Man acquitted in the Ariyalur rape and murder is preparing for a political career
Only one person was convicted in the Ariyalur case where a minor Dalit girl was raped and murdered. The News Minute met the family of the victim seeking justice and some of the men who have been let off.
#TamilNadu #ariyalur #AriyalurRape #dalits #paraiyars #vanniyars #rape #ViolenceAgainstChildren #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DMK #HinduMunnani #CasteViolence #caste #india
Chennai caste killing: After husband’s murder, wife dies by suicide
22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.
#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #dalits #paraiyars #yadavas #CasteViolence #suicide #caste #casteism #india
Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’
Praveen was murdered by his brother-in-law and four other men.
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Tamil Nadu: Police arrest two women in Dharmapuri for practicing untouchability
The accused belonging to Kongu Vellalar community have been booked under the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act.
#TamilNadu #dharmapuri #dalits #paraiyars #KonguVellalars #untouchability #casteism #caste #SCSTAct #HumanRights #india
Dalit girl alleges assault by DMK MLA’s family in Chennai
Anu* was employed as a domestic worker by Pallavaram DMK MLA I Karunanithi’s son Anto and daughter-in-law Merlina when she was 17 years old. On January 16, she was admitted to the hospital with multiple injuries.
#TamilNadu #chennai #dalits #paraiyars #CasteViolence #DMK #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ViolenceAgainstChildren #india
https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/dalit-girl-alleges-assaulted-by-dmk-mlas-family-in-chennai
Nanguneri caste crime survivors write quarterly exams from hospital ward
The 17-year-old boy, a Class 12 student, wrote his English exam while his sister who survived the violent attack on their lives at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district appeared for a Tamil paper.
#TamilNadu #tirunelveli #CasteCrime #dalits #DalitChildren #paraiyars #maravars #caste #CasteDiscrimination #india
The caste of a chair
How upper castes in Tamil Nadu’s panchayats use chairs and the protocols surrounding them to discriminate against Dalit women presidents. Johanna Deeksha writes.
https://scroll.in/article/1054648/the-caste-of-a-chair
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