#gounders — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gounders, aggregated by home.social.
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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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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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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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Why the apologism over Perumal Murugan’s son’s wedding sets back anti-caste discourse
Writer Perumal Murugan’s son’s inter-caste wedding involving Brahminical rituals has been defended as a necessary compromise and a matter of individual choice, but such excuses only set back the anti-caste movement, writes Aazhi.
#TamilNadu #casteism #brahminism #gounders #brahmins #rituals #caste #AntiCasteMovement #PerumalMurugan #TMKrishna #hinduism #patriarchy #india