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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...
AIFRTE slams Centre for suggesting scrapping reservation in IIT faculty recruitment
The move was also condemned by IIT Bombay’s Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle for its casteist ignorance
Hathras case: UP State & DM deny accepting house and job requests of the victim’s family
The victim’s family submitted before the High Court that they were promised compensation, employment and a house by the DM which was being refused
Tribal man dies under mysterious circumstances in UP
Family rejects police theory of drunken brawl, demands justice
Gumla lynching case accused moves Jharkhand HC for bail
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Why not call ‘lower castes’ by their name wonders BJP MP Pragya Thakur
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Tribal leader V.K Geetha leads struggle against destructive development
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Manual Scavengers Act: Karnataka HC issues directions over implementation
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UP Dalit woman raped, killed, body found with mud in orifices!
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Sarna code, a possible headache for right-wing supporters?
Experts discuss what passing of the Sarna code resolution by the Jharkhand Assembly would mean for tribals in India
State Counsel appears to justify the hasty cremation of Hathras Victim: HC
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