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Unequal Land Ownership At Root Of Caste Violence, Says Dalit Writer Sujatha Gidla
Mumbai: Education alone will not lift millions of lower-caste Indians out of poverty and oppression as long as land in the country is in the hands of a powerful few, according to a Dalit writer whose memoir chronicles her family’s struggles against caste. Caste-based discrimination was banned in India in 1955, but centuries-old biases persist, ...
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Dalit Writer Amrutlal Makwana Returns Award After Una Incident
As a mark of protest against the thrashing of Dalit youths at Una, Dalit writer Amrutlal Makwana on Wednesday returned an award given by the Gujarat government.
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Dalit Writer Assaulted in Karnataka for 'Anti-Hindu' Writings
Even as nationwide protests by writers over "rising intolerance" continue, a young Dalit activist and writer was allegedly attacked by unidentified men for his "anti-Hindu" writings at Davangere in central Karnataka.
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Delhi: A rickshaw puller's journey from prison to books
He was a rickshaw puller and she was a celebrity author. There was no way Manoranjan Byapari would have met Mahasweta Devi. But destiny willed otherwise.
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Unequal Land Ownership At Root Of Caste Violence, Says Dalit Writer Sujatha Gidla
Mumbai: Education alone will not lift millions of lower-caste Indians out of poverty and oppression as long as land in the country is in the hands of a powerful few, according to a Dalit writer whose memoir chronicles her family’s struggles against caste. Caste-based discrimination was banned in India in 1955, but centuries-old biases persist, ...
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Dalit Writer Amrutlal Makwana Returns Award After Una Incident
As a mark of protest against the thrashing of Dalit youths at Una, Dalit writer Amrutlal Makwana on Wednesday returned an award given by the Gujarat government.
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Dalit Writer Assaulted in Karnataka for 'Anti-Hindu' Writings
Even as nationwide protests by writers over "rising intolerance" continue, a young Dalit activist and writer was allegedly attacked by unidentified men for his "anti-Hindu" writings at Davangere in central Karnataka.
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Delhi: A rickshaw puller's journey from prison to books
He was a rickshaw puller and she was a celebrity author. There was no way Manoranjan Byapari would have met Mahasweta Devi. But destiny willed otherwise.
