Diktats, boycotts and the fight for rights
For over two years, 45 toddy-tapper and 10 Dalit families in Nizamabad’s Tallarampur have allegedly faced a complete social boycott for defying their Village Development Committee’s (VDC) orders. Denied access to groceries, medical aid and social gatherings, they have been pushed to the margins of everyday life. The growing clout of VDCs and nearly 90 complaints of alleged excesses before the…
On a bright Sri Rama Navami in Tallarampur village, Kairi Kalyani and other women prepared to offer prayers at the local Ramalayam. However, their intentions were quickly thwarted by the temple priest, who demanded they vacate the premises. The reason? The women were members of the Goud community, and their traditional practices were deemed unacceptable.
This incident marked the beginning of a struggle for the rights of the Goud community, who faced diktats and boycotts as they sought to assert their place in religious rituals.
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