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Whose story is it anyway? Amazon Prime's Raakh revisits a crime and its unsettling truthsA new Hindi series, Raakh, revisits the chilling 1978 Geeta and Sanjay Chopra murders, fictionalizing the events with new characters. While...- Instagram emerges as platform for anti-caste Indian artDalit and Bahujan artists are reshaping the landscape of digital expression, turning social media into dynamic exhibitions of resistance. T...
- President Murmu to confer 66 Padma awards on MondayPresident Droupadi Murmu will present 66 Padma awards on Monday. The ceremony will honor two Padma Vibhushan, six Padma Bhushan, and 58 Pad...
- 'His tireless struggle for rights of poor and Dalits is inspirational': Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Kanshi Ram on birth anniversaryLeaders paid homage to Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram on his birth anniversary. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra remembered h...
- View: #DalitLivesMatter, why we don’t care about this hashtagIf indeed Indians wish to protest against the most egregious of historical and current outrages, that should be ‘Dalit Lives Matter’. Dalit...
- It would have been too Bollywood to have a Dalit hero: 'Article 15' director Anubhav SinhaThe movie has opened to protests by fringe organisations representing upper castes.
- Divided they stand: Why marginal Dalit castes still lack political cloutAmong middle-class educated and employed Dalits who act as opinion makers, or young people in recent years, one can discern opposition to B...
- Maths in place, SP-BSP voters are working on their chemistryThe issue of transferability of votes has become a central one for the allies who were bitter rivals for more than two decades.
- PM Modi plays nationalism card, rakes up surgical strike in KarnatakaHe also said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi "disrespected" the national song 'vande mataram'.
- It is common to dub an aggressive Muslim a terrorist, and a Dalit activist a Naxal, says Jignesh Mevani"There has been an increase in the number of atrocities against Dalits: from 39,000 cases in 2014 to 47,000 within a year," Dalit activists...
- When sticks & stones could cause hurtSurvival of animosities that outlast their begetters creates a new demand for iron and steel in a world with excess capacity for those comm...
- The return of Dalit heroine in Malayalam cinemaIn Malayalam cinema, which revels in the polysyllabic names of its heroes that hint at or declare their upper caste lineage.
- The Dalit subtext takes centre stage in Rajinikanth's 'Kabali'At the reform school, Kabali explains that he wears suits in summer too because he, of the underclass, wants to make a statement.
- Administrative apathy and cynical politics fan caste violence in Tamil NaduCaste-clashes are on the rise in many districts of Tamil Nadu. In March, a Dalit youth Sankar was chopped to death in broad daylight near t...
- Politicians ignore Ambedkar's dislike for hero-worshipThe manner in which Ambedkar's birth anniversary is celebrated and the speeches made by politicians are ample proof of hero-worship.
- Caste war at IIMC: Both sides play victimThe caste war in IIMC seems to be deepening with both sections of students listing out instances of being harassed by the other group befor...
- Can Dalit bridegrooms defy caste barriers?Sword in hand and a helmet protecting his skull, a young Dalit bridegroom braved a volley of stones in MP's Ratlam district earlier this we...
- Adam Smith vs Manu: Capitalism is smashing casteism in IndiaThe rise of dalit millionaires suggests that capitalism can be more revolutionary in transforming dalit fortunes than socialist sops.
- BSP antagonized many Dalits in UP whom the BJP wooed: BookDisaffection among a large section of Dalits for the BSP may have paved the way for fragmentation of this caste group in UP.
- Dalits stay mired in history despite Tamil Nadu social reformsDalits, accounting for a fifth of the over 7 crore state population, still find assimilation into mainstream society a struggle.
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