#Dalit

Asim Ali

AsimAli6

This poster is pretty horrible. It reinforces stereotypes, rather than invert them, as Dalit leaders have historically done. Mayawati wore elegant clothes, flaunted her jewellery and handbags as a symbol

The Dalit Voice

ambedkariteIND

Our fight is totally different from landlord farmers. 92% of Scheduled Caste holding is marginal (0-2 hectares) of the 86.21% overall. The Agricultural Census of 2015-16 reported that Dalits operate

Smashboard

Smashboard_

#THREAD How to be an anti-caste feminist when you have caste privilege. (Not an exhaustive list)1. Listen actively to Dalit feminists. Respond with feminist love & solidarity rather than with

Yashica Dutt

YashicaDutt

If the weeks of protest against #MadamChiefMinister & response by the crew/actors have taught us anything is that:Dalit Bahujan voices matter.So proud of all DBA folks who called out the

Swati Goel Sharma

swati_gs

Amid important statement by law minister that Dalits converting to Islam or Christianity are not entitled to SC quota, sharing five case studies by me where Dalit women and men

dr. meena kandasamy || #StandWithFarmers

meenakandasamy

Silence is complicity. There is a tendency to either portray everyone as a Punjabi male farmer, or disparage the movement as a rich farmers movement. #NodeepKaur crystallises a militancy that

Sankul

sankul333

This is my 2nd rant about Bollywood but forgive me, this is triggering. Hear me out. Richa Chadha's saviour complex is clear as day here. She feels she's doing us

Vigil Auntie

shaistapatel

Something that deeply bothers me: #Savarna in North American academia create power struggles and hostilities with other savarnas over claiming 'their' Dalit-Bahujan people (read objects). #caste #NorthAmericanAcademia #AcademicTwitt

pariahkite

pariahkite1

What is this take that if you don't know your caste you must be uppercaste or that you have had too much privilege that has transcended caste. You can experience

rupi kaur

rupikaur_

on january 12—haryana police abducted nodeep kaur from her tent at singhu protest. since then she has been beaten & sexually assaulted while under police custody. nodeep is 23 yold

Vj

rumlolarum

Journalism is no one's father's property. A thread.I've seen a gatekeeping mentality practiced by some journalists in upholding a Brahmanical distinction between what is pure journalism & what isn't, what

Sankul

sankul333

How to be an anti-caste ally if you are an upper-caste: a thread 1) Listen. Listen to Dalits when they talk about their caste struggles and issues. Especially listen to

Abhijit Majumder

abhijitmajumder

While CAA, 370, NEC, Ram Mandir have been huge wins, Hindus should now address #caste. We have never been scared of introspection, reform.If identity/occupation based on birth was unjust then,

Swati Goel Sharma

swati_gs

The recent Kaushambi case of gangrape-filming of 13-yr-old dalit girl by 3 much older men - Nizam, Adil, Adik - was more than a gender crimeGirl told me (video below)

Anahita Mukherji

Newspaperwalli

Thread: Dalits in US tech companies say caste discrimination from upper castes at work is rampant. I explore the manifestation of India’s centuries-old caste system in US MNCs, in the

Khalid Anis Ansari 🇮🇳

KhalidAAnsari4

**The Perilous Seductions of Dalit-Muslim Solidarity**A few savarnas/ashrafs across religions will have no issues in embracing Bahujan/Pasmanda discourse. 1/n The motivations could range from altruistic ones and genuine commitment to

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