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P Kakkan, the Dalit leader who opened Meenakshi temple’s doors to scheduled castes

Ratnadeep Choudhary - 18 June, 2019

Kakkan was a Dalit activist, a Congress leader and member of the Indian Constituent Assembly who held several important portfolios between 1957 and 1967.

AIIMS group likens Payal Tadvi’s death to Rohith Vemula, says casteism ‘more invisible now’

Simrin Sirur - 1 June, 2019

An AIIMS social justice group holds talk to address caste discrimination across institutes, but own faculty says ‘it’s not overt, most has subsided’.

Dalit judge now in line to be CJI as Supreme Court gets 4 new justices

Ritika Jain - 22 May, 2019

Modi government clears collegium recommendations to appoint Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose and A.S. Bopanna to top court.

Can a Dalit wear Armani and Zara? Why most Indians would still say no

Anurag Minus Verma - 20 May, 2019

Ambedkar wanted to challenge the very idea of how a Dalit should look and, thus, chose to wear suits.

Hapur villagers find it hard to believe ‘rape story’ of a woman who married twice & eloped

Jyoti Yadav - 17 May, 2019

For villagers of Shyampur Jatt in UP's Hapur, the 29-year-old 'rape' victim, who wears make-up, has a suspicious character and has ruined the reputation of the village.

Hapur rape horror — how 16 tormentors over 6 years forced woman to set herself on fire

Jyoti Yadav - 16 May, 2019

The woman is currently admitted to a Delhi hospital with 70-80% burns. But she says even more than the rapes, it was society’s attitude to her that hurt.

MP Udit Raj shares old video on dowry dispute to claim Gujarat BJP MLA beat up Dalit man

Deeksha Bhardwaj - 14 May, 2019

The video, shot in Gujarat, is of a family involved in a dowry dispute and doesn’t feature any BJP MLA. Udit Raj has deleted the video.

Upper class Hindus gave caste to us and now they want to be leaders of anti-caste movements

Laxman Yadav - 10 May, 2019

When Savarnas question Kanhaiya Kumar’s caste being a topic of discussion, they are worried about upper caste losing the leadership role.

No, my lord: Indians are unequal and our laws can’t be caste neutral

Arvind Kumar - 9 May, 2019

Supreme Court shouldn’t question special rights to SC/ST at a time when other countries are making laws to protect oppressed groups.

17th Lok Sabha looks set to confirm Ambedkar’s fears: no vocal Dalits in Parliament

Dilip Mandal - 8 May, 2019

India has a dichotomous situation — vocal Dalits in college campuses and on the streets, and silent Dalits in Parliament.

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