Media Watch: Dalit News

Missing JNU girl pride of Bihar’s Dalit village – The Times Of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Missing-JNU-girl-pride-of-Bihars-Dalit-village/articleshow/51074391.cms Rohith Suicide: MHRD Panel’s Clean Chit to Dattatreya – The Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Rohith-Suicide-MHRD-Panels-Clean-Chit-to-Dattatreya/2016/02/21/article3288714.ece Students Propose ‘Rohith Act’ to Stop Discrimination – The Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Students-Propose-Rohith-Act-to-Stop-Discrimination/2016/02/21/article3288712.ece Dalit students who heckled Narendra Modi are now ‘lead protest speakers’ – The Indian Express http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/dalit-students-who-heckled-narendra-modi-are-now-lead-protest-speakers/ Govt begins reservation of projects for SC/ST contractors – Deccan Herald … Continue reading Media Watch: Dalit News

Answer my questions on Rohith, says Sanjiv Bhatt to PM Modi

      Will Modi Kaka or Smriti Kaki answer these questions? The Nation wants to know their ‘Man Ki Baat’. 1. If the persecution and subsequent suicide of Rohit is not a Dalit Discrimination issue, what is it? A simple law and order problem? Is that how the government is looking at it? 2. If it was a simple law and order issue, then … Continue reading Answer my questions on Rohith, says Sanjiv Bhatt to PM Modi

बीजेपी-RSS को सामने ओवैसी चाहिए, सामने कोई रोहित आया, तो उसे तबाह कर देंगे – Dilip Mandal

बीजेपी-RSS को सामने ओवैसी चाहिए, सामने कोई रोहित आया, तो उसे तबाह कर देंगे.   हैदराबाद – सिकंदराबाद की राजनीति लंबे समय से हिंदू बनाम मुस्लिम के द्वेत यानी binary में फंसी थी. एक तरफ ओवैसी परिवार तो दूसरी तरफ बीजेपी, आरएसएस. हैदराबाद यूनिवर्सिटी शहर के अंदर होते हुए भी इस द्वेत से अलग चल पड़ी. आंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन ने बाकी लोकतांत्रिक ताकतों के साथ … Continue reading बीजेपी-RSS को सामने ओवैसी चाहिए, सामने कोई रोहित आया, तो उसे तबाह कर देंगे – Dilip Mandal

This one is for Teesta – Salil Tripathi

#BraveTeesta This one is for Teesta – and other stubborn souls trying to keep India the way it was meant to be: First they went after Sanjiv Bhatt But I said nothing because I wasn’t a cop. Then the witnesses in Asaram’s case started dropping dead But I said nothing because I wasn’t a fan of any guru-buru. Then the witnesses of Vyapam case started … Continue reading This one is for Teesta – Salil Tripathi

IIT Bombay forms Ambedkar-Periyar-Phule Study Circle

Protests against the decision of IIT Madras administration to ban the Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) spread to Mumbaion Monday with over a hundred students from different institutions staging a rally at the Dadar station here. “We see nothing wrong with what APSC has done. It is not a new group. We condemn the decision to ban it. Even if you think they did something wrong, … Continue reading IIT Bombay forms Ambedkar-Periyar-Phule Study Circle

SOME ASPECTS OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE OUR HISTORIANS HAVE NEVER TOLD US – Irfan Engineer

It was Emperor Aurangzeb who first asked the East India Company to quit India in 1686 Surat! The first war against the British was fought almost 200 years before independence The Battle of Plassey, wherein Nawab Sirajuddawla of Bengal was treacherously defeated by the British in 1757! The first signs of victory against the British were seen in Mysore where Nawab Hyder Ali first waged … Continue reading SOME ASPECTS OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE OUR HISTORIANS HAVE NEVER TOLD US – Irfan Engineer