Thinking Beyond Hashtags

The hashtag to watch in India these last couple of weeks has been #DalitLivesMatter. A continuation of the #BlackLivesMatter movement which seeks to expose the discrimination against and abuse of Black Americans in the USA, #DalitLivesMatter re-emerged with the death of Rohith Vemula at the University of Hyderabad. The death of Vemula has generated a nation-wide moment of horror, anger, protest and commentary that we haven’t seen lately. Part of the reason might be that Vemula was a schola