-Bridge the Gap Bring the Change

Tag Caste

#India – Questions of equality and justice #Vaw #mustread

Farah Naqvi September 28, 2013 Between the upside and the downside, the facts are still sobering. Crimes against women are up. Child sex ratio is down (at 914, it is the lowest since Independence). More women are entering the workplace,… Continue Reading →

Upper Caste, Upper Class Blinkered Media Visions Deny India this Moment of Glory #Vaw

BIG NEWS BUT WHO CARES ? She says she remembered the days she was slapped and made to sweep floors when she went to the Panchayat Office get birth certificates for her passport. “That is the pain of being a… Continue Reading →

“After falling in love, I saw the reality of caste”

tags: caste, Dalits, Ilavarasan, Tamil Nadu, Vanniyars Dalit youth E. ILAVARASAN, whose marriage to a Vanniyar girl had resulted in caste violence in Tamil Nadu last year, was found dead on a railway track . Given below is an interview Ilavarasan gave to KAVIN MALAR and was published in the Tamil edition… Continue Reading →

#India- Dalit boy ,who married a higher caste girl, dead on railway tracks

Dalit boy Ilavarasan found dead on railway tracks agencies E. Ilavarasan, the Dalit boy whose marriage to a Vanniyar girl triggered violence in three villages of Dharmapuri district in November 2012, was found dead along a railway track in Dharmapuri… Continue Reading →

In the land of Gandhi and Modi, Dalits still render water ‘impure’ for others #WTFnews

    Dailybhaskar.com | Jun 13, 2013,   Ahmedabad: Just 45 kms from the cosmopolitan hub of Ahmedabad, a village in Bavla Talika district has been found to be using caste as a parameter for distribution of water supply. On the… Continue Reading →

Dalit boy forced to carry footwear on his head as punishment, wary Dalits flee #WTFnews

By Harish Murali | ENS – MADURAI 08th June 2013 Photos A deserted street in the Dalit area of Vadugapatti village near Usilampatti in Madurai district on Friday | Vajiravelu Pechiammal (61), the grandmother of Dalit boy Arun Kumar who was… Continue Reading →

Violence in Dalit hostel: NHRC issues notice to HRD Ministry

BS|  New Delhi  June 5, 2013 The National Human Rights Commission today issued a notice to the Union HRD Ministry over alleged caste-based discrimination and violence in a hostel of Dalit students in Patna University. According to an NHRC statement, the Commission issued notice to… Continue Reading →

UN calls for strengthened protection of more than 260 million victims of caste-based discrimination

        Continued plight of the ‘untouchables’ UN experts call for strengthened protection of more than 260 million victims of caste-based discrimination GENEVA (24 May 2013) – They occupy the lowest levels of strict, hierarchical caste systems founded… Continue Reading →

Haryana- Dalits flee Haryana village after upper caste attacks

Deepender Deswal, TNN | Apr 16, 2013, 0 More than 100 Dalits fled a small Haryana village after being chased by upper caste goons, angry that a Dalit man had dared to marry one of their girls. KAITHAL: As politicians and administrators… Continue Reading →

#India – A love affair is the reason for denial of work to Dalits #Vaw #WTFnews

R. ARIVANANTHAM, The Hindu  Dalit women explaining their woes of discrimination at Deveerahalli village on Thursday. Photo: N.Bashkaran Over 300 Dalit families of Deveerahalli Village, of Kudimenahalli Panchayat, in Krishnagiri district allege that they are being denied work by intermediate… Continue Reading →

« Older posts Newer posts »

© 2024 Kractivism — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑