Interviews

Grace Banu on Challenges of a Dalit Transperson in Education

It has been seen that when reservations are made for transgenders only the upper class transgenders benefit. The lower class transgenders don’t even get an opportunity to make use of these reservations, so we are asking for a subcategory in our reservation pattern which fits in based on economic needs just the way they have SC, ST and other categories.

Blog

Kabali and the Ministry of Information & Publicity

On 15th July 2016 a letter undersigned by V.Premkumar, Senior Personal Assistant to Hon’ble Minister for information and Publicity writes to the Manager of Abirami Theatre, Chennai asking to provide 10 Tickets for KABALI, Superstar Rajinikanth’s movie that is being released on 22nd of July.

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Awareness Campaign: Karamchedu to Tsunduru

Victims and survivors of Karamchedu and Tsunduru massacres have been fighting for justice since 1985 and 1991 respectively. KNPS is organizing a public awareness campaign for the consolidation of resistance struggles between 17-July and 07-August, the dates on which these violent crimes were committed on dalit lives.

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Bastar : Occupation by the Indian State

Bastar division, comprising seven districts, in the state of Chhattisgarh, is one of the most militarized zones in India, owing to the conflict between the State and the CPI (Maoist). This conflict which has been going on since the late 1980s, reached its current peak with the state’s sponsorship of a vigilante movement called Salwa Judum in 2005.

Articles

The Dalit-Bahujan Guide to Understanding Caste in Hindu Scripture

The HAF insists that scriptures that mandate caste are not widely regarded. This stance does not even enjoy consensus in their own community. Their former board, their spiritual leaders, and even Rajiv Malhotra, have all vehemently disagreed and asserted that bodies like the HAF do not have the spiritual authority to deem certain Brahminical texts more valid than others.