Topic: Dalits
Not a single Dalit in 60% of Kolkata’s neighbourhoods. How caste divides Indian cities
Indian urban localities are as segregated as our villages. Caste is still an important factor in deciding the organisation of spatial environment in cities.
TikTokers dubbed ‘Shudras of internet’: Indians didn’t spare even social media from casteism
The irony is that social media, which was supposed to be a democratic space for every section of society, has been categorised into caste hierarchies.
‘Police tried to hush up Nagaur Dalit torture’ — Pilot’s fact-finding report finds lapses
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot has submitted the confidential report of the fact-finding committee on the Nagaur Dalit torture case to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
How Nitish Kumar got Bihar BJP to oppose NRC and back UPA-era NPR format
On Tuesday, the Bihar assembly passed a resolution to become the first NDA state against the proposed NRC, and in favour of the 2010 NPR.
How Tamil Nadu’s Hindutva forces are using the Dravidian movement to get Dalits on their side
'Hindutva and Dalits', edited by Anand Teltumbde, talks about how the Sangh Parivar is politically and ideologically manipulating the Dalit movement in India.
UP Dalits’ attitude to bloc voting different from Tamil Nadu. Research tells us why
Amit Ahuja in 'Mobilizing the Marginalized' throws light on why Dalits' bloc voting in states that have seen social movements is distinct from that in non-movement states.
SC on reservations: Does politics hamper objective review of India’s quota for Dalits, OBCs?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government saying that it is “in the DNA” of the BJP and RSS to end the reservation policy.
Dalit-Muslim unity is an opposition charade. CAA and Ram Mandir trust blow the lie
Established Dalit leadership is not opposing the CAA, and misadventures of Chandrashekhar Azad will have little implications on the sentiments of Dalits.
The Mayawati era is over. Bye Bye Behenji
Unable to reinvent herself, BSP chief Mayawati is left with no straws to clutch at.
3,000 Dalits in Tamil Nadu to convert to Islam over ‘govt inaction after caste wall’ collapse
Dalits say they will convert to Islam in phases. The decision comes weeks after a wall, built to keep them separated from OBCs, collapsed, killing 17 people.
4 reasons why I see light at the end of India’s coronavirus tunnel
We, as doctors, know emergency areas of our hospitals are not getting flooded with patients with upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia and deaths.
Is India’s coronavirus lockdown leading to stress in families or strengthening relationships?
The 21-day nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus has led to people working from home and thus, spending more time with their families and partners.
Defence
In a first, Army deploys medical team at civil coronavirus quarantine camp in Delhi
The Indian Army has so far only been operating out of quarantine camps set up by the armed service for coronavirus patients.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.