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Bhima-Koregaon case: Activists were mobilising Dalits to overthrow govt, says police
Police told the Bombay HC that activists arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence and Maoist links were mobilising Dalits.
Yoke of conversion: For dalits, it’s out of the pan into the fire
It’s true conversion was a gateway to a better life, free of the yoke of casteism.
Age of anxiety: Alienation modern scourge
The task of forging an overarching identity transcending the amalgam that develops through such superimposition therefore becomes even more difficult.
Caste divide deepens in varsity
Upper caste students claim dalits raise objection to their morning ‘puja’.
How marginalised create space for themselves
Azad calls himself “Ravan”, to identify with those aspects of our culture that others may see as repulsive.
Mantri gives ally BJP October deadline on quota issue
The 22.5 per cent reservation for SCs should also be divided into three categories— Dalits, more Dalits and most Dalits, he said.
No question of changing SC/ST Act, says Ramdas Athawale
“We will not do anything that will dent BJP’s prospects but if we contest, we can dent the BSP’s vote bank here”, he said.
BSP campaign: Dalit atrocities to be in focus
The BSP is compiling incidents of atrocities on Dalits that have taken place in the BJP regime.
Use SC instead of dalits, I&B ministry asks media
The order comes after the Bombay High Court asked the ministry to consider issuing a direction to media to stop using the word ‘dalit’.
The joy of eating
Visual anthropologist Rajyashri Goody’s photo exhibition explores the socio-political connotation of food consumption.