DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 9 March 2020
BJP ally Apna Dal appoints Dalit as state chief in UP
Daijiworld.com
Lucknow, Mar 9 (IANS): In a shrewd political move, the Kurmi-centric Apna Dal, a BJP ally in Uttar Pradesh, has played the Dalit card by appointing ...
Feudal roots, ignorance pushing Dalit atrocities in Rajasthan
The New Indian Express
Rajsthan has been hitting headlines in the past few months for increasing cases of atrocities against Dalits. Share Via Email. Published: 08th March ...
Jyoti Lanjewar: The Marathi Dalit-Feminist Poet | #IndianWomenInHistory
Feminism in India (blog)
She actively advocated for a Dalit-feminist identity that put Dalit women at the center of the movement and hit out at erasure of herstory. Her literary works ...
Not Good Enough to be 'Pracharak': Former Dalit RSS Worker Recounts Disillusionment with the ...
News18
He writes about his experiences of being a Dalit karsevak (one who serves a religion for free) and vistarak (householders who can marry and yet ...
Telangana 'Honour Killing': Man Accused of Killing Dalit Christian Son-in-law Commits Suicide
News18
Hyderabad: A man, accused of the 'honour-killing' of his Dalit Christian son-in-law in Telangana's Nalgonda district in September 2018, allegedly ...
This Road Leads to Sex Work: Who Helps MP's Child Prostitutes?
The Quint
They're a Dalit community classified as Scheduled Caste, living in India's heartland state of Madhya Pradesh and they have a few unique characteristics: ...
Newly-wed couple celebrates Holi with Dalits
Himalayan Times
Rajbiraj, March 8. The Dom community in Saptari are considered as 'untouchables' by so-called upper caste people. But a newly-wed couple from a ...
Whose land is it anyway: Of India's 703 ongoing conflicts, 25% are in tribal areas
Scroll.in
Dalits remains the largest social group that are unable to own land. Mayank Aggarwal. Yesterday · 09:30 pm. Whose land ...
Delhi Riots 2020: Where Were The Leaders When Goons Killed, Burned And Looted?
Outlook India
On the ground, Dalits often protected their Muslim neighbours in the poor and vulnerable bastis, as did other Hindus and Sikhs, but the openly ...
Denied in life, India's lower-caste Dalits fight for…
Infosurhoy
By Rina Chandran. NEW DELHI, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India's lower-caste Dalits are increasingly asserting their claims over land ...
Congress gen secy Mukul Wasnik marries at 60
Daijiworld.com
Mukul Wasnik is the son of Maharashtra Politician Balkrishna and is one of the prominent dalit faces of the Congress. Ashok Gehlot tweeted: "Wishing ...
NRC is anti-national, says Yechury
The Hindu
Extending support to the ongoing agitation in Tirupati by the Democratic Secular Protection Front, a conglomerate of Left parties, Muslim and Dalit ...
Caste Comments Around #Palasa1978
Greatandhra.com
The recent release 'Palasa 1978' is a fine Dalit oriented movie and if it is not watched, nobody will have the guts to make another Dalit based movie.
Why India's political parties are embracing Hindu rituals
Livemint
Dalits are much less likely to regularly visit temples compared to other caste groups. In the survey, less than one-fourth (24%) Dalits reported regularly ...
Congress reminds RJD of "promise" to help it win one Rajya
Outlook India
... a chance, doing the rounds include actor-turned- politician Shatrughan Sinha and former Lok Sabha Speaker and the partys Dalit face Meira Kumar.
Rift within VBA as 2 former Akola MLAs set to join NCP
The Hindu
... Lok Sabha seats during the 2019 general elections by eating into the traditional Dalit vote bank of the two parties. However, following the Lok Sabha ...
PM warns international community, Modi's Hindu Supremacist ideology to target minorities
SUCH TV
If this Supremacist ideology is not checked it will target all communities in India incldng Dalits & eventually anyone who dares to disagree with this ...
Man accused of son-in-law s 'honour-killing' commits 'suicide'
Yahoo India News
Hyderabad, March 8 (PTI): A man, accused of the 'honour-killing' of his son-in-law who was a Dalit Christian in Telangana's Nalgonda district in ...
Survey: Majority of waste pickers have never heard of Swachch Bharat
The Asian Age
The findings are from a national survey done by the Dalit Bahujan Resource Centre (DBRC) with assistance from the Alliance for Indian Waste-pickers ...
Kerala To Open 'Safe Homes' For Inter-Faith, Inter-Caste Married Couples
The Logical Indian
In Kerala in 2018, a 23-year old Dalit Christian man was abducted and killed allegedly by the relatives of his wife, who belonged to an upper caste.
Savitribai Phule one of Google Assistant's 12 global woman shakti icons
Deccan Chronicle
... as Dalits, Phule is one of 12 inspiring women featured on Google Assistant, celebrating International Women's Day and Women's History Month.
CAA Protests: Sundry narratives sowed seeds for sharp ideological division
Free Press Journal
In particular, it is held that students, Dalit organisations and all minority communities are involved in defeating the Modi government's project. It is also ...
Punjab Govt Committed For Welfare Of Valmiki Community: Bharat Bhushan Ashu
5 Dariya News
... welfare schemes have been started for betterment and upliftment of the Dalit Samaj and lakhs of people are availing full benefit of these schemes.
EDITORIAL: Celebrating women
Himalayan Times
The constitution has also made it mandatory to have a woman and a dalit woman among the members in the wards of the local levels. There has been ...
Scavengers dying in manholes despite law to protect them
Daily Pioneer
From ages we (Dalits) are made to do this work and now everyone expects that only we will do it,” Suresh Valmiki said. Kallu interjects to say that like a ...
Zaheerabad: Deccan Development Society women celebrate Women's Day
The Hans India
... about her single mother, who is non- literate, Dalit women, raised her family in a positive way and continued to be an organic biodiverse farmer.
Rajbhar, former BJP ally, meets Mulayam, may be equated in 2022
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
If Om Prakash Rajbhar succeeds in uniting all backward, Dalit and minorities earlier than the 2022 elections, then there will likely be a giant problem ...
Dunya News
Dunya News
If this Supremacist ideology is not checked it will target all communities in India including Dalits & eventually anyone who dares to disagree with this fascist ...
'This is the time to form Baloch Women's Movement'
News Intervention (blog)
... a Kurdi woman, a Bangoli, an African, Dalit, Hazara, Kashmiri, Palestanion, Afghan, Baloch and women from Hindu & Christian religious minorities.
Much more needed to set equation right
Himalayan Times
... women and for that policymakers needed to have different strategies to address the problems of more vulnerable women, particularly Dalit women.
QBengaluru: School Holiday for LKG, UKG Over COVID-19 & More
The Quint
... of training and learning material,” he said. (Source: The Times of India). Also Read : Priest denies solemnising BJP MLA daughter's marriage to Dalit ...
