-The Telegraph The three population groups number above 450 million, or a population greater than that of the US New Delhi: Adivasis, Dalits and Muslims in India have lower life expectancy than higher caste Hindus, a study has found, underlining how social exclusion and discrimination might be contributing to health disparities. Life expectancy is on an average about four years shorter in Adivasis, three years shorter in Dalits and around a year shorter...
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Dalits have shorter lifespan, finds study -Kalyan Ray
-Deccan Herald The life expectancy for Dalits and Adivasis is similar to those of the poorest countries in the world The life expectancies of Adivasis and Dalits in India are significantly lower than upper-caste Hindus, a new study reported using decade-old government data on 20 million individuals from nine states. The life expectancy differences of more than four years in Adivasis, three years in Dalits and one year among Muslims as against upper-caste...
More »UP Polls: Increased Atrocities, Economic Crisis Recast Usual Dalit Equations -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Both BJP and BSP may see dwindling Dalit support with SP-RLD-SBSP alliance gaining. The political churning going on in Uttar Pradesh is arguably the most intense among the Dalit communities which make up a sizeable 21% of the population of the state. In the last election, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had managed to get significant support from various Dalit communities winning 74 of 84 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes....
More »Modern-Day Slavery in Punjab: Villagers Enslaved and Tortured by Dairy Farmers -Sandeep Singh
-TheQuint.com They are tortured so much that they forget their village name and limit their life to feeding cattle, clearing dung. “Eh ta meri bebe hai,” said Dalbir Singh, (she is my mother) looking at his distraught mother. He then identified his sister. One after the other, he called out the names of familiar faces among the villagers who came with his family. The small crowd cheered every time he joined names...
More »ManDal vs KamanDal Redux? Caste Is Back as a Major Variable in UP Elections -Gilles Verniers and Christophe Jaffrelot
-TheWire.in BJP has now realised that Hindutva and identity politics by themselves are not enough to win. In post-ManDal India, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s attempt to build electoral alliances tying upper castes and non-dominant OBCs is not new. This is a strategy the party used in the mid-1990s across North India to resist the consolidation of pro-ManDal parties and prevent the formation of large coalitions of “backwards”. Mid-1990s onwards, the BJP distributed...
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