1925
> ... the whole system of oppression and cruelty by which dominant castes seek to retain their ascendancy. When recently in Shanghai a British officer ordered a number of unarmed Chinese students to be shot in the back without warning, he was obviously actuated by terror just as much as a soldier who runs away in battle. But military aristocracies are not sufficiently intelligent to trace such actions to their psychological source; they regard them rather as showing firmness and a proper spirit.
https://russell-j.com/beginner/OE02-130.HTM
#WarCrimes #CasteViolence
#CasteViolence
Man acquitted in the Ariyalur rape and murder is preparing for a political career
Only one person was convicted in the Ariyalur case where a minor Dalit girl was raped and murdered. The News Minute met the family of the victim seeking justice and some of the men who have been let off.
#TamilNadu #ariyalur #AriyalurRape #dalits #paraiyars #vanniyars #rape #ViolenceAgainstChildren #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DMK #HinduMunnani #CasteViolence #caste #india
Dalit Labourer, Family Brutally Assaulted for Refusing Forced Labour in UP Village
The police have responded promptly by registering an FIR and arresting four individuals involved in the attack.
#UttarPradesh #gonda #dalits #CasteViolence #labour #RuralIndia #casteism #caste #india
Despite Untouchability, Contractual Service, Paltry Remuneration — Why Bihar’s Mehtars Scavenge Human Excreta for a Living
Despite financial constraints, the community has promising aspirational youth who are countering the notion that individuals from marginalized castes lack the desire for education.
#bihar #ManualScavenging #dalits #mehtars #untouchability #CasteViolence #labour #education #caste #india
10 Issues For Which The Government Did Not Provide Data In Parliament
Government frequently cites data unavailability in Parliament as the main reason for not providing data.
#UnionGovt #transparency #RTI #parliament #CovidMismanagenent #CovidDeathToll #MigrantWorkers #WomensRights #FarmersProtests #activism #PressFreedom #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #DetentionCentres #ForeignerTribunals #InterfaithMarriages #lynching #hindutva #AntiMuslimViolence #india
Marked by Insight and Foresight:
K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the State
The writings between the 1980 and 2003 of K. Balagopal, the scholar and democratic rights activist who died too early, emphasised caste’s role in fuelling fascism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #congress #fascism #reservations #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/marked-insight-and-foresight
The identity theft of Rohith Vemula’s Dalitness
The punitive logic of a casteist society that duly punished and expelled Rohith Vemula from his hostel and excommunicated him from the university while he was alive, has not spared him in his death, writes Ankit Kawade.
#RohithVemula #RadhikaVemula #CasteViolence #dalits #DalitIdentity #RSS #BJP #ABVP #casteism #HCU #hyderabad #telangana #india
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/the-identity-theft-of-rohith-vemulas-dalitness
Rohith Vemula suicide: Telangana DGP decides to conduct further investigation into case
The press note, issued today, Friday, May 3, also clarified that the final closure report was official filed in the jurisdictional court on March 21, 2024 by the Investigation Officer.
#telangana #RohithVemulaCase #RohithVemula #CasteViolence #SCSTAct #dalits #UniversityOfHyderabad #TelanganaPolice #BandaruDattatreya #NRamachanderRao #AppaRao #SmritiIrani #BJP #india
‘State-sanctioned casteism’: Madras HC on continuation of manual scavenging
The court, in an important move, widened the definition of the word ‘sewer’ under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, to include storm water drains.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #casteism #SKA #india
Telangana police closes Rohith Vemula file, absolves former V-C and BJP leaders
The closure report in the case that was filed under SC/ST (PoA) Act alleges that Rohith was not a Dalit and claims that he died because he was afraid that this would be discovered.
#telangana #RohithVemulaCase #RohithVemula #CasteViolence #SCSTAct #dalits #UniversityOfHyderabad #TelanganaPolice #BandaruDattatreya #NRamachanderRao #AppaRao #SmritiIrani #BJP #congress #india
Review: No Nation for Women: Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy by Priyanka Dubey
This detailed and hard-hitting account of crime against women mostly from lower socio-economic classes and castes residing in rural and suburban India makes us think out of the bubble of our urban imaginations, writes Srilagna Majumdar.
#BookReview #PriyankaDubey #rape #caste #class #ViolenceAgainstWomen #CasteViolence #WomensRights #journalism #HumanRights #india
Sewer line tragedy snuffs out lives of father-son duo in Lucknow, probe ordered
Following Wednesday’s incident, urban development minister AK Sharma ordered the suspension of a junior engineer and an assistant engineer for negligence. Last week, an eight-year-old boy died after falling into an open manhole in the state capital.
#UttarPradesh #lucknow #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #caste #india
An inter-caste marriage, a murder & a ‘suicide note’ — how couple’s tragic end unsettled Pallikaranai
Sharmila’s husband Praveen was killed on 24 Feb. Two months later, she attempted suicide & left behind a note blaming her parents and brothers for her husband’s killing.
#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #suicide #dalits #vanniyars #InterCasteMarriage #CasteViolence #india
Chennai caste killing: After husband’s murder, wife dies by suicide
22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.
#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #dalits #paraiyars #yadavas #CasteViolence #suicide #caste #casteism #india
With no progress in case after over a year, Vengaivayal Dalit residents say they will boycott election
The 30 Dalit families of the village in Pudukottai district said no one has been arrested in the case of human faeces being put into an overhead water tank here; they also said they were living under constant police scrutiny in an ‘open prison’.
#TamilNadu #pudukottai #vengaivayal #dalits #water #CBCID #TNPolice #CasteViolence #caste #DMK #elections2024 #india
TN: Caste violence makes this village’s Dalit residents demand separate polling booth
On April 8, 2023, three Dalit residents were allegedly attacked by Vanniyars, a dominant caste group, after the trio tried to enter the Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple in Melpathi of Villupuram.
#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #vanniyars #CasteViolence #TempleEntry #untouchability #caste #casteism #elections2024 #india
An Anthology of Anti-Caste Essays and the Question of Who Gets to Kill Whom
'Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics' by Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan is an anthology of their political and theoretical writings, skilfully edited and presented by philosopher of science Maël Montévil. J. Reghu writes.
#caste #books #dalits #DivyaDwivedi #ShajMohan #MaelMontevil #CasteDiscrimination #CasteViolence #bookstodon #india
https://thewire.in/books/an-anthology-of-anti-caste-essays-and-the-question-of-who-gets-to-kill-whom
Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’
Praveen was murdered by his brother-in-law and four other men.
#TamilNadu #chennai #HonourKilling #IntercasteMarriage #IntercasteLove #CasteViolence #paraiyars #dalits #yadavas #OBCs #caste #casteism #india
Hyderabad: HMDA official seeks action against Bajrang Dal members for attack on church
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority official filed a complaint on February 14, a day after the Dalit Christian church was attacked by a mob of 200 Bajrang Dal members from various dominant castes.
#telangana #hyderabad #CommunalViolence #BajrangDal #HMDA #CasteViolence #casteism #IndianChristians #VHP #HinduMobs #caste #dalits #DalitChristians #india
Review: K. Balagopal’s 'Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State'
Incisive essays on caste, communalism and rise of state authoritarianism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #fascism #reservations #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
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