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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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Dalit man assaulted for selling biryani in Noida
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Maha Vikas Aghadi bats for release for Bhima Koregaon activists
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Dalit woman found dead, family alleges gang-rape: Kancheepuram
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Ideally, there should be machines but there is no such plan. That means govt. wants people to continue with manual scavenging.
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In what appears to be a double body blow to rights of indigenous people and forest dwelling communities, it appears that not only has the government failed to implement the Forest Rights Act, it has also been unsuccessful when it comes to implementing provisions of the Institutional Support for Tribal Produce scheme.
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