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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Gender and Sexuality
When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
Politics
The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
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India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction