ଭାରତୀୟ ସମାଜ ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥାରେ ଧାର୍ମିକ ଅନୁମୋଦିତ ପ୍ରଥା, ମୂଲ୍ୟବୋଧ ଏବଂ ପିତୃସତ୍ତା ସହିତ ବଳାତ୍କାର ସ୍ୱାଭାବିକ ହୋଇଛି । ଜାତି ଭିତ୍ତିକ ହିଂସା ଏବଂ ଅତ୍ୟାଚାର ଦଳିତମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସାଧାରଣ ଏବଂ ମୁଖ୍ୟତଃ ଦଲିତ…

Rape has been normalised with religious sanctioned norms, values and patriarchal practices. Caste-based sexual violence and atrocities are common for the oppressed and mainly occurred,…

Forty-eight Dalit families in Puri District of Odisha are living under extreme fear, threat starving, and struggling for a life of dignity from last three…

In the absence of strong anti-caste politics in Odisha, the BJD government paid lip services and allowed untouchability to thrive in all domains of lives. Dalit’s voice not heard in the mainstream Odisha media, not even with digital and social media (Mandal, 2020). Upper caste media never report but manipulate the incident in favour of upper castes. Upper-caste’s media portrait that casteism/untouchability does not exist in Odisha anymore. Further ruling BJD government portrayed a peaceful face of Odisha outside the state. Neither the Odisha government nor police takes action against untouchability, sexual violence, atrocities against Dalit and Dalit women. Rawat (2011) says untouchability, sexual violence, exclusion manifests today more violently than ever before. Not only upper caste women and men are the most discriminatory toward Dalits, but also the OBCs and STs practice untouchability against the Dalits. The most potent form of verbal abuse directed at them is abusive language and caste-related insults. Physical and sexual assaults against Dalit women were not uncommon, despite being far less common than verbal abuse.

The practice of untouchability and caste discrimination has been a serious issue for long time in state of Odisha. For Dalit of Banjipali, using of…