Citizens for Justice and Peace
Fresh protests in Hyd, Delhi and Chennai over dalit scholar suicide
28-Jan-2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016 HYDERABAD/ NEW DELHI: Fresh protests by students broke out on Wednesday in Hyderabad, Delhi and Chennai over the alleged “delay in justice” to the Hyderabad university dalit scholar who committed suicide, as they remained unrelenting in the demand for resignations of Union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya. Lending further support…
The importance of being Rohith Vemula
27-Jan-2016
Valson Thampu, Jan 27, 2016: There is something worse than nudging a young man of promise towards suicide. It is the depravity of fudging its meaning, the mockery of casting the dead into a coffin of falsehood. So, Rohith Vemula is reconfigured as a victim of clinical depression. Depression is not such a bad thing.…
Dalit teachers want VC sacked to resume classes
27-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 27, 2016, DHNS: SC/ST Teachers Forum at University of Hyderabad has said their members would launch a hunger strike from Thursday demanding justice for Dalit scholar Vemula Rohit, dashing hopes of resuming classes early. “We demand the resignation of Vice Chancellor P Apparao and the interim VC Prof Vipin Srivastava to resume academic…
Problem with campus politics
26-Jan-2016
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | Meera Ramachandran | in Oped Rohith Vemula’s suicide should compel us to debate if universities and colleges should allow students to group themselves under labels that reflect political affiliations or caste, religious and community identities While there have been many suspensions, many suicides, irrespective of class and caste by students…
Dalit scholar suicide: More than 10 booked for rioting at rally
26-Jan-2016
• 26 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HT Correspondent htmetro@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Charges- of atrocity and rioting have been invoked by the Dharavi police against those allegedly involved in disrupting a rally organised on Sunday to condemn the death of Dalit PhD scholar Rohith Vemula. The complainant Ramesh Jaiswar, 38, alleged t he accused…
Day after clash, protesters and RSS activists file counter complaints at Dharavi police station
26-Jan-2016
According to the students, the police was initially reluctant to file a case. By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:January 26, 2016 1:01 am An FIR has been registered against at least a dozen people, allegedly belonging to a Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) shakha in Dharavi, under sections of atrocities Act after they clashed…
Dalit sarpanch seeks police protection for flag hoisting
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Dalit sarpanch seeks police protection for flag hoisting Ashish Chauhan Ahmedabad:Even as the country celebrates the spirit of equality and fraternity on Republic Day on Tuesday , Chandu Makwana, a Dalit sarpanch of Nortol village in Mehsana faces threat to his life if he attempts to…
Dalit sarpanch faces social boycott in village
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The dalit sarpanch of Nortol village in Kheralu taluka of Mehsana district, has allegedly been facing a social boycott by villagers after he refused to withdraw cases against members of the Thakor community , against whom he had lodged FIRs for attacking…
Dalit scholar death: ‘Chalo HCU’ protest today
25-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 25, 2016, (PTI) An indefinite fast launched by a fresh batch seven students over suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula continued in the Hyderabad Central University here for the second day even as agitators called for a ‘Chalo HCU’ protest march to press their demands. The stir resumed yesterday after the previous…
More to Rohith Vemula’s suicide note
25-Jan-2016
Suresh Krishnamoorthy HYDERABAD, January 25, 2016 If the suicide note was considered important, portions of the scratched-out content appear to be of more importance now. Rohith Vemula, who took the extreme step, probably got disillusioned, if one were to go by the words he had scratched out. “The Ambedkar Students Association, the Students Federation of…