It’s been a nasty, brutish week. On the heels of 2 little girls being raped, India awoke to another horror story: just outside Delhi, 2 Dalit children, aged 9 months and 2.5 years, were cold-bloodedly burnt to death in a ghastly tale of revenge and caste hatred.
To settle scores from an older feud, some men from a dominant caste crept up to the house of a sleeping Dalit family and poured petrol from an open window onto their bed. They set it alight and bolted the family in from outside. The children died before they arrived at a Delhi hospital. Their mother, Rekha, suffered serious burns and is battling for her life. Their father, Jitender, also received burn injuries while trying to save his family.
Yet their deaths have not stopped traffic in Delhi, nor seriously hit Indian TV channels. These are routine deaths. Dalit deaths. Expendable people. Caste tension is the reason attributed to their murders. Flip the page. It’s not really newsworthy. Just some dead Dalits. Been going on for thousands of years. No-one is shocked. No-one gives it a second thought.
When will Dalit deaths cease to be ignored in our country? How can we even pretend to aspire to a global ranking in the ‘developed’ world when we allow our most vulnerable people to be raped, tortured, beaten and murdered every single day, with total impunity? We continue to be a wretched, shameful country, even though we prattle on about our great and glorious heritage. Full story...
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To settle scores from an older feud, some men from a dominant caste crept up to the house of a sleeping Dalit family and poured petrol from an open window onto their bed. They set it alight and bolted the family in from outside. The children died before they arrived at a Delhi hospital. Their mother, Rekha, suffered serious burns and is battling for her life. Their father, Jitender, also received burn injuries while trying to save his family.
Yet their deaths have not stopped traffic in Delhi, nor seriously hit Indian TV channels. These are routine deaths. Dalit deaths. Expendable people. Caste tension is the reason attributed to their murders. Flip the page. It’s not really newsworthy. Just some dead Dalits. Been going on for thousands of years. No-one is shocked. No-one gives it a second thought.
When will Dalit deaths cease to be ignored in our country? How can we even pretend to aspire to a global ranking in the ‘developed’ world when we allow our most vulnerable people to be raped, tortured, beaten and murdered every single day, with total impunity? We continue to be a wretched, shameful country, even though we prattle on about our great and glorious heritage. Full story...
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