Eramangalathu Chitralekha On May 18th, 2013, Chitralekha (the dalit woman autorickshaw driver from Payannur, Kerala, who has been fighting CITU/CPM men and who has faced …
The Criminalization of SC/ST/OBC students in EFLU
Forum against Caste Discrimination in Education A petition shall be sent to the Vice Chancellor, EFLU, protesting the way in which the administration filed cases …
Land is not ancestral property, it has to change hands: Sivakami
P. Sivakami, a role model for young dalit adivasi and bahujan women, spent two days at the National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress interacting with students and …
Locating P K Rosy: Can A Dalit Woman Play a Nair Role in Malayalam Cinema Today?
Jenny Rowena I think this Rosy Memorial Lecture is a historically significant move for two important reasons. First of all it gives us a chance …
Proscribed life
Challapalli Swarooparani Branded untouchable Even as a foetus in the womb, I was born bearing the stamp of castelessness; Identified as a whore on the …
Passing the Chains
Cynthia Stephen The breeze blew gently across the dusty field. The knot of people standing to a side spoke to each other in low voices. …
An unsung Nirbhaya in Kandhamal
Asha Kowtal She was young and carefree, exploring life and trying to live it to the fullest. As a young girl she wanted to look …
Dalit Mahila Garima Yatra
All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch The violent nexus of caste and patriarchy has once again raised its hood in the form of increasing sexual violence …
Dalit women activists on Haryana
Compiled by Minakshee Rode This article highlights the viewpoints of dalit activists who are on the ground meeting rape survivors and their families in Haryana. This …
Casteless Academe, Name-calling Dalits? Part 2
Anu Ramdas ‘But you came with a mind as large as the sky to my pocket size house I thought you had ripped out all …