Upper castes have no direct control over the lower castes, yet they still feel the need to dominate. Violence on video is India’s new pastime. Every day, images of public assault and in some cases even lynchings flit by on […]
Recently, a decision was taken in the Khera Khap of Haryana’s Jind district to not use caste names as surnames. The Times of India quoted Satbir Pahalwan, the head of the Khera Khap, as saying, “For some years now, […]
Veil off bondage and beatings but no action against perpetrators In the Book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, Egypt’s Pharaoh is said to have ordered his Jewish slaves to make bricks without straw. Those who didn’t make […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued notices to the chief secretary of Haryana and Deputy Commissioner, Rohtak, seeking report with regard to yesterday’s death of four workers while cleaning a pump in storm water disposal tank. It […]
The assault on 19-year old Ankit took place on 2 June, but the video went viral this week. The accused have been arrested. Bajana Kalan: The viral video of a Dalit youth being stripped and beaten in a rural Sonepat […]
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has said that the statement given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament on Sardar Sarovar dam is “false”, pointing out, though the Sardar Sarovar Dam was meant to provide drinking and irrigation water to […]
The deceased have been identified as permanent employee Anil Saini, 39, of Kaithal; part-time workers Sanjay Kumar, 26, of Uttar Pradesh , Dharmender, 35, and Ranjit Dhanak, 28, of Rohtak. Four municipal corporation sweepers, three of them part-time workers, died […]
The Gannaur police, led by DSP Sandeep Malik, yesterday arrested two — Mohit and Jitender — of Bajan Kalan allegedly for beating up a Scheduled caste youth — Ankit — around a month ago. The police said the accused were […]
Police said there was a delay in taking action against the accused because nobody had lodged a complaint or forwarded the video to them. The Dalit was reportedly beaten up by the two men after a dispute over work. CHANDIGARH: […]
Police personnel have been deputed in the village to prevent any untoward incident even as the affected family members have sought protection. Rewari, June 17. A group of people belonging to an upper caste allegedly stopped Scheduled Caste (SC) women […]
