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Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri

First Published on: 11 Apr 2016On his 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11, we bring to you excerpts from Jyotiba Phule’s path breaking work, severely criticising Brahminism and the Caste...

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UP: Four reports of cops allegedly committing crimes against women!

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Kundli murder accused remanded to week-long custody

Nihangs' justification of the murdering the man on account of religious sacrilege has angered many netizens and Dalit rights activists

Bikaner hostel rape case: Rajasthan court awards life sentence to main accused, convicts two others

A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead in a water tank at her hostel in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district in 2016

Uttar Pradesh: Crimes against Dalits continue unabated

Dalit village head beaten to death, one arrested for killing Dalit woman kho-kho player, Dalit teen dead in juvenile home… the list goes on

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