Tag: caste Discrimination

Statewide Attacks: A chilling chronicle of caste-based attacks across the country

Across Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, a disturbing pattern of caste-based atrocities is emerging, with Dalit students facing targeted violence and discrimination, alongside horrifying attacks on women and communities, highlighting a systemic failure to protect marginalised lives and ensure justice

Cruelty for Caste: Dalit youth, Scholar, Student targeted in shameful attacks

In Pune, Dalit youth attacked, barred from temple for practicing Buddhism; BHU scholar faces casteist abuse from professor; school teacher beats Dalit student with pipe in Meerut

Dismantling caste in education: Tamil Nadu’s attempt at tackling discrimination

Report calls for administrative reforms, teacher training, and combating caste violence to ensure equal opportunity for all students.

Student, sanitation worker, farmer: Dalit lives across society unsafe

From Banaras Hindu University’s students to sanitation workers, violence continues to affect and be fatal for India’s Dalit community.

Cow dung dumped in potable water tank used by Dalit residents

More than a year after Tamil Nadu saw human faeces dumped in a drinking water tank used by Dalit communities, another such inhumane incident has taken place in the state once again leaving many sick and even more horrified.

Three incidents of violence against Dalits since March 26, two against minors, one against elderly woman

Caste-based violence subjected on Dalits for not touching teacher’s feet as a mark of respect, letting goat wander into another field; Congress terms UP to be a “haven for lawlessness and anti-Dalit hate crime”

Dalit groom attacked, threatened, and beaten off a horse at his wedding in Gujarat

A group of higher caste men attacked a Dalit man at his wedding and forced him to get off his horse because they did not think Dalits can be allowed to ride horses. The police have arrested four of the accused as of now

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

January 2024: Alarming surge in attacks targeting Dalit women

From Tamil Nadu, Bihar to Uttar Pradesh, a common unifying factor is violence against Dalit women

Systemic Discrimination: Dalit students in Tamil Nadu endure abuses, segregated meals, and forced to clean toilets

A recent survey by the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Front (TNUEF) has revealed harrowing details about the state of Dalit students in the schools. The survey shines a light on alarming data on caste and violence against Dalits in the state

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.

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