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Police
fire warning shots during demonstration by Dalit
Struggle Committee: The protest was launched demanding
justice for two Dalit youths who died in the past
month; one at an isolation centre in Dhanusha and the
other in Sabaila police custody, by Santosh Singh
(kp 03/07/2020)
Rupandehi
District Court remands in custody three people
arrested in connection with murder of Dalit teen:
Prosecutors filed a charge sheet against the trio on
June 21 and presented them before the court on Tuesday,
by Sanju Poudel (kp 26/06/2020)
Reports
suspect police negligence, political protection for
murderers in Rukum killings: They doubt a strong case
will be presented to prosecute the perpetrators,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/06/2020), Kin
of the youths killed in Soti continues protest
demanding justice: Protesters demand to scrap of the
alleged ‘falsified’ postmortem report, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 17/06/2020), Dalit
killings in Rukum village spark outrage over caste
discrimination (ht 18/06/2020)
Non-Dalits
are not shaken to the core; the response is hollow:
Dalit youths, by Anjali Subedi (rep 17/06/2020)
Cases
filed against 34 people demanding life imprisonment
for Dalit youth killings in Soti: Homicide, attempted
homicide and caste-based discrimination and
untouchability charges have been filed against them,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 15/06/2020), Relatives
of youths killed in Soti question 'ambiguous'
post-mortem reports: Protesters accuse doctors of
caving under political pressure and vandalise Jajarkot
hospital, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 16/06/2020)
In
Saptari, a Musahar woman is accused of practising
witchcraft and beaten: Despite being beaten bloody
with a metal plate, Manjudevi Sada has been ordered by
the village panchayat to settle with the perpetrators
and not file a case, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
11/06/2020)
For
Dalits, love is forbidden: A woman’s family harbors a
dislike for an inter-caste marriage only when the
groom belongs to a ‘lower caste’. The dislike is
greater if he happens to be a Dalit, by Giri
Bahadur Sunar (rep 11/06/2020)
Digging
for justice: Keep an eye on the parliamentar
committee’s probe on Soti killings (kp
10/06/2020), Nawaraj:
The spark that will light the fire: Nawaraj was brave.
He walked up fearlessly and while outnumbered still
tried to reason. This is the courage we will all
require. Let his death not go in vain, by Binayak
Sundas (rep 10/06/2020)
Discrimination
against Dalits continues to stain Nepal’s social
fabric: Two recent incidents resulting in the killings
of seven Dalit individuals have once again brought to
light the uncomfortable fact that caste-based
discrimination is alive and well, by Elisha
Shrestha and Aditi Aryal (kp 03/06/2020), Parliamentary
committee directs formation of Dalit cell in Nepal
Police: Panel on law and justice calls for separate
unit to deal with cases of caste-based discrimination,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/06/2020)
Soti
incident premeditated, a team of provincial assembly
members concludes: Karnali state legislators call for
an impartial investigation into the Dalit killings and
punishment for the perpetrators, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh & Hari Gautam (kp 31/05/2020)
How
‘communists’ betrayed Nepal’s Dalits, by Hisila
Yami (rep 31/05/2020)
Still
untouchable: Navaraj BK and his friends died because
he loved an upper-caste girl. He won’t be the last,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 29/05/2020)
UN,
AI demand impartial probe into Rukum incident (ht
29/05/2020), Nepal:
Bachelet condemns Dalit killings, calls for
independent investigation (OHCR 28/05/2020), Nepal:
Authorities must deliver justice for Dalit killings
(AI 28/05/2020), UN
condemns Dalit killings in Rukum (West) and calls for
independent probe: Despite constitutional guarantees,
impunity for caste-based discrimination and violence
remains high in Nepal, UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights says (kp 29/05/2020)
Bodies
of two Dalit men recovered from Bheri River: A Dalit
man went to marry a girl from ‘upper-caste’ but her
family and villagers chased them into the river,
by Hari Gautam and Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 25/05/2020), Serious
human rights violations against Dalits reported during
lockdown: Parliamentary committee orders the
government to book culprits, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 26/05/2020), One
more body recovered from the Bheri River on Monday:
The third victim was among the 18 who had accompanied
Nabaraj BK to Soti in Rukum (West). The deceased
Nabaraj was killed in his pursuit of a girl whose
family deemed him ‘untouchable’, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh & Hari Gautam (kp 26/05/2020), 15
including ward chair arrested in connection with
Nawaraj BK’s killing, by Dinesh Kumar Shrestha
(ht26/05/2020), Caste-based
discrimination ends a beautiful relationship: Even a
locally-elected representative was against their
relationship, by Lokendra Khanal and Ganesh Bishu
(rep 26/05/2020), Government
forms team to investigate the death of three youths in
Rukum West: Lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary
probe committee to study discriminations against
Dalits throughout the country (kp 27/05/2020) [This is an extremely severe
criminal case, based on Hindu fanatic thinking! Why
are representatives from ministries participated? Or
are you loking for ways to eliminate outdated Hindu
social thinking and behaviour?], Cracks
in the melting pot: The various rights bodies need
serious political support to truly stamp out
discrimination (kp 27/05/2020), Fourth
body recovered: from Bheri River: Family members and
relatives of the deceased had found the body on
Wednesday, by Hari Gautam (kp 28/05/2020), One
more body recovered from Bheri River; death toll of
Soti incident reaches five: Search is on for another
missing person, police say, by Hari Gautam and
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 29/05/2020), Soti
incident: Sixth missing body found after 10 days: The
deceased along with his 18 friends was attacked by
Soti villagers while the group was accompanying
Nabaraj BK to bring home his 17-year-old girlfriend as
his bride, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 03/06/2020)
Cycle
of discrimination: Caste system in Nepal, among other
impositions, is one example of how a rudimentary form
of thinking that entails divide and conquer
subsequently took form of a discriminatory tradition,
by Sarans Pandey (rep 18/03/2020)
The
media’s portrayal of Dalits is incomplete: Narratives
of Dalits as just being victims of caste hierarchy
ignores many stories of resistance, by Sarita
Pariyar (kp 12/03/2020)
Musahar
children are enrolled in schools but only a few go to
classes: Officials say despite annual enrolment
campaign and mid-day meal programme, children from the
Musahar community are not regular to school, by
Shiva Puri (kp 05/03/2020)
Caste-based
discrimination continues across Nepal: Report: “Dalits
are unable to sell dairy products due to superstitious
beliefs in society” (ht 05/03/2020)
Banke
Dalits discriminated against on Shivaratri festival:
Dalits were barred from offering prayers to Lord Shiva,
by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 23/02/2020)
Jesus,
Mao or Ambedkar: Who is the best or most suitable to
free the Musahars from the bondage of caste
domination?, by Pramod Mishra (kp 13/02/2020)
Dalit
children drop out of school due to poverty, by
Janak KC (rep 06/02/2020)
What
can a mere prayer to Saraswati do? Dalits and people
from other castes must organise and ask for their
right to an equitable education, by Pramod Mishra
(kp 30/01/2020)
Jayaprithvi
Municipality pays off loans of Badi people: The
municipality also plans to run various
income-generating programmes to make them financially
independent, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
18/01/2020)
Tarai
cold wave hits Dalits hard, by Jitendra Kumar Jha
(rep 24/12/2019)
A
Musahar settlement in Rautahat lacks land to build
toilets: Local government-run open defecation free
programme fails to take off, by Shiva Puri (kp
21/12/2019)
Impoverished
Dalit families in Khamtoli plea for help from state:
For lack of education and employment opportunities,
most of them are living a life of poverty and
destitution, by Tripti Shahi (kp 26/11/2019)
In
Rautahat, people from Dalit communities continue to
face ostracisation during Chhath celebrations: On a
recent ground trip, the Post found that the people
from separate castes were celebrating the festival in
separate spaces, by Shiva Puri (kp 03/11/2019)
A
discrimination case riles up Dalit activists in Morang
district: A Dalit rights group has demanded the
authorities launch a fair investigation, by Binu
Timsina (kp 19/10/2019)
Dalits
must unite to institutionalise rights, says Minister
Bishwakarma (ht 15/10/2019)
Land
Rules amended to benefit landless Dalits (ht
14/10/2019)
Dalits
await houses under People’s Housing Programme in
Baglung: Although the plan was to construct 109 houses
for Dalits in the district last year, construction has
been left incomplete due to budget shortage, by
Prakash Baral (kp 12/10/2019)
How
a Dalit woman fell victim to caste-discrimination in
Pokhara, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 03/10/2019)
Discovering
caste system, by Shikhar Gurung and Logan
Hunnicutt (rep 30/09/2019)
A
majority of Musahar children in a Rautahat village
don’t go to school: On school days, children from the
impoverished community are seen running and playing in
the village, by Shiva Puri (kp 28/09/2019)
In
Bardiya, even elected Dalit representatives face
caste-based bigotry: Untouchability and caste
discrimination may have taken a backseat in public
places and platforms, but it is still prevalent on an
individual level, say Dalits, by Kamal Panthi (kp
25/09/2019)
Times
are changing for the dhobis of Kathmandu: With young
people pursuing alternative career options and elder
people taking up initiatives to modernise the laundry
service, the traditional means of laundry is adapting
with changing times, by Alisha Sijapati (kp
11/09/2019)
Discrimination
against Dalits still rife, continue to be left out of
decision making processes: Marginalisation of members
of Dalit communities still persists even though
several laws and constitution bar discrimination,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/09/2019)
Province
2 Dalit empowerment bill: Scholarships, ration cards,
health benefits to poor Dalits proposed, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 08/09/2019)
Deuba
vents ire against gov't for dissolving Dalit
Development Committee, by Kamal Subedi (rep
06/09/2019)
Bhattarai
urges Dalits to renounce Hinduism (rep 06/09/2019)
Attendance
of Dalit students severely low in Kalikot: Guardians
lament that they can’t send their children to school
because they need manpower to make a living for the
family, by Tula Ram Pandey (kp 02/09/2019)
Dalit
women representatives in Pokhara say they continue to
face discrimination: The representatives say they are
disrespected by colleagues and are often relegated to
the sidelines, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 25/08/2019)
Locals
lament the 'emptiness' of the historical village of
Gairagaun: Gairagaun is where the pioneering Dalit
rights activist, Bhagat Sarbajit Bishwakarma, was born
and started his activism, by Prakash Baral (kp
20/08/2019)
Man
on the lam after ‘thrashing Dalit woman’ arrested,
by Ganesh Bishu and Govinda KC (rep 18/08/2019)
Badi
women can’t detach themselves from social stigma: From
propositions of sex to straight out sexual favours
from strange men, Badi women bear the burden of their
surnames, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 29/07/2019)
‘People
refuse to rent me a room when I tell them my surname’:
New study says despite laws in place, caste-based
discrimination is rampant across the country, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 19/07/2019)
Rise
against discrimination: How many Dalits possess land
in cities? How many Dalit students are enrolled in
top-notch private schools and colleges? How many Dalit
politicians are there in higher ranks?, by Sangita
Chalise (rep 18/07/2019)
Nepal
can lead Dalit empowerment movement, says Indian
rights activist (ht 09/07/2019)
No
more caves, Badis get registered land, by Lokendra
Khanal (rep 03/07/2019)
Dalit
settlement to light up for the first time in
Dadeldhura: Dalit households in Ganyapdhura had been
living in darkness for lack of financial resources to
connect to electricity, by Pant (kp 02/07/2019) [???]
Dalit
women representatives and decision making: They are
entering positions of power in their own right, not
thanks to the quota system, and need to be respected,
by Sarita Pariyar (kp 27/06/2019)
Nurse
accuses colleagues of practicing caste-based
discrimination, by Sandesh Shrestha (rep
24/06/2019)
Capitalism
and Dalits: When capitalism stands supreme, the caste
order will loosen its grip. Dalits must trust
capitalism as a crusader against caste-based
discrimination, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
22/06/2019)
Casteism
is so deeply entrenched, not even law can deter it:
Elected representatives from Dalit communities say
they are discriminated by their own colleagues (kp
19/06/2019)
New
bill curtails Dalits’ right to education:
Activists, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/06/2019)
Dalits
used as ‘vote banks’ by parties forgotten after
elections, by Pant (kp 06/06/2019)
Caste
discrimination still a hindrance for Dalits, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 05/06/2019)
Musahars
in Siraha forced to drink contaminated water (ht
29/05/2019)
Musahar
families denied access to water after an intercaste
marriage dispute, by Binu Timsina (kp 16/05/2019)
One’s
identity, one’s pride: No need for consolation, by
Mim Bahadur Pariyar (ht 07/05/2019)
Sanskrit
for Dalits: In the past, untouchables were not allowed
to read and write Sanskrit. Sanskrit was considered to
be the subject meant only for Brahmins.The situation
has not changed, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
07/05/2019)
Two
arrested for misbehaving with and thrashing
"low-caste" principal (rep 06/05/2019)
Caste-based
discrimination still prevalent in Dolpa schools,
by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 02/05/2019)
Untouchability
thriving in rural Bajura (ht 26/04/2019)
Non-Dalits
attend wedding but skip feast: Committee formed to
investigate the matter, by Binod Pariyar (rep
23/04/2019), Wedding
guests apologize to Dalit family for boycotting feast
(rep 28/04/2019)
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Dalit
families to get homes under housing programme: A
budget of Rs 10.8 million has been allocated in the
current fiscal for the project, by Sangita
Timilsena (kp 21/04/2019)
Why
Dalits
convert: Dalits are strong Hindu believers but they
have been segregated and are not allowed to enter
Hindu temples while other castes are, by Giri
Bahadur Sunar (rep 14/04/2019) [The
Bahun and Chhetri 'leaders', especially those from RPP
and Nepali Congress, are against conversion and pro
Hindu state only because they want to preserve the
discrimination and servitude of the Dalits!!]
Musahar
settlement in Rautahat at risk of flood, by Shiva
Puri (hkp 10/04/2019)
Dalit
priests arein charge of Salmuni Temple in Doti village,
by Mohan Shahi (kp 09/04/2019)
Storm-hit
Dalits living under open sky, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(ht 04/04/2019)
Campaign
against casteism: Reframing the narrative around
caste-based discrimination warrants a different
outlook, by Rajendra Senchurey (kp 24/03/2019)
Read,
write and bring about changes: The Dalit voice is
seldom heard in the mainstream, but its time we
changed that, by Subhash Nepali (kp 10/03/2019)
Nepal’s
Badi
community finds itself in a bottomless pit of despair:
Although the community is slowly weaning off the
world’s oldest profession to keep their hearths
burning, they are also struggling to shrug off the
history they are burdened with, by Basanta Pratap
Singh and Dipesh Khatiwada (kp 03/03/2019)
The
moment of truth: Dalits see converting to Christianity
as an escape from the caste system, by Rajani
Maharjan (kp 03/03/2019) [Probably
this
is one of the most important reasons why a number of
male Tagadharis call for a return to Hindu state: They
want to keep the Dalits under suppression and
exclusion!]
Dalits
in Bajhang shut down meat shops as non-Dalits refuse
to buy, by Jagat Khadka (rep 26/02/2019)
Badi
community threatens protest (ht 13/02/2019)
A
Dalit settlement awaits land ownership for over four
decades, by Govinda KC (rep 12/02/2019)
Justice
deferred
for Dalits: Many reports have pointed out that the
police hardly register the cases of crimes of
caste-based discrimination and rarely carry out
investigation, by Saraj Ray (rep 06/02/2019)
From
tika to ashes: There are layers upon layers of
injustice in the rape of Dalit women, by Sarita
Pariyar (kp 25/01/2019)
Dalit
community practises untouchability, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 22/01/2019), Caste-based
discrimination rampant, by Tularam Pandey (kp
22/01/2019)
Third
space of conversationIt should be a space for
transformation for Dalits and non-Dalits, men and
women, by Sanjeev Uprety (kp 13/01/2019)
Badis
urge govt to implement decade-old agreement, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 09/01/2019)
Unlike
others, Mushahar children inherit debt, by
Upebndra Lamichhane (rep 05/01/2019)
Dalit
homestay
blazes a trailin fighting ‘untouchability’: Community
homestay, started two years ago by Dalits, has housed
tourists from 18 countries, by Pratap Rana and
Bibhu Luitel (kp 29/12/2018)
‘Untouchability’
culture among Dalits weakens anti-discrimination drive,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 28/12/2018)
Dalit
settlement sold after ward chair errs (ht
17/12/2018) [????]
Girl
disowned by in-laws for being Dalit, husband out of
contact since months, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
16/12/2018)
Dalit
ward members excluded from decision-making, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 27/11/2018)
No
festive
joy forMusahar families in Bishariya: Festivals are only for
the well-off families, Musahar people barely manage two
square meals a day, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 15/10/2018)
Groups
clash in Bara after boy teases priest (kp 13/09/2018)
Enduring
importance of Darnal: Suvash Darnal was an ardent and
effective spokesman against caste discrimination,
by Carl Gershman (kp 28/08/2018)
Dalit
kids yet to get nutrition allowance (ht
23/08/2018)
Landless
Dalits to get land (ht 23/08/2018)
Activist
honoured for helping cause of landless Dalits (kp
16/08/2018)
Dalit
family agrees to return home after security assurance,
by Akson Rai (rep 16/08/2018)
Cops
beat up Dalit man 'without reason' (rep
15/08/2018) [Cops don't have
the right to beat anybody, espexcially not the
downtrodden Dalits!!]
Badis
in Bajhang turn to begging to feed themselves:
Poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are rife among
Badi people, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
06/08/2018)
Hypocritical
politicians sustain caste system: Dalits, by Jagat
Khadka (rep 06/08/2018)
Woman
sacked by school ‘for being Dalit’ seeks justice
(kp 04/08/2018)
Court
jails two persons for assaulting Dalits (kp
12/07/2018)
Dalit
leaders warn of stir over commission criteria (kp
27/06/2018) [related to Province 2]
Appointment
of Dalit cook halts mid-day meal programme (ht
14/06/2018), Shameful
act:
That caste-based discrimination and untouchability
still continue in the country in this day and age is
but a national shame (ht 15/06/2018)
Darnal
Award selects Baitadi activist (kp 10/06/2018) [on
Saraswati Nepali]
Casteism
denies Dalit lawmaker rental apartment in Kathmandu
(kp 05/06/2018), Dalit
MP’s difficulties in renting quarters in capital
(rep 05/06/2018)
Dalit
ward member killed, three women held (kp
05/06/2018), Dalit
ward member dies after beating by paramor's children,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 06/06/2018)
Province
2 organizes conference to discuss the prosperity of
Dalits, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 26/05/2018), Dalits
should launch organised protest for their rights: CM
Raut (ht 27/05/2018)
Badis
turning to Christianity to ‘overcome poverty, caste
discrimination’, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 15/05/2018)
Doms
still treated as ‘untouchables’ (ht 09/05/2018)
Casteised
economy: State failed to support traditional leather
makers even as leather industry booned, by Subhash
Nepali (kp 22/04/2018)
Dalits
still treated as ‘untouchables’ (ht 20/04/2018)
Exclusion
story:
In Nepal, nobody wants to take responsibility for the
injustice perpetrated in the name of caste and gender
in the past, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
19/04/2018)
Water
shortage in Musahar settlement, by Shiva Puri (kp
14/04/2018)
We
shall
overcome: Dalits still face discrimination due to
state-protected ideology and undeclared exclusion in
politics and profession, by Dhana Bahadur Mijar
(kp 25/03/2018)
Dalits
enter temple for first time in 960 years, by
Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 25/03/2018)
Times
change, mindsets don’t: For how many more years will
the people need to wait to see an inclusive Nepal?,
by Raj Pariyar (kp 23/03/2018)
Girls
of Badi community being deprived of school education
(ht 17/03/2018)
Still
in the dark ages, by Prakash Bhattarai (kp
01/03/2018)
No
toilets for Dalits in ODF Rukum, by Ganesh BK
(20/02/2018)
Damai
community struggling for livelihood, by Dinesh
Subedi (rep 12/02/2018)
Badi
MP hopes to uplift her community, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 04/02/2018)
Uma
Devi Badi: An epitome of struggle, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 13/01/2018)
Mushahar's
endless suffering in no man's land, by Mahesh
Kumar Das (rep 11/01/2018)
Dalits
hit hard as temperature plummets (ht
09/01/2018)
Musahars
take to vegetable farming (ht 30/12/2017)
Dom
families in Saptari have no land to build latrines
(ht 28/12/2017)
Dalit
presence in Parliament still seen as tokenism, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 22/12/2017), Protect
political rights of Dalits: NHRC chair (ht
23/12/2017)
Badi
voters seek guarantee of permanent settlement, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 25/11/2017), Musahar
community neglected by candidates in Bara,
by Pushpa Raj Khatiwada (ht 25/11/2017)
Dalit
leaders demand fair distribution of tickets in second
phase elections (ht 28/10/2017)
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Dalit families receive land deeds (kp 18/10/2017)
Dalits
in Saptari disappointed over election ticket snub:
'Political parties have taken us only as vote banks',
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 12/09/2017)
Dalit
women
come forward to assume leadership (kp 10/09/2017)
Remembering
Ambedkar
in Bangalore: Nepali Dalits lack the generations of
affirmative action through reservations in politics,
the civil service and other state organs, by David
Gellner (kp 31/07/2017)
Where’s
the
will? The constitution is largely Dalit-friendly but
sadly few of its implementers, by Dhana Bahadur
Mijar (rep 24/07/2017)
Written
by
the winners: Things are improving for the Dalits, but
not fast enough; we must do more to ensure an
inclusive state, by Dhana Bahadur Mijar (kp
20/07/2017)
Dalit
candidate
elected Dhangadi mayor, by DR Panta (kp
09/07/2017), Nripa
Bahadur Od: The first dalit mayor of a sub-metropolis,
by Dil Bahadur Chhantyal (rep 09/07/2017)
Poor
Nepali
Dalits: Only special packages for poverty-reduction
among Dalits will bring meaningful change in their
lives, by Hira Vishwakarma (rep 09/07/2017)
Livelihood
training
empowering Dalit women in rural areas (ht
08/07/2017)
Dalit
beaten for entering temple (kp 29/06/2017), Dalit
thrashed
for entering temple in Bode Barsain Municipality
(ht 29/06/2017)
Dalit
fined Rs 2,000 for touching cowshed, by Krishna
Oli (rep 26/06/2017)
Caste-based
discrimination,
untouchability punishable (ht 25/06/2017)
Badi
women
continue to be deprived of citizenship,
by Anita Shrestha (ht
01/06/2017)
Musahars
deprived of allowance for not having toilets, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 01/06/2017)
Houses
for
Dalits limited to paper (ht 25/05/2017)
Come,
all
ye faithful: Why would Dalits stand outside a closed
door when the next one says welcome?, by Rajendra
Senchurey (kp 23/05/2017)
Dalits
in leadership: Dalit community is hopeful that they
will no more have to fight for their rights, by
Janak KC and Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 22/05/2017)
Technically
included,
practically left out: The number of Dalit candidates
for top jobs in municipal and village councils is near
zero despite commitments for inclusion in the
constitution and party documents, by Bhola Paswan
(The Record 13/06/2017)
Food,
shelter,
clothes our main concerns: Badi locals, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 11/05/2017)
Dalit
women
candidates face discrimination, by Janak Nepal,
Tularam Pandey and LP Devkota (kp 09/05/2017)
Disastrous
discrimination:
Dalits left behind as Nepal slowly recovers from the
earthquake two years ago, by Patrick Barron (nt
21/04/2017)
Badi
kids
out of school in Bajhang, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 19/04/2017)
Caste
discrimination: Where Dalits can’t buy milk, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 18/04/2017)
Dhurmus
Suntali
Foundation gifts homes to Musahar community, by
Bharat Jargha Magar (kp 15/04/2017), Dhurmus-Suntali
Foundation
gifts 53 new houses to Musahars, by Mahesh Kumar
Das (rep 15/04/2017), A
New Year Gift To Mushar, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
15/04/2017)
The
pariah
problem: PM Dahal’s suggestion that discrimination
against Dalits will end with federalism is too
simplistic (kp 14/04/2017)
Musahar
community at mercy of kala-azar, by Santosh Sigh
(rep 12/04/2017)
Mahottari
Musahars to get brand new homes, by Mahesh Kumar
Das (ht 12/04/2017)
Water
crunch
hits Udayapur Dalit settlement (ht 11/04/2017)
Govt
moves to address Musahars’ woes: Long deprived of
drinking water, the community now gets tube-well,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep
08/04/2017)
A
Dalit caste’s struggle for toilet, by Madan Thakur
(rep 06/04/2017)
New
homes,
New Year for Musahars (kp 03/04/2017)
Neighbours
thrash
Dalit boy for entering kitchen, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 01/04/2017)
Dom
youth
from Rautahat clears PSC examination (ht
01/04/2017)
The
never ending miseries of Musahars, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 01/04/2017)
Dalits
in
civil service: They got in through seat quotas, but
they are no less capable and skilled than others,
by Pradeep Pariyar (kp 28/03/2017)
Dalit
children crush stones to buy books, by Janak KC
(rep 22/03/2017)
Untouchability:
Still
entrenched; The state should apologize for its
historically inhumane treatment of the Dalit community,
by David Kainee (rep 21/03/2017)
13
years on, society yet to accept Maoist leader who
married a Dalit girl, by Ram Hari Gajurel (rep
08/03/2017)
Devoid
of
aid, Badi women continue sex trade (ht 05/03/2017)
PM
pledges
to raise Dalit issues at UN (kp 28/02/2017)
Conference
on
Dalit concerns starts in Capital (kp 26/02/2017)
Musahars
submit memo to PM, by Santosh Singh (rep
20/02/2017), Musahars
lament lack of land ownership certificate, by
Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 21/02/2017)
Questioning
the
Questions: Caste struggle against structural minds:
Let’s challenge the system by re-imagining,
redefining, re-narrating and retelling our story,
by Sarita Pariyar (kp 18/02/2017)
The
marginalised: Toilet and school, still a dream for
Musahars, by Santosh Singh (rep 14/02/2017)
2
temple priests held for abusing Dalit worshipper
(kp 08/02/2017)
Less
equal:
We must aim for a socially inclusive country that
ensures the welfare of a broad section instead of
serving few elites, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
17/01/2017)
Battling
illiteracy: Youths launch tuition classes for
community's children, by Santosh Singh (rep
09/01/2017)
Badis
protest
in Kailali demanding support (kp 08/01/2017)
The
Dalit
Question: The least well-meaning Nepalis can do is
acknowledge that caste discrimination has occurred
structurally against the Dalits in the past, by
Shreya Paudel (kp 07/01/2017)
Dalit
community
submits 5-point demand to PM (kp 30/12/2016)
Home
ministry
tells DAO to study reality of needy Dalit kids (ht
27/12/2016)
Make
it
a crime: The state should do more to end
discrimination against Dalits because the people won’t,
by Dhana Bahadur Mijar (kp 23/12/2016)
National
Dalit
Commission: Panel starts taking suggestions on bill
(kp 21/12/2016)
Winter
hits
poor Dalit households, by Shankar Acharya (kp
15/12/2016)
Caste
in
doubt: If the struggle is for the rights of everyone,
how can that ‘everyone’ not include Dalits?, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 01/12/2016)
Dalits
demand
additional budget (kp 27/11/2016)
Displaced
Badis
yet to return home (ht 19/11/2016)
Classes
being
run for Dalit girls, by Byas Shankar Upadhyay (ht
13/11/2016)
Capturing
a
community’s quest for dignity: Dalit: A Quest for
Dignity touches upon three important axes—gender, law
and literacy—that require immediate attention if the
practice of hereditary discriminations is to be
unravelled, by Kurchi Dasgupta (kp 16/10/2016)
Dalits
deprived
of social security allowance (ht 14/10/2016)
Dalit
man
from Bajhang tortured for ‘defiling temple’ (kp
04/10/2016)
Allures
of respectability: Ambedkar’s call to “educate,
agitate and organize” is applicable for all dominated
groups everywhere, by CK Lal (rep 22/08/2016)
Chamar
receives
Darnal Award, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 16/08/2016), Together
we
stand: The Darnal award to Chamar shows the
marginalised of the hills and the Madhes have a common
agenda to pursue, by Pramod Mishra (kp 18/08/2016)
A
consummate democracy activist: Suvash knew that real change
would require activist institutions of civil society capable
of collective action, by Carl Gershman (kp 16/08/2016)
[on Suvash Darnal]
Sorry
about
that: Madhesi social activists have started a campaign
apologising for past discrimination, by Randhir
Chaudhary (kp 31/07/2016)
Badi
community
struggling (ht 06/07/2016)
Still
talking:
Caste-based discrimination and untouchability persist
in different parts of Nepal despite efforts to promote
equality, by Kirpa Ram Bishwakarma (kp 15/06/2016)
Funds
shortage
stalls housing programme (kp 06/06/2016)
Caste-based
Discrimination
Of Dalit Children, by Roshan Kumar Jha (rn
28/05/2016)
Badi
women
demand security, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/05/2016)
Lack
of
roads isolate Musahar village (ht 22/05/2016)
Badis
upset
by rehab delay: Warn of protest to stir the government
into action to implement the eight-year-old plan; In
2008, the government had decided to provide land and
teach income-makingskills to Badi people (kp
19/05/2016)
Saptari
Dalit
families fear destitution (ht 04/05/2016)
Panchthar
Dalits
vow to stamp out caste-based discrimination, by
Laxmi Gautam (ht 24/04/2016)
Badis
in
Kailali turning to Christianity for variety of reasons,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 07/04/2016)
Fighting
discrimination:
Dalits are deprived from exercising their human rights,
by Bharat Nepali (rep 21/03/2016)
Dalits
in
Saptari deprived of social security allowance (ht
17/03/2016)
Caste
away:
Untouchability and discrimination cannot be ended
without strong state intervention, by Ratna BK (kp
13/03/2016)
Writing
for
change: Dalits should write their own stories; Writers
from other communities cannot capture their feelings,
by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 27/02/2016)
Civil
society
demands proportional representation of Dalit community
(ht 21/02/2016)
Double
trouble:
The Dalit community has faced discrimination in relief
distribution after the Great Quake, by Raj Pariyar
(kp 30/12/2015)
Dalits
recommend
to end untouchability (kp 28/12/2015)
Kailali
Dalit
women take social leadership (ht 24/02/2015)
Discourse
on
dignity: The first step to dignifying Dalits is to
consistently address Dalit issues, by Steven
Folmar (rep 08/10/2015)
Double
jeopardy:
Upper caste people use their social, economic and
political power to silence the Dalit women, by
Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 12/09/2015)
Ensure
Dalit
rights in statute: Dalit Civil Society (ht
12/09/2015)
Dalit
blues:
The draft constitution has taken a step back from the
Interim Constitution when it comes to Dalit's rights,
by David Kainee (rep 17/08/2015), Rights
of
the Dalits, women have indeed been reduced,
interview with Baburam Bhattarai (kp 17/08/2015)
Paying
a
moral debt: We need to support Dalits in their
struggle to better their economic and social status,
by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 16/08/2015)
Dalits
stage
alertness rally (ht 16/08/2015)
Police
help
Dom family gain access to village well, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 06/08/2015),
Dalits
barred
from well: Ministry seeks clarification from Siraha
authorities (kp 08/08/2015), Rights
groups
clamour for legal remedy to Dom family, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 08/08/2015)
Dalits
in
Gulmi village unable to sell milk, by Bishal
Bhattarai (ht 06/08/2015)
Dalits
suffer
due to lack of sec school (ht 03/08/2015)
Lantern
rally
for Dalit rights (ht 02/08/2015)
We’ve
had
enough: The new constitution should empower Dalits and
break the legacy of discrimination, by Dhana
Bahadur Mijar (kp 26/07/2015)
Neglected
Badi
community in a lurch, by Bharat Koirala (kp
15/06/2015)
Dalits:
Empower
them; Earthquake taught us that we are just a puppet in
the hands of existence, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
13/06/2015)
Time
to
say sorry: As a successor to the state that entrenched
untouchability, it behooves our govt to apologise to
Dalits, by Deepak Thapa (kp 23/04/2014)
Broken
dreams:
There is a need to critically discuss the Dalit
movement in Nepal to move forward, by Santosh
Pariyar (kp 19/04/2015)
Demand
for
rehabilitation of Badi women (kp 07/04/2015)
Dalits
changing
caste for shelter (ht 06/04/2015)
Caste-based
discrimination
rife among Dalits: BK family refuses to accept
daughter-in-law whose caste is Nepali (ht
29/03/2015)
Plight
of
untouchables: I was beaten black and blue by upper
caste people when I attended a religious ceremony as a
child, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 28/03/2015), Dirty
design:
Division of labor is strategy of upper-caste people to
dominate, divide and rule over the lower castes,
by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 11/04/2015)
Eight
houses
gutted in Dalit settlement (ht 11/03/2015)
Poor
sanitation
among Madhesi Dalits attributed to extreme poverty,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep 14/02/2015)
Dalits
demand
‘or’ provision on citizenship (kp 05/02/2015)
Dalit
children
deprived of education in remote Mugu, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 27/01/2015)
Dalit
students
declining in govt schools (ht 27/01/2015)
Dalit
panel
without members for a year (kp 18/12/2014)
Caste-based
discrimination:
Dalits barred from public tap, by Bhushan Yadav
(kp 12/12/2014)
Govt
bank
‘rejects’ Dalit woman’s job application (kp
20/11/2014)
Baadis
employed
for first time (ht 11/11/2014)
Badi
youths
taking to modern profession, by Krishna Prasad
Gautam (kp 15/10/2014)
Where
change
is yet to come: Mushahars are the most marginalized
community among Nepal’s Dalits, by Suresh Yadav
(rep 10/10/2014)
Dalit
leaders
demand inclusion, opportunities (kp 28/09/2014)
Caste-based
discrimination:
‘7 Dalits killed, dozens faced stigma in a year’,
by Dipak Bayalkoti (kp 14/09/2014)
Satanic
verses:
Religious conversion is the best bet for Dalits to
emerge from discriminatory Hindu practices, by
Rajendra Senchurey (rep 02/09/2014), Defending
Hinduism:
Senchurey's attempt to constrain Hinduism to some
scriptures for the convenience of his criticism is
truely pathetic, by Amendra Pokharel (rep
06/09/2014), Verses
of
discrimination: Vedas say one wjo knows Vedas should
be respected but only Brahmins are allowed to read
Vedas and become priests, by Rajendra Senchurey
(rep 16/09/2014)
All
in
a name: Discrimination against Dalits continues
because of the stigma attached to their ascribed names,
by Rajendra Senchurey (rep 19/08/2014)
Capable
enough:
The state and the rulers think that Dalits are
incapable and unable to assume a high post and
skilfully carry out assigned duties, by Dhana
Bahadur Mijar (rep 26/07/2014)
18
Dalit
families living under one roof, by Prakash Singh
(ht 29/06/2014)
Dalit
priest
revered in Baitadi temple, by Khagendra Awasthi
(kp 24/06/2015)
Dalit
women
campaign against dowry, child marriage in Rautahat,
by Madan Thakur (rep 23/06/2014), Dalit
women
start campaign against dowry, by Shiva Puri (kp
02/07/2014)
Dalits
deprived
of forest use (ht 20/06/2014), Dalits
barred
from using forest resources, by Keshav Lamichhane
(rep 21/06/2014)
NDC
team
lifts caste barrier in temple (ht 12/06/2014)
Most
Dalit
students dropout before SLC exams, by Bishal
Bhattarai (rep 10/06/2014)
Wind
of
change: A remote VDC in Bajhang turning Dalit friendly,
by Arjun Poudel (rep 09/06/2014)
Dalits
facing
double discrimination in Doti, by Tekendra Deuba
(ht 25/05/2014)
When
negotiating
identity is compulsion: Many young Dalits hide behind
pseudo-surnames as shield against discrimination,
by Weena Pun (kp 02/05/2014)
Dalits
host
separate kitchens for other castes at wedding, by
Anil Bhandari (rep 25/04/2014)
Organization
working
for Dalits warn of protests (rep 23/04/2014)
Dalits
embark
on challenging journey with hopes in the new
constitution: Nepal's most underprivileged Dalit
community and activists involved had highly praised
the contents agreed in the previous Constituent
Assembly; and they now demand that the current CA
should adopt the past agreements, by Kamal Pariyar
(rep 18/04/2014)
Beyond
rhetoric:
The Nepali Dalit movement needs a leader like Mayawati
to organise Dalits under one umbrella and push for
change, by Pramod Bhagat (kp 06/04/2014)
Landlord
evicts
three Dalit students (ht 28/03/2014)
Freeing
ourselves:
Discriminatory practices have strong roots within
Dalit communities, by Raj Pariyar (kp 23/03/2014)
Laws
fail
to address caste-based discrimination, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 22/03/2014)
Dalit
family
barred from using public tap in Sindhupalchowk (nn
22/03/2014)
Call
for
ending discrimination, recognising rights of
Dalits (ht 22/03/2014)
Dalit
women
face multiple discriminations (rep 07/03/2014)
Bigotry
beyond
borders: Caste-based discrimination continues to
follow Dalits even to first world countries, by
Subhash Nepali (kp 24/02/2014) [see critics in this
article: Situational
bigotry:
In the harsh conditions of the Gulf and Malaysia,
discriminatory mindsets are sidelined by occupational
hazards, by Sanjay Sharma (kp 16/03/2014)]
Schoolmaid
sacked
just for being Dalit (rep 22/02/2014)
83
Badis
share three-room hut in Chainpur ghetto (rep
21/02/2014)
Caste
discrimination
still rampant in Myagdi district (ht 27/01/2014)
Birth
certificate
absence: Dalits devoid of state services, facilities,
by Rabindra Upreti (kp 18/01/2014)
Dalits
call
for unified struggle (ht 13/01/2014)
Government
ingored
us: Dalit families: Twenty-eight Dalit families at
Narayan-1, Dailekh, say they are deprived of land
ownership papers for years, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 09/01/2014)
28
dalit
families in Dailekh on verge of displacement, by
Govinda KC (rep 09/01/2014)
The
nation
fails Dalits: The major political parties have only
used the Dalit community’s issues to further their own
interests, by Subhash Nepali (kp 07/01/2014)
Inter-caste
marriage
displaces Dalit family, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
01/01/2014)
Mission
against
discrimination, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp
25/12/2013)
Internationalizing
the
Dalits' movements, by Tara Lal Shrestha (rep
13/12/2013), Internationalizing
Dalits'
rights (rep 13/12/2013)
Bajhang
Dalits
sans citizenship cards (ht 08/12/2013)
Dalits
reach
Tamghas, seeking security, justice, by Ghanashyam
Gautam (kp 04/12/2013)
No
electricity
for Dalits in Okhaldhunga (rep 02/12/2013)
Dalit
children
deprived of nutrition allowance, by Tekendra
Basyal (rep 30/11/2013)
Dalit
students
quit school for foreign employment (ht 28/11/2013)
Unequal
exchange:
Balighare Pratha persists in Nepali society as a
remnant of caste-based discrimination against
low-income Dalits, by Rajendra Senchurey and
Bhakta Nepali (kp 24/11/2013)
Dalits
in
district unaware of budget earmarked for their welfare,
by Krishna Oli (rep 24/10/2013)
Fear
for
festival hunger haunts Dalit community in Bajura VDC,
by Arjun Shah (kp 09/10/2013)
Smithy
raises
seven Dalit women’s economic status, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam (kp 30/09/2013)
Dalit
women
faced with twofold violence, by Laxman Darnal (rep
27/09/2013)
Caste
tensions:
Dalits are paying the greatest price of the resurgence
of right wing politics, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp
28/08/2013)
Woman,
man
assaulted in Morang as mob cheers, by Lilaballav
Ghimire (kp 24/07/2013), 6
arrested for assaulting Dalit duo, by Bhim Ghimire
and Binod Bhandari (kp 25/07/2013), Prosecute
perpetrators:
Rights activists (kp 25/07/2013), Outraged!
Mob
thrashing of two Dalits in Morang is emblematic of an
unequal society (kp 25/07/2013)
The
Dalit
migrant experience, by Erisha Suwal (rep
19/07/2013)
Still
there:
Untouchability, by Dhan Bahadur Mijar (rep
17/07/29013)
Economic
empowerment
key to end violence against Dalit women (rep
05/07/2013)
Dalit
movement
against Rautahat case on the wane: Rights activists,
by Weena Pun (kp 02/07/2013)
Seven
injured
in dispute over access to temple (ht 29/06/2013)
Attack
On
Dalit Community: Shame On Loktantra, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn 24/06/2013)
Dalit
man
appointed priest (kp 17/06/2013)
Unless
we
pose a threat to the state, our issues will not be
addressed, interview with Durga Sob, National
Dalit Commission (kp 17/06/2013)
Silent
alarm:
If the demands of the marginalised remain unaddressed,
their frustration could explode, by Rup Kumar BK
(kp 14/06/2013)
Meeting
the
Doms, by Erisha Suwal (rep 14/06/2013)
14
injured
in Dalit settlement attack, by Shiva Puri (kp
09/06/2013),
Dalits
thrashed
over entry into temple (ht 09/06/2013), Rautahat
Dalit
settlement attack: District chief thwarts bid to
locally reconcile case; National Human Rights
Commission seeks justice for victims, by Shiva
Puri (kp 10/06/2013), Unite
and
conquer: Dalit groups need to politically combat
caste-based discrimination at all levels (kp
10/06/2013), NHRC
condemns
attack on Dalits (ht 10/06/2013), More
action
needed (ht 10/06/2013), Dalits
announce
protest programmes (kp 11/06/2013),
Action
sought
against those who attacked Dalits (ht 11/06/2013),
Govt
forms
taskforce to probe Rautahat incident, by Weena Pun
(kp 12/06/2013), 7
parties’ Dalit wings to continue sit-in protest across
country, by Weena Pun (kp 13/06/2013)
Enforcement
of
anti-untouchability law still weak, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep 07/06/2013)
Out
with
the old: The term Dalit has negative connotations of
caste stereotypes and should be replaced, by
Rajendra Senchurey (kp 30/05/2013)
Dalits
attacked
for enteringtemple, police do nothing (ht
30/05/2013)
Mixed
bag:
Anti-Caste Act, 2011, by Bijay Vishwakarma (rep
27/05/2013)
Dalit
Civil
Society launches anti-touchability campaign (rep
26/05/2013)
Dynamics
of
discrimination: Foreign labour migration provides a
new avenue for the exploitation of Dalits, by
Arjun Nawal Bishwakarma and Sanjay Sharma (kp
15/05/2013)
Mutually
inclusive:
Social exclusion and food insecurity, by Khyam
Bishwokarma (rep 08/05/2013)
Dalit
becomes
temple priest (ht 02/05/2013)
Plight
of
Madheshi Dalits: Recent report highlights structural
inequality between Madheshi Dalits and non-Dalits, by
Ranjit Kanaujiya (rep 12/04/2013)
Nuwakot
to
become untouchability-free district (rep 22/03/2013)
Foreign
labor
migration: Changing lives of the Dalits, by Ramesh Sunam
and Kumar Darjee (rep 22/03/2013)
Fire
burns
78 Dalit houses to ashes, by Jitendra Khadga (kp
10/03/2013)
Beyond
traditional
roles, by Kevin Tse (kp 09/03/2013)
Matter
of
pride: Dalit pride, by Khyam Bishwokarma (rep
04/03/2013)
Dalits
face
caste discrimination (ht 28/02/2013)
Dalit
family
‘expelled’ from Baitadi village, by Khagendra
Awasthi (kp 21/02/2013), Dalits’
hunger
strikefor right to water, by Khagendra Awasthi (kp
22/02/2013)
Dalit
movement:
Gains made but desires remain, by Dewan Rai (kp
12/02/2013), Problems
in
renting rooms, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/02/2013), A
tough ascent, by Man Bahadur BK (kp 12/02/2013), Reclaiming
heritage:
Changing identity of dalits, by Khyam Bishwokarma
(rep 12/02/2013)
Dalits
and
the Irrelevant Federal Debate, by Dipak Gyawali (sp
08/02/2013)
Dalit
family
forced to leave village (ht 03/02/2013)
Dalits'
water
woes, by Indira Shankar (rep 18/01/2013)
‘Dalit
upliftment
must for MDG progress’ (kp 30/12/2012)
Dalit
woman,
widow appointed priests (kp 02/12/2012)
Badi
people
undergo transformation (ht 05/11/2012)
Over
1,600
Dalit kids out of school, by Prakash Baral (kp
01/11/2012)
Badi
community’s
condition improving: A training programme brought
changes in their lifestyle (ht 28/10/2012)
NNDSWO
celebrates
20 Years of enhancing access to education for Dalit
Children (nn 10/10/2012)
Submerged
questions:
While we are eager to jump at the opportunity to tie a
national event with global trends we ignore the cancer
in our guts — the caste divide, by Erisha Suwal (kp
28/09/2012)
Dalit
and
federalism: Dalits could gain more political space from
the 11-14 provinces model than the 5-7 provinces model,
by Mahendra Lawoti (kp 28/09/2012)
Dang
Dalits
struggle to eke out a living, by Durga Lal KC (kp
25/09/2012)
Country
finds
first dalit CDO in Biswokarma (kp 18/09/2012)
Liberating
narratives:
A historicised understanding of how knowledge produced on
Dalits shaped their narrative and the community’smovement
towards ending caste-based discrimination , by Erisha
Suwal (kp 25/08/2012)
Doms
mortgaging
land for living (ht 16/08/2012)
Act
to
protect: Shyamadevi Rajak’s case could be a flagship case to
legally recognise and prosecute a case based on the
Untouchability Act, by Bhola Paswan and Erisha Suwal (kp
15/08/2012)
Bajura
Dalits
in want of basic needs (ht 11/08/2012)
Stripped
of
dignity: Nepal’s Dalit movement has to make strategic
choices—on federalism, capitalism, and political
alliances—and build its strength, by Prashant Jha (kp
01/08/2012)
Dalits
and
globalization, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
30/07/2012)
The
song
remains the same for Dalits, by Naresh Newar (rep
01/07/2012)
The
next
revolutionists: Dalits in Nepali politics, by C.K.
Lal (rep 30/04/2012)
Water
wall:
To destroy caste-based hierarchies, cultural practices
and ingrained beliefs need to change, by Erisha
Suwal (kp 22/04/2012)
In
search
of an identity: The forgotten Badi community, by
Sumesh Shiwakoty (rep 19/03/2012), Badi
civil
society nudges govtto keep secy provision intact (kp
19/03/2012)
Something’s
not
right: Caste bias persists due to our mindset and values
and flaws within the Dalit movement, by Prawash
Gautam (kp 17/02/2012)
Dalits
thrash
dalits, 2 hurt, by Arjun Shah (kp 18/01/2012)
5
charged with practicing untouchability released (rep
10/01/2012) [?? You are talking
about severe thrashing and beating! This is a
fundamental crime and not a practice of anything! How
can such criminals be released oin bail??]
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