Dalit activist
- India
Gujarat: Four arrested for chopping off Dalit man’s thumb
Four persons belonging to the upper caste community were arrested for allegedly chopping off the thumb of a 30-year-old Dalit man at Kakoshi village in Gujarat’s Patan district. According to the police,…
- India
Zomato deletes ad depicting ‘Lagaan’ character Kachra as recycled waste
New Delhi: Apologising for unintentionally hurting sentiments, restaurant aggregator Zomato on Thursday withdrew an ad after it came under fire for depicting the actor who played the Dalit character Kachra in the…
- World
Google cancels Dalit activist’s talk, senior employee resigns in protest
A Dalit activist named Thenmozhi Soundararajan had her scheduled talk at Google News cancelled after employees claimed she was “Hindu-phobic” and “anti-Hindu” in emails to the company’s leaders. Tanuja Gupta, a senior…
- India
Dalit activist beaten up, forced to drink urine in MP
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh police has booked seven people and arrested two persons for allegedly beating up a Dalit activist and forcing him to drink urine in Gwalior district. The victim, who has…