Tag: Dalit Women
Dalit Women (A documentary)
The Bhagana Power Games – Neha Dixit
The gangrape of the four Dalit girls in Bhagana is a brazen cocktail of caste, crime and feudal mindsets. On April 17, the day India was polling at 121 constituencies in the fifth phase of the ongoing General Elections, four girls and 100 families from their community parked themselves in protest in central Delhi. These four girls were gang raped on March 24, this year … Continue reading The Bhagana Power Games – Neha Dixit
Sharmila Rege (1964 – 2013): A tribute
Sharmila Rege, an extremely popular teacher and warm fellow traveler in the women’s studies movement, will always be with us through her writings on caste, gender and feminism and compassion she has shown for activists and researchers By Vibhuti Patel I was shocked and saddened to learn about the untimely death of Sharmila rege, on 13 July, 2013, due to cancer of colon, at the … Continue reading Sharmila Rege (1964 – 2013): A tribute