DALIT Daily update ⋅ 6 March 2020
Maratha Man Shoots Dalit Woman Dead for Preventing Her Daughter's Abduction
The Wire
Maratha Man Shoots Dalit Woman Dead for Preventing Her Daughter's Abduction. Ahmednagar police accused of not acting upon Savita Gaikwad and ...
Caste-based discrimination continues across Nepal: Report
Himalayan Times
Mostly, the lower caste Dalits are landless and homeless. According to the report, many children from the Dalit community are not able to attend school ...
Woman Allegedly Murdered by Family for Planning to Marry Dalit Man
The Quint
The woman's family – which was against her relationship with a Dalit man – allegedly strangled her to death and attempted to pass it off as suicide by ...
Churning in Dalit-Muslim politics likely with Bhim Army in poll race
GNS News (press release) (blog)
GUJARATI NEWS SERVICE (GNS) was launched in July 2009 and has grown into one of the largest news agencies of INDIA providing news service ...
Bhim Army chief Azad ready for electoral plunge in Bihar & UP, eyes Dalit-Muslim-OBC votes
ThePrint
Speaking to ThePrint, Azad said he will formally announce the formation of his party on 15 March — the birth anniversary of Dalit icon and Bahujan
An RSS Dalit's awakening
Business Standard
An RSS Dalit's awakening. Book review of I Could Not Be a Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS. Vikram Gopal Last Updated ...
Tamil cinema divided between anti-Dalit and pro-Dalit films?
Sify News
Ranjith showcased their cruel side and how Dalits were oppressed in society. Slowly, films like Asuran, Pariyerum Perumal also portrayed the struggle ...
Manpreet Badal abused me, is against Dalits, says SAD MLA Tinu
The Tribune
SAD MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu alleged that Finance Minister Manpreet Badal was "against Dalits" and "abused him" in the Punjab Assembly on ...
Odisha body demands representatives from backward classes in
Outlook India
Bhubaneswar, Mar 5 (PTI) A prominent body of Dalits and backward ... or ''Kayasthas'' and Dalit Christians respectively, SNA convenor Akshya Kumar ...
Privilege motion against SAD MLA for his remarks
The Hindu
Dalit legislator humiliated: Akali Dal. A privilege motion was moved against Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu on Wednesday in the Punjab ...
BJP MP gives Zero Hour notice in RS over atrocities against Dalits, tribals
Yahoo India News
... 'increasing atrocities against Dalits and tribals in various parts of the country'. The second half of Parliament's Budget Session resumed on March 2.
For me, making films is a basic joy: Indie producer Rajesh Pednekar on persisting despite the hurdles
Cinestaan.com
He was a Dalit. That was the germ. He told us that something like this happens in Goa also, so the story started developing. We want to take this issue ...
'Pingara' review: This Tulu film is a convincing portrayal of a caste entrenched society
The News Minute
The Dalit family that applies to get land under the Land Redistribution Act, is brutally killed by the land-owner. The oppressed castes live and die in their ...
Jadavpur University students want an app to report abuse on campus. Here's why
EdexLive
Moreover, every department should introduce compulsory courses on Dalit rights and nature of caste discrimination, gender equality and mental health.
Allu Aravind's Geetha Arts to produce Palasa 1978 director's next film
Cinema Express
The story of Palasa 1978 revolves around Mohan Rao, a Palasa-based artistic youngster from a Dalit family, who realizes that his talent will never be ...
Tension over throwing cattle dung near temple in UP''s Muzaffarnagar
Outlook India
Dalits were opposed to upper caste Hindus throwing dung and dirt near the temple premises that led to some tensions between the two communities, ...
Cong to issue whip to MLAs in Madhya Pradesh for RS polls
Deccan Herald
The BJP is likely renominate former Union minister and Dalit leader Satyanarayan Jatiya for the Rajya Sabha polls, sources in the saffron party said.
Nepal's Newly elected 18 National Assembly members sworn in
https://www.nepal24hours.com (press release) (blog)
2 Women Tulasa Kumari Dahal NCP, Dalit Radheshyam Paswan NCP, People with disability/minority groups Shekhar Kumar Singh RJPN, Other ...
Bengaluru: BJP, Opposition members take up discussion on Constitution in Assembly
Daijiworld.com
Intervening the debate, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa hailed Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar's contributions for drawing up a Constitution that protected ...
Kerala to open ''safe homes'' for inter-caste couples
Outlook India
In a shocking incident, a 23-year old Dalit Christian man was abducted and killed allegedly by the relatives of his upper caste wife in Kottayam district ...
US must not give support for Modi's divisive agenda
Chicago Daily Herald
... was an erudite Dalit (untouchable) scholar. BJP abhors Gandhi's attempts at Hindu-Muslim unity. Some in BJP consider Gandhi's assassin a patriot.
Why Jungle Raj Bihar kept out communal riots for 3 decades but Delhi and Gujarat couldn't
ThePrint
Bihar has also witnessed some of India's most gruesome Dalit massacres, including the gunning down of 58 Dalits of Laxmanpur Bathe by members ...
Kerala: Preliminary works start to set up 'Safe Homes' for inter-caste couples facing threat
Pune Mirror
Kevin was a dalit who later converted to christianity. The department is already extending financial assistance to the tune of Rs 30,000 to couples in ...
Govt Is Accusing Harsh Mander Of Hate Speech—Here's Why That's So Hard To Believe
HuffPost India
... apply in all such situations—of communal riots, or violence against minorities or Dalits—the principle not of minimum necessary application of force, ...
QBengaluru: CM to Table Budget Today; Missing MP Legislators Found
The Quint
Fifteen Madhya Pradesh forest officials were booked for murder on Sunday, 16 February, after allegedly opening fire and killing a Dalit man. (Photo: ...
Thappad - A Film that Unpacks Patriarchy and Domestic Violence
The Citizen (press release)
... and judicial machinery in dealing with the rape and murder of two Dalit girls committed by a high caste local politician and a couple of police staff.
Haryana: Bill passed for bifurcation of quota for SCs
The Indian Express
Among Dalits, the government has identified a new category called 'deprived Scheduled Castes', comprising 36 castes including Valmiki, Bazigar, ...
Temple trust begins work to shift Ram idol from tent, its abode for 30 years
Hindustan Times
Kamleshwar Chaupal, the lone Dalit member of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said: “Ram Bhakts always resented the tent enclosure ...
Darshan hospitalised in Mysuru following stomach pain
Times of India (blog)
This movie is based on casteism and how Dalits are treated in society. I am telling this story in a different way, which can change people's mind. Most of ...
Punjab Government groaning under more than Rs 5 lakh crore debt: Harpal Singh Cheema
5 Dariya News
... debt on farmers and farm hands, agricultural crisis, unpaid scholarships due to the Dalit category of students, pensions for widows, elderly, et al.
Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India by VT Rajshekar
Academia.edu
Rajshekar This Dalit: The Black Untouchables
