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Tamil Nadu: 60 Dalits End Pre-Independence Era Practice, Walk Street Wearing Slippers

The community members walked the ‘Kambala Naicken Street’ in Rajavur village of Tiruppur district donning footwear for the first time in living memory, breaking an unwritten discriminatory practice imposed by upper castes.

#TamilNadu #tiruppur #CasteViolence #dalits #arunthathiyars #HumanRights #casteism #caste #india

https://thewire.in/caste/tamil-nadu-60-dalits-end-pre-independence-era-practice-walk-street-wearing-slippers

The plight of Tamil Dalits in Sri Lanka has never been addressed: Writer N Sarawanan

Award-winning writer N Sarawanan explains why it is important to mark the 200th anniversary of the migration of Tamils to Sri Lanka.

#SriLanka #SriLankanTamils #NSarawanan #dalits #arunthathiyars #caste #CasteDiscrimination #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/the-plight-of-tamil-dalits-in-sri-lanka-has-never-been-addressed-writer-n-sarawanan

Not just Dalit residents, their homes too can’t face upper castes in this Tamil Nadu village

An unwritten caste order has barred members of a Scheduled Caste community (Arunthathiyars) for the past 40 years from building houses with entrances facing the homes of dominant castes (Naickers).

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/oct/04/not-just-dalit-residents-their-homes-too-cant-faceupper-castes-in-this-tamil-nadu-village-2620618.html

#TamilNadu #thoothukudi #dalits #arunthathiyars #dalits #naickers #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #RuralIndia #india

Tamil Nadu: Sanitary staff attempts suicide after panchayat president hurls caste slur

Sources said Karupasamy and his wife Muniammal belong to the Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyar), and are among 27 sanitary contract workers deployed by the Green Trust for Pudur Town panchayat.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/sep/24/tamil-nadu-sanitary-staff-attempts-suicide-after-panchayat-president-hurls-caste-slur-2617729.html

#TamilNadu #thoothukudi #HateCrime #HateSpeech #dalits #arunthathiyars #CasteViolence #casteism #panchayats #RuralIndia #india

Tamil Nadu students refuse to eat breakfast prepared by Dalit cook, District Collector intervenes

Karur district collector Prabhushankar visited the Panchayat Union Primary School and warned the parents for practicing caste discrimination.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-nadu-students-refuse-eat-breakfast-prepared-dalit-cook-district-collector-intervenes

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