History is a thin excuse for unrelenting majoritarianism in India and its neighbourhood Recently, a senior advocate in Karachi was charged with blasphemy after another fellow lawyer complained about his having affixed ‘Syed’ to his name in an affidavit. This, supposedly, hurt the lawyer’s religious sentiments. The case is just one instance of the tremendous … Continue reading Aggressors Claim Hurt Sentiments While Victims Face Trial →
A statement by WOMEN AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STATE REPRESSION हाथरस में एक दलित लड़की के साथ हुई बलात्कार की घटना व उसकी जघन्य हत्या के बाद, पीड़ित परिवार के साथ डॉक्टर राजकुमारी बंसल जिस निर्भीकता और साहस के साथ खड़ी हुईं उन पर देश भर की मीडिया ने जिस तरह की फर्ज़ी और झूठी … Continue reading डॉक्टर राजकुमारी बंसल – एक अंबेडकरवादी दलित जिन्हें ‘नक्सल भा
Received via SAHELI WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE We condemn the horrific rape and murder of a young Dalit woman from Hathras, UP. We stand with the family in their sorrow. Extend support, solidarity and rage.
The ethic that dehumanises dalits continues 72 years after the country’s Independence. What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is … Continue reading A Crime of ‘Pure’Indifference →
Caste discrimination, even while faced with a calamity, is a clear outcome of the brahminical ideology of purity and pollution that has permeated deep into Indian society. Image Courtesy: Al Jazeera “[U]ntouchability, is a kind of disease of the Hindus…it is a mental twist…. I do not know how my friend is going to untwist … Continue reading Cyclone Fani: Prejudice in Times of Natural Disasters →
Guest post by PRAVEEN VERMA If Prime Minister Narendra Modi were to write about the recent deaths of sewer workers in India, the headline would be: Some people attained moksha (nirvana) while experiencing spirituality, In his casteist book Karmayog, he wrote that manual scavenging is a spiritual experience, hence if some people die during cleaning … Continue reading Sewer Workers Deaths – The Meaning of Dalit for Bhartiya Janta Party →
Guest Post by New Socialist Initiative New Socialist Initiative Condemns Hindutva Engineered and Inspired Atrocities on Dalits Hardly a day passes without headline news of some or another atrocity on Dalits. On 24 May, a Dalit man in the Ahmedabad district was beaten and his house attacked by a gang of socalled ‘upper’ caste men … Continue reading Statement on Atrocities on Dalits : New Socialist Initiative
Guest post by DEBALIN ROY Debalin Roy takes us to some specific moments in the rally, aside from the bird’s eye view of the massive rally that we have already seen. Dalits from all over northern India gathered at Jantar Mantar, Delhi on the 21st of May to protest the Saharanpur violence and increasing atrocities … Continue reading Photo Story on Bhim Army Rally in Delhi: Debalin Roy
On 15th October 2002, between 9 pm and 10 pm, five Dalits — Dayachand, Virender, Totaram, Raju and Kailash — were lynched in Duleena village, Jajjar district, Haryana, by a frenzied mob for the “speculated crime” of cow-slaughter, while the police and administrative officials – DSP, SHO Sadar, Jajjar, and three executive magistrates: the City Magistrate, BDO, Naib Tehsildar – stood by and watched.1 These Dalits, who were leather traders and were arrested on t
TILONIA, INDIA –A few months ago, the Afghan Peace Volunteers began planning to send a small delegation of young women to India as guests of Barefoot College, a renowned initiative that uses village wisdom, local knowledge and practical skills available in the rural areas to improve villagers’ lives. After several suspenseful weeks wondering if families and governments would give permission for travel, we were finally able to tell hosts at the Barefoot College that we would soon be on our way.
