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Decoding Brahminical-Gene Through Popular Films
After centuries of domination, surprisingly it is the ‘Brahminical-Gene’ which is under all sorts of threats. Now, the threat has manifested through Anuradha Tiwari’s assertion of her upper-caste identity....
India farmers, Adivasis and forest dwellers condemn FCA draft changes
Finding the amendments that dismiss the Forest Rights Act unacceptable, Adivasis and other forest-dwellers have resolved to protest the Centre’s move on November 12
100 days on, Piri villagers still await justice for Brahmadev Singh
Local police claim they cannot register the application as the matter has been transferred to the CID
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit school children thrashed, made to sit separately in Amethi
Second case of discrimination in a week, exposes deep caste based prejudices in the state’s schools
Internationalising Caste
Caste is becoming a global phenomenon, in the wake of 'Caste' being exported/carried along to the west by the upper caste Indians as we have seen from the recent Cisco case in California
Can you hear the steady drumbeat of Institutional Casteism?
The report looks at the inadequate redressal mechanism and interacts with people from marginalised communities who have faced such discrimination in the medical field either overtly or covertly and how it affects opportunities that are usually at the disposal of the dominant castes
Shankar Guha Niyogi: Gone, but not forgotten
On Niyogi’s thirtieth death anniversary, SabrangIndia looks back at the long legacy left behind by the trade union leader
UP Dalit man who exposed SC discrimination in school being threatened?
Sahab Singh, who exposed the school keeping utensils of SC kids separately, alleges threats from Thakurs
Karnataka: Dalit family fined Rs 25,000 for ‘purification ritual’ after toddler runs into temple
Days later, police register case under the SC/ST prevention of atrocities Act, arrest five
Widows of three manual scavengers get compensation and rehabilitation from Bombay HC
In a year where the government refused to accept any deaths due to manual scavenging, the court stepped in to recognise their rights
Maliparvat Adivasis prevent HINDALCO’s public hearing
After police officials attempted to keep affected villagers from attending the company’s hearing, residents flew in a rage and stormed the area
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