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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

जिशा, मेरी दोस्त, दलितों की जान इतनी सस्ती क्यों है?: चिंटू

अतिथि पोस्ट : चिंटू    जिशा, मेरी दोस्त मेरी यार, क्या कहूँ...

Outrage in Kerala over Dalit Woman Rape, NHRC Sends Notice, Two in Custody

Image Cortesy: ReutersOutrage in Kerala over Nirbhaya-like Dalit Woman...

JNU Academics Sit on Solidarity Strike Condemn Administration Highhandedness

  The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) observed a...

Dalit Women Student Brutalised Before Murder: Kerala

  Silence of the ‘national media’ around the death of...

As Dalits in a Gujarat village threaten self-immolation is Anandiben listening?

Dalits from Modi’s Home District of Mehsana and the...

How caste is alive and kicking in Bengal

Photo courtesy: youthkiawaaz.comBengali middle class society is seen as...

I am Koonal Duggal, and they say I am “anti-university”: Dalit Student

Are Indian Universities becoming Authoritarian ?   Statement by EFLU-Joint Action...

Kanhaiya Kumar in Mumbai: “I Have Great Respect For Our Prime Minister..but…”

Full SpeechKanhaiya Kumar made his first public speech in...

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“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam

Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process

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The women India continues to ignore

It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.

The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship

Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech

Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12

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When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat

From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands