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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?
Hate Watch: Man loses Panchayat election, forces Dalit voter to lick spit!
Balwant Singh, who subsequently arrested, had reportedly claimed that the victim did not vote for him in the Panchayat elections
What keeps the Tharu Adivasis going in their quest for Community Forest Rights?
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Tharu tribes of 20 villages in Dudhwa region of Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh have objected to the rejection of their claims by the district level committee, contending that the committee has no power under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA).
Struggle for forest rights, not an isolated movement: AIUFWP
Forest rights activists celebrate small victories and discusses regional mobilisation before concluding 2nd National Conference of AIUFWP and beginning a new year
Muslim man assaulted, Adivasi man lynched to death: What is happening in Jharkhand?
The mentally challenged Muslim man was grievously injured and the Adivasi man was lynched on suspicion of being a cattle thief
AIUFWP elects Sokalo Gond as new President
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The Adivasi woman, best known for her sustained campaign for Adivasi rights to jal, jangal, zameen, promises to commit to the cause with renewed vigour
Hate Watch: Dalit worker’s hand chopped for seeking wages in MP
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Teesta Setalvad calls out modern day “zamindars” who are trying to usurp control of India’s forests
Setalvad was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of the AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference being held in New Delhi
AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference begins in New Delhi
Adivasis, forest workers, activists and farmers come together to discuss land and forest rights
AIUFWP’s second National Conference to discuss land, legal, constitutional rights and more
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Eager to mobilise more people at the ground level, the AIUFWP invites various peasant leaders and human rights activists from Dec 1-3, 2021
8 years on, Tharu tribe’s struggle for land rights continues
The community land rights claims filed by forest dwelling Tharu Adivasi community in Dudhwa, Lakhimpur Kheri have been rejected at the district level, even as the community members insist that the law does not authorise the Committee to do so
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Outside the World, Outside the Page: Why We Are More Receptive to Dalit Suffering than Dalit Anger
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