IndiaNewsWatchMay 4, 2024

The identity theft of Rohith Vemula’s Dalitness

The punitive logic of a casteist society that duly punished and expelled Rohith Vemula from his hostel and excommunicated him from the university while he was alive, has not spared him in his death, writes Ankit Kawade.

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The identity theft of Rohith Vemula’s Dalitness

“I have to confess that for a long time I hated my father for causing my mother’s suffering, which, as a martyr, I took upon myself for us both.” - Louis Althus

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2 yrs after the suicide of her son due to alleged caste discrimination, #RadhikaVemula comes out of her cave and seeks to be a leader. She has decided to launch ‘Mother’s yatra’ against the #CAA with the mothers of victims who died in #Hindutva attacks.
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Radhika Vemula: The journey from a victim to leader - The Federal

When Radhika Vemula decided to withdraw from all forms of protests and stay-put in Guntur around mid-2018, it seemed unlikely we’d meet again in a political program. It had been more than two years since the suicide of her son Rohith Vemula in which union minister Smriti Irani, as well as her senior BJP colleagues …