Bullied by academic staff, barred from the university laboratory and even denied a chair, Deepa P. Mohanan despaired of ever being able to finish her PhD as a low-caste Indian woman. But then she decided to fight back. Mohanan, who is researching on nanomedicine, became a poster girl for tens of thousands of fellow Dalit […]
Indian student’s fight against caste discrimination raises Dalit hopes Read Post »
LUCKNOW, India, July 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lower-caste Dalit couple in India attempted suicide after police beat them and destroyed their crops, triggering calls on Thursday for an end to brutal evictions of poor minorities. An online video showing half a dozen police officers dragging and beating the couple with sticks to evict
Outrage in India over Dalit farmers’ suicide attempt after police beating Read Post »
The House of Representatives yesterday formed a nine-member Special Parliamentary Committee under NCP lawmaker Devendra Paudel to investigate the alleged killings of Dalit youths in Rukum (West). Lawmakers Ekbal Miya, Durga Paudel, Parbati Kumari Bishunkhe, Prakash Rasaili, Bimala Bishwakarma, Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj, Min Bahadur Bishwakarma and Ram Sahay Yadav are other members of the ‘Chaurjahari
Parliamentary special committee formed to probe Soti Dalit incident Read Post »
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