Topic: Casteism in India
Brahmin woman attacked with hot knife by parents for marrying a non-Brahmin
A 19-year-old Brahmin woman was brutally attacked with a hot knife by her parents, as she had married her neighbour, who is from a non-Brahmin family.
Dalit journalist and wife who stood polls assaulted by Thakur BJP leader in UP
Santosh said that men from the Thakur community, led by the BJP leader Yadavendra Pratap Singh, attacked him after he published news reports regarding casteist harassment of Dalits in their village and his wife stood polls against BJP.
PA Ranjith raps Rolling Stone for ‘erasing’ Arivu from coverstory about his songs
Tamil filmmaker PA Ranjith on Sunday strongly condemned pop culture and music magazine Rolling Stone India for overlooking the contribution of Dalit musician, Arivarasu...
Delhi University: Dalit faculty slapped by colleague owing to her caste
A Dalit associate professor, Dr. Neelam, in the Hindi department at Delhi University’s Lakshmibai College has filed a police complaint as well as with the principal as she was slapped by her colleague, Dr. Ranjeet Kaur, during a meeting.
On 15 Aug, 6 Dalit panchayat presidents in TN not allowed to hoist tricolour
Even India marked its 75th Independence Day on Sunday, presidents of six village panchayats in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu were not allowed to hoist the national flag on August 15 because the presidents belonged to the Dalit communities.
‘Remove statue of Manu from Rajasthan High Court,’ activists protest
On Independence Day, rights activists held a demonstration at the Rajasthan High Court to have the controversial statue of Manu -the mythological lawmaker in Hinduism- removed.
