Tag: Social Stigma

Untouchability
Untouchability lives on! Dead body lies unattended for 2 days

Malkangiri: Regressive practices like untouchability and casetism continue to rear their ugly heads every now and then in Odisha. One such inhuman episode was reported from Nuaguda Village under Gobindapalli Panchayat in Khairaput Block of Malkangiri District. According to sources, one 75-year-old widow, Kamala Chital had died. However, as Kamala’s son was engaged in manual […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
body-on-cycle
Caste differences force minor boy in Odisha to carry mother's body on bicycle

Jharsuguda: At a time when a lot is being done to promote equality, instances of caste-based discrimination are really disconcerting. In a glaring example, a minor boy had to carry the body of his mother on a bicycle after villagers refused to assist him in funeral in Jharsuguda. Such a shocking incident has been reported […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
HIV-SUICIDE
Unable To Bear Pain, HIV-Positive Youth Ends Life In Odisha

Mayurbhanj: In a shocking incident, an HIV positive youth died allegedly after setting himself on fire at Sonaposi village under Tiring Police limits in Mayurbhanj district. The youth was tested positive for HIV some three to four years back. He was staying alone after his brother reportedly shifted to another place after marriage. Both the […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
Jhulima-Mallik
Will Continue Fight Against Child Marriage: Odisha's UN Award Winner Jhulima Mallik

Kandhamal: “United Nation’s V Award has given me the strength to continue with my fight against the evil practice of child marriage,” said Jhulima Mallik after returning Odisha. Mallik, a tribal girl from K.Nuagaon block under Kandhamal district bagged the prestigious United Nation’s V-Award at New Delhi on 5 December and returned to her home […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
Inhuman: Lower Caste Man Carries Father’s Body As Villager Refuses Help For Last Rites
Caste Stigma: Man Carries Father’s Body On Cycle For Last Rites As Villagers Refuse To Touch Body

Bolangir: It seems repeated awareness to shun caste system stigma has become irrelevant with the social evil still quite prevalent in many interior pockets of Odisha. In another appalling instance of inhumanity, a man had to carry the corpse of his father on bicycle after fellow villagers did not turn up for the last rites […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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