Citizens for Justice and Peace
Kaulale: All is not idyllic in this picture perfect village Villagers migrate in droves to escape unemployment, caste conflict and water scarcity
21-May-2021
Nestled in the heavily forested Jawhar taluka of Palghar district, lies a sleepy little village called Kaulale. While it is breathtakingly beautiful and looks like it was plucked out of the pages of a children’s storybook, the village is struggling. There is widespread unemployment, water scarcity and caste conflict. “Everyone thinks that education will change…
To Be or Not to Be The Identity Crisis of the Non-Savarna Indian
16-Oct-2019
While for the Savarna Indian, to be without identity is an assertion of equality, for the vast numbers of Non-Savarnas, it is in the head-count that the quantum of caste privilege starkly stands out. The Good Since its inception, on paper at least, India’s Constitutional foundations declare its push to become a casteless society. The…
नीला रंग चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद से एक मुलाक़ात, विमल जी के शब्दों में
04-Oct-2018
विमल जी, जो जन आंदोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय के राष्ट्रीय समन्वयक हैं, ने हाल ही में रिहा हुए चंद्रशेखर से मुलाक़ात की. यहाँ पढ़िए उनका दिल को छू लेने वाला ब्यौरा| अचानक 13 -14 सितंबर की रात को 2:30 बजे सहारनपुर जेल से चंद्रशेखर को रिहा कर दिया गया। भीम आर्मी का युवा कोई बहुत लंबी-चौड़ी…
Dalit Women, Justice, Rights: Finding a Voice An Excerpt from a lecture by Dr. Ruth Manorama
27-Nov-2017
“My final words of advice to you are Educate, Agitate and Organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can loose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in…
‘Lower’ Castes Original Producers of Knowledge, ‘Upper’ Castes Simply Accumulated Wealth: Kancha Ilaiah
01-Nov-2017
Author, political theorist and Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd was recently placed under house arrest in Hyderabad and prevented from attending a rally in Vijaywada. The scholar who is also Director for the Center for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University was receiving death threats…
Video of Dalit family allegedly stripped by police creates storm on social media
09-Oct-2015
Dadri, October 9, 2015 A video of a Dalit man and his wife allegedly stripped by the police in Greater Noida in Gautam Buddh Nagar has created a storm on social media. The authorities are yet to act on it. Sunil Gautam and his wife were reportedly stripped naked publicly by the local police after…
Khap diktat: SP summoned for failure to protect Dalits
16-Sep-2015
Wednesday, 16 September 2015 | PNS | New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned two officials of the Uttar Pradesh Police, including the Superintendent of Police, Baghpat for their failure to protect a Dalit family facing an unholy diktat by a local khap Panchayat pronouncing rape on their two daughters. The order was passed…
Govts to Check Dropout of Girls, Dalits in Schools
08-Sep-2015
Sep 08 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Guided by Sangh fountainhead RSS, BJP-ruled states are set to borrow ideas from each other on how to spread their ideology and deal with challenges in the field of education and culture, including reducing the dropout rate of girls, Dalits and adivasis; creating greater gender sensitivity through…
Dalits fume over fine on their women for entering temple in Karnataka
07-Sep-2015
Sathish G. T. Sigaranahalli (Hassan), September 7, 2015 The Scheduled Castes community at Sigaranahalli in Holenarsipur taluk is furious after the ‘upper caste’ people of the village imposed a penalty on four Dalit women for entering a temple. The women have refused to pay the penalty arguing that they too have rights to enter the…
Fair probe assured into Dalit youth’s death
03-Sep-2015
BARABANKI, September 3, 2015 The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman P. L. Punia on Wednesday assured that it would conduct an inquiry into the death of a Dalit youth in police custody in Dewa Kotwali area. “The commission is in the know of the incident. It will conduct an impartial inquiry, fix charges…