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Dalit and Tribal girls brutalised in Andhra Pradesh: Twin crimes lay bare caste violence and systemic collapse

From the two-year gang-rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl to the public torture of a 10-year-old Adivasi child, Andhra Pradesh reels under the weight of caste atrocities, bureaucratic silence, and political blame games

CAB: BJP drops Christians and Parsis in election manifesto

Within an hour of The Indian Express contacting BJP...

Election 2019: Affected by mass arrests after Bhima Koregaon, what is the buzz in Kalyan?

Following the bandh called by Dalit groups to protest...

Caste Struggle and Colonialism dropped from NCERT school textbooks

The rationale behind this, as given by another NCERT...

Caste Discrimination At IIT Kanpur

400 scholars, academics, activists from 16 countries have signed...

MP Dalit violence: Dalit communities apply for firearms while accused contests for LS polls

In the Gwalior clashes, Deepak Jatav and Rakesh Tamotiya...

Reading The Hungry Tide: A brilliant book which overlooked the caste factor

My first visit to the mountains was full of...

Kancha Ilaiah wants schoolchildren to sing the song of equality

The scholar has penned a poem and has made...

Thousands of Muslims in Bihar take out a rally to demand 5% reservations

On 23rd February, under the Muslim Arakshan Morcha, thousands...

When Narendra Modi saw the cleaning of toilets as a spiritual experience

First Published on: January 23, 2016  Senior journalist Rajiv Shah...

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