Dalit activists belonging to Yuva Vikas Morcha, Phagwara, headed by its president Anu Sahota today burnt an effigy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Hargobind Nagar to protest over his alleged remarks against Dr BR Ambedkar in parliament. Congress… […]
Term remark an insult to both Dr Ambedkar and Indian Constitution The Hisar district unit of the Bhim Army staged a protest demonstration at the Mini- Secretariat here on Thursday against the alleged objectionable statement made by Union Home Minister […]
Through her photo exhibition, ‘Broken’, Asha Thadani hopes to start conversations on caste, power hierarchies, and our complicity in discrimination There is constant news about atrocities against the Dalit community but rarely do people delve into the intricacies of their […]
Advocate Jitendra Khatik alleges that officials from the general category often hesitate to take action against candidates of the same category fielded by influential political parties like Congress and BJP. This reluctance, Khatik argues, starkly contrasts with their swift and […]
Seema fears that, due to the caste-based harassment orchestrated by the Yogi-led administration, she or her associate, Shravan Kumar, could be killed in a staged police encounter, with a fabricated story tarnishing their reputation and ending her fight for justice. […]
Shivamogga: The foresters and Dalit organisations are at odds over the officials’ action of clearing the encroachment of land in Bhairapur village in NR Pura taluk in the neighbouring Chikkamagaluru district. The land is under the jurisdiction of the Bhadravati […]
Activists and community leaders are now rallying for a more robust implementation of the SC/ST Act, demanding that law enforcement agencies adopt stricter measures to address caste-based discrimination. Geetha Sunil Pillai Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: The deeply entrenched caste discrimination prevalent […]
The former civil servant’s new book – ‘The Personal is Political’ – is arguably more than what it claims to be on its cover. By: Shefali Martins The Personal is Political is activist Aruna Roy’s memoir as it claims on […]
Chitralekha’s struggle against the CPM garnered support from various quarters. Her experience also spread light to the Left party’s perceived anti-Dalit stance. KANNUR: Chitralekha (48), a prominent Dalit rights activist known for her fight against the CPM for her right […]
If we talk about the fight for the rights of Dalits, the first name that comes to mind is Baba Saheb Ambedkar. Baba Saheb may have given the Dalit community their rights, but like Baba Saheb, there were many such […]
