On the History of Dissent and How it Shaped Hinduism and India
Thapar speaks about situating dissent in Indian history, how modern labels colour our understanding of the past and what misconceptions she frequently has to combat.
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Mahesh Raut Needs to be Free
Why should we care about this case? Because Mahesh is fighting for our right to free speech and democratic expression of dissent.
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Dalit Women Face Brunt of Caste Battles, State Neglect
Crimes against all women are on a rise but Dalit women suffer the double discrimination of gender and caste. Across India, cases of rape against SC women increased by 37%, and of assault by 20%, over the four years to 2019.
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Reading Anand Teltumbde in the Wake of Hathras
In his books, the writer – now in jail – demonstrates how caste atrocities are the result of deep-rooted societal structures.
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Caste | Fascism | Online Blog
Caste, Merit and Liberalisation – Two Articles
Seeing merit as a ‘neutral’ ideology justifies exclusion and discrimination; mass examinations like the JEE reinforce the perception of merit as a measure of individual and relative ability divorced from social structural factors.
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Two Poems: One Day I Saw My Girl; Red
You can cage the singer, but not the song …
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Hathras Case: The Intersecting Factors Behind Structural Violence Against Dalit Women
We have witnessed time and again how rape and other forms of sexual violence are used against Dalit women to dehumanise the community and maintain caste-based hierarchies and power relations.
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NCRB Report for 2019: 88 Rapes and 126 Cases of Crime Against Dalits a Day
More than 32,000 incidents of rape took place in 2019; also, a total of 45,935 cases of crime or atrocities against Dalits and a total of 8,257 cases of crime against tribal people were recorded.
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PUCL Condemns the Detention and Arrest of Fr. Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon Case
The true reason for NIA arresting Fr. Stan Swamy is because he had dared to expose the large scale abuse of anti-terror and sedition laws by the previous BJP-led Jharkhand government.
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Open Letter to the Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh
Hard hitting letter by a group of former police officers and civil servants to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, regarding the handling of the Hathras rape case by the UP administration.
