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The new Dalit movement: Assertive, inclusive and beyond party politics | india-news | Hindustan Times
COUNTERVIEW: Noam Chomsky joins top US, British, other world scholars to condemn “state violence” in Hyderabad
Urgent Notes from a University in Crisis | The Wire
Hindu nationalism and caste exclusion in Indian universities | openDemocracy
Two colours: How ‘common enemy’ in university campuses united Jai Bheem, Lal Salaam | The Indian Express
Rohith Vemula – an unfinished portrait | Hindustan Times
The Death of Merit: Caste and Education | EYEZINE
Caste Won’t Be Erased from California Textbooks (The Wire, 2016)
India: Violence Against Dalits on the Rise (The Diplomat, 2016)
Despite robust laws, violence against India’s most oppressed people continues to rise.
Rohith suicide case continues to stir India (IDSN News)
Almost three months have passed since the tragic suicide of Dalit PhD-student Rohith Vemula, but his untimely death continues to attract national and international attention.
Dalit student suicide – the last drop in a cauldron of injustice (IDSN News)
The suicide of 26 year-old Indian PHD student, Rohith Vemula, is both a human tragedy and a symbol of centuries of systemic abuse and injustice metered out at India’s Dalits. “My birth is my fatal accident,” writes Rohith Vemula in his suicide note. This notion rings true for far too many Dalits in India, destined for discrimination from birth.