India, Aug. 10 -- Where Did You Go, Hating My Black Dalit Skin? You appeared like a moon-flower in 2002, you shone like moonlight until 2004. Where did you go from Pondicherry? For so long, I searched... Read More
India, Aug. 3 -- Vishnu Smriti 44.9; Yajnavalkya 3.21.3; ?pastamba Dharmas?tra 2.1.2.6; Skanda Purana V.iii.14-22: Criminals and sinners will be reborn as untouchable caste people. O Hindu, At marri... Read More
India, July 27 -- From ages of dust and burdens untold, It rose where countless sorrows unfold, Born to cleanse what centuries stained, A land where fear and silence reigned. Where steps were feared a... Read More
India, July 20 -- Vishnu Smriti 5.104 and Angiras Samhita 1.39: "If an untouchable caste intentionally touches a non-Dalit, then he or she is to be put to death. The Dvija is purified by consuming cow... Read More
India, July 13 -- Apastamba Dharma Shastra 2.1.2.8; Vishnu Shastra 71.58-59; Satapatha Brahmana 14:1:1:31; Parasara Shashra 6.22; Kurma Purana 11.34.80; Usana Samhita 9.89: "Speaking with an Untouchab... Read More
India, July 6 -- "If an untouchable caste intentionally touches a high-caste person, then he or she is to be put to death" (Vishnu Smriti 5.104 and Angiras Samhita 1.39) O Hindu, They did not fall l... Read More
India, June 29 -- Penance for killing an untouchable is the same as penance for killing a dog, bear, frog, crow, or owl (Mahabharata 12.165.56; Agni Purana 169.25-32). O Hindu, That sentence Is an a... Read More
India, June 22 -- O Hindu, We are told We must not dream Of becoming: A Reader, Bent over bright margins Where new worlds germinate; A Scholar, Turning pages until dawn Burns its questions into our ... Read More
India, May 25 -- If the Chandala, i.e., untouchable, hears the Veda, then molten lead must be poured into his ears; if he recites the Veda, then his tongue should be cut off; if he memorises Veda, the... Read More
India, May 18 -- Dvija (Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya) must throw leftover food of Shraddha on the ground for Chandala (Untouchable), dogs, and birds to eat. (Manu Smriti 3.92, Markandeya Purana 26.45-... Read More