40 Dalit Families Face Social Boycott in Odisha After Girl Plucks Flowers from Upper-caste Man's Garden
4 years, 4 months ago

40 Dalit Families Face Social Boycott in Odisha After Girl Plucks Flowers from Upper-caste Man's Garden

News 18  

Around 40 Dalit families were subjected to social boycott for over a fortnight after a 15-year-old girl plucked flowers from the garden of an upper-caste man in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, officials said on Sunday. "The two groups were at loggerheads for a long time due to an old rivalry and it snowballed into a major controversy after the girl plucked flowers from the garden of an upper-caste man," Tumusinga police station inspector in-charge A K Dungdung said. Steps were taken to resolve the issue after representatives of the Dalit families approached the police and the district administration a few days ago, sub-collector of Kamakhyanagar sub-division, B P Acharya, said. The girl's father claimed that the Dalit representatives had also tendered an apology following the incident but still they were subjected to the social boycott, he said.

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Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police
1 year, 8 months ago

Dalit priest attacked by upper caste members in Tumakuru, say police

Hindustan Times  

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Dalits, Muslims stage protests in Karnataka against reservation rejig plan
1 year, 8 months ago

Dalits, Muslims stage protests in Karnataka against reservation rejig plan

The Hindu  

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Maha: Villages Decide to Boycott Families Practicing Child Marriages in Palghar
1 year, 8 months ago

Maha: Villages Decide to Boycott Families Practicing Child Marriages in Palghar

News 18  

In an attempt to put a stop to child marriages, several villages in predominantly tribal Palghar district of Maharashtra have decided to boycott families that indulge in the illegal practice, police said on Saturday. As a result of the Palghar police’s ‘Jan Samwad Abhiyan’ initiative, several villages in Wada and Vikramgad talukas of the district have now decided to boycott …

17 Families in Gujarat's Bhutavad Village Face Social Boycott After Youth From Community Marries Upper Caste Woman
1 year, 11 months ago

17 Families in Gujarat's Bhutavad Village Face Social Boycott After Youth From Community Marries Upper Caste Woman

News 18  

Seventeen families of the barber community in Gujarat’s Bhutavad village have been facing social boycott after a youth from the community married an upper caste woman. One of the affected, Prabhudas told media persons, “A youth from our community has married a woman from Chaudhary family, even we are against this love marriage, yet, upper caste members are socially boycotting …

Dalit boys face caste violence in Karnataka
2 years, 2 months ago

Dalit boys face caste violence in Karnataka

The Hindu  

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A missing pot and the unmissable caste divide
2 years, 3 months ago

A missing pot and the unmissable caste divide

The Hindu  

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4 Dalits allege harassment by BJP MLA Olekar’s son, attempt suicide in Karnataka
2 years, 6 months ago

4 Dalits allege harassment by BJP MLA Olekar’s son, attempt suicide in Karnataka

The Hindu  

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Dalit Bandhu: Officials filter out beneficiaries
2 years, 9 months ago

Dalit Bandhu: Officials filter out beneficiaries

Deccan Chronicle  

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Haryana: 150 SC families denied ration, medicine due to 'social boycott'
3 years, 2 months ago

Haryana: 150 SC families denied ration, medicine due to 'social boycott'

India TV News  

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The ground reality of Dalits who convert to Christianity to ‘get respect’
3 years, 5 months ago

The ground reality of Dalits who convert to Christianity to ‘get respect’

Op India  

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Six Members of Caste Panchayat Held for Boycotting Family Over Property Dispute in Pune
4 years ago

Six Members of Caste Panchayat Held for Boycotting Family Over Property Dispute in Pune

News 18  

Six people of a caste panchayat have been arrested in Pune district of Maharashtra for allegedly ordering social boycott of a family, police said on Sunday. An FIR was lodged by a woman from the Kanjarbhat community in Saswad taluka of Pune district claiming the ‘jaat’ panchayat had ordered to boycott her family for a period of one year last …

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