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Is Media Coverage of the Gang Rape in India Helping or Hurting the Family?
As dozens of journalists arrive in the nondescript village in north India, there’s growing concern about the impact of media intrusion on the victim’s family.
Indian State Accused of Cover-Up As Protests Over Gang Rape Continue
Uttar Pradesh state police rushed to cremate the body of the victim without the family’s consent and insist the woman was not raped.
How Caste Bias Fuelled the Gang Rape and Death of a Young Girl in India
The victim in the Hathras case belonged to the Dalit community, considered lowest in the caste hierarchy.
A Barbershop in India Is Taking on Centuries of Caste Discrimination
Members of a scheduled caste were barred from entering barbershops in a village in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A government-run salon is changing that.
Man Belonging to Lower Caste Brutally Abused For Touching Upper Caste Man’s Scooter
Activists say that the pandemic has seen an increase in violence against Dalits in India.
Photos of the Bihar Pride Parade Show How Homophobic India Is Slowly Changing
The pride parade in Patna on July 14 had to swap the Pride Flag for the Transgender Pride Flag, but hundreds of people showed up to support the queer community.
An Indian Court Endorsed Intercaste Marriages, Saying It's the Only Way to Kill the Caste System
"These changes must be accepted by the elders and this change is infact good for the society in rooting out the caste system."
10 Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask a Kidnapper
“When my men left their homes, they told their families that they might not be coming back alive. And most of them did not.”
Savitribai Phule—the OG Rebel With a Cause
The first iconic Indian feminist. Bow down, we’re not worthy.
I Spent a Day at a Dhaba Where Sweepers Share Their Sorrow, Angst and Tea
For them, October 2—a day on which politicians love to pose with brooms and sweep already clean areas—is a day unlike any other.
Somnath Waghmare Wants to Revolutionise Dalit Cinema
"The left-liberal filmmakers of parallel cinema are even more casteist than right-wing."
A Dalit Protest Group Scales the Walls of Caste with Song
Yalgaar takes music out of the echo chamber and into the satsang.