Summary: Mob protests desecration of backward class leader’s portrait; National Commission for Minorities favours Scheduled Caste status to dalits among Muslims and Christians; two held for rape of Dalit woman in UP; MP ranks second in atrocities on Dalits, says Meira Kumar; Dalit set afire in UP; a feature article on the paintings of Savi Savarkar, which reflect the anti women and anti dalit strain of Indian society; a report on the UK-funded PACS program in Bihar for Dalits; a feature on the trauma faced by Dalits in obtaining properties on let

Stone-pelting mob lathicharged
Hindu – Chennai,India
They also performed milk ‘abhishekam’ and poojas to the portrait and demanded action against Viduthalai Siruthaigal (a Dalit party) activists whom they …

NCM seeks SC status for Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians
Hindu – Chennai,India
There can be no doubt whatsoever that Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians are socially known and treated as distinct groups within their own religious …

MP ranks second in atrocities on Dalit: Meira Kumar
Zee News – Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Morena, May 06: Madhya Pradesh ranked second in the country on the issue of committing atrocities on Dalits, Union Minister for Social Justice and …

2 youths held for rape of Dalit woman
Hindu – Chennai,India
… station in Uttar Pradesh has been placed under suspension for his failure to prevent the rape of a Dalit woman by three youths late on Sunday night. …

A Dalit student in Delhi? Hide your surname
Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
New Delhi, May 5: Kanaklata had been fighting to keep her Dalit identity in the dark since moving to the capital eight years ago. …

Dalit leaders train their guns on Raj Thackeray
Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India
Noted Dalit writer Arjun Dangle opined that such an attempt by Thackeray may distort Babasaheb’s perspective. “Selective quotes often can distort the …

Inside a PACS nursery for NGOs
Business Standard – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Jo dalit hit ki baat karega, wahi panchayat me raj karega (Those who will work for the interest of Dalits, will rule in the panchayat). …

Art as medium of protest against powerful Brahmanical values
MyNews.in – Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India
Let us celebrate Dalit vision as a vison of freedom and equality. Every time Savi Savarkar (pictured in thumb) wanted to exhibit his paintings at the …

Dalit set afire, battles for life in hospital
Hindu – Chennai,India
Etawah (UP) (PTI): Two youths in an inebriated condition thrashed a Dalit and then set him afire in a village here on Sunday night, the police said. …