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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...

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

OC has violated the democratic process of syllabus-making: DU teachers

In response to the Delhi University’s press release notifying syllabus change, English teachers published a detailed response to the DU Registrar

DU should apologise to Bama, Sukirtharani and Mahesweta Devi: Dalit Intellectual Collective

The Collective says the exlusion of these women writers once again highlights the bigoted attitude in higher education

From ripples to waves: Experts discuss the power of Dalit literature

Dalit literature offers an insight into Indian social and structural realities, but is often missing from mainstream curricula or even discussions among India’s progressive groups

Delhi Cantonment rape case: AIDWA demands action against police for alleged ‘silent complicity’

The women’s organisation condemned police officials for allegedly delaying FIR registration and harassing the victim’s family instead

Nangal village gang-rape, both gendered and caste-based violence: Civil Society Organisations

The SFI, DSMM and AIDWA protest the rape, murder and forcible cremation of the 9-year-old Dalit girl in Delhi

Vilas Sonawane: Tribute to a ‘Satyashodhak’ Marxist

From battling caste prejudice to crony capitalists, Sonawane leaves behind an inspirational legacy

Till death do us part?

Interfaith and intercaste marriages remain some of the most high-risk moves that any couple can take in modern India

Nearly 50,000 atrocity cases registered under SC/ST Act in 2019: Centre

The conviction rate meanwhile howers at a mere 10 percent as per submission by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment before the Rajya Sabha

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