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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

Swacch Bharat Abhiyan Invisibilises Caste and Glamourises the Broom: Bezwada Wilson

Photo Credit: hrw.orgSwacch Bharat Abhiyan invisibilises the linkage between...

‘Jai Bhim’ and ‘Lal Salaam’ and How the Twain Shall Meet

‘Laal Salaam, Jai Bhim’, ‘Jai Bhim, Lal Salaam’: This...

Bastar Black Out: Human Rights Defenders Under Threat

Freedom of expression is being throttled in Chhattisgarh as...

Idea Exchange: Romila Thapar Answers Gopal Guru on Dharma and the Past

Historian Dr. Romila Thapar replies to Prof. Gopal Guru's...

Bhim Yatra: ‘Stop Killing Us in Dry Latrines, Sewers and Septic Tanks’

Protestors set fire to containers representing 'killer' septic tanks (...

Targeted by Bajrang Dal goons in Nagpur, Fearless Kanhaiya Kumar unhurt, unfazed

Photo Courtesy: ANIFirst they threw stones at the car...

Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Scathing Attacks on Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra

Babasaheb Ambedkar is equally critical of the Muslim League...

Appoint priests from all castes, follow Ambedkar

  Monopolistic and exclusivist reservation of the posts of priests...

Dignity for Those Who Clean Our Filth

Stop Killing Us, the Bhim Yatra of India’s Manual...

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