September 29, 2022 16:45 pm
BAJURA, Sept 29: The police have arrested Ward Chairman Juddha Ayadi, who beat up a Dalit man for entering a local temple. The police have arrested the ward chairman who assaulted Tekendra Sunar for entering the Nateshwari Temple located in Triveni Municipality-7.
July 15, 2022 19:00 pm
In Nepal, where the caste system has penetrated society for centuries, inter-caste love relations remain a crime.
June 7, 2022 12:00 pm
PALPA, June 7: The incidents of caste discrimination and untouchability are continued unabated in the rural areas in the district. Conservative thoughts and superstitions are behind such incidents.
June 4, 2022 09:25 am
KATHMANDU, June 4: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that caste discrimination and untouchability are not only immoral and inhuman acts but also crimes.
July 17, 2020 13:00 pm
KATHMANDU, July 17: Prakash Nepali, lawyer and a lecturer, is not shocked by these numbers: 16 Dalits were killed by non-Dalits in the last decade alone. The latest tragedy in Rukum makes the toll 20, he said. Nepali said that 75 untouchability-related cases have been registered since the Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability Act, 2068 was promulgated in 2011. However, not a single case has been established as an untouchability offence, deserving a maximum punishment to the guilty. “Zero percent success in providing justice to Dalits,” said Nepali.
June 17, 2020 12:35 pm
KATHMANDU, June 17: Their close friends from the non-Dalit community, whenever took them to their house, there would be a deal before they reach the doorstep. “Please don't tell your surname,” the Dalits would be told. Falling in love, accidently or thoughtfully, without being caste conscious is always a nightmare for them. They have dozens of told and untold stories hidden in their souls that continue to haunt them. And the biggest torture is that they know their children will not get any better world to live in.
May 27, 2020 14:48 pm
Those involved in the murder of Nabaraj must be punished so that it becomes a turning point in the way our nation treats its most vulnerable.
December 20, 2019 10:01 am
Being the subject of discussion on a Facebook post of someone I didn’t even know too well was amusing at first but it quickly became a source of much anguish and hurt when people took to name calling and caste discrimination.
November 4, 2018 08:51 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: ‘Media Dialogue Program on Caste-Based Discrimination’ was held on Monday at Yak Party Palace, Lalitpur. The event organized by Sajha Aawaj program was jointly collaborated by Nepal National Dalit Social Welfare Organization (NNDSWO), MAG (Media Advocacy Group), Fin Church Aid (FCA) with support from the European Union (EU).