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P.N. Sankaran cites two recent incidents to illustrate the apathy of the commissions Constitutionally empowered to protect the rights of the Scheduled Castes and the Backward Classes

Ambedkar made sure that the idea of social justice informed our Constitution. But those who control the politics and economy and are therefore responsible for implementing it, have been dragging their feet through the years. Now, they have no qualms about undermining it either

The latest report released by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom says the federal and state governments and so-called nationalists are violating the rights of Dalits and minorities. Bapu Raut puts together a summary of the report

The social and civil boycott of the Valmiki victims of casteist violence in Mirchpur, Haryana, violates the basic tenets of democracy, argues Anil Kumar, while underlining the ills of this pernicious practice

Why should atrocities against the Dalits, the Tribals and the EBCs not be considered “a breakdown of Constitutional machinery”? The Constitution does but you don’t follow the Constitution at all. I am still trying to figure which Bharat Mata you talk about – the one seen in pictures? For me, Dana Manjhi was carrying Bharat Mata on his shoulders

The good news is that Dalits are standing up to this reign of terror. Gujarat’s Dalits have left dead cows at a number of district headquarters and told the officials to dispose of the carcasses because their people are being beaten up openly. This is a good start to such resistance