Shailja Pike, a resident of Maharashtra, has received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship of 8 lakh dollars i.e. about 6 crore 72 lakh rupees, which is also known as ‘Genius Grant’. She has not only become the first Indian Dalit woman […]
KANNUR: Chitralekha (48), a prominent Dalit social activist, who fought a lone battle against the atrocious dictum of CPM, passed away on Saturday. She was under treatment for cancer. For a long, Chitralekha vociferously stood against CPM alleging the party’s […]
Residents of Tiruvannamalai’s Mothakkal say that the police sided with the dominant caste and in violation of the SC/ST Atrocities Act, forced a deceased Dalit woman’s relatives to use a ‘caste-designated’ path. Written by : Bharathy Singaravel Days after Dalits […]
A Dalit man accused of stalking a woman was stripped and whipped publicly by upper-caste Hindu men and women in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district last week. The incident, which took place in Bhaisodamandi village, came to public attention after a […]
The council argued that Ranaut’s opposition to the caste-based census demonstrates her lack of empathy and understanding of caste-based violence, accusing her of having a “fragile and eccentric worldview.” New Delhi — The National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) has […]
Hyderabad: Renowned Dalit Telugu author B. Vijaya Bharathi, who was the first woman to translate the life history of Jyotirao Phule into Telugu and a prominent critic known for her analytical commentaries on Hindu Puranas and epics, passed away on […]
Arki (Solan). A two-day national seminar started at Government Excellence College Arki. The event was organized under the joint aegis of Government Excellence College Arki and Central Hindi Institute Agra. The seminar is being organized on the topic of various […]
“5000-Year-Old Upper Caste Stubbornness Is Our Enemy; Unite and Fight Back!” – Dalit Woman Protesting Outside Karnataka Congress Office Calls for Community Solidarity. According to Chetana, despite numerous appeals for help to the police, courts, bureaucrats, and politicians, her pleas […]
Vijayalekshmi was raped and murdered in 2006. Her father, Chandradas, is desperately trying to reopen the case as he believes that Mehbul, a migrant worker who was charged and later acquitted, was only a scapegoat and that the real culprits […]
A government report said that Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh reported the highest number of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2022. The report expressed concern that the conviction rate of the accused has decreased. In 2022, the conviction […]
