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Maha: Shunned in school, eminent woman Dalit writer Shantabai K. Kamble passes away at 99
arun Posted On January 26, 2023


Pune: Prominent writer Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble, renowned as the first woman Dalit autobiographer, passed away here on Wednesday morning at the age of 99, a family friend said. She was suffering from old-age related ailments and her last rites shall […]


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Digital safety of native Odia speakers: A socio-economic overview
arun Posted On January 23, 2023


When compared to its dominant-language counterparts, the Odia language from eastern India had to wait for decades to be widely used on digital media. Today, Odia-speaking users of digital tools and the internet experience a series of digital safety and […]


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Jharkhand tribals to observe day’s fast on January 30, demand freeing of Parasnath hills from Jains
arun Posted On January 12, 2023


Hundreds of tribals from Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha demonstrated in the hill area, carrying traditional weapons and beating drums. RANCHI: Tribals will observe a day’s fast on January 30 at Ulihatu in Khunti district, the birthplace of tribal icon […]


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Aishwarya Rituparna Pradhan: Kinnar had to change her existence to become a civil servant, now this big identity
arun Posted On December 27, 2022


Aishwarya had told during an interview that she came to know about being transgender when she was studying in class 6. Report Jugul Kishor Aishwarya Rituparna Pradhan: Our country may have moved ahead but even today the gay community in […]


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A Dalit student in Oxford University: Sumeet Samos on caste, merit, studying abroad
arun Posted On December 9, 2022


Activist, rapper, JNU alumnus, Sumeet Samos raised funds online for a course at Oxford University. He spoke about scholarships, application, ‘merit’. R.Radhika NEW DELHI: Sumeet Samos Turuk, 28, anti-caste activist and rapper, has had an interesting higher education journey. From […]


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Demand to withdraw ‘anti-environment, anti-adivasi’ forest conservation rules 2022
arun Posted On December 2, 2022


The Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD), Odisha, a coalition of adivasis and forest dwellers’ organisations, has sent a memorandum to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) raising serious concerns over Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022, notified by […]


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Odia film T on transgender Meghna Sahoo shines at IIFFB
arun Posted On November 11, 2022


The plot of the movie is based on the real-life story of Meghna Sahoo, who became India’s first transgender cab driver Rashmi Rekha Das Following its successful trailer and poster launch at Cannes, Odia film T which is based on […]


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Orissa’s Christian Widows Struggle to Survive
arun Posted On November 10, 2022


August 26, 2008, was the worst day of Asmita Digal’s life and the last day of her husband’s. Digal lived with her husband, Rajesh, a pastor, and their two young daughters in Kandhamal, a community in the eastern Indian state […]


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We call ourselves humans, but society imposes Dalit tag on us: Manoranjan Byapari
arun Posted On November 6, 2022


Byapari during the conversation also lamented that writing as a profession does not pay well enough. By Sudarsan Maharana BHUBANESWAR: No one should call a Dalit by his caste or look down on downtrodden. This has been my fight for […]


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Odisha: Police officer registers case against himself for beating ‘dalit’ youth
arun Posted On October 31, 2022


Bhubaneswar: An police offer of Balipatna police station had to registered a complaint against himself for beating a dalit youth. As per sources, the police officer identified as IIC Krupasindhu Barad had to do so in accordance with the DCP […]


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