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Tag17.1 % increase in crimes against Dalits, what governments are doing?
The crimes
- Dalit girl beaten brutally because her shadow fell on upper caste man. Two Dalit boys killed for not having change for Rs 4.
- Dalit girl’s hand burnt for asking upper caste man …
What do India's Women, the Working class & History students need today?
What do India’s Women, the Working class & History students need today? A small girl holding a crucial message board for all of us.
Al Jazeera Show on Dalit History Month – India’s ‘untouchables’ reclaim the past
In case you missed last night Al Jazeera Show on India’s untouchables reclaiming the past with Dalit History Month, here is the recording of the same. Please watch and share it with your friends.
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Dalit History Month – Inspirational Living Smile Vidya
Today in Dalit History we honor the inspirational Living Smile Vidya. An activist, actress and author, Living Smile Vidya has transformed trans politics in India through the fearlessness of her wor…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Dalit Women’s Declaration
Today, in Dalit History we explore the Dalit Women’s Declaration at the Hague. In March 2006, After international advocacy that began as early as 1996, over 200 gathered at the historic Hague Confe…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Madhu Bai Kinnar
Dalit History is vital for understanding tour vibrant parallel culture that defiantly exists next to more conventionally taught Brahmin history for our countries in South Asia.
In this spirit today…
Why wearing Thaali (Mangalsutra) is disgraceful
“The ritual of tying a “thaali” (or mangalsutra) around the woman’s neck at the marriage ceremony and considering her to be his slave is similar to buying a buffalo, tying a cord around its neck an…
1st Global Conference on Defending Dalit Rights at Washington, DC (USA)
Dalit Global Conference on Defending Dalit Rights – March 19-21, 2015 – Trinity Washington University in NE Washington, DC (USA). Several notable activists and thought leaders in the realm of huma…
10 March in Dalit History – Death anniversary of ‘First Lady’ Teacher of India: Savitribai Phule
Read also – Book Review of “A Forgotten Liberator : The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule”
Read also – ‘First Lady’ Teacher of India: Savitribai Phule
Check also – Few poems by Savitrib…
Book Review of “A Forgotten Liberator : The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule”
“A Forgotten Liberator : The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule”, is the first endeavour in English to spotlight upon one of the supreme names who fought against the totalitarianism of caste and…
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and International Women’s Day
Not many people know that Dr. Ambedkar always worked hard to uplift the situation of women in Indian society. Here are few of the less known quote/ideas/thoughts/work from Dr. Ambedkar on women emp…
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Fight for Women’s Rights
Cartoon published in Shankar’s Weekly in December 1949. Dr Ambedkar holding the hand of a little girl named Hindu code bill and leading her towards the Parliament and a Brahmin holding an axe in ha…
Welcome to the real India!
Everyone on Twitter and Facebook is busy welcoming Obama to India. Here is my welcome to Mr. President.
Welcome to India – the land of caste system.
Welcome to India – where we didn’t invent anyt…
15th January in Dalit History – Death anniversary of Namdeo Dhasal, a founder of the Dalit Panthers
Namdeo Dhasal, a founder of the Dalit Panthers and a revolutionary poet, died on January 15, 2014.. He will be missed by all those dedicated to the revolutionary anti-caste movement. For a time …
7th January in Dalit History – Provincial (State) Civil services due to Dr. Ambedkar’s efforts
7 January 1931: Dr. Ambedkar, at the second sitting of Round Table Conference in London, recommended provincial autonomy by allowing to ‘cut their coats according to their cloth.’
This was the s…