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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?
Hathras case: SC reserves order on transfer of case outside UP
Victim’s family fears they will be denied a fair trial in UP, also appeal that CBI investigation report be submitted to SC
India’s rural population assembles to complete last rites of Hathras victim
As many as 30,000 people from over 1,000 villages in India observe Prerna Sabha for Hathras victim. Participants apply haldi-tilak to impressionistic poster
The forest is ours and will remain ours: Adivasi man’s letter to CJP
Elderly Adivasi man pens a letter recounting the many injustices levied by the forest officials and talks about the forest’s relevance for the survival of the Adivasi community.
Hathras case: 11 activists, journalists, academics file an Impleadment Application in SC
Women and queer persons from across the country have come together seeking CBI/SIT probe into the tragic death and cremation of a Dalit girl, also demand protection be provided to the family.
Appoint sitting & retired SC Judges to monitor Hathras probe: petitioner
Sitting and retired judges of the SC should be appointed for an impartial probe into the Hathras crime, says petitioner
15-yr-old Dalit ‘gangrape victim’ takes her own life: Chitrakoot, UP
In a gruesome case of gendered assault, her family members have alleged after her death that she was raped by three men in a forest area on October 8, the UP police said
BREAKING: A’bad HC summons suspended SP, Hathras on November 2, Victim was Entitled to Dignified Cremation
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC has said that the combined decision of the Uttar Pradesh Police and District Magistrate to go ahead with the cremation without the family’s consent has infringed the fundamental right to life to live with dignity and to exist with dignity even after death as well as right to decent burial/cremation, hurting the sentiments of not only the family members but of all persons and relatives assembled on the spot.
Horror! Three Dalit Sisters, minors, attacked in their sleep with acid: UP
The attack took place in the early hours of Tuesday, October 13, while they were sleeping on the roof. An FIR has been registered against unknown persons.
Dalit man forced to fall at feet after row over baby goat
The Dalit man was allegedly made to fall on the feet of seven men to humiliate him after one of his baby goats had mixed with their herd.
Accused in Payal Tadvi case return to studies; Left organisations question the decision
Members of AIDWA and DYFI express great disappointment at the SC decision to allow the three accused in the Payal Tadvi institutional murder case to continue their education.
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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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Labour
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