IN 2005, Gohana in Sonepat district of Haryana witnessed the ToRching of several Dalit homes by members of upper castes. Now Mirchpur, a village 58 kilometres away and located deep inside Hisar district, has met a similar fate. On April 21, as many as 18 homes belonging to Dalits from the Valmiki community here were set on fire by upper-caste youth over an alleged slight on the part of the...
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14-yr-old sold for Rs 40,000 to Gujarat farmers, rescued
Fourteen-year-old Marti is in a state of shock. She has just been rescued from the cotton fields of Gujarat where she was sold by her neighbours. She was made to work for hours without a break and ToRtured when refused to work. Daughter of one Shankar Meena of Palpadar village in Dungarpur district, she was playing outside her house when her neighbour Shanti Meena took her to a nearby market...
More »Two Dalits burnt alive after clash over dog
An argument between a Dalit and a Jat over the former’s dog led to near-unbridled violence in a village in Hisar district which was tense throughout Thursday after an 18-year-old physically challenged Dalit girl and her father were burnt alive on Wednesday. The Dalits refused to cremate the bodies, demanding a CBI probe and compensation, apart from sacking of the Jat tehsildar of Mirchpur village where the violence began. Angry...
More »India to brief G-20 on its successful rural scheme by Lalit K Jha
Union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge would present a briefing on the country''s highly successful National Rural Employment Generation Scheme at the first ever meet of G-20 labour ministers here today. Top officials from the US Department of Labour, organisers of the event, said the innovative 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme has been successful beyond the expectations of almost every one. "India has learnt and has refined the strategy. So there is...
More »See No Evil Hear No Evil by Tusha Mittal
A MARRIAGE hall in Kolkata is packed with 1200 of India’s poorest citizens. They have trekked here from all over West Bengal, from remote forests and dingy alleyways, from Howrah, East Midnapore, South 24 Parganas. They have come because there is a sToRy to tell, a brutal sToRy that may otherwise never be told. Finally, there are people willing to hear. These people may never bring justice; may never be...
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