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Thirty years on, justice remains elusive for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana

A chapter in a major 30-year review of the PoA Act argues that institutional failures, rather than legislative gaps, remain the biggest obstacle to justice

How to talk about caste and casteism

A step-by-step guide for Savarnas to acknowledge and address an age-old evil, and become part of the solution

Rohith Vemula March: The Caste Turn for Student Delhites?

First published on February 23, 2016Rohith Vemula gives them...

Calling Smriti Irani’s Bluff: Twisted Truths in Parliament

First published on February 25, 2016Goebbels was an interesting...

At the Pyre of Caste Hatred: Dalit suicides and the Media

First Published on February 3, 2016  This article was written...

Enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims

Structural Violence deepens roots of Communal violence in India: the enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government’s meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.

Do Dalits & Adivasis not suffer religious persecution, asks anti-CAA meet

“The Modi government has sought to camouflage its real...

JMM’s Hemant Soren files complaint against Jharkhand CM for casteist slur

The BJP had earlier filed a complaint against Soren and Priyanka Gandhi for insulting the sentiments of Hindus

Dalit man assaulted for selling biryani in Noida

The men have been arrested under the SC/ ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and will be sent to custody

Stories of change-makers in Kutch, Gujarat

How Dr Ambedkar’s touched the heart of the most marginalized

Dalit woman found dead, family alleges gang-rape: Kancheepuram

CPI (M) and VCK allege that police is protecting ‘upper-caste’ perpetrators

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