Tag: South Asia Solidarity Group

By M Ghazali Khan LONDON: Representatives of rights groups, Indian diaspora and Dalit organisations have marked India’s Republic Day eve by holding a candlelit vigil outside the Indian High Commission in London. A press release issued by the South Asia Solidarity Group described the vigil as a display of solidarity with the hunger-striking students of the University of Hyderabad and other places across India against the “institutional murder of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula by university authorities and Indian cabinet ministers.” Holding banners, portraits of Rohith Vemula and Dr Ambedkar and candles...