Ashis Nandy faces up to five years in jail after an FIR was filed against him following his remarks on Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
11:01 PM, Jan 28, 2013
A statement about corruption and SC-STs and OBCs made at a literary festival some 250 km from Delhi is attracting more and more political rhetoric, with politicians jumping the Ashis Nandy bandwagon, seeking punishment for the renowned sociologist. First BSP supremo Mayawati sought his arrest. Then the SC/ST commission on Monday sent a notice to the Rajasthan government, questioning the delay in arresting him, while Speaker Meira Kumar said even...
10:35 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy defended his statements on Dalits and other backwards classes saying he stood by what he said and that he apologised only to those who were hurt by his statement. ...
03:35 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Sociologist Ashis Nandy on Sunday returned to Delhi from Jaipur where he was attending the Literature Festival. Nandy stirred up a controversy on Saturday after he seemingly blamed the Dalits for the corruption menace in the country. Even as he apologised for his remarks and insisted that he had been misquoted, an FIR was filed against him. ...
11:24 AM, Jan 27, 2013
Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution and Dalit rights activist, has criticised sociologist Ashis Nandy for his remarks on the Other Backward Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
09:32 AM, Jan 27, 2013
Sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy kicked up a storm at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Saturday when he claimed Dalits and other backward castes are responsible for corruption in the country. Nandy is now facing up to 10 years imprisonment for his controversial remarks, after an FIR was filed against him under the SC/ST Act. ...
09:30 PM, Jan 26, 2013
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Ashis Nandy under the SC/ST Act for his offensive remarks against Dalits and other backward castes. The sociologist and political psychologist could face up to 10 years imprisonment, if convicted. ...
07:29 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Defending his controversial remarks that claimed corruption is perpetuated by Dalits and other backward castes, sociologist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy on Saturday said he is being "misquoted". "I agree that corruption is an equalising force in our country. What I meant was that when poor people, SC/ST people do corruption, it is more apparent," Nandy, who made the comments at Jaipur Literature Festival, said. ...
05:30 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Sociologist Ashis Nandy stood defiant in face of criticism and said on Saturday that he stood by his statement blaming the OBCs, the SCs and the STs for the menace of corruption in the country. "I stand by my statement. Let the police take action against me," he said in Jaipur where he is attending the Literature Festival. ...
02:49 PM, Jan 26, 2013
IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Quota Bill on promotions. ...
05:36 PM, Dec 17, 2012
6 December 1992. Ayodhya burned, while NaRao fiddled (at a puja)(i). Flash forward 20 years. Today, in the heart of Hyderabad, once celebrated ...
11:22 AM, Dec 06, 2012
On Dalit icon BR Ambedkar's 55th death anniversary on Thursday, lakhs of people are expected to converge at the Indu Mills in Mumbai to celebrate the Centre's move to install an Ambedkar memorial there. This land faces the sea and is right next to Chaitya Bhoomi, where Ambedkar's ashes have been interred. ...
10:07 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Ramanathapuram: Leader of a Thevar outfit Shanmugaiyah Pandian was arrested on Monday for reportedly instigating his community against the Dalits in Kadaladi area, police said. They said the speeches of Pandian, leader of Thevar Kuzham Kootamaippu, was such that it endangered peaceful existence of the two communities in this part of the state. Police said they did not want to take chances as clashes between the two communities had already...
11:32 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Ahmedabad: Around 3,000 Dalits were detained across Gujarat on Saturday during their state-wide protest against the alleged inaction by police in arresting culprits of Thanagadh killings. While 200 of them were detained in Ahmedabad, 100 people were taken into custody in Vadodara, 300 activists in Surendranagar and Patan districts and 200 people were detained in Surat, police said. The protest began from Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue near Sarangpur. Traffic remained affected...
11:33 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Jind: Members of a Dalit organisation created a ruckus outside a PWD guesthouse in Jind, Haryana after police refused to let them in on Wednesday. The group wanted to go inside to meet the 11 MPs visiting from Delhi. The MPs who are on a fact-finding mission were holding a closed door meeting with rape victims and their families. The District Collector and the DGP were also present at the...
02:09 PM, Oct 17, 2012
When I was asked to travel to Haryana for a ground report on the sudden spurt in the number of rape cases being reported from ...
01:40 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Hisar: There is outrage over a Haryana Khap member's statement that girls must be married off at 16 years of age to avoid being raped. The Dalit community has rejected the Khap's suggestion of lowering the marriageable age, calling it a sick mindset. "Reducing the marriageable age won't make a difference. It's not the age, but the mindset of the culprit that's responsible," Dhanik Samaj leader Jongi Ram Khundia said....
11:45 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Hisar: Protestors from the Dalit community on Sunday demanded the arrest of seven upper-caste men who allegedly abducted and raped a 16-year old girl and then circulated an MMS clip of it in Haryana's Dabra village near Hisar. The incident had occurred on September 9 but came to light 10 days later when the victim broke down and told her parents. The girl's distraught father committed suicide on Thursday. The...
05:31 PM, Sep 23, 2012
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by eight "upper caste" men on September 9 in the Dabra area of Hisar. ...
04:40 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Hisar: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by eight "upper caste" men on September 9 in the Dabra area of Hisar. The case came to light only 10 days later, on September 19, after the distraught minor broke down in front of her parents and narrated the incident. To make matters worse, when the girl's father approached the police for help, they reportedly refused to file an FIR. The...
01:02 PM, Sep 23, 2012
