By Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent Case prompts nationwide protests and further highlights country’s endemic problem of sexual violence Four men have been charged with the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in India, a case that prompted nationwide protests and drew a fresh spotlight on India’s endemic problem of sexual violence. In September in […]

WomenDecember 21, 2020

Four men charged with rape and murder of…

By Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent Case prompts nationwide protests and further highlights country’s endemic problem of sexual violence Four men have been charged with the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in India, a…

Sowjanya Tamalapakula, Hyderabad. Considering women as category “internal” to a community is not based on Ambedkarite politics but the framework of a Brahminical family model. I am both an interloper and an outsider in two political groups – namely, feminist organisations and the Dalit movement. I repudiate certain aspects of both the groups but keep […]

WomenDecember 14, 2020

‘Annihilation of caste’ and ‘annihilation of patriarchy’ must…

Sowjanya Tamalapakula, Hyderabad. Considering women as category “internal” to a community is not based on Ambedkarite politics but the framework of a Brahminical family model. I am both an interloper and an outsider in two…