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Topic: Dalit

As Modi meets Sachkhand Ballan chief, why Punjab’s largest Dalit dera matters politically

Home to Punjab's largest Ravidasia congregation, the dera has evolved into a symbol of Dalit assertion, religious identity and electoral significance.

Dalit daughter’s murder & a protest crackdown roil Meerut. Cops face ‘goondagiri’ charge, NHRC scrutiny

The circumstances surrounding Lalita Gautam's death & subsequent protests have become a hot potato for Yogi govt in Uttar Pradesh.

Why labour laws fail India’s Dalit ASHA workers

The question of caste has remained in the shadows in the official rules of conduct as well as within the labour rights movement led by the ASHA workers themselves.

Cockroach Janta Party Dalit founder Abhijeet Dipke faces caste attacks on X

A person on X said, ‘So the self-proclaimed Gen Z leader is against merit’.

Bihar made 6 Musahar women bus drivers. A man supervises them, of course

Introduced across six cities, Bihar’s Pink buses were meant to provide safer public transport for women. Yet a year later, the transport department has managed to recruit only six women drivers for 100 buses, most of which are still operated by men.

The burden of being a successful Dalit

I have often felt that success for a Dalit person comes with a strange moral demand: be proof without being inconvenient. That is an impossible assignment.

Dalit and Adivasi food on the menu, stigma on the plate. ‘I was told it is fed to cattle’

At a Heritage Dialogues talk, author Shahu Patole and food entrepreneur Aruna Tirkey discussed Dalit and Adivasi food traditions and why many still hide or disown what they eat.

‘No coercion plaint initially in FIR.’ Allahabad HC flags ‘strange facts’ in Sultanpur ‘conversion’

Bench says that the claims of allurement surfaced months later after FIR was filed, raising doubts about the basis for invoking Uttar Pradesh’s 2021 anti-conversion law.

Ambedkar incorporated various Western texts to develop a unique sense of labour in India

BR Ambedkar valued the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which was ratified in 1868. This amendment granted equality to African Americans after the Civil War.

Why Dalits love Mahatma Macaulay

Robert Clive defeated India and didn’t question caste. Mahatma Macaulay envisioned India as a free nation and critiqued caste. That explains why Indians hate one more than the other.

On Camera

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman