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9 Jan 2018 4 minute read

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Ravali Medari was moved to take up political activism alongside her academic work. Meena Kandasamy looks at...

3 Nov 2017 3 minute read

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A millennia-old blot on Hinduism was overturned in Kerala, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

12 May 2017 3 minute read

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From a conference on dalit discrimination in London comes a message to Pope Francis, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara...

5 May 2017 3 minute read

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Over 20 years after Mari Marcel Thekaekara’s exposé of dalit manual scavenging, somebody might finally be...

22 Oct 2015 3 minute read

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Another day, another Dalit death. We must hang our heads in shame, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

26 Apr 2013 3 minute read

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Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection...

13 Oct 2007 3 minute read

This article is almost 16 years old.

The view from the Shanti Café is, undeniably, spectacular. Beach,
fishing boats, distant Shore Temples rising from the...

9 Feb 2007 1 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

In this program you'll hear one of the main concepts behind Radio NewInternationalist take-off, as progressive people from...

6 Dec 2006 10 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Dalit women speak out against human rights abuses and discrimination at an international conference in The Hague, Netherlands...