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Open defecation, stunting, caste and lynching

by rti_adminon October 3, 2019March 20, 20230

Dr. Sylvia Karpagam On the pretext of open defecation, two dalit children, Avinash and Roshni, age 10 and 12, were brutally murdered1 on the 25th of September 2019, in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, with the girl child being molested2 before being murdered. At the same time, the Prime minister of the country was receiving an …

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Parched and Feminism: Are All Women’s Stories the Same?

by rti_adminon October 19, 2016March 20, 20230

Asha Singh In the past few days, I have noticed that a few of my Dalit-Bahujan friends are engaged in an uncritical celebration of Leena Yadav’s feature film titled ‘Parched’. I would like to talk about Parched, based on the content of the film and the interview of the Director conducted by National Dastak.i …