-ThePrint.in The Chitradurga MP’s experience exemplifies how Upper Castes respond to Dalit politicians, even in 2019. A Dalit MP from Karnataka had to reason with priests in a village to let him in. They did not. Still, the BJP MP, A. Narayanaswamy, chose not to press charges because the village had voted for him in the 2019 elections. The incident sparked an important debate not only about the persistence of caste untouchability in...
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Indian media is an upper-caste fortress, suggests report on caste representation -Ayush Tiwari
-Newslaundry.com Out of 121 leadership positions surveyed in newsrooms, none are held by those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Three out of every four anchors of flagship debates are upper caste. Not one is Dalit, Adivasi, or OBC. Only 10 of the 972 articles featuring on the cover pages of the 12 magazines are about issues related to caste. No more than 5 per cent of all articles in English...
More »Dalits not allowed to touch water, tankers servicing upper caste villages in UP's Bundelkhand
-IANS Water woes have been further compounded by the caste woes emerging in the times of water scarcity. In the parched badlands of Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand, wells and ponds have dried up, rivers have shrunk miserably. Water scarcity is a way of life in this region of Uttar Pradesh - made worse this year by lack of rainfall. Water woes have been further compounded by the caste woes emerging in the times of...
More »Caste Discrimination in UP's Bundelkhand is Worsening the Water Woes of Dalits
-TheWire.in/ Khabar Lahariya Dalit residents in the state's Chitrakoot region are being denied access to water sources by Upper Castes. It’s peak summer in Itwa gram panchayat in Chitrakoot in UP’s Bundelkhand. Most of the taps and hand pumps are running dry, like every year. This time around, tankers have been hired to deliver water. They pass by the Dalit basti where the Chamar community resides, and may even pause for a...
More »Why 116 Dalit farmers in Gujarat want police protection from upper caste 'encroachers' -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Dalit farmers in Gujarat allege that they are being prevented by Upper Castes from cultivating land given to them by the state government for farming. New Delhi: As many as 116 Dalit farmers from Gujarat approached Chief Minister Vijay Rupani this week for protection over an alleged threat to their life from upper-caste “encroachers”. The farmers, who belong to Rapar and Bhachau talukas of Kutch, allege that their upper-caste counterparts have, for...
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