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Two held for assaulting a NGO worker
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A special police team of Perambalur district on Thursday arrested two persons who reportedly went absconding after allegedly attacking a field coordinator working for a non-governmental organisation and belonging to Scheduled Caste community. They had also threatened and abused the coordinator by denoting his caste name at Keezhaperambalur villagelast month.
The accused T. Muthukumar and D. Thotti alias Ramesh - both Caste Hindus (Vanniyar community) of Keelaperambalur village - were secured by a special police team at Pennadam in neighbouring Perambalur district and subsequently arrested in connection with the incident that took place on May 27.
Two held, six others booked for forcing three elderly Dalit men to fall at feet and apologise
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Three elderly Dalit men were forced to fall at the feet of caste Hindus at Ottanandhal Pancchayat near Thiruvennainallur in Villupuram district following a quarrel. | Photo Credit:
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The police in Villupuram district arrested two caste Hindus and booked a case against six others for making three elderly Dalit men fall at their feet and apologise over a quarrel.
The arrested have been identified as Gokul Raj and Seetharaman of Ottanandhal Panchayat.
Cases have been booked against the eight persons under 147, 294 (b), 506 (1) read with various provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Problem of Being a Dalit in the Communist Movement
R.B. More was a bridge between Dalit and communist politics and tried to change the communist party leadership s stand on the caste question.
R.B. More, c. 1937. Photo: Unknown/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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As recalcitrant subjects in Indian history, Dalits were always a problem for the status quo and the politics and ideas that attempted to transform it. True to their outlier position in caste Hindu society as stigmatised beings, they endure abject poverty, and their condition is incomprehensible even to the well-meaning caste Hindu. Yet at times, they become problems for themselves and the people around them because of the swirling stigma and economic deprivations that bog them down and corrode their dignity.
Caste Hindus from Uthapuram panchayat at Madurai Collectorate on Monday.
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A large group of caste Hindus from Uthapuram panchayat petitioned the District Collector here on Monday, urging to stop the construction of a bridge over a drainage channel which will enable the Scheduled Caste residents to easily access Elumalai-Usilampatti Road.
Caste tension has prevailed in Uthapuram between the caste Hindus and the Scheduled Caste residents for the past several years.
The petitioners said that the Scheduled Caste residents who were predominantly present in Pottalpatti, have recently expanded to adjacently located Kurunji Nagar.
It was decided to construct a bridge across the drainage channel connecting Kurunji Nagar with Elumalai-Usilampatti Road, after holding several talks with the district administration officials.