Dalit leaders have said that evil practices like untouchability must end in practice. Participants in the ‘Problems Faced by Madhesi Dalit Community and the Role of Stakeholders for Solution’ inter-dialogue …
NEPAL: Dalit Leaders Demand End to Untouchability in Siraha Read More
Christian women from tribal and minority communities are increasingly visible at the top of South Asian soccer — and none more so than Maria Manda, a Catholic from Bangladeshʼs Garo …
INDIA: How Christian women are shaping South Asian soccer Read More
A fact-finding team of prominent rights activists and journalists has warned that constitutional guarantees of freedom of conscience, religious liberty and equal citizenship were facing unprecedented challenges in India. The …
INDIA: Anti-Christian violence ‘normalized, systemic’ in Indian states Read More
Hundreds of Christians in central India have been denied clean water, fresh produce and employment for nearly a month in unsuccessful attempts to force them to denounce Christianity, International Christian …
INDIA: Christians in India denied clean water, jobs, food in ongoing religious persecution Read More
For a month, Binda Maya BK has spent her days on the pavement at Maitighar Mandala in the Capital, demanding answers about the death of her 23-year-old son inside police …
NEPAL: Dalit youth held over child marriage dies in police custody. Mother demands, impartial investigation, action Read More
Police have arrested a man on the charge of physically assaulting a Dalit woman in Siraha. The arrested has been identified as Pabitra Narayan Yadav of Naraha rural municipality-3. Yadav …
NEPAL: One arrested on charge of beating Dalit woman in Siraha Read MoreDespite Dalit rights being guaranteed in the constitution, their implementation remains weak due to the absence of enabling laws, according to legal experts and rights activists. At an interaction program …
NEPAL: Dalit Rights in Nepal Hampered by Lack of Implementation Laws Despite Constitutional Guarantees, Experts Say Read More
Christianity’s advent in India is a hotly debated topic. But the widely held – and disputed – belief is that it started with the arrival of St Thomas the Apostle …
INDIA: This book examines the interplay between Christianity and caste, especially for Dalit women Read More
I heard a radio programme the other day on intergenerational trauma. It spoke about how historic violence may remain within families, communities and institutions long after the original incidents. Elsewhere …
NEPAL: Apology To Dalits And Unmet Justice Read More
Caste minds have constructed worlds and cultivated cultures that are inherently anti-joy and actively anti-Dalit. This is our crooked room. And this is precisely why even the most mellowed expressions …
INDIA: What is Dalit joy? It’s a threat to savarnas… Read More
