spaceourtime: March 2016

Wednesday 30 March 2016

Sunday Anchor: G. Sampath's article on Children of a different law

Sunday Anchor: G. Sampath's article on Children of a different law: On the night of December 1, 1997, in Laxmanpur Bathe, a village in Bihar’s Arwal district 90 km from Patna, 58 Dalits were slaughtered by a gang of dominant caste men that went by the name of Ranvir

Saturday 26 March 2016

Audio:10 Chapter-X Dr Ambedkar’s Developmenat Model & Constitution

Audio:10 Chapter- X Dr Ambedkar’s Developmenat Model & Constitution

The Daily Fix: By returning VC Rao to Hyderabad University, government brushes aside Dalit concerns

http://scroll.in /article/805607 /the-daily-fix-by -returning-vc- rao-to-hyderaba d-university- government- brushes-aside -dalit-concerns

Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting innocents

http://twoci rcles.net/201 6mar26/145 8968471.ht ml#.VvefPN IrLhk

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Interview: Shehla Rashid on the Attack on JNU, Left-Dalit Solidarity and More

http://thewire .in/2016/03/14/ interview-s hehla-rashi d-on-the-att ack-on-jnu-le ft-dalit- solidarity-a nd-more-24 736/

How Hinduism delegitimizes the Dalit

http://www. livemint.com/ Leisure/xQ ESdl5rR5B zRzNj8zG9 DM/How-H induism-de legitimizes-t he-Dalit.html

Where has all the anger gone? Dalit survivors of Sunped wonder as they fight for justice

http://twocir cles.net/2016 mar21/145 8552200.ht ml#.VvSsY tIrLhk

Hyderabad University stir: Students accuse officials of shutting down mess, cutting off internet

http://scroll.in /article/805580/ hyderabad- university- stir-students- accuse-officia ls-of-shutting-d own-mess-cu tting-off-int ernet

Tuesday 22 March 2016

Students protesting at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Rohith Vemula

http://twocir cles.net/2016j an28/145399 5780.html#.V vORWtIrLhk

UP: 35 Dalit houses allegedly torched by Gram Pradhan in 'revenge'

http://www. abplive.in/india -news/up-dalit- colony-set-on- fire-for-not-v oting-for-gram- pradhan-2-die d-309578

Relatives refuse to accept Dalit man’s body

http://www.thehindu. com/news/national/ tamil-nadu/relatives -refuse-to-accept-dalit -mans-body/article8 383250.ece

Tight vigil at village where Dalit leader was found dead

http://www.business- standard.com/article/pti- stories/tight-vigil-at-vil lage-where-dalit-leader- was-found-dead-1160 32200548_1.html

Friday 18 March 2016

Khap panchayat ‘orders’ fugitive Dalit bonded labourer to be killed if he returns

http://timesofindia. indiatimes.com/city/ dehradun/Khap-panc hayat-orders-fugitive- Dalit-bonded-labourer- to-be-killed-if-he-returns /articleshow/5146226 3.cms

BSP to go it alone in Punjab polls

BSP to go it alone in Punjab polls: Kicking off party’s election campaign in Punjab on the birth anniversary of the BSP founder late Kanshi Ram in Nawanshahr district, Ms. Mayawati said: “We will contest Assembly elections in Punjab on

NCSC team meets victim’s wife, family | Coimbatore NYOOOZ

NCSC team meets victim’s wife, family | Coimbatore NYOOOZ: NCSC investigator S. Lister (left) is also present.Photo: R. VIMAL KUMARThe NCSC team which visited the scene of crime and spent time with the victim’s wife and family, also said the Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer has been asked to help Shankar’s family get Rs.
The committee was also briefed on the harassment faced by the inter-caste couple and Mr. Shankar’s family from the relatives of Ms. Kausalya.
The committee members then visited Ms. Kausalya at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where she reportedly expressed her desire to pursue studies.
5 lakh from the corpus created by the Ambedkar Foundation for the benefit of Scheduled Caste victims of such violence.
C. Chandraprabha (right), state officer-in-charge for NCSC, interacting with C. Velusamy (47), father of Dalit youth V Shankar, at his home at Komaralingam on Wednesday.

Dalit youth’s family receives threat letter

Dalit youth’s family receives threat letter: The writer further said had Mr. Velusamy sent his daughter-in-law Kausalya (who was also attacked) back to her parents, he could have saved his son’s life.V. Vigneswaran (19), younger brother of Shank

To eat beef or not? Let people decide: BR Ambedkar's grandson

http://www.deccanc hronicle.com/nation/cur rent-affairs/160316 /to-eat-beef-or-not-let- people-decide-br-am bedkar-s-grandson .html

Tirupur Dalit murder: ‘Kausalya wants to return to husband’s family’

http://www.thehindu. com/news/cities/Coi mbatore/kausalya-w ants-to-return-to-husb ands-family/article 8367898.ece

Dalit author gets Special Contribution on Earth Award

http://www.business-s tandard.com/article/pti- stories/dalit-author-gets- special-contribution-on- earth-award-116031800 988_1.html

Thursday 17 March 2016

I’m being targeted over Dalit identity, says JNU student

http://www.thehindu. com/news/national/ im-being-targeted-over -dalit-identity-says -jnu-student/article 8266982.ece

Wednesday 16 March 2016

Irudhi Suttru Based on Dalit Boxer Thulasi Helen?

http://www.newindian express.com/cities/che nnai/Irudhi-Suttru-Bas ed-on-Dalit-Boxer-Thulasi-Helen/2016/03 /17/article3330445.ece

Night in Sine by Léopold Sédar Senghor : The Poetry Foundation

Night in Sine by Léopold Sédar Senghor : The Poetry Foundation: Woman, place your soothing hands upon my brow, / Your hands softer than fur. / Above us balance the palm trees, barely rustling / In the night breeze. Not even a lullaby.

Tuesday 15 March 2016

Karukku- ‘A Dalit Testimony’

http://www.newsgram. com/karukku-a- dalit-testimony/

Rakhi Sawant to campaign for pro Dalit-based party

http://timesofindia. indiatimes.com/city/ guwahati/Rakhi-Sawant- to-campaign-for-pro-Dalit-based- party/articleshow/ 51404470.cms

3 Dalit youngsters who are breaking caste barriers to script own stories

http://www.hindustant imes.com/delhi/breaking- caste-barriers-to-script -their-own-stories/story- UDstlkLENxkROJ3 wmzyvlJ.html

The Dalit who lost his limbs for protesting against his daughter’s gang-rape

http://scroll.in/article/ 805090/the-dalit-who-lost- his-limbs-for-protesting -against-his-daughters- gang-rape

Five Nabbed for Murdering Dalit Man in Front His Wife

http://www.newindian express.com/states/tam il_nadu/Five-Nabbed-for -Murdering-Dalit-Man- in-Front-His-Wife/2016/03/ 16/article3329440.ece

Dalit murder in Tamil Nadu: Five arrested

http://indianexpress.com/ article/india/india-news -india/dalit-murder- in-tamil-nadu-five- arrested-mother-in -law-absconding/

Monday 14 March 2016

Woman’s father surrenders in T.N. ‘honour’ killing case

http://www.thehindu. com/news/national/tamil- nadu/dalit-youth-honour -killing-family-refuses- to-accept-body-seeking- arrest-of-all-involved/article 8351907.ece

Sunday 13 March 2016

Dalit youth killed for marrying caste Hindu girl | Chennai NYOOOZ

Dalit youth killed for marrying caste Hindu girl | Chennai NYOOOZ: Relatives of the girl who had opposed her marriage with the Dalit youth are suspected to be involved in the incident.
A senior police official who inspected the scene of crime said one of the girl’s close relatives had hired mercenaries to murder the Dalit youth.
On Sunday, Sankar and Kausalya went to a departmental store in Udumalpet when the accused attacked them.
A three-member gang that came on a motorcycle attacked V. Sankar (22) and his wife S. Kausalya (19), with lethal weapons.
In a suspected case of honour killing, a Dalit student, who had recently married a caste Hindu girl, was brutally murdered in public view in front of a shop at Udumalpet in Tirupur district on Sunday.

Dalit youth killed for marrying caste Hindu girl

Dalit youth killed for marrying caste Hindu girl: Sankar, a native of Kumaralingam near Udumalpet, and Kausalya, a native of Palani in Dindigul district, were students of a private engineering college in Pollachi where they met and fell in love. The