Kewal Singh

Caste in Indian society is a material reality which, aligned with gender creates a discourse where dominating or upper caste gets an impunity to commit to violence against oppressed caste especially women. In this paper I will discuss how caste is used as a kind of sexual violence against woman from lower starta or oppressed […]

“In one violent confrontation in Jhaloor, when protestors gathered for a night rally, drunk and armed Jutts ambushed over 100 Dalit villagers, and even threatened them, saying, “We’ll teach your daughters a lesson for asking for land,” according to Kaur, who was in the rally. Houses were vandalised; women, children, and animals were attacked. An