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‘We Were Promised Rehabilitation’: Gurugram’s oldest Dalit settlement bulldozed after decade long battle; police violently beat and detain residents for protesting
Behind Gurugram’s latest demolition drive lies a decade-old nexus of corruption, caste, and state neglect
From December 2024 Onwards: CJP raises alarm over escalating anti-Dalit atrocities to NCSC
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Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) sends complaint to the NCSC, shedding light on widespread anti-Dalit atrocities across the nation and calling for justice for the victims of systemic discrimination.
Telangana: Christian cemetery attacked a week after Dalit Churchgoers were attacked
The cemetery was attacked in Telangana’s Secunderabad and saw gravestones and the Christian religious symbol, the cross being desecrated and broken
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: 5 Dalit children beaten with sticks, with hands tied behind their back, for drinking water from a well
Video of the incident shows a group of people standing mute as the man continues to beat the crying children mercilessly
Temple abandoned by worshippers due to Dalit being allowed to enter
Dalits continue to bear the brunt of discrimination in India as harrowing stories of discrimination and violence become an everyday norm, from Tamil Nadu to Uttar Pradesh
Assam: After taking an oath to uphold Ambedkar’s Constitution, the BJP CM invoked the Gita to promote caste-based occupation
The servitude of non-Brahmins to Brahmins has no place in Ambedkar’s Constitution, a fact Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unconsciously or consciously overlooked when he wrote a post on his social media account, telling the Shudras that their natural duty was to serve the upper castes. This was close to ten days ago.
Anti-Dalit incidents in December: 14-year-old killed for plucking gram leaves
Incidents of violence against Dalits continue unabated across the country and continue to receive less media coverage. Sabrang India brings to you a roundup of incidents of reported crimes against Dalits.
Untouchability and exclusion, absence of voice: Dalit situation 2023
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“Too vocal” for a job, rejected from publishing because their book was too critical, untouchability at a university - Dalit narratives of caste from 2023 reveal that caste, perforates through all aspects of social and political life.
Dalits attacked by upper castes at Buddha Katha ceremony in Kanpur
During a Buddha Katha organised in Kanpur’s Pehowa village, reports allege that 15-20 upper caste men arrived in cars and beat the Dalit members sleeping at the event’s sight, gunshots were also reportedly fired.
Anti-Dalit violence emerges in the first half of November in alarming numbers
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From Kerala, to Karnataka, to Andhra and Tamil Nadu, shocking incidents of attacks on Dalits reveal how fatal it is to be Dalit in India
Another Dalit student dies by suicide after being attacked in Tamil Nadu, activists demand urgent action
A young Dalit boy was humiliated and beaten by a dominant caste member on his way to school. Shortly after this instance, the boy killed himself by suicide. Activists have reported that Tamil Nadu has seen a huge rise in cases of atrocities against Dalits, around 10% of which are concentrated around certain districts which the activists demand should be termed as ‘atrocity prone zones.’