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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow
Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.
Anti-Dalit violence emerges in the first half of November in alarming numbers
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From Kerala, to Karnataka, to Andhra and Tamil Nadu, shocking incidents of attacks on Dalits reveal how fatal it is to be Dalit in India
Jharkhand tribal activists agitating for a separate Sarna Code, arrested ahead of PM Modi’s visit
Modi will visit Ulihatu in Khunti district on Wednesday to pay respect to revered tribal icon Birsa Munda. The tribal activists had threatened self-immolation if Modi during his visit to Ulihatu did not make any announcement on a separate Sarna religion code; the police have put them under preventive detention
Sarna code: More than just a political tactic
Politicians, researchers and experts explain why the recognition of Sarna as a separate religion is an important demand for Jharkhand Adivasis.
Five year-old Dalit child raped by sub-inspector, father of victim beaten at police station while filing an FIR: Rajasthan
In a harrowing incident, a five-year-old child from the Dalit community was raped by a sub-inspector in Dausa. While the official is now suspended and reportedly arrested, the father of the victim was severely injured, with his hand broken, when he went to file a complaint at the police station.
Another Dalit student dies by suicide after being attacked in Tamil Nadu, activists demand urgent action
A young Dalit boy was humiliated and beaten by a dominant caste member on his way to school. Shortly after this instance, the boy killed himself by suicide. Activists have reported that Tamil Nadu has seen a huge rise in cases of atrocities against Dalits, around 10% of which are concentrated around certain districts which the activists demand should be termed as ‘atrocity prone zones.’
Unveiling hidden divides: caste, gender and the myth of Indian growth
Existing data examining the status of women and marginalised castes in the economy points to a disturbing reality, which contradicts, deeply, the notion of India as a rising, globally charged economy.
Uttar Pradesh: Police action to deter fight for Dalit rights, says jailed activist and former IPS officer
A peaceful protest that took place on October 10 for the right to land for Dalits in several Gorakhpur, led to criminalising of the protest and arrest of activists. In the days following the protest activists, including retired public servant S. R. Darapuri, were arrested. Activists have alleged that the arrests and the consequent murder charges are only to deter people from fighting for justice
“Dalits banned for social gatherings,” Harrowing incidents of violence against Dalits
Death threats for attending Garba in Gujarat; robbed, tortured urinated upon in Tamil Nadu: a saga of unending violence against Dalits continues unabatedly
Manual Scavenging: Eradicate the practice, ensure effective rehabilitation, scholarship, compensation, uphold dignity and liberty says SC
Supreme Court bench issues detailed directions to the Union and state government to implement the provisions of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, conduct necessary surveys, co-ordinate with Commissions
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