Much has been said and written since the ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’ tweet kicked up a storm a month ago. It gave a peek into the online abuse Dalits face, which itself pales in comparison to the violence they are subjected to as they seek some semblance of equality.
It also raised questions about the abuse women face, a point Amnesty International underscored with an authoritative study. It showed that 7.1% of the tweets that women journalists and politicians in the US and Britain received were abusive, but this number is much higher for women of