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Periyar: Caste, Nation and Socialism

Periyar: Caste, Nation and Socialism published by People’s Literature Publications, Mumbai is a fascinating conversation between S V Rajadurai and Vidya Bhushan Rawat which brings out numerous hitherto unknown...

Lakhimpur Kheri: Bodies of two sisters found hanging from a tree

Family alleges rape, autopsy report awaited; at least four arrested so far

Tamil Nadu: 27 sentenced to life in Dalit triple murder case

Members of dominant community had attacked eight Dalit men, killing three, for getting “first respect” at a temple in 2018

Dalits gherao Panchayat Officials in Sangrur protesting dummy land auction

The Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Committee tightened the noose around...

MP: 8-year-old found sitting by the roadside with toddler brother’s corpse

Hospital's apathy forces father to leave children near a public park as he went about trying to arrange transport to get them back home

Farrukhabad: Dalit man allegedly beaten to death by UP cops

The family accused the police of targeting and killing the man for his caste identity

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

Two of these instances of brutal violence and assault were against Dalit women, one against a woman from an OBC family

Man “from same community arrested” for allegedly killing Dalit family: UP Police

On Saturday, police had suspended two of its personnel for allegedly “pressuring the Dalit family compromise with the upper-caste family in a dispute linked to grazing land”

Uttar Pradesh: 4 of Dalit family masacred in Prayagraj

Protest ensue, 2 cops suspended; locals accuse police negligence as family had approached cops earlier to lodge an FIR but were allegedly rebuffed

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

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