Dalits

March 02, 2023

3 acquitted in Hathras rape-murder case

A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras on September 14, 2020. She died on September 29 in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital during treatment.

February 15, 2023
Union minister orders probe into death of IIT Bombay student and caste bias charge

Darshan Solanki (18) died allegedly after jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building on the Powai campus of the institute on Sunday.
February 10, 2023
Google honours Malayalam's first female actor, PK Rosy, who was chased out of Kerala

Rosy, a Dalit woman, had played an upper-caste woman in Malayalam's first film, 'Vigathakumaran'.
November 09, 2022
Malayali artist unearths archive of Kerala Dalit life from Germany, curates project on it

The project, aptly titled "Wake up calls for my Ancestors" calls for rethinking the status of colonial archives as incontestable references.
September 07, 2022
MG varsity moves SC against cancelling appointment of Dalit writer as professor

Writer and Dalit activist Rekha Raj was slated to become the assistant professor at the university. However, the Kerala High Court had directed the university to appoint Nisha Velappan Nair instead.
August 17, 2022
On way to meet killed Dalit boy family, Bhim Army chief stopped at Jodhpur airport

Indra Meghwal, a student in Surana village of Rajasthan's Jalore district, was beaten up by his teacher on July 20 for allegedly touching a drinking water pot. The boy succumbed to his injuries on August 13.
July 11, 2022
Police apathy alleged over suicide of Dalit woman following dowry harassment

Sangeetha reportedly committed suicide on June 1. Her relatives claimed she took the extreme step as she was pestered for dowry and was humiliated with casteist slurs at her husband's home.

Dalits

3 acquitted in Hathras rape-murder case

Meet the first generation of female Tholpaavakoothu artistes of Kerala | Onmanorama News Documentary

Union minister orders probe into death of IIT Bombay student and caste bias charge

Google honours Malayalam's first female actor, PK Rosy, who was chased out of Kerala

Malayali artist unearths archive of Kerala Dalit life from Germany, curates project on it

MG varsity moves SC against cancelling appointment of Dalit writer as professor

On way to meet killed Dalit boy family, Bhim Army chief stopped at Jodhpur airport

Police apathy alleged over suicide of Dalit woman following dowry harassment

India gets first Dalit Cardinal as Pope elevates Rev Anthony Poola

Dalit boy in UP forced to lick feet; 8 held as video goes viral

SilverLine won't be Kerala's Nandigram, says Dr Ramchandra Dome, CPM's first Dalit PB member | Interview