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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Sangh Parivar’s tortured bid to appropriate Dr Ambedkar

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Rohith’s death: We are all to blame

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Within hours of police mediating her return home, young woman from Tamil Nadu ‘killed by family for marrying Dalit man’

The woman victim, 19-year-old Aishwarya from Neyvaviduthi in Pattukottai, had fallen in love with Naveen, a 19-year-old Dalit man from Poovaloor village, Thanjavur. (File)

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar: Outrage erupts as policemen commit heinous crimes against Dalits

Two harrowing stories of brutality emerge from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as a 25-year-old Dalit woman is found dead in Agra, allegedly murdered by a police constable. Similarly, in Bihar's Sitamarhi, public outrage rises as a police inspector is under investigation for assaulting a Dalit woman at a marketplace.

9-year-old Dalit girl raped and murdered in Ghaziabad by 52-year-old landlord

The nine-year-old girl was allegedly killed and raped at the hands of her landlord in Ghaziabad. The accused is now in custody as authorities continue the investigation and try to locate her body.

From Ayodhya to Trivandrum, are Dalits still unsafe in India?

Murder, violence, discrimination and humiliation is what Dalits continue to face today, from the rural lands of UP to the hallowed land of Ayodhya to cities of Kerala even known for more progressive values; the violence against Dalits continues, unabated through the first half of September 2023.

Standing Strong: CJP aids Dalit woman labelled as ‘Doubtful Citizen’

Marginalised, struck with poverty, Assam woman from a Dalit community on the verge of despair as citizenship crisis looms over her

Continued Surge of Violence against Dalits Spans Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu

Dalit boy and grandmother assaulted in Nanguneveli, Karur, Dalit women attacked in Satara, two more Dalits dead in Rajasthan, as violence against Dalits continues.

Violence against Dalits refuses to curb, the families of the victims protest

Unrelenting violence against Dalits continues as justice remains difficult, highlights urgent need for change

UP: Dalit man allegedly maimed, his pregnant wife beaten by Caste Hindus in Etah

The woman has claimed that the police initially refused to lodge complaint and only after a lawyer was called, did the FIR get filed

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