Man acquitted in the Ariyalur rape and murder is preparing for a political career

Only one person was convicted in the Ariyalur case where a minor Dalit girl was raped and murdered. The News Minute met the family of the victim seeking justice and some of the men who have been let off.

#TamilNadu #ariyalur #AriyalurRape #dalits #paraiyars #vanniyars #rape #ViolenceAgainstChildren #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DMK #HinduMunnani #CasteViolence #caste #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/long-form/man-acquitted-in-the-ariyalur-rape-and-murder-is-preparing-for-a-political-career

Dalit Labourer, Family Brutally Assaulted for Refusing Forced Labour in UP Village

The police have responded promptly by registering an FIR and arresting four individuals involved in the attack.

#UttarPradesh #gonda #dalits #CasteViolence #labour #RuralIndia #casteism #caste #india

https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/dalit-laborer-family-faces-brutal-assault-for-refusing-forced-labor-in-uttar-pradesh-village

Despite Untouchability, Contractual Service, Paltry Remuneration — Why Bihar’s Mehtars Scavenge Human Excreta for a Living

Despite financial constraints, the community has promising aspirational youth who are countering the notion that individuals from marginalized castes lack the desire for education.

#bihar #ManualScavenging #dalits #mehtars #untouchability #CasteViolence #labour #education #caste #india

https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/despite-untouchability-contractual-service-paltry-remuneration-why-bihars-mehtars-scavenge-human-excreta-for-a-living

10 Issues For Which The Government Did Not Provide Data In Parliament

Government frequently cites data unavailability in Parliament as the main reason for not providing data.

#UnionGovt #transparency #RTI #parliament #CovidMismanagenent #CovidDeathToll #MigrantWorkers #WomensRights #FarmersProtests #activism #PressFreedom #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #DetentionCentres #ForeignerTribunals #InterfaithMarriages #lynching #hindutva #AntiMuslimViolence #india

https://www.indiaspend.com/top-news/10-issues-for-which-the-government-did-not-provide-data-in-parliament-910104

Marked by Insight and Foresight:
K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the State

The writings between the 1980 and 2003 of K. Balagopal, the scholar and democratic rights activist who died too early, emphasised caste’s role in fuelling fascism in India.

#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #congress #fascism #reservations #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india

https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/marked-insight-and-foresight

The identity theft of Rohith Vemula’s Dalitness

The punitive logic of a casteist society that duly punished and expelled Rohith Vemula from his hostel and excommunicated him from the university while he was alive, has not spared him in his death, writes Ankit Kawade.

#RohithVemula #RadhikaVemula #CasteViolence #dalits #DalitIdentity #RSS #BJP #ABVP #casteism #HCU #hyderabad #telangana #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/the-identity-theft-of-rohith-vemulas-dalitness

Rohith Vemula suicide: Telangana DGP decides to conduct further investigation into case

The press note, issued today, Friday, May 3, also clarified that the final closure report was official filed in the jurisdictional court on March 21, 2024 by the Investigation Officer.

#telangana #RohithVemulaCase #RohithVemula #CasteViolence #SCSTAct #dalits #UniversityOfHyderabad #TelanganaPolice #BandaruDattatreya #NRamachanderRao #AppaRao #SmritiIrani #BJP #india

https://www.edexlive.com/breaking/2024/May/03/rohith-vemula-suicide-telangana-director-general-of-police-dgp-police-further-investigation-case

‘State-sanctioned casteism’: Madras HC on continuation of manual scavenging

The court, in an important move, widened the definition of the word ‘sewer’ under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, to include storm water drains.

#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #casteism #SKA #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/state-sanctioned-casteism-madras-hc-on-continuation-of-manual-scavenging

Telangana police closes Rohith Vemula file, absolves former V-C and BJP leaders

The closure report in the case that was filed under SC/ST (PoA) Act alleges that Rohith was not a Dalit and claims that he died because he was afraid that this would be discovered.

#telangana #RohithVemulaCase #RohithVemula #CasteViolence #SCSTAct #dalits #UniversityOfHyderabad #TelanganaPolice #BandaruDattatreya #NRamachanderRao #AppaRao #SmritiIrani #BJP #congress #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/newstelangana-police-closes-rohith-vemula-file-absolves-former-v-c-and-bjp-leaders

Review: No Nation for Women: Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy by Priyanka Dubey

This detailed and hard-hitting account of crime against women mostly from lower socio-economic classes and castes residing in rural and suburban India makes us think out of the bubble of our urban imaginations, writes Srilagna Majumdar.

#BookReview #PriyankaDubey #rape #caste #class #ViolenceAgainstWomen #CasteViolence #WomensRights #journalism #HumanRights #india

https://doingsociology.org/2024/05/02/no-nation-for-women-reportage-on-rape-from-india-the-worlds-largest-democracy-by-priyanka-dubey2018-a-review-by-srilagna-majumdar/

Sewer line tragedy snuffs out lives of father-son duo in Lucknow, probe ordered

Following Wednesday’s incident, urban development minister AK Sharma ordered the suspension of a junior engineer and an assistant engineer for negligence. Last week, an eight-year-old boy died after falling into an open manhole in the state capital.

#UttarPradesh #lucknow #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #caste #india

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/sewer-line-tragedy-snuffs-out-lives-of-father-son-duo-in-lucknow-probe-ordered-101714587935082.html

An inter-caste marriage, a murder & a ‘suicide note’ — how couple’s tragic end unsettled Pallikaranai

Sharmila’s husband Praveen was killed on 24 Feb. Two months later, she attempted suicide & left behind a note blaming her parents and brothers for her husband’s killing.

#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #suicide #dalits #vanniyars #InterCasteMarriage #CasteViolence #india

https://theprint.in/india/an-inter-caste-marriage-a-murder-a-suicide-note-how-couples-tragic-end-unsettled-pallikaranai/2056865/

Chennai caste killing: After husband’s murder, wife dies by suicide

22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.

#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #dalits #paraiyars #yadavas #CasteViolence #suicide #caste #casteism #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/chennai-caste-killing-after-husbands-murder-wife-dies-by-suicide

With no progress in case after over a year, Vengaivayal Dalit residents say they will boycott election

The 30 Dalit families of the village in Pudukottai district said no one has been arrested in the case of human faeces being put into an overhead water tank here; they also said they were living under constant police scrutiny in an ‘open prison’.

#TamilNadu #pudukottai #vengaivayal #dalits #water #CBCID #TNPolice #CasteViolence #caste #DMK #elections2024 #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/lok-sabha-polls-with-no-progress-in-case-after-over-a-year-vengaivayal-dalit-residents-say-they-will-boycott-election/article68067050.ece

TN: Caste violence makes this village’s Dalit residents demand separate polling booth

On April 8, 2023, three Dalit residents were allegedly attacked by Vanniyars, a dominant caste group, after the trio tried to enter the Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple in Melpathi of Villupuram.

#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #vanniyars #CasteViolence #TempleEntry #untouchability #caste #casteism #elections2024 #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/tn-caste-violence-makes-this-villages-dalit-residents-demand-separate-polling-booth

An Anthology of Anti-Caste Essays and the Question of Who Gets to Kill Whom

'Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics' by Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan is an anthology of their political and theoretical writings, skilfully edited and presented by philosopher of science Maël Montévil. J. Reghu writes.

#caste #books #dalits #DivyaDwivedi #ShajMohan #MaelMontevil #CasteDiscrimination #CasteViolence #bookstodon #india

https://thewire.in/books/an-anthology-of-anti-caste-essays-and-the-question-of-who-gets-to-kill-whom

Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’

Praveen was murdered by his brother-in-law and four other men.

#TamilNadu #chennai #HonourKilling #IntercasteMarriage #IntercasteLove #CasteViolence #paraiyars #dalits #yadavas #OBCs #caste #casteism #india

https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/03/04/chennai-an-intercaste-love-story-ends-in-cold-blooded-caste-killing

Hyderabad: HMDA official seeks action against Bajrang Dal members for attack on church

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority official filed a complaint on February 14, a day after the Dalit Christian church was attacked by a mob of 200 Bajrang Dal members from various dominant castes.

#telangana #hyderabad #CommunalViolence #BajrangDal #HMDA #CasteViolence #casteism #IndianChristians #VHP #HinduMobs #caste #dalits #DalitChristians #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/hyderabad-hmda-official-seeks-action-against-bajrang-dal-members-for-attack-on-church

Review: K. Balagopal’s 'Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State'

Incisive essays on caste, communalism and rise of state authoritarianism in India.

#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #fascism #reservations #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india

https://thewire.in/books/k-balagopals-incisive-essays-on-caste-communalism-and-rise-of-state-authoritarianism-in-india

UGC's Committee to Probe Caste Discrimination on Campuses Offers No Solutions

Members of the committee have no track record of tackling discrimination – but do have a closeness to the BJP. Their affidavit in the Supreme Court does not respond to the many issues raised in Abeda Tadvi and Radhika Vemula’s petition.

#UGC #CasteDiscrimination #education #CasteViolence #RohithVemula #PayalTadvi #dalits #adivasis #casteism #RSS #ABVP #BJP #india

https://thewire.in/caste/ugcs-committee-to-probe-caste-discrimination-on-campuses-offers-no-solutions