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Azad Singh and Lakshmi, parents of Satish Berwal. The family has been given police protection.

Khap terror

Haryana's caste panchayats continue to punish couples, practically unchecked, for breaking "brotherhood norms". (Published in the issue dated March 26
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI,in Rohtak
Sonipat: Buses set on fire as the Jat agitation for reservation intensifies in Sonipat on Saturday. PTI Photo(PTI2_20_2016_000234B) *** Local Caption *** 20snp3 photo file from rajesh sood sonipat with caption

Caste calculations

The Jat agitation blows up in the Haryana government’s face, bringing the issue of reservation back into focus and widening the divide between variou
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak
Rohtak: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing an election rally in favour of BJP candidates in Rohtak, Haryana on Wednesday. PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla (PTI10_8_2014_000035A)

Surprises in store

In Haryana, the electorate is reluctant to re-elect the Congress, and the Modi wave of the Lok Sabha elections has disappeared. This situation may thr
T. K. Rajalakshmi in RohtakJind

In the name of honour, again

In a Haryana village, intolerant parents murder their daughter and behead the boy she eloped with for violating the gotra norm.
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak

Violence & resistance

Atrocities on Dalits continue in Haryana, perpetuating a pattern of violent reprisals over small disputes. One gory instance is the recent murder of t
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak

Caste terror

At a public hearing in Haryana, participants narrate incidents in which caste panchayats played a serious role in making life difficult for Dalits and
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak

Oppressed and marginalised

in Rohtak and Jhajjar
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak and Jhajjar

Challenges before Chautala

in Rohtak
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak

Unorganised, exploited

Haryana's brick-kilns provide seasonal employment to migrant workers at less-than-minimum wages, and their condition is what awaits the growing number
T.K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak

Dalit anger in Haryana

Spontaneous expressions of Dalit assertion are reported from across Haryana following the State administration's silence over the issue of the missing
T. K. RAJALAKSHMI in Rohtak
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