Joshua Isaac On 21 September, 2012, Dalits of Monjanur village, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, retrieved their right to burial grounds that had been been denied to them for past several years by caste hindus.
Dalits win their rights in Monjanur
80 years of Poona Pact
[Via Maheshwar Raj] All India Confederation of SC / ST Organizations Headed by Dr. Udit Raj, National Chairman and K. Maheshwar Raj, A.P., State President Invites One and All to the Brain Storming Session On 24.09.2012 @ 05 : 00 P.M @ Press Club, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Meeting to support Dalit students in Vardhman Mahavir Medical College
Meeting to support our students in Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, and to demand implementation of Prof Mungekar’s Report, at 4.00 p.m., on 22nd September, Saturday, at Sutluj Hostel Mess, JNU (Message from Anoop Kumar, Insight Foundation) Dear Friends, I am writing this note regarding enormous caste discrimination faced by Dalit & Adivasi medical …
Help keep a dalit magazine alive
Help Keep Dalit Murasu Alive– An Appeal Dear friends I write this to solicit your support for sustaining a 15 year old Tamil monthly that has consistently reported on dalit politics, culture and activism from Tamil Nadu. This is Dalit Murasu, published from Chennai. With Punitha Pandian as editor and a team of people supporting …
Judges on Concept of Equality Under the Constitution
Nagesh Chaudhary On 8th September, 2012, a memorial lecture was organised in Mumbai under the auspices of ‘Adv. N L Belekar memorial lecture’ series. The speaker was ex-supreme court judge B.N. Srikrishna. The subject was ‘Concept of Equality under the Constitution’. J M Shah, chief justice of Bombay high court presided over the function. Three …
Rally and Burning the Effigy of Central & TN Govts
DABMSA, PDSU and AISF request you all to support and join the Rally and Burning the Effigy of Central & TN Govts to stop the police brutality on the peaceful protesters in Koodankulam Nuclear Project. ‘Friends in the media have reported that all top police brass have gathered in Koodankulam to chalk out a strategy …
Police violence on peaceful protesters in Koodankulam – An update
[Via Geeta Charusivam] Friends in the media have reported that all top police brass have gathered in Koodankulam to chalk out a strategy to wipe out the movement. According to the media sources, intelligence officials are reporting that two women police are missing and are untraceable. Villagers say that no policepersons have been taken hostage. …
Day Long Protest Demanding Justice for Laxmipeta Dalits in New Delhi on 6th September
On 12th June, in Laxmipeta, Andhra Pradesh, caste hindu villagers attacked Dalit families and brutally murdered 5 Dalits, grievously injuring about 50 others and completely destroying their properties. About 200 Dalit survivors of Laxmipeta massacre are in the National Capital to demand justice and to protest against the insensitivity of the local administration. Please join …
Chalo Delhi – Dharna in Protest against Andhra Pradesh Government
Chalo Delhi Dharna in Protest against Andhra Pradesh Government’s Protection of Murderers of Lakshimpeta Dalits on 6th September 2012 At 10 am Jantar Mantar, New Delhi Demands