By Moncho Torres Laxmanpur-Bathe, India, Dec 1 (EFE).- On Dec. 1, 1997, Hindu upper caste radicals armed with guns and machetes killed 58 villagers in north India, most of them members of the marginalized Dalit community, whose quest for justice remains unfulfilled even 25 years later. The village of Laxmanpur-Bathe, which borders the Sone river …
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April 27, 2021
A video of a professor calling her students “bloody bastards” has sparked outrage around how minorities are treated at India’s elite institutes.
In a video that went viral on social media on April 25, Seema Singh, a professor at the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), can be seen and heard foul-mouthing students and berating them after she thought some of them had not stood up for the national anthem.
The video was first posted on the Facebook page IIT-KGP confessions.
The video was shot during Singh’s Prep English Course, which is meant for students from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and persons with disabilities. The one-year preparatory class is aimed at helping students from these communities to secure a seat the following year if they make the cut-off but are unable to get direct admission.
Marking 100 Days of the Farmers’ Agitation ‘MSP dilao abhiyan’
Expressway blockade, black flags and bands will mark the 100th day of the farmer’s struggle on March 6, as per the programme released by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha.
A 5-hour blockade of the KMP Expressway, which connects various protest sites outside Delhi, has been announced. Farmer leaders have also urged supporters across India to hoist black flags on houses and offices and wear black bands on March 6, in protest of the government.
A senior leader of the Morcha, Darshan Pal, further announced that toll plazas will be freed on the day.