Topic: Casteism in India
‘You come up, breaking shackles of Manu (a)dharma that enslaved womenfolk for centuries together’
K. Veeramani, current president of Dravidar Kazhagam, a social movement in Tamilnadu that was founded by legendary leader E. V. Ramasamy, writes to Sonajharia Minz.
UP: Dalit boy shot dead by upper-caste family after temple visit, Mayawati demands justice
Seventeen-year-old Dalit boy was shot dead in an Uttar Pradesh village on Saturday night five days after he had prayed at a local temple defying upper-caste objections, The Telegraph reported.
In pictures: Casteism, digital divide shadow on Kerala Dalit student’s death
On 1 June, Devika Balakrishnan, a 14-year-old Dalit student from Kerala's Malappuram ended her life over not being able to attend online classes after her daily wage-earner father, blighted by ill health and lack of work during the lockdown, failed to repair the TV on which she was to attend virtual classes that began on Monday.
Devika: Kerala public’s reluctance to call an institutional murder by its name
In fact, Kerala's politics of progress has long hijacked movements of the marginalized or has silenced their narratives. This is the same politics that attaches tags like 'secular', 'peaceful' and 'egalitarian' with the state's identity, misusing them to erase from the collective memory, incidents like the Beemapally and Muthanga firing. This politics of erasure of experiences of the marginalized is what has led to the killing of Devika.
‘I’m going’: Unable to attend virtual class, Kerala Dalit girl kills herself
The 10th standard student, identified as Devika of Irimbiliyam Govt Higher Secondary School in Malappuram district took the drastic step because she could not attend online classes.
Delhi AIIMS to be death hunts for Dalit and Adivasi students: Ambedkar Students Association
Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) from the University of Hyderabad demanded a fast track inquiry in the case of All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS) doctor suicide bid.
