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July 27, 2009
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 OPINION
NEELABH MISHRA
The Ulcer We Love To Hide
Oppression of Dalits is a disease our republic prefers to deny
Magazine | Jun 22, 2009
 TRIBUTE
LAHORI RAM
A Distant Source Of Light
An Indian-American Dalit who gave voice to the oppressed in the diaspora
RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU
Magazine | Feb 09, 2009
MAHARASHTRA: DALIT PROTESTS
Beat The Drum
Atrocities, an indifferent state, Dalit rage. Little has changed.
SMRUTI KOPPIKAR
Magazine | Dec 18, 2006
OPINION
SMRUTI KOPPIKAR
Dalit Rage
Condemn the violence by all means but not before you ask what escalated it to such a scale. Once the fire was lit, many joined in for their own grab — Dalit politicians, Naxal fringe groups, sections of the underworld that have a strong Dalit presence, opportunistic political parties... Updates
Web | Dec 05, 2006
REVIEW
Prisoners Of Their Inheritance
No rage, no bullying tone here. Instead this iconoclast explores the pathological reasons for Dalit phobia.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Dalit Phobia: Why Do They Hate Us? by Chandrabhan Prasad
Magazine | Jun 26, 2006
EXCLUSIVE
'Abolish Caste'
Article 7 — and quotas —have not worked, says Suraj Bhan. The solution: kill the law.
ANURADHA RAMAN
Magazine | Oct 31, 2005
PUNJAB
Up The Ante
The Dalits are fighting for power — and getting it too Updates
CHANDER SUTA DOGRA
Magazine | Sep 19, 2005
CASTE VIOLENCE
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS
The Shame Of Haryana
After the inhuman barbarity of Jhajjar, yet another case of 'caste-violence' in the name of 'teaching them a lesson' shakes the conscience of the nation in Gohana where 55 to 60 Dalit houses were burnt down by a mob. Updates
Web | Sep 05, 2005
SPOTLIGHT
On Bloody Pavilions
Dalit youths in this UP village win a game of cricket but lose lives in the caste war
ANUPREETA DAS
Magazine | Feb 23, 2004
OPINION
GAIL OMVEDT
Mythologies Of Merit
Terms like 'merit' are insulting - and erroneous. They allow the reality of ongoing processes of exclusion and discrimination in the society based on social identity to be shoved aside, ignored.
Web | Aug 29, 2003
CONTENTION
G. SUJATHA
Minority Complex
We have just achieved what was all along thought a social impossibility - both Dalits and Brahmins belong to 'minority' groups who need to be provided with 'reservations' for their upliftment in Indian society.
Web | Aug 06, 2003
 DALITS
S. ANAND
Caste On The Couch
'Caste and Discourses of the Mind' -- dalits, brahmins, non-brahmins, Americans, Europeans and a Japanese grappled with the issues at a seminar. A report.
Web | Jun 11, 2003
GUJARAT
The Wheel's Turning
Dalits who bloodied their hands for Hindutva last year are turning to the Buddha
DARSHAN DESAI
Magazine | Jun 16, 2003
RAJASTHAN
Upper Berth Cramps
Boxed in from all sides, local Brahmins turn militant. They want in on the reservation pie.
BHAVDEEP KANG
Magazine | Feb 03, 2003
COVER STORY
Choosing Their Religion
Rebelling against their baggage of birth, Dalits across India are converting from Hinduism to better their lives. Do they achieve their dreams? The answer is not simple.
SOMA WADHWA
Magazine | Nov 18, 2002
How Do You Convert To Hinduism?
You can't apparently, you can only revert to the religion
Magazine | Nov 18, 2002
COVER STORY
Faith-Change Surgery
Conversions come in handy since the neo-convert is a committed activist too. More Coverage
RANJIT BHUSHAN
Magazine | Nov 18, 2002
 INTERVIEW
UDIT RAJ
"Dalits Are Treated Worse Than Animals, Dogs, Snakes"
DAVINDER KUMAR
Magazine | Nov 18, 2002
PERSPECTIVE
S. ANAND
'Holy' Cow And 'Unholy' Dalit
The bovine becomes divine, the cow becomes 'mother', the untouchables get dehumanised. .
Web | Nov 06, 2002
SOCIETY
The Leap Of Faith
The Jhajjar lynchings set off aftershocks in the form of a spate of political conversions More Coverage
RANJIT BHUSHAN
Magazine | Nov 11, 2002
 JHAJJAR LYNCHINGS
MAHESH BHATT
Rage Is The Answer
This is a brutal world, it only responds to strength. Not in "Love thy neighbour as thyself", but in the terror that if you try to kill your neighbour you will also be destroyed along with him, lies the future of mankind. More Coverage
Web | Oct 31, 2002
 OPINION
SWAMI AGNIVESH
Reforming Hinduism From Within
It is a great pity that the radical spiritual legacy that Swami Dayanand enunciated as the Arya Samaj movement more than a century ago could not be nurtured into a source of empowerment for the Dalits.
Web | Oct 30, 2002
OPINION
UDIT RAJ
Why I Decided To Convert The Dalits Of Jhajjar
If you had visited Badshahpur, Akhlimpur, or Tikli with me and seen what I saw, you would have decided right then and there to give a call to all the Dalits of the area to convert to Buddhism, Christianity or Islam. Anything but Hinduism. More Coverage
Web | Oct 30, 2002
OPINION
UDIT RAJ
Road To Conversion: The Chakwada Detour
Hindutva organisations are outraged over conversions, and their outrage prevents them from entering into negotiations with Muslim and Christian leaders. But have they ever bothered to understand the plight of Dalits?
Web | Oct 30, 2002
CONVERSIONS
A New Saddam Hussein
The macabre and outrageous Jhajjar killings rekindle the conversions debate with an exodus of over a hundred Hindus to other religions. More Coverage
Web | Oct 28, 2002
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