Dalits

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From India‘s Forgotten Feminist,  Savitribai Phule to life partner Jyotiba

No Entry for the New Sun

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Death sentence for Dalit labourers

An Action Committee to save the lives of five...

Dalit schoolboys demand their rights

Dear Friends, The Congress government headed by YS Rajasekhara Reddy...

Who’s Rashtra Is it Anyway?

Courtesy: Hindustan Times   THE FLAG-BEARERS of Hindutva, in their task...

VHP’s Anti–Dalit Venom

Dear CC, This is a copy of the letter which...

Thrice oppressed

Dalit and Muslim women grapple with the triple burden...

‘Dalit women have been left behind by the Dalit movement and the women’s movement’

Both the Dalit movement and the women’s  movement have...

‘We too have made history’

 ‘Aamihi Itihas Ghadavla’ by Meenakshi Moon is an important...

Windows of opportunity

At the meeting of the All-India Muslim Personal Board...

Breeze from Bangladesh

While Muslim orthodoxy continues to stonewall any attempt at...

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