-IndiaToday.in Members of Savarn Samaj organised the panchayat in Bhagna village, about 5 km from Boolgadi of which the 19-year-old Dalit girl was a resident. Hathras: Workers affiliated with the Savarn Samaj staged a dharna in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on Friday demanding justice for the men accused of brutalising a 19-year-old Dalit girl. A panchayat was also held in favour of the four accused who are in police custody. Calls were raised during...
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Hathras gangrape: ‘We are Dalits, that’s our sin… We want our children to leave’ -Jignasa Sinha
-The Indian Express The 19-year-old’s mother says that none of their neighbours, most of them Thakurs and Brahmins, had paid a visit to offer condolences. “We collect fodder from their farms. We thought they would come at least once." Every time he goes to the local store, the 50-year-old says, the shopkeeper tells him to stand at a distance and chucks what he has purchased. Upper Castes abusing them is so common...
More »Hathras gang rape isn't a law and order issue, problem is regressive mindset of Upper Caste men -Vaishali
-Firstpost.com Whatever has happened in Hathras is not a simple law and order problem as civil society and politicians want us to believe. The shit is deeper. The problem is the ‘Manuvadi’ mindset of Upper Caste men My heart bled as I read the news of a 19-year-old Dalit Valmiki girl gang raped and brutally killed in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. The civil society and political parties in opposition are up in...
More »UP Police Locked Us Up, Didn't Allow Us to See Body, Cremated Her at 3 am: Hathras Victim's Family -Ismat Ara
-TheWire.in The Wire travels to the house of the Dalit victim in a village dominated by Upper Caste Thakur households. Hathras, Uttar Pradesh: For a fortnight, the Dalit gang rape victim from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district fought for her life. Her limbs were paralysed and her tongue was brutally wounded. Those arrested for the crime were four Upper Caste Thakur men, Sandeep (20), his uncle Ravi (35) and their friends Luv Kush (23)...
More »The BJP’s widening social base -Vikas Pathak
-The Hindu Securing largely Upper Caste-OBC alliances has propelled the BJP to great heights and has also impacted Dalit politics Political alignments in Bihar for the forthcoming elections offer a peek into the various ways the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constructs its electoral building blocks. Taking into consideration the specificities of each State, the NDA has been able to secure the votes of the Upper Castes as well as large sections...
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