“Last month, I fainted while cleaning a sewer in Munirka”

The recent string of accidents in Delhi’s sewage lines has once again exposed the fact that the scourge of manual scavenging continues despite all efforts of the administration 

Casteist slurs at Delhi campus: sanitation workers continue to protest

A corrupt nexus between officials of a women’s university under the Delhi Government and private companies who have been given labour contracts have led to ongoing protests by sanitation workers. After years of illegal salary ‘cuts’, a breaking point has been reached  

DALIT ANGER ERUPTS

Changes to the SC/ST Act were just the trigger. The Bharat Bandh gave expression to the pent-up anger of disadvantaged sections against casteism in our society The recent protests by Dalits youth across the country protesting dilution of the SC/ST Act indicates a huge shift in the Indian social fabric. The upsurge of Dalit community […]