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Features

Tribute to Eleanor Zelliot

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  Mangesh Dahiwale Portrait of Dr. Eleanor Zelliot by Sudhir Waghmare Just after the sad demise of Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1956, Eleanor Zelliot came to India in the 1960s to conduct her field work for her PhD dissertation. She was pursuing her PhD in history. Those were the days when the Sun was just gone …

Atrocities

Brutal attack on Dalit settlement in Kizh Sathamangalam, Pondicherry

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An Appeal from the ADECOM Network  A dominant caste mob, from Melsathamangalam village,  launched a brutal attack on the Dalit settlement in Kizh Sathamangalam village of Pondicherry, India on January 1, 2012. Nearly 100 Dalits’ houses were attacked by 300 upper caste members using swords and other sharp and deadly weapons. Many Dalit houses were destroyed, properties like vehicles …