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The khadi he wore, the Gandhi he kept: A Dalit memoir that refuses easy answers

Recently, I received a message from someone I had known since my Gandhinagar days, when I represented the Times of India from 1997 to 2012. He wanted to send me the...

Equality March to mark Dr Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha

Sarvahara Jan Andolan sends out a message of equality in an atmosphere polluted with hatred

Dalits & OBCs denied last rites by BSF: MASUM

The Border Security Force (BSF) are restricting the rights of resident Dalits and OBCs to perform their last rites alleges in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), District Magistrate petitioned

Dalit Sanitation Worker Dies by Suicide in Gram Panchayat Office in Telangana

It is claimed that his salary has not been paid for the past four months

Hathras gangrape: Only Sandeep Sisodiya convicted for culpable homicide, and not for rape

The Hathras special court has sentenced him to life imprisonment, while acquitting others accused in the case

Anti-BJP, ‘inconvenient’ voters in Bengaluru could be dis-enfranchised: Karnataka polls

Thousands of voters, especially Dalits and Muslims could be deliberately cast off the voter’s list in Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar constituency of Karnataka

TN Dalit Youth Suicide: CJP seeks protection for victim’s family

In a letter to the DGP and SP details have been given about the incident that took place in December

Real Impact, Real Change: CJP’s year of monitoring violations: a review

Approaching several authorities to curtail hate speech and demand action against those guilty of targeted violence, CJP has had an action-packed year, and achieved tangible results

Dalit minor allegedly gang-raped multiple times in Karnataka; 4 booked

The incident came to light when police were informed that a 6-month pregnant minor girl was admitted to a hospital

Trader, 4 aides booked for beating a Dalit student to death a year ago: UP

The delayed police action followed a judicial order, justice was pursued by mother of the victim. Surja Devi

CJP moves NCSC for further protection for family of minor Dalit boy killed

The 9-year-old boy from Rajasthan has been allegedly beaten ruthlessly by a teacher for touching a pot of water meant for “upper caste” people, and succumbed to his injuries

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