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Features

Caste, Friendship & Solidarity

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  Christina Thomas Dhanaraj The practice of caste in India and the rest of South Asia is indisputable. The 3000-year old oppressive structure has its footprint in pretty much everything that is remotely Indian or South Asian. And no, 60 years of being a Republic, or the Mandal commission couldn’t do much to erase it. …

Atrocities

Forceful Eviction of a Dalit Community in Indore

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  Issues of Land Grab and Forceful Eviction of Dalit Community and Consequent Death of a Young Dalit A Fact Finding Mission on Chander Prabha Shekhar Nagar, Indore 25-26 September, 2015 Written and Compiled by Judith AnneKamalchand Kispotta ~ Fact Finding Team AnjaliAnand LakhanKamalchand KispottaJudith Anne National Dalit Movement for Justice –National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights ~ …

Features

The uniqueness of the Tsundur struggle

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  Anoop Kumar & Ashokan Nambiar [Published in INSIGHT, a Dalit students’ magazine, Jan-Feb 2005 issue, with the title ‘Following Tsundur: Taking stock of path to justice’] While preparing the last issue of Insight [Nov-Dec 2004] that was based on caste atrocities we were shocked at the poor conviction rate in the massacres of Dalits. …

Assertion

Thaan Dalit Mahasammelan

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At the Thaan Dalit Mahasammelan held on October 2, close to 50,000 dalit community members gathered in Thangadh town to protest the killing of three youths in police firing on September 22 and 23. {youtube}AOfH7vfNTYc{/youtube} Speaking on the occasion, Raju Solanki, Dalit rights activist said:

Atrocities

The caste cauldron of Maharashtra (Part II)

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(Report first published in November 2003) Continued from here. Violence against Dalits in Marathwada A Report by the Fact Finding Team comprising Dr. Anand Teltumbde, Akram Siddiqui, Subodh More, Hashim Mohamma November 2003 Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR), Mumbai 2. Murti incident Murti is a relatively bigger village with a population of about …