Topic: Dalit
Casteism remarks: Upper-caste professor files counter case against Dalit student
Somnath Sow, a Dalit student of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in West Bengal has alleged that a professor from upper-caste Hindu community refused to interact with him and called him "impure."
Punjab: Charanjit Singh to become first Dalit CM, where 32% of population belong to Dalits
Congress's Charanjit Singh Channi is set to become the first chief minister from the Dalit community in Punjab, where 31.9% of the population hails from the Dalit community.
“Will not stand for continued inequality,” say Dalit groups as crime against SCs, Sts saw rise
National Coalition for Strengthening SCs and STs (PoA) Act (NCSPA), a platform of more than 500 Dalits and Adivasis civil society organisations, communities, leaders, and activists welcomes the release of the Crime in India 2020 report.
Dalit sportswoman who was a national champion murdered in UP
A 24-year-old Dalit woman, who was a former national champion in kho-kho, was brutally murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor on Friday. The family members had alleged that she was sexually assaulted too.
Kerala: Dalit family of a child sexual abuse survivor faces social boycott from CPIM
"An unwritten social boycott existed against us. People stopped talking to us. Nobody is visiting my home. In tea shops, grocery shops wherever I go, I feel boycotted," says Unnikrishnan, father of a POCSO offence survivor, who hails from Kattoor village in Kerala’s Thrissur district.
“Reinstate dropped texts,” English professors counter Delhi University’s stand on syllabus
More than 100 English professors from several colleges across Delhi University (DU) have objected to a statement issued by the university administration on the revised English syllabus where texts by Mahasweta Devi, Bama, and Sukirtharini were dropped.
