#casteviolence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #casteviolence, aggregated by home.social.
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Man acquitted in the Ariyalur rape and murder is preparing for a political career
Only one person was convicted in the Ariyalur case where a minor Dalit girl was raped and murdered. The News Minute met the family of the victim seeking justice and some of the men who have been let off.
#TamilNadu #ariyalur #AriyalurRape #dalits #paraiyars #vanniyars #rape #ViolenceAgainstChildren #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DMK #HinduMunnani #CasteViolence #caste #india
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An inter-caste marriage, a murder & a ‘suicide note’ — how couple’s tragic end unsettled Pallikaranai
Sharmila’s husband Praveen was killed on 24 Feb. Two months later, she attempted suicide & left behind a note blaming her parents and brothers for her husband’s killing.
#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #suicide #dalits #vanniyars #InterCasteMarriage #CasteViolence #india
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TN: Caste violence makes this village’s Dalit residents demand separate polling booth
On April 8, 2023, three Dalit residents were allegedly attacked by Vanniyars, a dominant caste group, after the trio tried to enter the Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple in Melpathi of Villupuram.
#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #vanniyars #CasteViolence #TempleEntry #untouchability #caste #casteism #elections2024 #india
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Dalit teen beaten, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Karnataka for WhatsApp post about deity
Members of a Hindutva group accused the 17-year-old of insulting deities Ram and Hanuman.
#karnataka #bidar #CasteViolence #RamTemple #dalits #casteism #hindutva #RamTempleInauguration #india
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Women’s Cricket Is Rife With Stories of Sexual Harassment. What Is the BCCI Doing?
With the kind of wealth available in Indian cricket and the lack of safeguards, there is no estimating what a more accurate number of cricketers facing harassment by their superiors—coaches, selectors, officials—may be. Women cricketers who have left the game are able to draw a clearer picture, but on condition of revealing neither their names nor the states they represented.
#WomensCricket #IndianCricket #BCCI #SexualHarassment #casteism #NarendraShah #POCSO #CasteViolence #caste #WomensRights #ViolenceAgainstWomen #sport #india
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A Dalit scholar’s death and Brahmin dominance at India’s premier science institute
Fifteen years after a Dalit PhD student died by suicide at the IISc, students say the atmosphere is still stifling for students from marginalised communities.
#karnataka #bengaluru #IISc #dalits #brahmins #suicide #CasteViolence #caste #CssteDiscrimination #marginalisation #india