India Will Miss 2030 Target To End Bonded Labour–By 98%
Experts say that there is reluctance to accept bonded labour at the state level, and that release certificates, mandatory to access rehabilitation entitlements, are not issued
How BJP's Own Fragmenting of Social Justice Politics Led to the Bihar Caste Census
Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused opposition parties of dividing the country along caste lines, it cannot be denied that BJP's success in exploiting the chink in the armour of social justice parties has now come to affect it, writes Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta.
Dalit youth allegedly tortured by Vizag cops, SI and two constables suspended
Bandevarapu Papu and Gali Yernibabu were detained at Padmanabham Police station in Vizag by SI Malleswara Rao and allegedly subjected to casteist insults and physical assault, fracturing Papu’s leg.
Activist Mahesh Raut’s bail stayed by Supreme Court for another week in Bhima Koregaon case
Raut was granted bail on last week but was stayed by the Bombay High Court as the National Investigation Agency said it will file an appeal against the order,
Tamil Nadu: Sanitary staff attempts suicide after panchayat president hurls caste slur
Sources said Karupasamy and his wife Muniammal belong to the Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyar), and are among 27 sanitary contract workers deployed by the Green Trust for Pudur Town panchayat.
‘Virtual lynching’: Scholars issue statement supporting Yashica Dutt in Made In Heaven row
Signed by over 400 people, the statement called for giving Yashica Dutt due credit for her likeness being used in one of the episodes in Made in Heaven, directed by Dalit filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan.
Nanguneri caste crime survivors write quarterly exams from hospital ward
The 17-year-old boy, a Class 12 student, wrote his English exam while his sister who survived the violent attack on their lives at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district appeared for a Tamil paper.
Minority alliances, Police Action, and the troubled past of Dalit Razakars in Hyderabad
Both Ambedkar and Shyam Sundar feared the ‘tyranny of the Hindu majority’ and tried to negotiate it in different ways. The label of ‘Razakar’ never left Shyam Sundar and eventually contributed to his ‘convenient’ marginalisation and forgetting.
Faced caste discrimination at temple, says Kerala minister
A member of the CPI(M) state secretariat, and seen as the party's chief Dalit face, Radhakrishnan also slammed the caste system in Hinduism and said those who created it had a clear agenda: “to keep people divided”.
How Odisha Is Tackling Protests Against Mining: An Abduction, Arrests, Terror Cases Against Adivasi Protestors
In August, police filed criminal cases against Adivasi-Dalit anti-mining protestors, arrested 25 in southeastern Odisha, which holds more than half of India’s bauxite reserves, and allegedly abducted a global environmental prize winner. Acting on orders of the Biju Janata Dal government of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, ahead of state elections, the police filed charges that range from rioting to terrorism—for the first time in 20 years of these protests—under 16 sections of the law.
We have been conditioned into accepting the violence against the Scheduled Castes as inevitable. This method of rationalisation is now slowly being extended to the attacks against Muslims.
Meet the trio who will soon become TN's first women temple priests
Ranjitha, Ramya, and Krishnaveni are thrilled at the prospect of becoming the first women priests in Tamil Nadu but are also aware of the long and arduous journey that lies ahead of them.
SC woman cook row: Kanimozhi, Collector have breakfast with children
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday visited the Usilampatti panchayat union primary school near here, where children were reportedly prevented by their parents from having the food prepared by a woman belonging to Scheduled Caste, and had breakfast with the students.
A goddess once discouraged her devotees from building a shrine for her. She wanted to be left free to wander as she pleased whereas the shrine door would restrict her movements. The doorless shrine her devotees then built for her still exists on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
‘I will fight until I die’: Nepal’s celebrated Dalit activist on her lifelong battle for equality
Being denied water as a child set Sarswati Nepali on a path to end caste-based discrimination. She has since been honoured by the US government and become an inspiration to women.
In Kerala, Dalit man slapped, abused for winning Sabarimala tender
A Dalit man was allegedly attacked, abused calling caste name and spat on face in public by two persons for winning a tender invited by Travancore Devaswom Board to prepare 'unni appam' at Sabarimala temple.
IIT-Delhi withdraws caste discrimination survey hours after circulation
Several students said that the survey had insensitive and irrelevant questions. One question asked respondents to rate how often they witnessed a particular type of caste discrimination. It offered “never” as one of the choices and “so common that I don’t even bother” as another.