#dalits

[jaikogoda]

There is no living politician in India right now—none—who genuinely cares about the people. Even the Socialists!

And the fourth pillar is rusting.

[abwwia]

Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history. Via W

Isabel Wilkerson (born 1961) is an American journalist and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (2010) and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020). She is the first woman of African-American heritage to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. Via W

Ava Marie DuVernay (/ˌdjuːvərˈneɪ/;[1] born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directoral debut, I Will Follow (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere,[2] becoming the first black woman to win the award. Via W

Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (/ˈɑːnʒənuː/; née Ellis; born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Via W

[indizombie]

Hardly a day passes without news of mob violence against Muslims and Dalits. The violence may range from online trolling, online abuse, rape, and intimidation to physical attacks, lynchings, and calls for genocide. The excuses abound the myth of the Muslim population boom, cow killing, cattle trading, beef eating, love-jihad, burqua, the nuisance of the azan, etc. From their food habits to sartorial wear, from their prayers to recitation of their holy book—everything is under the Hindutva scanner. The non-issues are the main issues in Modi’s “New India”. And flames of hatred are being nurtured at each home. To our surprise, even our mothers and sisters, so-called anchors of moral values and familial congeniality, are fueling the flames of hatred.

Abu Siddik, ‘Flames Of Hatred In Modi’s India', Countercurrents

[storizenmagazine]

“Fear and Other Stories” serve as a reminder of the inherent dangers of being a Dalit, whose existence is plagued by terrible violence and dread, even amid their daily routine. Penguin published the book and is already released in April, also known as Dalit History Month in India.

Book Review link - https://tinyurl.com/39apffyb

[canadianabroadvery]

The Dalit mothers who were forced to become wet nurses

How Dalit women in India were forced to wet nurse the children of dominant castes while their own children went hungry.

“,,, Patriarchy and caste hierarchy, a structure of authority that has existed for more than 2,000 years, have had a magnified effect on Dalit women.

Dalit women - as well as those from less privileged Shudra families - were forced by landlords into wet nursing and other forms of domestic labour and were vulnerable to sexual assault by men from more privileged castes.

“They turned us into a resource and made use of anything that our bodies could provide, even our milk,” Yellamma said.

Women could not refuse to obey, knowing they risked physical, sexual, verbal and psychological abuse and retribution against their families if they did.

Time and again, those who resist caste oppression have faced brutal consequences. In 2006, after a family resisted having their land taken by members of a more dominant caste, a Dalit mother, her daughter and two sons were paraded naked, raped and murdered in the village of Khairlanji, Maharashtra. Last August, a nine-year-old Dalit boy died after his “upper-caste” schoolteacher allegedly beat him for drinking from the teachers’ earthen pot. ,,,”

[apveng]

Feminists in India applaud their abortion rights – but they don’t extend to Dalit women | Shreeja Rao

The cost of reproductive care and the discrimination we face leaves my community effectively excluded from any gains made

In India, 67% of abortions are unsafe. The Indian Rural Health Statistics 2019-20 showed a 70% shortfall in the number of obstetricians and gynaecologists in rural India, where 77% of the country’s Dalits live.

Abortion care and access is more on paper in India; especially for Dalits.

A 2015 study showed that 78% of all abortions that year were conducted outside health facilities. Rihana Mansuri, an activist working in Uttar Pradesh, argues that this disproportionately affects Dalit women, who bear the brunt of unsafe abortion in India.

[ginazmemeoir]

HELL

WHY. THE. FUCK. IS. EVERBODY. ON. THIS. CURSED. SITE. SILENT. ABOUT. THIS. HELLISH. SATANIC. ACT.

A 19 year girl was gangraped in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India on 14th September. She was tortured to the severity that they cut her tongue and even paralysed her lower body. Somehow she was transported to the hospital, and this is where the real story begins - 

Hospital denies rape. Police denies rape, says girl is being dramatic. NOBODY DID ANYTHING. THE MEDIA WAS BUSY SELLING SSR’S DEATH AND DEFAMING PEOPLE.

She finally died on 29th September. The police locked up her family, and illegally “cremated” her body - which is just code for destroying evidence and the sole witness, THE VICTIM.

and now, conveniently, media covers this and tells the people. Authorities are still denying anything of the sort, while the 4 men (sorry, meant to type monsters - wait even monsters won’t do this) who belong to influential families in Hathras remain in custody.

I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY RIGHT NOW. WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS? PUT THE POLICE AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES BEHIND BARS. BURN THOSE RAPISTS ALIVE. SHOW THEM NO MERCY.

THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER EVER LEARN TO PROTECT WOMEN. THEY CAN WORSHIP A WOMAN FOR 18 DAYS A YEAR, BUT THAT’S IT. THEY WOULD RATHER KILL HER BEFORE BIRTH. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NIRBHAYAS, AND WHAT DO WE DO? LIGHT A FUCKING CANDLE. THAT’S IT. AND THEN WE TORCH ENTIRE CITIES FOR A FUCKING TEMPLE, OR WHEN A RAPIST GETS PUNISHED.

THIS COUNTRY IS HELL. NARAK. JAHANNUM. I DON’T HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS ANGER. OPEN THE FUCKING NEWS, SEARCH ABOUT IT IF YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW. WATCH ABOUT IT ON YOUTUBE (preferably videos from The Quint). SPREAD IT PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP. THIS GODFORSAKEN GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO WAKE UP.

[simranjotsinghh]

Is the Dalit lives so cheap?