On October 23rd, Dinesh Kumar picked up a sickle, barged into his neighbour’s house and brutally beheaded Rajalakshmi in front of her mother. The mother and daughter had been stringing together jasmine flowers. He then proceeded to carry the dismembered head back to his house. Dinesh Kumar is a 27-year-old man belonging to the dominant community in Thalavaipatti, a village near Aathur on the outskirts … Continue reading #ViolenceOfSilence: Chennai Protests The Murder of Rajalakshmi, A Dalit Girl From Salem