Tag: Dalit
Beyond Periyar’s Legacy: Honour Killings Betray Tamil Nadu’s Social Justice Promise
Kevin Selvaganesh, a Dalit Christian youth from Tamil Nadu, was brutally murdered in an honour killing for planning to marry a Maravar girl. Despite police awareness, the attack was not prevented. His death exposed the deep-rooted caste hatred and the disturbing complicity of law enforcement in such crimes
Congress Needs a Caste Census to Rebuild: Why Leadership from the Margins Is Key to Survival
Haryana election results have again highlighted the serious crisis in the Congress Party and the limitations of the regional kshatraps (supremo). Congress once ruled...
Beyond Closure: Rohith Vemula’s Case Reshapes India’s Justice Narrative
It is good that Telangana police has decided to reinvestigate the case of institutional murder of Rohith Vemula. The May 3rd closure report was...
California Democratic Party designates caste as a protected category
Washington, D.C.: While the caste system originated in India, diaspora communities in the West have imported discriminatory practices and implemented them in their adopted...
We face Life Threat From My Father: Daughter of BJP MLA Who Has Married A Dalit
Lucknow: Twenty-three-year-old Sakshi Mishra, daughter of BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra alias Pappu Bhartaul, uploaded at least two videos on social media, to announce her...
UN Human Rights Council Listens to Increasing Mob lynching and hate crimes against Muslims and Dalits in India
Kolkata: 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari’s name along with that of the Kolkata Madarsa teacher was heard not at the Indian Parliament but at the United...