KARNAL: Tension prevailed at Phoosgarh village of Karnal district on Thursday when a group of people attacked the Dalit community. The agitators torched bikes and vandalised property. After the clash, police force was deployed in the village to maintain peace. […]
Seventeen Bihar ministers were sworn in Tuesday, taking the total strength to 31, of whom 13 are from the JD(U) and 16 from the BJP. By DIPAK MISHRA Patna: The much-awaited Bihar cabinet expansion took place Tuesday when 17 more […]
In some months’ time, cub reporter Shyamkali will solo pilot a story that brings an accused rapist to justice. But right now she is sitting in the shade of a tree with her boss Meera, who has spiked a story […]
About 25 years ago, I was discussing caste politics in Bengal with an eminent social scientist based in Kolkata. He said, assertively, that there is no caste in Bengal. I did not confront him but started thinking about the various […]
The victim was identified as Rahul in his early 20s. He is undergoing treatment at a hospital in the district. In a tragic incident, a group of people in Tamil Nadu brutally thrashed a blindfolded Dalit man, accusing him of […]
Choice, they say, is an entitlement given to every individual, but this does not hold exactly if we talk about marriages in India. People have started to become vocal about their rights and choices but the lens of caste, class, […]
Awoman from Tamil Nadu’s Salem district was forced to undergo an abortion by her parents as they were unhappy about her marriage with a Dailt man. Renuka Devi, a 19-year-old from Thiruvachoor village, married Perumal, who hails from Ramanathapuram, in […]
Kani wore a navy blue shirt and trousers to the function, a neckpiece, red lipstick and left her long straight hair loose. Malayalam actor Kani Kusruti holding citation for best female actor award wearing blue shirt red lipstik hair loosened […]
Filmmakers spoke to Salon about the women who’ve inverted India’s social pyramid to become a powerful force By GARY M. KRAMER (Gary M. Kramer is a writer and film critic based in Philadelphia.) The inspiring documentary, “Writing with Fire,” premiering […]
The battle of Love against Hate. A battle for Love. It must be militantly waged and beautifully won. Arundhati Roy The second Elgar Parishad on Saturday –since the momentous one held on December 31, 2017, was organised in Pune on […]
