When someone uses derogatory terms like 'thief' for SC/ST individuals, they indirectly invoke the stigma of the colonial Criminal Tribes Act, which tarnished entire communities.
BJP has set up a team of four MPs, while Bhim Army, BSP, RLP, and AIMIM have sent representatives to Birdiya in Rajasthan’s Didwana district to sit with villagers staging a hunger strike against the brutal murder of two Dalit men by Jats.
Jagadish Gowda allegedly held a group captive after workers refused to work for him, protesting his abuse. A woman’s mother claimed her daughter had an abortion due to the assault.
Chail Singh's family says they don't know how he managed to pay Rs 1.5 lakh to the Meghwals, who lost their 9-yr-old son. They claim he paid the money for the boy's treatment.
Inder Meghwal, a 9-year-old Dalit boy from Jalore district, died on 13 August. School principal allegedly hit him weeks before for drinking water from pot meant for principal.
Disheartening that a professor of South Asian heritage said this is not relevant to the US, was ostracised on campus for being a Dalit, says alumni of California State University.
Champawat police station in Uttarakhand has booked at least 26 people under SC/ST Act. Sunita Devi says she is willing to take her case back if she gets a written apology.
Four members of a Dalit family were found murdered in their Prayagraj home last week. Relatives had pointed fingers at upper-caste family with whom they had a land dispute.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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