Arun Khore details his journey of four decades on becoming an expert on Dalit issues On a routine day in December 1976, a young postman from the Deccan Gymkhana post office was on his morning delivery rounds when he was […]
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Estate agent was wrongly booked under the law, says his advocate In yet another instance of misuse of the Atrocities Act, Lonikand police had booked a businessman for cheating under the sections of The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of […]
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Movements to end reservations must be understood as movements to re-impose upper caste reservation. A few days ago, in Pune, a large group of citizens under the banner name “Save Merit, Save Nation” came out on the roads demanding that […]
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“I am really grateful to Ambedkari Janta for making my victory a reality ,my Dalit brothers worked hard for me and extended their unconditional support in the entire constituency ,” expressed newly elected MP Sayed Imtiyaz Jaleel of Aurangabad, in […]
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Nagpur: Transgender activist Pravin Gajbhiye alias Chamcham, brutally assaulted with sharp weapons on June 4, was declared dead at New Era hospital on Monday where she had been fightingfor life. Chamcham was attacked by her former mentor-turned-rival Uttam Bawa Senapati […]
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The three accused in the suicide case of Dr Payal Tadvi, a medical student in Mumbai belonging to a scheduled tribe, are currently lodged in Byculla jail in Mumbai. The three accused doctors are currently lodged in Byculla jail Dr […]
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Suganda Kamble, 71, recounts a time when members of his community — the Matangs, classified as a Scheduled Caste — would be served tea in tumblers different from those used for others from their village. “We weren’t allowed to enter […]
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Poor earnings, no social security, unprotected by law: Plight of India’s ‘stigmatized’ jobs
All the stigmatized occupations fall in the informal economy. An exception is in the case of sanitation workers, a tiny minority among whom is part of the organized workforce. As per the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 employers […]
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The speakers condemned the repression by the BJP governments at the state and central level and called for repealing draconian laws used by state as a weapon tosuppress dissent A number of activists and workers from different organisations on Saturday […]
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Shalubai Shinde was the sarpanch of Rudrawadi village in Maharashtra’s Latur district when she was forced to flee with more than a dozen Dalit families on the night of June 7, 2018. Caste tensions with the dominant Maratha community had […]
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