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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...
Yogi Adityanath's caste recalibration: BJP expands cabinet to reclaim UP’s social coalition before 2027 pollsYogi Adityanath Cabinet Expansion 2026: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion is a clear political signal. The B...
How the VCK became the unexpected power centre in Tamil Nadu politicsThe Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, with just two MLAs, holds significant sway in Tamil Nadu's government formation. The party, inspired by...
Jhalmuri, sweets & Rabindranath Tagore: The Bengali factor in BJP's Bengal oath-taking ceremonySuvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal's Chief Minister at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senio...
Assembly Elections 2026: TVK - the rare 'political startup' that turned 'unicorn' instantlyTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has followed in the footsteps of parties such as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and...
Between mainstream parties & Ambedkar’s VBA, Dalits are divided & leaderless in MaharashtraThere’s a craving for a new leadership, which is leading some Dalits towards old wine in new bottles such as the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VB...
Atrocities against Dalits at 17-year high in Gujarat, RTI reply showsAccording to figures, the state registered 1,515 cases under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in 2017, the highest number in 17...
Dalit kids face bias in schools too: StudyThe study, conducted by National Dalit Movement for Justice and shared exclusively with ET, reveals a shocking picture of discrimination an...
SC panel will unearth truth on Saharanpur Clash, Bhim Army: Ramshanker Katheria, NCSC ChairmanTalking about Dalits, he said that they are the purest Hindus who fought Muslims and their forced conversions. They upheld Hinduism despite...
- Jignesh Mevani's detention reflects BJP's fear: AAP
Gujarat Police detained Mevani last night, who led a Dalit movement to protest against the Una flogging incident, in view of Modi's visit t...
- I am building strong base for Dalit politics to continue my activism: Sunkanna Velpula
Velpula, a postdoctoral fellow at IIT-Bombay, says Dalits are moulded the way women are, accepting many things as their duty without realis...
Patidars, Dalits see merit in each other’s agitationsDalits want their voices to be heard in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Punjab too. Also, Patidars are planning to rejuvenate their stir later...
Hardik, Alpesh, Jignesh, youth brigade are here to trouble BJPEach in their own ways are raising issues that the BJP will find difficult to negotiate not only in Gujarat, but also across UP and Punjab.
- Enact 'anti-discrimination in education' law: NGOs to Government
A group of NGOs has demanded an 'anti-discrimination in education' legislation to ensure zero discrimination against Dalit, Adivasis and Mu...
Dalit literature goes globalThese writers are also re-scripting the conceptions of Indian society and history while challenging prevailing literary conventions.
Mayawati attacks Rahul Gandhi, says Congress anti-DalitRahul Gandhi accused Mayawati of not allowing any SC leader to rise in UP, and that Dalits need "escape velocity" of Jupiter to underline t...
Dalits need escape velocity of Jupiter for success: Rahul GandhiTargeting the BSP supremo Mayawati, Gandhi said one Dalit leader or two Dalit leaders would not be enough to take their movement forward.
- Muslim body quotes price for votes, wants quota for Dalit Muslims in Parliament
Muslim leaders have made the introduction of a bill to grant quota for Dalit Muslims in Parliament a pre-condition for their support in the...
- 'Anna Hazare's movement is anti-social justice, manuwadi'
The movement led by Hazare has found huge support across the country. But several prominent dalit activists and intellectuals have severely...
- Dalits no longer feel safe in Khairlanji
Two months after four members of a Dalit family were brutally killed, this tiny dust-bowl has become a major challenge for Maharashtra’s po...