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The Double Stage on Campus: Caste, crisis & UGC equity regulations (2026) controversy
This paper applies the theoretical concepts of the “scene” and the “obscene,” developed in my earlier work on caste and “schizophrenic modernity”, to analyse the dispute over the University...
Silger firing: Collector orders probe, requests protesters to return home
In the firing that took place on May 17, the police claimed that 3 “maoists” were killed, while villagers deny the same
Kolhapur’s Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj and his battle for Dalit-Bahujan communities
The beloved ruler is supposed to be the first king to introduce affirmative action policies in education and employment for the benefit of Dalit communities
Return Assam’s land and forests to the indigenous and Adivasi people: DSG
A detailed fact-finding report confirmed that the Azure Power company secured land for its solar power project at Mikir Bamuni Grant village by illegal and fraudulent means.
SC recognises how intersection of gender, caste and disability makes one a soft target
While hearing a case realted to the rape of a visually impaired woman from a Scheduled Caste, the court also laid down guidelines on how to deal with complainants with disabilities in their interaction with the judicial system
IIT Prof’s meltdown, abuse of students is a lesson on how not to teach
Associate Professor Seema Singh’s humiliation of Dalit and PWD students exposes the class divide in elite institutions
Shocks the judicial conscience: Odisha HC on death of four manual scavengers
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Forest dwellers to elect village heads for first time in UP
The Vantangiya tribe lives in dense forest areas of Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Gonda and Balrampur in Eastern UP
Ambedkar and the call to Conversion!
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The process itself is the punishment: HRF on NIA Raids
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