DALIT, Daily update ⋅
17 February 2020
Man on the run after raping Dalit teenager in UP's Bhadohi
Deccan Herald
Man on the run after raping Dalit teenager in UP's Bhadohi ... A man escaped from a village after allegedly raping a Dalit teenager in Uttar Pradesh's ...
'Spotted Goddesses – Dalit Women's Agency-Narratives on Caste and Gender Violence' review ...
The Hindu
Through ethnographic notes, a writer chronicles the fragile, vulnerable and personal experiences of women who, on occasion, know how to celebrate ...
Tamil Nadu: 7 including 3 women arrested for lynching Dalit youth
Times of India
VILUPURAM: Police arrested seven people including three women on Friday on charges of lynching a 24-year-old Dalit in Villupuram district.
If growth falters, Dalit social mobility will be hurt, says Amit Ahuja
Business Standard
What broad trends do you see in Dalit politics? Today, there are three broad, influential trends in Dalit politics: First, there are fewer opportunities for ...
NL Chhota Interview: Chandrashekhar Azad on being jailed, Dalit activism, and Mayawati
Newslaundry
An activist and politician known for his vocal stand against anti-Dalit sentiments in India, Chandrashekhar has been jailed multiple times over the ...
Dalit bodies take out rally against CAA,NRC
The Tribune
Under the banner of the Bharat Bachao Dalit Manch, a protest march, scheduled from the Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall to the RSS office here, was held.
Tired Of Being Sexually Abused By Principal, Dalit School Girl From Gujarat Attempts Suicide
India Times
A 16-year-old Dalit student in Surendranagar, Gujarat who had accused the headmaster of her school of sexually abusing her several times has
BJP, Sangh Parivar want to end reservation because they are anti-Dalit: Kharge
The New Indian Express
BJP's opposition to the Dalits, tribals and people from the backward classes runs in their DNA and starting the process to end reservations is a result of ...
Ram Vilas Paswan: Dalit MPs want Indian Judicial Service with quotas, I support demand
The Indian Express
Irked by the Supreme Court observations on reservation not being a fundamental right, Dalit MPs across party lines met at Union Food Minister Ram ...
Tamil Nadu: 24-year-old Dalit youth relieves himself in open, beaten to death by mob
Times Now
Chennai: Despite state governments claiming to make their cities open defecation free (ODF), the reality comes out in open every now and then.
BJP, Sangh are 'anti-Dalits'; Centre mulling to abolish SC/ST quota: Congress leader Anshul Avijit
The New Indian Express
NAGPUR: Congress national spokesperson Anshul Avijit on Saturday said the BJP and the Sangh Parivar were "anti-Dalit" and were working to ...
'Caste' to a corner
The New Indian Express
A Dalit IAS officer who is currently in service and wished to remain anonymous said the general explanation for the low representation of Scheduled ...
Modi government took the initiative to rejuvenate the backward villages of the country
News Track English
New Delhi: The government is going to intensify the campaign to develop backward and Dalit-dominated villages in the race for development.
Apartheid in UP temple
Telegraph India
A local police officer, who asked not to be named, said Dalits from villages adjoining Bhagwatipur, in Bareilly district, had started gathering near the ...
Supreme Court on reservation: Opening Pandora's box
National Herald
In April 2, 2018, a Bharat bandh called by less known Dalit organisations against the dilution of the stringent provisions of the SC, ST Prevention of ...
Woman loses deportation appeal, despite fearing her family will kill her
Stuff.co.nz
The woman is a member of the higher Jat caste and had married her husband, a member of the Dalit or Scheduled Caste, also known as the ...
'If Basavanna was alive, he would have said kagaz nahi dhikhayenge'
The Hindu
The Dalit leader met residents of slums in Kariyamanna Agrahara and Thubarahalli, who have been living with the threat of eviction, and also ...
Bhim Army chief warns of more Shaheen Baghs
Times of India
Jaisalmer: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has said the Centre was violating the rights of Dalits, minorities and tribals and warned that 5,000 ...
VCK demands action against police personnel
The Hindu
The VCK leader also said that his party would hold a protest against the lynching of a Dalit youth in Chenji, Villupuram district, a few days ago.
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani visits Bengaluru migrant settlements where hutments were razed
The News Minute
Jignesh Mewani, an independent MLA from Gujarat and a Dalit leader, visited migrant settlements in Bengaluru on Saturday morning, weeks after ...
The Casteless Collective: Musicalising Anti-Caste Conscience
NewsClick
In the name of Bollywood songs and indie-pop, the dalit-bahujan listeners have ... call 'reservation', and which are an entitlement of the dalit-bahujans.
Multi level irony: Leftists who don't believe in Hinduism and claim to fight casteism use Gangajal to ...
OpIndia
Now the communist and Dalit leaders consider the general category Hindus as untouchables, and feel the need to purify something with gangajal ...
Attempt to evict squatters foiled
Himalayan Times
The settlement comprises some 38 Dalit households belonging to the Paswan and Mushahar communities. They have demanded action against Sah ...
BJP names a Brahmin as MP unit chief
The Asian Age
... had witnessed massive anti-BJP protests in 2018 over the party's aggressive campaign to woo the Dalit and OBC votebank after the BJP-led NDA ...
Itanagar: APCC Dhrna against BJP's stand on reservations for ST & other communities
Arunachal24
Over 43,000 cases of atrocities were reported against our brothers and sisters belonging to the Dalit Community in just 2017 as per the NCRB data.
Congress protests against SC judgement on reservation
Star of Mysore
Asking the Centre to immediately file a petition seeking a review of its (SC) verdict, he blamed the BJP-led Government at the Centre for depriving Dalit ...
Building Inclusive Communities Is The Task Of Civil Society
Youth Ki Awaaz
During the Rajasthan floods of 2006, it was reported that people from the Dalit community were asked to leave relief camps for fear of 'polluting others' ...
Congress workers stage protest
Deccan Herald
Condemning the rise in the price of LPG cylinders and anti-Dalit policy of the Central government, District Congress Committee staged a protest in ...
Telangana needs a new women's commission
The Asian Age
A team of various women, dalit and bahujan organisations, including Dalit Women's Collective, Women & Transgender Joint Action Committee, made ...
Pakistan refugees overjoyed, to vote first time in local elections
The Tribune
Of them, nearly 90 per cent are Dalits. They are spread in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts. The families have been living in rural areas since 1947 ...
Pride and prejudice in a percussion tradition
The Asian Age
The internal debate over at what point of time the Hindu caste system became too oppressive for these dalits and they “converted” to Christianity to ...
How Muslims are creating a new vocabulary of secularism for Indian democracy
