Hundreds of Dalit men in Gujarat are protesting against attacks on Dalits in a unique way: By changing their WhatsApp display photos to the picture of a big moustache with ‘Mr Dalit’ written below it, according to NDTVreport. The report adds that the Dalit youths have started a social media campaign by posting pictures on Twitter that show them twirling their …

On August 4, they are planning to take a supda and a blank certificate to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. They will ask him to write the name of the village that he declared ‘untouchability free’ on the certificate. The victims of the Una flogging submitted a memorandum to sub-divisional magistrate of Una on Tuesday, demanding justice for them and the …

The 17-year-old is a cousin of one of two Dalit men who were beaten up in the village last week for wearing a moustache. The attackers were allegedly Rajput men who said Dalits cannot sport moustaches. GANDHINAGAR: Digant Maheria, 17, was walking back from school in Gujarat’s Limbodara village on Tuesday when two unidentified men drove up on a motorcycle …

Recently, two Dalit men were thrashed allegedly by members of the Rajput community for “sporting a moustache”. AHMEDABAD: Two Dalit men of a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat were allegedly thrashed by members of Rajput community for “sporting a moustache” in two separate incidents, the police said on Sunday. The incidents occurred on September 25 and September 29 at Limbodara …

“At times we get justice when we complain, but on most days discrimination is a way of life for us.” Ahmedabad: It was a normal day at work for Sunil Jadav, a part-time lecturer in a college in Kalavad in Jamnagar, until he heard a colleague talking about him to his student. “Why are taking advice from him? Don’t listen to …

BANASKANTHA, GUJARAT:  A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said. According to the family, a group of men from the upper caste Thakore community came to her house in the Mota Karga village about 180 km from Ahmedabad demanding that …

15 Dalits murdered in the State last month, says activist Wiping her tears and speaking in a feeble tone holding a mike, M. Arulmozhi narrated the dastardly manner in which her Dalit husband Muthazhagu was hacked to death near their house in Madurai district allegedly by caste Hindus in late June. The frail woman could not control her emotions while …

Kin of 35-year-old Muthalagan, a dalit activist from Madurai, believe he could have escaped the sickle, had he not nurtured the dream of becoming an MLA someday — a goal which had him take the liquor mafia of his village head on, but ended prematurely on June 28 this year when he was hacked to death. Muthalagan may have been …

The BJP’s 2014 poll campaign, built on the vikas theorem and subtly underlaid by Hindutva, sold well. After that, things began changing, fast. The saffron fabric was fully and openly in fashion, with all kinds of Hindutva groups flaunting their newly acquired power in streets and parks.  Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) leader Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday may or may …

Scholar speaks about persisting discrimination against Dalits, tells The Indian Express why he accepted Amdedkar Award with a ‘heavy heart’. The Ambedkar Award was instituted in 1991 by the Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This year the awards for 2011, 2012 and 2014 were given together. Former chairman of the UGC and the ICSSR, Prof Sukhdeo Thorat, …