Ram Puniyani In Karakthal village in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a Dalit youth was recently thrashed for daring to sport a moustache. In Chikkmagaluru, Karnataka, a Dalit youngster was tortured and subjected to degrading treatment in police custody. In Madhya Pradesh, the wife of a Dalit labourer, five months pregnant, was rapedContinue Reading
Instead use “Scheduled Caste” to refer to people from these communitiesContinue Reading
Today, Dalits are in dark time with anti-Dalit forces gaining grounds and seizing powersContinue Reading
New Delhi: Two Dalit children are made to share an egg during meal time in schools. Dalit students receive meals at the end. So-called higher caste students eat separately and are given an extra helping of meals. Tribal and Dalit students are seated on the last benches of the class.Continue Reading
By Valson Thampu On January 17, 2016, Rohit Vemula certified his caste identity with a touch of finality only he could have afforded. He tightened a noose around his neck. Left a note pretty much to the effect that he was only making visible the noose that had caught hisContinue Reading
New Delhi: Dalit Rights activist Ashok Bharti today told Caritas that the Christian community in India has a critical role to potentially change the intellectual landscape among the Dalits. Christian institutions are well organized. They are centrally placed in urban areas- where Dalits are despised, oppressed and suppressed. Educate theContinue Reading
The flogging of 4 Dalit men, suspected of cow slaughter, has angered the community in Gujarat.Continue Reading
The federal Home Ministry has revealed the details on an RTI filed by The Indian Express newspaper
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In November last year, Shyam and his community members were told by the priest that they didn’t have any rights to perform pujaContinue Reading