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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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Mathura: Stones thrown at the Ambedkar Jayanti procession leaves several people injured
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More incidents of caste-based atrocities reported across states serving as a bitter reminder that the road to equality and a casteless society is hard
Manual Scavenging continues unabated, Indian Govts turns a deaf ear to acknowledge this systemic, extreme violence
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Complaint to NCSC over Bihar Police assault on minor Dalit boys for playing music at Holi
CJP Team -
In its complaint, CJP has informed the Commission that the police, unprompted, beat up the Dalit boys and their mothers came to save them, beat them as well
Study Reveals Inequity in PM-JAY Implementation, Fails to Reach Most Vulnerable Sections
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Dalit Scholar of Wardha University faces threat to life & career
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While the OBCs are ripe fruit for electoral stakes, last 5 years reveals low representation in All India Services
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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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