For the record: Am I a Naxalite?
The Indian Express / By Anand Teltumbde
“The harassment I have faced is meant to terrorise intellectuals, subdue dissent.”
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Labelling Dalits and Adivasis as Maoists is an old state strategy for crushing dissent and criticism
Scroll.in / By Anand Teltumbde
In ‘Republic of Caste’, published this year, Anand Teltumbde writes about how Maoist and Naxalite labels make Dalits and Adivasis even more vulnerable.
Despite its mode of expression, the much-maligned Naxalite movement is essentially an act of dissent, a public protest, a fact occasionally acknowledged by the government itself, although the actions of the latter never reflect this admission.
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India’s justice system is biased against Dalits – the 9 deaths during Monday’s protest prove that
Scroll.in / By Anand Teltumbde
The actions of the police and the media during the April 2 bandh against changes in the Atrocity Act demonstrates that prejudice runs deep.
On April 2, in an unprecedented show of solidarity, Dalits across India observed a Bharat Bandh to protest against the March 20 judgement of the Supreme Court that effectively took away whatever teeth the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act had been left with.
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