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Iconoclast: Path breaking biography of BR Ambedkar projects his human essence

In this review, the writer examines how Dr Anand Teltumbde, the distinguished academic and human rights defender eradicates the hyperbole that turns Ambedkar into a demi-god.

Two Dalit labourers in Uttar Pradesh survive brutal assault by upper-caste mob

On the eve of New Year 2020, two Dalit labourers were allegedly beaten by a mob of uppercaste men. Nearly a week goes by and state police continue to remain inactive regarding the matter.

Gujarat: Dalit lawyer dies after being assaulted in a casteist attack

Local residents allegedly harassed and verbally abused the 65-year-old lawyer before calling more people to attack him

Dalit worker killed for touching food at ‘Upper Caste’ party in Madhya Pradesh!

The 25-year-old Dalit man had been called to clean up after the party

Dalit youth thrashed in UP village, NHRC transfers CJP complaint to UPHRC

He was then arrested on false charges after his 'upper caste' assailants claimed that the Dalit boy had beaten them up. But the pictures and the caste dynamics clearly have a different story to tell

UP: Five upper-caste men accused of burning alive a Dalit man

Victim’s family claims that the five men often threatened to extort money from the Panchayat leader

Minority Lives Matter

Is new India a better place for Dalits, Muslims, women and other minorities?

Protests persist! Mumbai, Thane continue to decry Hathras atrocity

Despite coronavirus threats, people continue to demand justice for the Hathras victim who hails from the Valmiki community.

UP Police now claim that Hathras Dalit victim was not raped!

UP ADG Prashant Kumar, says forensic report confirm that victim wasn’t raped, says action will be taken against ‘misinformation’

Acquittal of Babri accused, gang rape of UP Dalit woman are interlinked; have roots in the history

September 30, 2020 will be marked as another dark day in our history

Dalit girl gangraped by ‘upper-caste’ men dies: Will UP CM finally react?

The 19-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped and tortured by four men in Hathras

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