दलित
December 1, 2016
A statue of BR Ambedkar was today found desecrated in Dudwa Dharampuri locality in Sant Ravidas Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh, leading to tension in the area.
Some anti-social elements damaged the four feet tall statue of Ambedkar by throwing stones at it, said Circle Officer Paramhans Mishra.
Protesting against the incident, an angry mob blocked traffic on the main road for...
December 1, 2016
हिन्दू महासभा ने टीना-आमिर की मोहब्बत पर खड़े किये सवाल
Video Courtesy: National Dastak
November 27, 2016
For the political alliance of convenience to mature into a social alliance with Dalits, Muslims have to engage with the entrenched caste practices and ideas within their own community
Photo credit: New Delhi News
The recently held Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Conference in Ajmer gave a call for Dalit Muslim unity. Laudable in its objectives because of the marginal positions of both these communities...
November 26, 2016
Glossy pamphlets, catchy slogans tell us building toilets at home is all about protecting the honour of bahu-betis. And who else but Dalits will clean them later?
As a development professional, I have walked into the offices of many NGOs and read many a lop-sided, glossy pamphlet with slogans that have made me flinch. As someone working on hygiene and sanitation issues, one among those...
November 24, 2016
गुजरात। राज्य के इतिहास में पहली बार गुजरात सेंट्रल युनिवर्सिटी में दलित, ओबीसी और आदिवासी छात्रों ने एकजुटता दिखाते हुए छात्रसंघ के चुनावों में जीत दर्ज की है। गुजरात में दलित युवक की पिटाई के बाद देश भर में दलित, ओबीसी और आदिवासी एकजुट हो रहे हैं। जिससे मनुवादियों को करारा जवाब मिल रहा है। इसके पहले भी देश की सबसे प्रतिष्ठित युनिवर्सिटी जेएनयू में छात्रों ने एकजुट होकर मनुवादियों को हार का...
November 23, 2016
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PATNA: Police in Bihar’s eastern Madhepura district on Tuesday arrested two of the six menaccused of setting afire as many as 18 houses belonging to a Mahadalit community — the poorest among the Dalit communities living in Bihar.
Media reports say that nearly 50 people from the distressed Mahadalit community in Udakishan area, many of them...
November 20, 2016
Gujarat manhole deaths: High Court seeks details of what state govt has done to compensate kin by Dec 7. Petition by Manav Garima Trust
Images Courtesy: Counterview (Jitendra Rathod)
The Gujarat High Court has asked the state government pleader to obtain details of the “follow up action” taken, pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court for...
November 19, 2016
गांधीनगर। गुजरात में उत्पीड़न के मामले में न्याय के लिए धरना दे रहे दलितों की सुनने के लिए राज्य की बीजेपी सरकार बिल्कुल तैयार नहीं है। न्याय की आस में दो महीने से अनशन पर बैठे परिवार ने अब हारकर मुख्यमंत्री से इच्छामृत्यु की मांग की है।
दरअसल गुजरात के उना तहसील के आकोलाली गांव निवासी लालजी काणाभाई सरवैया को 2012 में उनके ही घर में जिंदा जला दिया था। इस वारदात को सवर्णों ने...
November 18, 2016
An excerpt from Ram Puniyani's latest book, Ambedkar, Hindutva and RSS
As the country came forward to celebrate the 125th birth Anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Babasaheb Ambedkar, (14th April 2016) there was a sort of competition amongst different political and social groups to hold the anniversary programs. While dalit groups have been organizing these programs all through, lately many other...
November 16, 2016
For the first time in a long time Dalits have mobilised en masse for issues concerning their livelihoods. The uprising in Una has shaken the political establishment in Gujarat and has spread to other parts of India as well, including saffronised Udupi in Karnataka.
The Dalit struggle in Gujarat sparked off by the public flogging of a Dalit family by the gau rakshaks has caught the...