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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?
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.
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of 9-year-old Dalit boy’s death
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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken...
Ambedkarites Demand Overhauling of Act Prohibiting Transfer of SC/ST Land in Karnataka
A large chunk of land granted by the state to the marginalised has been acquired by dominant castes.
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man dies by suicide after being allegedly assaulted by policemen
His family alleges that he was forced to take the extreme step after two constables beat him up for failing to pay a bribe
Kolkata: Civil Society, Tribals Protest, Demand Cancellation of Coal Mines in Deucha-Panchami
The protesters demanding the cancellation of Deucha Pachami coal mining project have alleged that the government is illegally occupying the land.
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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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