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From India‘s Forgotten Feminist,  Savitribai Phule to life partner Jyotiba

Haryana Dalits Face Boycott Over Using Village Hand-Pump; Approach SC

Members of a Dalit community from Bhatla village in Hisar, Haryana have approached the Supreme Court to seek relief from a series of atrocities that they have been facing at the hands of a caste-dominant community, including the blocking of access to drinking water from a village hand-pump.

SC, ST, OBC community continues to question Twitter over verification criteria

Even as the Dalit community has pulled up Twitter for being ‘casteist’, the website has shown no remorse

Dalit youths stripped, flogged after altercation with restaurant owner: Ahmedabad

Video of the incident that circulated was reminiscent of the Una flogging incident of 2016

Accusing site of ‘casteism’, Bhim Army locks Twitter India office

Dalit activists have started a campaign demanding they get their rightful place on the platform

Martyred on Diwali day, Maharshi Dayanand ‘fought’ against Brahminical caste order

On the Diwali day of 1883, Maharishi Dayanand, the...

1,500 Dalits embrace Buddhism for ‘equality’: Gujarat

On Dussehra, around 500 Dalits from different parts of...

Learn How to Counter Hate from Furqan and His Children

Hindu-Muslim relations are a natural bulwark against communal crusade.  There...

India Not a Hindu Rashtra, Say Sikh Organisations

So many Sikh ideologues have clearly stated that each...

The Blatant Omission of Muslims in ‘New India’

After Kashmir and NRC, the community’s trust in the...

To Be or Not to Be: The Identity Crisis of the Non-Savarna Indian

While for the Savarna Indian, to be without identity...

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