Suraj Jadhav Dr. Thol. Thirumavalavan recently distributed translated copies of Manu Smriti in Tamil Nadu and explained why it should be burned. Dr. Ambedkar burned the Manu Smriti in 1927. Rajasthan High Court has a statue of Manu in its premises. On the issue of Manu Smriti, there are only two types of people: those …
Hathras Case and Dalit Representation in Courts
Rahul Kumar Gautam Atrocities against Dalits are not new in India. On 14 September 2020, a rape case happened with a Dalit girl in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh. It was horrible and painful because the victim’s family said they remained alone, and the whole administration and Thakurs were on one side. The girl (victim), before …
Sterlite Wins Again
Bobby Kunhu “Charles Darwin is wrong: only the closest to the Government will survive” – Ljupka Cvetanova On 18th October, 2022, two reports were tabled before the Tamil Nadu State Assembly, the first report by a Commission of Inquiry headed by Retd. Justice A. Arumaghaswamy looked into the circumstances under which former 68-year-old Chief Minister, …
Bilkis Bano and the Murder of her Seven Family Members
Adv Soniya A Gajbhiye For the brutal, inhuman and barbaric murder of seven members of a Muslim family and rape on Bilkis Bano, the punishment of life imprisonment was awarded to all 13 accused. The premature release of the said convicted offenders by remitting the duration of their sentence by the state of Gujarat on …
Hidden Casteism In Indian Educational Institutions
Ankush Bicka Rahul was studying in 11th standard in a good private school. Like many of his friends and classmates, he wished to prepare for the IIT JEE. For those who don’t know, it is among the most challenging entrance examinations. However, Rahul’s struggle began even before he began preparing for the exam. The struggle …
Caste-based Violence And The Elixir Of Freedom
Dr. Sheetal Dinkar Asha Kamble I am very upset today. Amrit Mahostav is going on in the country. It has been 75 years since the country became independent. But is the caste system over? This task is still incomplete. A Dalit student was killed after drinking water from a pot in Rajasthan’s Jalore district on …
Understanding manual scavenging: Why should only one group clean society’s shit for centuries?
Nishant Kumar Dongre We very often hear about the deaths of manual scavengers on the internet. We mainly read about their deaths but not about the regular discrimination and exclusion practised against them because the media reports on their deaths but not on their daily life of subjugation and pain. In every report, we find …
Appeal to Human Rights and Ambedkarite Organizations
Appeal to Human Rights and Ambedkarite Organizations to participate in fact-finding on the atrocities on Scheduled Castes in Bargarh District of Odisha and support financially the campaign for justice On 14/04/2022, at a bike rally on the eve of Dr B. R. Ambedkar was attacked by Bajrang Dal activists with swords and knives. Scheduled …
Khairlanji Repeats Everyday!
Milind Thokal 29 Sept 2006. 15 years of the most cruel, heinous and barbarian act that took place in Khairlanji village of Mohadi taluka of Bhandara district in Maharashtra where a Dalit family was raped, murdered and killed at the village square and disposed of in a canal. These incidents are a new normal …