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Truth behind Dalit man’s murder ‘over moustache’ and a village bitterly divided in Rajasthan
arun Posted On April 8, 2022


Jitendra Meghwal was stabbed on March 15 in Rajasthan’s Pali district, allegedly for aspiring to a lifestyle like the upper castes’. While police denies this angle to the 28-year-old’s murder, his family says casteist slurs always came with a question […]


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Karnataka minister claims youth killed over Urdu, retracts later
arun Posted On April 7, 2022


BENGALURU : Hours after claiming that a 22-year-old Dalit youth had been brutally stabbed to death in Bengaluru early Tuesday for not speaking in Urdu, Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra made a U-turn on Wednesday, clarifying that the man had […]


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Husband of Dalit panchayat president attacked brutally in Arakkonam in TN
arun Posted On April 6, 2022


The husband of a Dalit woman panchayat president in Arakkonam of Ranipet was brutally attacked by a group of people from the Vanniyar community, a Most Backward Class (MBC) community, on the night of April 1. The 52-year-old man was […]


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India amended rape laws — forgot about police attitude, delayed action, humiliation in court
arun Posted On April 6, 2022


Nisha was working in a preschool close to her house in Delhi’s Rohini district, getting paid only Rs 6,000 a month. With three sisters married off, a young brother and an ill mother at home, the 19-year-old — the only […]


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Dalit student kills self after ‘harassment over non-payment of college fees’
arun Posted On April 3, 2022


A 19-year-old Dalit student of physiotherapy in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district killed herself at her home on Wednesday morning allegedly after being depressed due to harassment over non-payment of college fees, the police said. Following her death, students staged a […]


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Two weeks after dalit youth hanged upside down from tree in Punjab, SC commission directs police to nab culprits
arun Posted On March 30, 2022


AMRITSAR: Taking cognizance of the alleged inaction against the accused who had not only tortured a dalit youth but also hanged him upside down with a tree, fifteen days ago, the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes has directed the […]


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Why do Dalit grooms keep getting attacked in marriage processions?
arun Posted On March 30, 2022


Marriages and its processions (baraat) are supposed to be a time of happiness that perhaps lead to good memories. But, for a groom from the Dalit community, the marriage processions usually gets gripped by fear and anxiety of getting beaten […]


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Under video threat, Dalit woman allegedly gang raped in TN
arun Posted On March 23, 2022


In an incident reminiscent of the Pollachi rape case, a 22-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly repeatedly gang raped by eight men including two DMK functionaries and four school students in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district. On a complaint allegedly raised by […]


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Micro review: ‘After I Was Raped’ by Urmi Bhattacheryya
arun Posted On March 23, 2022


Journalist Urmi Bhattacherrya’s debut work of non-fiction – ‘After I Was Raped’ – takes the readers on a gut-wrenching journey where they meet five individuals: a four-year-old girl (Nidhi), two Dalit women (Ranjini and Meera), an eight-month-old infant (Pia) and […]


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2 held for killing Dalit man over social media posts in Rajasthan’s Pali district
arun Posted On March 21, 2022


JODHPUR: Pali district police arrested two persons for stabbing aperson to death over old enmity caused by jealousy. The main accused was said to be jealous of the Dalit victim’s personality and his social media posts. The victim and the […]


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