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Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger
The author, a student in Bengaluru, asks why Dalit suffering is more readily received than Dalit anger in literature, cinema and public life. Is it because sorrow allows readers and viewers to remain sympathetic observers, while anger and refusal can challenge that comfortable distance?
Arrest of activist of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sanghatan condemned
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Nitin, an activist of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan was arrested on Tuesday, August 29, in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh in what has been alleged to be a false case. A protest with hundreds of Adivasis was organised in Burhanpur yesterday to protest
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Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger
The author, a student in Bengaluru, asks why Dalit suffering is more readily received than Dalit anger in literature, cinema and public life. Is it because sorrow allows readers and viewers to remain sympathetic observers, while anger and refusal can challenge that comfortable distance?
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