Carcasses pile up outside Indian PM’s city as Dalits protest prejudice
- 03-Oct-2016
AHMEDABAD: On the outskirts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home city, the stench from cow carcasses littering the roadside is overpowering as India’s lowest social caste keeps up protests against deep-rooted discrimination. Dalits, previously known as ‘untouchables’, stopped collecting carcasses more than two months ago in Gujarat state, after the brutal beating of four Dalit […]
Low-caste Indians thrashed for skinning dead cow
- 12-Jul-2016
AHMEDABAD: Members of a cow vigilante gang who stripped and beat low-caste villagers over alleged cow slaughter have been arrested in India after video footage of them went viral, an official said Tuesday.
Arundhati Roy returns national award over protest against intolerance in India
- 06-Nov-2015
MUMBAI: Arundhati Roy returned her national award which she won in 1989 as a sign of protest over the rise in cases of intolerance in India.