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Hooligans after Dalit woman bouncer from Punjab, molested her thrice within a week
arun Posted On June 4, 2024


Dalit woman bouncer from Ludhiana, Punjab was molested by drunk hooligans at the fair. The bouncer is on ticket checking duty at the fair. It is alleged that on protest, she was manhandled and harassed. Along with giving a written […]


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How parties are juggling caste, class & community
arun Posted On June 1, 2024


Ten years ago, when Aam Aadmi Party first tested the ground in Punjab, the soil was fertile for a newbie that would upset the bipolar contests between Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP and Congress. The Punjabi diaspora, largely Sikhs, had earlier displayed […]


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How BJP is betting on Dalits to counter farmer unions in Punjab
arun Posted On May 31, 2024


In a bid to negate the negative campaigning by the farmer groups, the BJP reached out to the Dalit community in Punjab. Dalits, despite having a 33 per cent share in the state’s electorate, remain behind the dominant Jat Sikhs […]


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Why Dalits, with 32 pc population, fail in Punjab power politics?
arun Posted On May 27, 2024


Chandigarh, (IANS): Does the Dalit (scheduled caste) vote bank in Punjab, being the home turf of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram and having a Dalit population of 32 per cent — the highest among states — play a […]


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Dwindling Livelihoods Of Dalit Leather Makers In Punjab’s Jalandhar
arun Posted On May 22, 2024


Once a bustling relic for the raw leather business, Jalandhar’s Bootan Mandi now tells a heartbreaking story of despair and dejection. Ashwani Sharma For all those who drive through busy Nakodar Chowk in Ward no 54 of Jalandhar, Punjab, what […]


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Plea before Punjab and Haryana High Court seeks separate toilets for Transgender prisoners
arun Posted On May 15, 2024


A Bench of Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji issued notice to the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh and posted the matter for hearing on July 29. Ratna Singh The Punjab […]


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From Chamkila’s pop to Arivu’s rap, Dalit resistance gets through music
arun Posted On April 29, 2024


The ontology of Dalit life and movements has largely been explained and understood more easily in the musicals of vernacular language. One common thread that connects the music of anticaste resistance and transcends the barriers of the language of different […]


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‘Dalits will boycott farmers’: Jalandhar LS candidate Sushil Rinku stopped by farmers from paying obeisance to Dr BR Ambedkar
arun Posted On April 27, 2024


BJP’s Sushil Rinku said that the protests are not an insult to him but to Baba Sahib and the Dalit brotherhood. Authored by: Manbilas Singh| Jalandhar Lok Sabha (LS) Candidate and former MP, BJP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku, shared a video […]


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Jalandhar seat: Shift in Dalit dynastic allegiances amidst contest between ‘outsiders’
arun Posted On April 24, 2024


Jalandhar, A shift in decades’ long traditional Dalit dynastic allegiances, amidst a poll contested fiercely between “outsiders”, has become the defining characteristic of the prestigious Jalandhar seat, the heart of the powerful Doaba Dalit vote base in the state for […]


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Punjab’s prominent Dalit leader Kaypee joins Akali Dal, fielded from Jalandhar
arun Posted On April 23, 2024


Chandigarh, (IANS): In another setback to the Congress in Punjab, its former state chief and ex-MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee, a prominent Dalit leader in the Doaba region, joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday. The SAD announced the names […]


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