Tamil Nadu's first Dalit-centric channel: For Dalits, but not yet by Dalits

BR Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary, Tamil Nadu’s first Dalit-centric television channel, Velicham TV, hit the airwaves. Curiously, however, this channel has no Dalit reporters on its roster yet.

Velichcham TV was launched as the mouthpiece of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, a party with a strong Dalit base, whose leader Thol Thirumavalavan is a former Lok Sabha MP. According to the VCK, the...

Tamil Nadu's first Dalit-centric channel: For Dalits, but not yet by Dalits