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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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The Jharia Master Plan completed its 12-year tenure in August 2021, during which roughly 2,700 families were relocated from vulnerable areas.
‘Won’t Give an Inch to Dalmia Cement’, over 5,000 Adivasis in Odisha Protest ‘Illegal’ Land Acquisition
After marching 100 km to the district collector's office, the protesting members of the Adivasi community were forced to spend the night out in the cold before their demands were heard by the administration reports Orissa TV.
2022 Forest Conservation Rules snatch away rights of Adivasi Gram Sabhas
The Modi govt’s FCA 2022, diverge from India’s settled policy of giving primacy to the rights of India’s Adivasis and Forest Dwellers
NHRC petitioned over alleged intimidation of Adivasi villagers, activists, lawyers in Chhattisgarh
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Put anti tribal forest rules on hold, NSCST panel tells MoEF
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Uttarakhand: A Van Gujjar committee Revives an old Fight to Claim Land Titles in the Shivpuri Range
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The Van Gujjars are among a few surviving transhumant pastoral communities worldwide. They are a rarity in that they are one of the few Muslim Tribals who have survived as nomads to the present day.
Custodial torture of tribal in Karnataka?
A tribal man, detained by forest officials dies, kin allege custodial torture
Dalit Workers assaulted, confined for days; pregnant woman loses baby: Karnataka
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Tribal youths beaten, tonsured for entering pandal: Jharkand
Image Courtesy: telegraphindia.comFive youths belonging to a vulnerable tribal group...
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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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