2 August 2002  

Tiruchi Dalits starve for refusing to swallow insult

Dalits in Tiruchi district’s Thinniyam village who had alleged that upper caste men forced them to eat faeces now say they are paying for complaining with a job boycott.

http://www.indian-express.com/full_story.php?content_id=6985

No Periyar statue will be installed in state: CM

Succumbing to coalition pressure, chief minister Mayawati on Thursday denied that the BSP had any plan to install the statue of Dalit saint EVS Ramaswamy Nicker popularly known as ‘Periyar’ at Ambedkar Udyan in Lucknow.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=17806103

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