#casteviolence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #casteviolence, aggregated by home.social.
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55 years on, scars of the gruesome Keezhvenmani massacre run deep
In the village, then located in the composite Thanjavur district, agricultural labourers, including children, were locked in a hut and burnt alive on the night of December 25, 1968, by landlords for rallying under the red flag and demanding a hike in wages.
#TamilNadu #KeezhvenmaniMassacre #thanjavur #CasteViolence #dalits #labour #history #histodon #india
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Dalit youth in TN’s Tiruppur abducted, beaten up for ‘disrespecting’ caste Hindu man
Pratap, the Dalit youth, who was assaulted by caste Hindu men, said he has been receiving threatening calls on his mobile ever since he filed a police complaint against his attackers.
#TamilNadu #tiruppur #dalits #gounders #CasteViolence #casteism #caste #india
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Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the cinema of caste in Tamil Nadu
A new generation of Tamil filmmakers are confronting the caste-glorification films of the past – but controversy is often quick to follow, and Tamil cinema’s history with caste is more complex than many recognise. Karthik Ram Manoharan writes.
#TamilNadu #cinema #MariSelvaraj #maamannan #caste #dalits #PaRanjith #vetrimaaran #TJGnanavel #ThevarMagan #KamalHaasan #CasteViolence #casteism #DravidianPolitics #TamilCinema #shankar #ManiRatnam #kollywood #history #AntiCasteCinema #LongRead #india
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Why Tamil online caste groups are celebrating Fahadh’s character from Maamannan
An ironic compilation of edits of the terrifying Rathnavel from Maamannan (played by Fahadh Faasil) have now become a symbol of caste pride for online caste groups, especially among the Gounders and Thevars (dominant caste groups in Tamil Nadu).
#TamilNadu #cinema #CastePride #gounders #thevars #casteism #maamannan #CasteDiscrimination #caste #dalits #CasteViolence #HonourKilling #MariSelvaraj #FahadhFaasil #TamilCinema #kollywood #india
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Dalit girl gangraped in front of boyfriend in Jodhpur, three arrested
The police claimed that accused persons were campaigning for a ABVP candidate in a local university.
#rajasthan #jodhpur #GangRape #rape #dalits #POCSO #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ABVP #RSS #hindutva #CasteViolence #caste #india
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Online caste pride pages in Tamil Nadu and the influence they exert in real life
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, are home to multiple pages that profess caste pride. While most of these have thousands of followers, how much influence do they exert in real life?
#TamilNadu #casteism #SocialMedia #facebook #meta #instagram #twitter #caste #CastePride #HonourKilling #CasteViolence #gounders #thevars #dalits #DalitChristians #HumanRights #india
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A Dalit Minor Was Gang Raped Twice, UP Police Ignored The First Time
A Dalit minor from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped by the same men twice in 44 days, and a year later, the rapists set fire to her house in Laad Kheda village, causing burn injuries to her infant son born out of the rape. An examination of the case showed the UP police ignored vital evidence and registered an FIR for the first rape more than a year later, only after the minor went to the POCSO court in Unnao.
#UttarPradesh #LaadKheda #gangrape #dalits #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #CasteViolence #POCSO #UPPolice #unnao #india
TW: rape
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TN sanitation worker dies by suicide, panchayat officials booked for casteist abuse
The family of Sudalaimadan, a 55-year-old sanitation worker, alleged that he had been facing casteist abuse from former and current panchayat officials of Udangudi in Thoothukudi, for seeking a promotion at work.
#TamilNadu #casteism #CasteViolence #thoothukudi #udangudi #SanitationWorkers #caste #suicide #panchayat #dalits #dalit #SC #arunthathiyar #india
TW: suicide