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TopicCrimes against dalits

Topic: crimes against dalits

3 arrested over rape-murder of Dalit woman in Ayodhya, Rahul Gandhi calls UP govt ‘anti-Bahujan’

Alleging the administration didn’t pay heed to the family’s cry for help, Rahul questioned: 'How many more families will have to suffer like this?'

Political blame game in Haryana after Dalit student’s suicide. ‘Harassed, barred from exam over fees’

A week ago, a 22-yr-old Dalit BA final-year student at a private college died by suicide. Congress blames 'systemic discrimination'. BJP criticises 'half-hearted' expressions.

In Bihar’s Nawada, Dalits live in fear after homes burnt over land feud. ‘Hamein jameen ka parcha chahiye’

About 200 people live in fear in cramped tarpaulin tents not far from their charred homes. As politics takes over, all they want is to go back home.

Houses torched, Dalits in Bihar’s Nawada say they’d faced threats to relocate. ‘But land belongs to us’

After the land mafia torched their houses, Dalit families in Bihar's Nawada were given tarpaulins to live under. They want the government to rebuild their houses.

‘BR Ambedkar: Now and Then’ strips the Brahmin gaze off the Bahujan story. It’s a must watch

Jyoti Nisha’s documentary makes it clear that the ‘popular’ story of India is not necessarily the real story of India. At the very least, the story is incomplete.

Madhya Pradesh: Tribal girl murdered for rejecting Thakur man, community demands ‘bulldozer action’

Accused Dharmendra Singh, 45, and his friend, are in judicial custody and have been charged with murder, and sections of POCSO and SC/ST Act.

‘Rising atrocities against Dalits under BJP rule’: Urdu press decries killing of family in MP

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘He wanted water’: How Dalit boy’s death opened up caste fissures in Jalore village 

Inder Meghwal died Saturday — over 20 days after a teacher allegedly slapped him for drinking water from a clay pot.  The family accuses the police of coverup.

Dalit youth found hanging in UP, family alleges murder but police suspect suicide

18-year-old Jalaun resident Pawan Kumar left home after dinner Monday night but never returned. Family says an upper caste man killed him after an argument rooted in caste identity.

Crushed into submission, Dalit identity seldom came to fore—but Valmiki changed the script

In Exploring the Margins: Caste, Class and Gender Identity, Suresh Kumar explores how Dalit writers enunciate their ‘self’— like Om Prakash Valmiki in Joothan.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?