...
Daily Dose Ep 286: Dalit youths attacked in Rajasthan, Germany shooting, and more
Newslaundry
A podcast that gives you a burst of the day's news so you can shed ignorance, be aware and conquer the world, one episode at a time.
Why We Need Historical Evidence About the Origin of Untouchability
The Wire
The movement for Dalit emancipation in the Indian subcontinent has over the years adopted many symbols from the Civil Rights Movement of African ...
'Horrific and sickening': Rahul Gandhi seeks 'immediate action' against perpetrators who thrashed ...
Financial Express
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed anguish over the thrashing of two Dalits in Nagaur of Rajasthan. Terming the incident as “horrific and ...
'Summon Pawar for Bhima-Koregaon probe panel hearing'
Hindustan Times
The Bhima-Koregaon war was won by the British Army manned by Dalit soldiers against the ruling Peshwas, Brahmin rulers. The Pune Police had
Facing bias, India's Muslims are rallying behind its secular constitution, not radical Islam
Quartz
However, the “non-religious” groups among Muslims, such as pasmanda, or low-caste and Dalit Muslims, organisations working primarily in Bihar, ...
2018 Phagwara violenceProtesters submit memo to SDM for release of right-wing leaders
Hindustan Times
Fateh claimed that police had released Dalit leaders. SSP Satinder Singh rubbished these allegations, saying they had proceeded as per law.
War of words of Lallu's 'Jai Bhim' slogan hots up
Daily Pioneer
A former UP Congress spokesman opined, “Lallu's recent move is merely an extension of Priyanka to woo Dalits and hence an attack on the UP unit ...
How Brown Girl Solidarity Harms Us
Wear Your Voice
Bharatnatyam was appropriated from Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi individuals and sanskritized temple practices reify the divides of cultural and knowledge ...
The Manual Scavenger who Won Padma Shri: Usha Chaumar
Yahoo India News
For the Dalit communities in these regions, years of social malpractice decide the profession that these people would engage in, even before their
Rajasthan: Two Dalits brutally assaulted for stealing money, seven arrested
The Indian Express
A disturbing video of the assault shows a man allegedly dipping a screwdriver in petrol and then inserting it in private parts of one of the two youths.
Tanwar files contempt plea in SC on Ravidas temple restoration
Outlook India
... the aftermath of the Supreme Court order in the Ayodhya case, saying it has 15 trustees, who are all Hindus, and only one from the Dalit community.
After Karnataka, Maharashtra reveals limits of governments focused solely on keeping BJP out
Economic Times (blog)
He seeks to signal that he won't go easy on so-called Naxalites but will be considerate to Dalits. The Pune police have alleged that the “urban naxals” ...
DMK MP calls the Supreme court an 'RSS camp', compares Tamil media to brothels
OpIndia
In his speech that lasted for about 12 minutes, he stated that the appointment of Dalits as High court judges was possible because of the dole given by ...
News updates from Hindustan Times: 'Namaste Trump' will be similar to 'Howdy Modi!' event, says ...
Hindustan Times
The video of two young Dalit men being tortured in Rajasthan is “horrific and sickening”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday and told the ...
Urge Rajasthan govt to take immediate action: Rahul Gandhi on Nagaur incident
ANI News
"The recent video of two young Dalit men being brutally tortured in Nagaur, Rajasthan is horrific and sickening. I urge the state government to take ...
Maharashtra government to celebrate centenary of Mangaon conference on March 21
Yahoo India News
Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde said the celebrations will be held on March 21 as part of the government's Dalit outreach ...
Hyderabad: Biased UIDAI abusing power, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Times of India
“Request @UIDAI & @TelanganaPolice to tell us how many of those 127-listed people are Muslim & Dalit @TelanganaPolice please stop asking for
Green building codes to become compulsory countrywide from July 2021
The Times of Israel
Over recent months, Council head Dalit Zilber has talked often about the need to extend the green building regulations to the whole country. To date ...
Recognising Privilege is Like Sex Education in India
Qrius
In her eyes, it was only the upper-caste folk who end up suffering, “I know a Dalit who is a doctor and he's not oppressed. So reservations are a failure ...
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm.
Devdiscourse
JAIPUR DEL72 RJ-DALIT-2NDLD TORTURE 7 arrested in Dalit thrashing incident in Raj; protests in state assembly Jaipur: Seven people were ...
