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By the time we get documents to get supplies, we’ll be dead: How India’s Transgenders have been hit by lockdown
arun Posted On March 29, 2020


Most transgender persons do not have government ID proofs like Aadhaar, DL, Passport, PAN, Ration, Voter ID cards and end up getting excluded even out of Food Security despite the Food Security Act . The lockdown due to Coronavirus has […]


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TikTok video with COVID-19 patient sends sanitation workers to quarantine
arun Posted On March 29, 2020


Three sanitation workers of Ariyalur GH were suspended on Saturday for helping a COVID-19 patient make a TikTok video. ARIYALUR: Three sanitation workers of Ariyalur GH were suspended on Saturday for helping a COVID-19 patient make a TikTok video. The […]


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DALIT  / Lower Caste  / TAMILNADU
‘Saintly warrior’ sister fights for lowest of low castes in India
arun Posted On March 24, 2020


by Philip Mathew MinistrySocial Justice 4 CROP.jpgGonzaga Sr. Anthonysami Alphonsa, standing between officers at left, addresses a meeting of Dalits in a village in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India.  Gonzaga Sr. Anthonysami Alphonsa, standing between officers at left, […]


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NATIONAL  / TAMILNADU
Inter-caste lovers commit suicide on railway track in Tamil Nadu
arun Posted On March 20, 2020


A dalit man and his girlfriend, who belongs to the vanniyar community, committed suicide on a railway track ne… VELLORE: A dalit man and his girlfriend, who belongs to the vanniyar community, committed suicide on a railway track near Ambur […]


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DALIT  / Lower Caste  / TAMILNADU
How beats of parai turn sound of empowerment
arun Posted On March 16, 2020


Chennai: It has been 15 years since former professor at Tamilnadu Theological Seminary (TTS), Rev. James Theophilus Appavoo’s demise. But to this date, ‘Parattai Annan’ or ‘brother with wild hair’ — as his loved ones knew him — remains immortalised […]


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TN: DMK leader booked under SC/ST Act
arun Posted On March 15, 2020


CHENNAI: The Teynampet police on Friday booked DMK organising secretary R S Bharathi under the Sheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Last month, Bharathi described the party’s dalit empowerment initiative, especially appointment of dalit candidates as high court […]


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Massive rallies unite Periyarists and Ambedkarites against the BJP in Tamil Nadu
arun Posted On March 14, 2020


“What does the RSS tell you?” Thol Thirumavalavan, a member of parliament from Tamil Nadu and president of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi—Liberation Panthers Party— asked rhetorically. The Dalit leader was on a stage festooned in the blue and red flags […]


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4 days after TN woman abducted for inter-caste marriage, police yet to rescue her
arun Posted On March 14, 2020


While police say she is being held captive at her relative’s house, they have not yet made attempts to rescue her. It has been four days since 23-year-old J Elamathi, belonging to the Vanniyar caste which is classified as Other […]


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Eight months after Tamilisai’s departure, TN BJP gets Dalit face as new president
arun Posted On March 12, 2020


Murugan is the second leader from the Dalit community to become the president of the Tamil Nadu BJP after SP Kirubanithi who held the post 20 years ago. CHENNAI: After a gap of nearly eight months, the Tamil Nadu unit […]


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Madras University will be saffronised: APSC protests against JNU VC’s appointment to search committee
arun Posted On March 11, 2020


The APSC released a statement describe the JNU VC as a person who denied basic rights of students to protest and “targeted leftist students like Kanhaiya KumarJohanna Deeksha Student group Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC) of the University of Madras […]


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