Selected media clippings on caste in 2015
- Voice, Silence, and Self: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan(Harvard University Press)
- Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan” (U of California Press, 2014)
- Dalits fight for a fair share of the budget in India (IDSN)
- Blog on Dalit women, violence and manual scavenging – Lynne Featherstone – UK MP
- What Dalit Women Of Rajasthan Have Taught Me About Resilience (Sambhali Trust/ Huffington Post)
- Burakumin: Descendants of caste considered ‘tainted’ face new discrimination in Japan (The Independent)
- Study shows NCR homeowners turn away Dalits and Muslims (The Indian Express)
- Breaking the caste barrier (Livemint)
- A Dalit village in Cuddalore was left to fend for itself through 36 days of flooding (Scroll.in)
- Six-hour torture –Woman tied to tree, assaulted over refusal to withdraw case (Kractivism)
- Violence Against Dalit Women: How Caste Intersects With Gender-based Violence (Feminism in India)
- Caste discrimination rampant in Bajura (The Himalayan Times)
- Two Manual Scavengers Die of Suffocation (The New Indian Express)
- Punjab Dalit ‘atrocities’ echo in RS, Oppn flays Badal govt (The Tribune)
- Abohar farmhouse murder: They had chopped off arms from below elbows, feet with shoes on, says Dalit workers mother (The Indian Express)
- Caste Bias in Giving Away Aid to Flood-hit, Says TN Dalit Forum (The New Indian Express)
- Making 10,000 Dalit Adivasi leaders for dignity and development in Odisha (TwoCircles.net)
- The Kathmandu Post :: Nepal urged to end caste-based discrimination (Kathmandu Post)
- Scant aid for low-caste villagers hit by Tamil Nadu floods – charities (Reuters)
- This ends with me: A ‘safai karamchari’s’ dreams for a different life (The Indian Express)
- Flooded Chennai’s dirty secret: Dalits clean rotting mess (Hindustan Times)
- Twilight children – Disadvantaged caste working to meet Global market demands (Opinion – The Hindu)
- Harsh Mander on how Dalit children continue to bear the brunt of untouchability (The Hindu)
- Church rushes to help flood-hit Chennai ucanews.com
- Agony of rain-hit villagersin Tamil Nadu (The Hindu)
- Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about? (Times of India)
- Dalits suffered more than others in flood-hit Cuddalore: Report (Hindustan Times)
- Hinduism, Britain and caste: Arguments over caste spread from India to Britain (The Economist)
- Caste discrimination fears as Modi visits UK (Channel 4)
- 500 dalit families fall victims to violence in 2013-14: report (New Age)
- Girl was beaten to death for falling in love with a Dalit youth (The Hindu)
- Manual scavenging is illegal, so why do states continue to support the practice? (Scroll.in)
- Dire state of Dalits (The Daily Star)
- UK Dalits infuriated over PM Modi unveiling Ambedkar Memorial in London (TwoCircles.net)
- Half of Dalits ostracised (The Daily Star)
- Study shows Delhi and NCR homeowners deny renting house to Dalits and Muslims (Deccan Chronicle)
- Dalit girl severely beaten up after her shadow falls on high caste man (The Indian Express)
- Caste assertion, clashes in Tamil Nadu forcing Dravidian parties to recalibrate their politics (Firstpost)
- Dalit Women Recount Harrowing Experiences (The New Indian Express)
- Teacher Jailed for Forcing Dalit Boy to Clean Faeces (The New Indian Express)
- Love in the time of intolerance – In India 2015, inter-caste married couple seeks police protection (Telegraph India)
- Response sought in the Dian case along with trafficking of child labour
- Japan’s hidden caste of untouchables – BBC News
- From Black Lives Matter, activists for India’s discriminated Dalits learn tactics to press for dignity (Public Radio International)
- Dalit woman killed over land dispute in Haryana (The Hindu)
- Dalit Woman Beaten Up for Refusing to be Maid – The New Indian Express
- Caste relations go south (Thelma)
- A New Wave Of Caste Atrocities (Tehelka)
- Dalit Muslims of India (Video – Al Jazeera)
- ‘Christians required only as sweepers’ (The Friday Times)
- “Upper-Caste” Men Can Burn Children Alive In Narendra Modi’s India (Carbonated.TV)
- Sir said I was a Dalit so I couldn’t be part of Puja: Odisha schoolgirl (The Indian Express)
- Out Damn Caste (Opinion – Outlook)
- How many ‘anti-Dalit’ crimes will it take before national conscience is evoked? (DNA)
- Violence against Dalits on the rise (Livemint)
- The problem with slavery and the Sustainable Development Goals (Aidan McQuade – Equal Times)
- Caste – India’s curse (New Internationalist)
- Connecting the movements for Dalit and Black lives (The Seattle Globalist)
- 90-Year-Old Dalit Man Stopped From Entering Uttar Pradesh Temple, Burnt Alive (Huffington Post)
- Photos: Mumbai’s 30,000 unsung Dalit heroes are languishing in filth and squalor
- How these Dalit and tribal women from rural Madhya Pradesh are making themselves heard (DNA)
- After Dalit Teen’s Rapists Tried To Blackmail Her, She’s Speaking Out To Create Change (Huffington Post)
- Crimes against Dalits rose 19% in 2014, murders rose to 744 (Times of India)
- The modern horrors of India’s ancient injustice: How a government has abandoned millions—and they are fighting back (Salon.com)
- Indian police torture Dalit boy to death over pigeon theft (The International News)
- Fighting oppression, through his writings (Hindu)
- Love, caste and fury in Tamil Nadu: How a small-time crook came to symbolise Gounder pride (Scroll.in)
- Folded Lungi (clothing) Leads to Attack on Dalit (The New Indian Express)
- No justice for SC/ST victims of atrocity (Deccan Herald)
- Caste – The Villain of upward social mobility (Free Press Journal)
- Social rise of dalits sharpens caste animosities (Times of India)
- Meet the Indian Women Trying to Take Down “Caste Apartheid” (YES magazine)
- #DalitWomenFight speak at Monkeywrench Books (video)
- Vaibhav And Divya’s Murder: A Culmination Of Caste Discrimination And Violence Against Dalits (CounterCurrents.org)
- Sexual Assault, Rape Top Crimes Against Scheduled Castes (Businessworld)
- Why doesn’t the violence against Dalits incite liberal fury, as does violence against Muslims? (Opinion, Scroll.in)
- Dalit youth killed in Agra, 5 cops suspended : Mail Today, News – India Today
- In The Dead Of The Night, Hatred Burns (Tehelka)
- Haryana Dalit attacks: 7-fold jump in 3 govts (The Indian Express)
- Dalit cousins assaulted by supporters of Jat candidate, 1 critical (The Times of India)
- Temple Fest Turns Violent in Madurai, Dalit Vehicles Burnt by Caste Hindus (The New Indian Express)
- 14-Year-Old Dalit Boy Charged With Theft of Pigeon Found Dead; Family Accuses Cops (NDTV)
- Why India’s “Untouchable” Women Are The Targets Of Rape & How They Are Fighting Back (Oye Times)
- Zero conviction in 1,633 atrocity cases against SCs, STs: Report (Deccan Herald)
- Review: Autobiography of a Dalit poet (Tehelka)
- Dalit woman alleges she was raped by AIADMK cadre’s son (Times of India)
- 3 family members dead after son elopes with a dominant caste girl (The Times of India)
- Testimonies of Women who faced discrimination- While Accessing WASH services – YouTube
- B.R Ambedkar memorial opening: No scrapping of quota, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi – The Hindu
- The silenced letter: 60-year-old Dalit rape victim fights to restore her SC name (The Indian Express)
- Police behaved inhumanly with Dalit family, says SC/ST panel (Hindustan Times)
- A new business class: Dalits who turned first-generation entrepreneurs (Indian Express)
- In a Rajasthan Village, Dalit Children Are Afraid To Go To School (NDTV)
- Child murdering caste society (Round Table India)
- Video of Dalit family allegedly stripped by police creates storm on social media (The Hindu)
- Protest against cop for ‘stripping’ dalit family (The Times of India)
- Manual scavengers: fresh survey ordered (The Hindu)
- Distribute Laptops to SC-ST Students By December: Social Welfare Minister (New Indian Express)
- Dadri lynching has raised troubling questions on India’s ‘secularity’ (Hindustan Times)
- From dirty drains to smart cabs: 1,150 women from manual scavenger families to train as Uber and Meru drivers(Daily Mail Online)
- ‘Govt. will be asked to help Devadasis’ (The Hindu)
- An uncommon fight for common land (The Times of India)
- Dalit anger erupts – Police bias contributes to flare-ups in Haryana (The Tribune)
- Teacher beats up Dalit boy for touching non-Dalits’ meal, held (Times of India)
- Dalit student beaten for touching mid-day meal plates (DNA)
- Dalit Worker Tied Up, Locked in Room (New Indian Express)
- SC/BC employees protest outside DC office (The Tribune)
- Narrating the discrimination against Dalits (The Hindu)
- More Muslims, Dalits in Prison, Says NCRB Data (New Indian Express)
- Two Dalit youths murdered at Sirsa village (Tribune India)
- Baghpat and caste & gender discrimination in India (Amnesty International)
- Dalit women take out march in Sonepat (The Tribune)
- TN Untouchability Eradication Front stages protest demanding land for Dalits (The Hindu)
- Sustainable dev requires input of Adivasis, Dalits (The Daily Star)
- Nepal’s growing divide over adopted Constitution (The Hindu)
- ‘Govt polices are not Dalit friendly’ (Kathmandu Post)
- Jeremy Corbyn – a sympathiser of Dalits and critic of communalism (The Hindu)
- Practicing Untouchability Is A Crime, ‘Not A Social Evil’ (Counter Currents)
- Facts about reservations which are ignored (Punjab Online)
- Redesigning reservations: Why removing caste-based quotas is not the answer (Scroll.in)
- Scholarship eludes Dalit students (The Hindu)
- Dalit girl of Theni village escapes from “hell” in spinning mill (The Hindu)
- Bonded labour in fresh avatar enters new sectors (The Hindu)
- Social Justice Minister answers how big is the challenge of manual scavenging (India Today)
- Scraping dry toilets with their bare hands: Shocking survey shows 1.56 lakh rural households ignore ban on manual scavenging (Daily Mail Online)
- In rape cases, even filing an FIR is difficult: Dalit women (The Times of India)
- Muzaffarnagar: Two years after riots, FIR against 12 for attacking Dalit family (The Indian Express)
- Caste panel holds review meet: Huge spurt in crime against Dalits in UP (The Indian Express)
- Dalit Woman Stripped Naked And Force Fed With Urine (TLI)
- Dalit girl beaten up in MP as her shadow falls on ‘upper caste’ man (The Hindu)
- A Rapist’s Nightmare – Dalit girls fights for justice (The New York Times)
- Parents kill girl for eloping with Dalit youth (Deccan Herald)
- Going back to Mirchpur: Displaced Dalit victims live in tents on a farmhouse (The Indian Express)
- Watch: Teacher thrashing boy mercilessly in Karnataka (Zee News)
- Indian sisters told they will be repeatedly gang-raped as punishment for their brother’s crime launch appeal at Supreme Court (The Independent)
- Two sisters to be raped as punishment for brothers inter-caste relationship – demand justice (Amnesty International appeal and petition)
- Dalit Couple Ostracized by Khap Panchayat (The New Indian Express)
- Dalit man killed for ‘not greeting upper castes with respect’ (Kractivist)
- Dalit youth shot dead after standing up to casteist remarks (The Times of India)
- Woman killed for marrying a Dalit man (The Hindu)
- Inter-caste marriages dominate hearing – violent backlash a growing problem (The Hindu)
- Karnataka records highest rate of caste atrocity cases (The Hindu)
- Steep rise in Dalit murders in 2014 (The Hindu)
- Draft of Nepal’s new Constitution tabled despite protests from Opposition (Daily News & Analysis)
- House seeks govt reply on police suppression of Dalit protest in Nepal (Kathmandu Post)
- The Kathmandu Post :: Dalits barred from well
- Nepal – PM holds talks with Dalits, women activists (The Himalayan Times)
- Nepal caste system leaves Dalits with secret suffering
- Nepal: Constituent Assembly must urgently revise Constitution Bill to guarantee human rights (ICJ)
- Nepal: Do Not Ignore Voice Of Dalits (OpEd – Eurasia Review)
- Nepal Dalits discriminated against for quake relief (Andalou Agency)
- Stricken Dalit earthquake survivors have Lutheran help to fight inequity (Ecumenical News)
- The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) call on the EU to step up action on their commitments to human rights
- 49% of Haryana’s dalit kids are malnourished: Report (The Times of India)
- New child labour law will hit girls, dalits and OBCs most (Hindustan Times)
- Mahadalit children driven out of school in Biharsharif (Times of India)
- Two suffocate to death in Bengaluru manhole (Zee News)
- Bangladesh: Killing of Harijan youth sparks protest in Pabna (The Daily Star)
- Are we still in dark age? Children of cobblers treated like dirt (The Daily Star – Bangladesh)
- Manual scavenging still a reality: Startling facts emerge from census (The Hindu)
- Re-legalising Caste-based Discrimination (Lancaster Review – by Meena Varma)
- Australians subject to ‘caste discrimination’, migrants say | SBS News
- ‘Global initiative of Dalits in India, African-Americans in U.S. needed’ (The Hindu)
- How Land Continues To Be A Tool For Dalit Oppression: The Case Of Pathapally (Youth Kiwaaz)
- PM Narendra Modi asks banks to provide financial assistance to dalits, tribals for start-ups (Economic Times)
- Modi stresses need to fight casteism, communalism, eliminate corruption (NetIndian)
- ‘Dalit officers confined to insignificant postings’ (The Hindu)
- CII to promote women Dalit entrepreneurs (The Hindu)
- Landlessness is higher among Dalits but more adivasis are ‘deprived’ (Indian Express – Analysis of 2011 Census Data)
- Census counts just 4% SC, ST families with a member in a govt job (The Indian Express)
- 80% Dalit Christians Facing Caste Discrimination (The New Indian Express)
- What Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Masaan teach us about realities of caste (Hindustan Times) Film about intercaste love that has won Cannes awards)
- A Dalit’s story (Book review of Baluta – English translation of an autobiography from 1978)
- Yatra against caste violence (The Hindu)
- Dalit women travel through Odisha to map caste violence against dalit women (TwoCircles.net)
- Millions of Indian children are being denied school education due to discrimination (Scroll.in by Jayshree Bajoria – Human Rights Watch)
- Are we still in dark age? Children of cobblers treated like dirt in Magura school (Parittran)
- Racial and caste oppression have many similarities (The Conversation)
- Urgent Appeal – Action needed in brutal attack and murder of Dalit youth because he had an Ambedkar ringtone
- Dalit youth brutally killed in Maharashtra for saving Ambedkar song as ringtone | The Indian Express
- Dalit child beaten and Dalits attacked by 50 men because a child’s ball fell into an RSS (dominant caste) campus – police neglect to protect (Scroll.in)
- Action alert: a 17.1 % increase in crimes against Dalits
- How land disputes are fuelling caste clashes in Rajasthan (BBC)
- Dalit Christians file complaint with UN against the Vatican (UCAN India)
- Dalit Christians allege neglect, demand equal rights in churches (The Hindu)
- Dalit women stripped, beaten, paraded naked in UP village (India Today)
- The hidden injuries of caste: south Indian tea workers and economic crisis (openDemocracy)
- In Bollywood, storylines remain backward on caste (The Hindu)
- A village which lived in harmony is now flared with communal tension – The Times of India
- Dalit brothers, who cracked IIT, were tormented for their caste
- Booklet on govt schemes for SC, ST & Minorities released
- Atrocity cases rise, conviction rate remains low in Marathwada (The Times of India)
- In Nepal, a perilous road to assess quake damage and relief needs (LA Times)
- India’s child labour ‘reforms’ could make it a dangerous place to invest – Guardian Op-ed by Aidan McQuade – Anti-Slavery
- How the Right to Education is failing the very children it was meant to benefit (Scrool.in)
- Marginalized Communities In Nepal Are Receiving Little Earthquake Relief, Amnesty Says (Huffington Post)
- Nepal’s poorest getting the least earthquake aid, activists warn (Mashable)
- Nepal Earthquake: Caste Status, Ethnic, Gender Discrimination Hamper Quake Relief Aid Access, Rights Group Says
- Diluting India’s child labour law will trap families in cycle of poverty (Op-ed in The Guardian – by IDSN and DNN)
- Fighting the Dalit women’s fight with art and activism (The Guardian)
