Dalit kids now getting attacked
Chennai: The sense of outrage over the attack on a 16-year-old Dalit boy for wearing a watch to school by non-Dalit students at Thiruthangal in Sivakasi is only the tip of the iceberg. Figures show that the state has been witnessing a spurt in the involvement of juveniles in discriminating against Dalits.According to National Crime Record […]
Dalit woman harassed for protesting: Conversion to Islam
Sitamarhi: A dalit woman has lodged an FIR against seven persons for harassing her and family members for protesting her husband’s conversion to Islam at Rampur Khurd in Sitamarhi district, police said on Monday. Yashoda Devi lodged the FIR against seven persons, including a former mukhia (village head) Jiaur Rahman, under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) […]
Kerala BJP Seeks Discontinuation of Ranganath Report on Dalits
NEW DELHI:Kerala BJP today sought discontinuation of the Ranganath Mishra Commission report which has recommended inclusion to convert Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the list of Scheduled Castes. Kerala BJP chief V Muraleedharan expressed hope that Prime Minister NarendraModi, who will take part in the 152nd birth anniversary celebrations of Kerala Dalit icon Ayyankali tomorrow, […]
Satanic Verses: Religious conversion is the best bet for Dalits to emerge from discriminatory Hindu practices
Religion sets social rules and such rules are manifest in religious epics. Based on those holy theologies unholy deeds of prejudice and discrimination still prevail in the new secular republic. Some profane verses in those books cannot be justified. An egalitarian society can exist only when its members are groomed right. Since time immemorial Hindus […]
Four Held in Connection with Murder, Beheading of Dalits
Chidambaram: Four persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the beheading of two Dalit brothers after they were hacked to death in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. “We have arrested four persons and further investigation is on, we are looking into several aspects,” Superintendent of Police, Cuddalore District, ARadhika told PTI. The arrested persons–M Gajendran, M […]
RSS bid to reach out to Dalits
New Delhi: The Sangh Parivar is now getting its act together to crusade for Dalit dignity. After breaching into Mayawati’s vote bank in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and the RSS are now engaged in the task of preventing Dalits from breaking away from the mainstream Hindu society. The importance of reaching out to […]
Dalit outfits demand end to ‘two-shed’ practice
Coimbatore: Reacting sharply to the DC’s expose of the ‘two shed’ system of discrimination in some tea shops in Coimbatore village, social activists and Dalit outfits demanded immediate action against tea shops which blatantly practice untouchability. The DC, in its report on September 4, had exposed the discriminatory practice of an eatery in Panappatti serving […]
State creating a dalit-less Chennai: Evicted residents
CHENNAI: The atmosphere was surcharged at a review meeting held by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, with members of the community alleging that the government was on a mission to create a ‘dalit-less Chennai’ by evicting them to Okkiyam Thoraipakkam on Old Mahabalipuram Road where tenements built by the government lacked basic amenities. The […]
Sangh re-converts Dalit Muslim converts
Shivpuri: A day after they were arrested for converting to Islam, four Dalits were “re-converted” to Hinduism by VHP and Bajrang Dal activists in a ceremony at the Hanuman Temple here on Thursday. Calling it “Ghar Vapasi”, the Hindu organisations also brought in over half-a-dozen other Dalits who had expressed their willingness to embrace Islam, […]
Dalit student’s wrist cut off for wearing watch
Madurai, Sep 5: A 16-year-old dalit boy was allegedly attacked and his wrists slashed by his non-dalit seniors in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district on Wednesday night because he wore a wrist watch to school. Police said P Ramesh, a plus one student of the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Thiruthangal village, was confronted by […]
