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Strengthening indigenous communities means protection of the environment
Various indigenous (Adivasi) communities constitute about 8.6 per cent of the population of India. Nearly 700 such communities with a total population of over 110 million are spread all...
In Pictures: Unique Protest in Andhra Pradesh’s Dosapadu Village by Dalits Against Illegal Encroachment of Land
At least 45 Dalit families in Dosapadu village have lost lands granted by the government to them over the past 20 years.
Atrocities against SCs and STs show an increasing trend in Odisha: NCRB report 2021
The state is featured among the top five states in atrocities against both, SCs and STs
Scheduled Caste Reservation: Supreme Court asks Centre to explain its stand on converted Dalits within three weeks
Court pulls up Centre for not filing a response during the long gap of 18 years
Jharkhand: 50 Dalit families driven out of Palamu village?
The families had been living in the village for 40 years; Muslim villagers claim the Dalit families had settled on a land near a graveyard only a few months ago
Manual Scavenger Dies While Cleaning Well, no Case filed After a Month
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A month has passed since Kalidas died, and a case has still not been filed under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Act, 2013.
A half baked secularism: Teesta Setalvad on caste and communalism
Drawing on the subcontinent's history of faith entwined politics and the resultant consolidation of power in the hands of the few, Teesta Setalvad invokes Ambedkar, Periyar and uses her own engagement with communalism to argue that the battle for secularism in India simply cannot be won without addressing the issue of caste. First published in Communalism Combat in April 1999.
West Bengal: Awareness of Rights Under FRA Brings Tribal, Forest Communities Closer
There's growing political consciousness, thanks to campaigns and marches in over 12 districts led by the newly formed Banadhikar O Prakriti Bachao Adivasi Mahasabha.
MP: 16-Year-Old Dalit Girl Beaten up for Sitting in the Front Row, Teacher Booked
According to police, the incident occurred over 700 km away from the state capital on August 2 at the Government Higher Secondary Girls School, Baidhan, in the Singrauli district.
9-year-old Dalit boy dies after teacher allegedly thrashes him; cops deny “caste angle”
Family alleges teacher was enraged and beat up the 9-year-old boy after he touched a pot of water meant for “upper caste” people
Many Dalit Village Panchayat Presidents Hoist National Flag for the First Time
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The Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) intervened to prevent caste-based discrimination around the hoisting of the national flag on Independence Day.
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