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Dalit First, Woman Next
Author – Kaveeya Tamizh
Gangraped, thrust with an iron rod in private parts, intestines ripped apart and DEAD.
Gangraped, strangled, tongue mutilated, spine crushed and DEAD.
These are ju…
NRI Ambedkarites from USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France among others Demand Justice for the Victim of #HathrasCase
Strong Condemnation of Hathras, Balrampur, Azamgarh, Bulandshahar Caste motivated hate crimes such as rapes/murders in UP, India
NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Ned…
Dalit Organisations and Supporters In The United Kingdom Demand Justice For Miss Manisha Valmiki
Open Joint Statement to the High Commissioner of India in London for the attention of the Prime Minister of India – 2 October 2020
DALIT ORGANISATIONS AND SUPPORTERS IN THE UK DEMAND JUSTICE F…
Making Sense of Dalit Sikh History
Author – Dr. Raj Kumar Hans
Growing out of the powerful, anticaste sant tradition of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in northern India, the Sikh variant of Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and his …
Will the Situation Post-Pandemic be Called Normal?
Author – Preeti
In a conversation with one of my friends who teaches at MCD school of West Delhi, I asked her how are you doing in terms of education of your students during the lockdown with sc…
Did Savarkar Believe In and Promoted Untouchability?
Author – Harishchandra Sukhdeve
“… When these Mahar ‘untouchable’ folk coming from Sanatan Hindu majority villages go back to their villages now after embracing Buddhism at Nagpur will they be c…
Iraivi – Shades of Men and Masculinity
Author – N. Arvind Karthick
Iraivi is a Tamil film written and directed by Kartik Subburaj, which is loosely inspired by the story called Jannal Malar written by Sujatha. The evolution of the st…
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[Sign Now] Statement Condemning the Arrest of Bahujan Journalist Prashant Kanojia
Sign the statement and share it with others.
On 18 August 2020, Bahujan journalist Prashant Kanojia was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police. He is being held in custody over a tweet he had forwarde…
Unpacking Caste-related Crimes in Indian Cities
Author – Meenakshi Yadav
A mention of violence against Dalits puts forth images of incidents like those of flogging of Dalits in Una, Gujarat, or of the more recent rape and murder of a Dalit te…
Help Panther’s Paw Publication in Bringing Out New Book “Of Oppressor’s Body and Mind”
We have grown up reading about “oppression”. We did not often read about “oppressor”. We have read about victims, speaking about their victimisation. We did not often read about victims speaking ab…
Social and Political Revolutionary Potential of Buddhism
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
What we call a religion today is the remains of what once was a complete civilization. Buddhism emerged as a non-religious philosophy, as a hope for a better way of lif…
C N Annadurai on Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Conversion to Buddhism
C N Annadurai, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and who headed the first DMK ministry in the state, was one of the few political leaders in the country who welcomed Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar’s deci…
The Blue Club Media Fellowship for Writers 2020-21 with a Stipend of Rs. 30,000. Apply now!
From – Anannya G Madonna, Advocacy Lead, The Blue Club
The Blue Club is proud to launch it’s one of a kind fellowship for Dalit Womxn+Dalit Queer Writers for the first time in September 2020. It…
E-learning – Spaces and Negotiations
Author – Mincy Mathew
Educational institutes all around the world are facing great troubles in adjusting to the recent changes made in the teaching-learning process due to the pandemic, Covid-19…
Caste, Income Slab, and Higher Education
Author – Disha Sharma
Amongst many issues which are still prevalent in contemporary India, there is one which always remains highly debated, that is, caste. There have been numerous heated debat…