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  1. 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

    theprint.in/india/an-inter-cas

  2. Chennai caste killing: After husband’s murder, wife dies by suicide

    22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.

    #TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #dalits #paraiyars #yadavas #CasteViolence #suicide #caste #casteism #india

    thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/c

  3. Manual scavenging: The unending pain of India's sewer workers

    Manual scavenging is banned in India but the practice is still commonplace, with people forced into it because of rigid caste rules and the lack of other livelihood options. Successive federal governments, including the current one, have missed several deadlines to declare India free of manual scavenging, most recently in August this year.

    #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #sanitation #SanitationWorkers #labour #labor #HumanRights #caste #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #governance #india

    bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-

  4. 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

    article-14.com/post/a-dalit-mi

  5. In India’s Gang Rape Culture, All Women Are Victims

    Reports of violence against women in India have risen steadily over the decades, with some researchers citing a growing willingness by victims to come forward. Each rape desensitizes and prepares society to accept the next one, the evil becoming banal, writes Vidya Krishnan.

    #GangRape #rape #SexualAssault #ViolenceAgainstWomen #CasteViolence #CommunalViolence #patriarchy #hindutva #BilkisBano #PhoolanDevi #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #nirbhaya #law #justice #BJP #india

    nytimes.com/2023/06/02/opinion

  6. CM Stalin expresses concern over T.N. lagging behind in prevention of deaths due to manual scavenging

    The CM said officials were not paying enough attention to this and warned of strict action; he also asked that a standard operating procedure be brought out to be followed, to prevent such deaths.

    #TamilNadu #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #caste #TNGovt #MKStalin #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/tam

  7. 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

    thenewsminute.com/article/tn-s