Dalit Issues Bolder by the day G.T. SATISH in Hassan Chikkamagaluru The recent attack on Dalits by hoodlums in a Karnataka village, for allegedly killing a ...
Social issues ‘I don’t want to bow down to higher castes anymore’ KUNAL SHANKAR Interview with Radhika Vemula and Raja Vemula, Rohith Vemula’s mother and brother, on ...
Essay The ban on cow slaughter A.G. NOORANI The provision in the Constitution to ban cow slaughter, Article 48, was conceived in ...
Social issues In the name of tradition SATHISH G.T. in Hassan Discrimination against Dalits thrives in Karnataka as mainstream political parties ...
Highlights from the case THE hearing of the writ petition that Shakti Vahini filed in the Supreme Court has brought ...
Caste constituencies WHEN the Dalit youth V. Shankar was brutally murdered right in front of his hapless wife ...
Legal Issues Legal quest V. VENKATESAN A petition pending in the Supreme Court since 2010 seeking appropriate directions to ...
Honour killing In the name of honour ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN The brutal killing of a Dalit youth, who had married a caste Hindu girl, in Udumalpet ...
Honour killing Deceptive calm? VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN recently in western Uttar Pradesh There seem to be fewer honour killings than before in western Uttar Pradesh. But it is not ...
Crimes against S.Cs Victims of violence RAMESH CHAKRAPANI The spurt in crimes against Scheduled Castes in recent years underscores the need for ...
Development Road map for Kerala An initiative focussed on Kerala’s development experience exposes a worrying trend of ...
'Unpaid' labour In the master’s service Bitti Chakri, a retrograde practice of engaging Dalits for the household work of landlords ...
Haryana Burnt alive The events of October 20 at Sunped village in Faridabad district of Haryana where an ...
NALSA report A call for dignity The National Legal Services Authority recommends various steps to curb human trafficking ...
Labour Issues Storm in a tea garden R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Thiruvananthapuram A spontaneous agitation by a collective of women labourers has thrown Kerala’s plantation ...
Germany refuses to sign treaty GERMANY has refused to sign the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with India, citing ...
Human Rights Compensation for Bangladeshi girl’s family On the morning of January 7, 2011, a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Felani Khatun, and her ...
Caste violence Night of terror ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN In a Tamil Nadu village, Dalits flee certain death after a mob from the dominant caste ...
Controversy The Santhara debate The Rajasthan High Court’s judgment criminalising the practice of Santhara by followers of ...
‘Others’ and others THE “Others” column has long had a notorious history. In 2001, the District Crime Records ...
Social issues In cold blood ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN The uneasy calm in the western region of Tamil Nadu that followed the protests against ...
Public health Grim picture T.K. RAJALAKSHMI A survey conducted by the Women and Child Development Ministry and UNICEF in 28 States and ...
