Dalits – Asia Times

Caste and the cult of masculinity in India

by Fatima Qureshi October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

On September 14, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was brutally gang-raped by four men in Hathras village in India’s largest state, Utter Pradesh (UP). She clung to life for two weeks, suffering from multiple gashes on her tongue and fractures all over her body, but finally died in a hospital in Delhi. To make matters worse, […]

Members of the upper caste Jaat community gather in Delhi to demand a greater quota in education and government jobs in New Delhi. Photo: Ramesh Sharma / India Today Group

India, South Asia

Govt offers quota benefits to poor upper-caste voters

by Shivam Vij January 8, 2019February 18, 2020

Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad addresses Dalit visitors at Koregaon Bhima in Pune, Maharashtra. Photo: Varsha Togalkar

India, South Asia, World

Record turnout at Bhima Koregaon shows Dalit defiance

by Varsha Torgalkar January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Members of the Maratha community take part in a rally in Mumbai in August. Photo: AFP

India, South Asia

High court will have final say on Maharashtra quota meddling

by Kanchan Srivastava December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

BSP chief Mayawati quit Parliament in protest on Tuesday. Photo: The Hindu

India, South Asia

Will Mayawati bail out the BJP in 2019 polls?

by Sagarneel Sinha October 8, 2018

Members of the upper-caste and Other Backward Class groups take part in a strike over a legislative amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act in Allahabad on Sept. 6, 2018. Photo: AFP

India, South Asia

Anger grows with ruling party over amendment to caste law

by Kanchan Srivastava September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Lawyer and human rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj, before she was arrested by the Pune police, leading to outrage across India. Photo: Courtesy Varsha Torgalkar

India, South Asia, World

Arrests of activists push Indian civil society to the brink

by Varsha Torgalkar August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian members of the Maratha community in the state of Maharashtra shout slogans during a protest in Mumbai on August 9, 2018. AFP PHOTO / PUNIT PARANJPE

India, South Asia

Politicians exploit caste tensions ahead of general election

by Kanchan Srivastava August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian farmers protest in Mumbai in March. Thousands of farmers walked more than 100km to demand better crop prices and land rights. Photo: AFP / Indranil Mukherjee

India, South Asia

India’s army veterans and farmers stage joint protests

by Asia Times staff August 9, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indian manual scavenger looks on as he cleans a manhole in the old quarters of New Delhi on March 21, 2018. Photo: AFP/Chandan Khanna

India, South Asia

Under Modi, cesspool existence of India’s ‘manual scavengers’ worsens

by Shazia Nigar July 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian women from the 'Dalit' or 'Untouchable' caste listen to a speaker during a Dalit Dignity Rally against the Congress-led UPA government near Parliament House in New Delhi on December 5, 2007. Photo: AFP/Raveendran

India, Middle East, South Asia

India’s Dalit women lack access to healthcare and die young

by Shazia Nigar June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

The Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. Sikh temples in the Indian state are pushing for reform. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia, World

Prodded by Sikhs’ high body, Punjab villages start tearing down caste walls

by Arjun Sharma April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Several Dalit organisations shout slogans as they hits an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a countrywide strike against the Supreme Courts order of diluting the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, in Amritsar on April 2, 2018.
Punjab government has ordered the suspension of bus services and mobile internet services. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU

India, South Asia

Dalits hold nationwide protests over Supreme Court’s ruling

by Kriti Singh April 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian women from the 'Dalit' caste shout slogans during a Dalit Dignity Rally in December 2013. Photo: AFP / Raveendran

India, South Asia

India’s Supreme Court accused of hobbling justice for ‘Dalits’

by Saurav Datta March 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Protests by Dalit groups broke out across the state of Maharashtra in January. Photo courtesy of Kanchan Srivastava

India, South Asia

A 200-year-old battle comes back to haunt India’s caste faultlines

by Kanchan Srivastava January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Modi has a peculiar habit of mispronouncing the name of the most famous Indian who ever lived. File photo: Reuters / Amit Dave

India, South Asia

In victory, BJP smells defeat, while Congress tastes an opportunity

by Darshan Desai December 18, 2017February 18, 2020

A protest in June demanded the release of Dalit youth leader Chandrashekhar Azad Ravanand, jailed without bail under India's National Security Act.
Photo: The Times of India/Rajesh Mehta

India, South Asia

Ongoing state violations of human rights in India must end

by Pushkar Raj December 11, 2017

India, South Asia

Five booked for ‘assaulting Dalit cattle skinners’

by Asia Times staff August 15, 2017February 18, 2020

BSP chief Mayawati quit Parliament in protest on Tuesday. Photo: The Hindu

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Mayawati quits Parliament

by Asia Times staff July 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Journalist Munne Bharti said a group of men threatened to set his car on fire. Photo: NDTV

India, South Asia

Highway gang forces Muslim journalist to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’

by Asia Times staff July 3, 2017February 18, 2020