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Funds Withheld, Futures on Hold: Dalit, OBC, Minority students face scholarship crisis amidst delays and cuts
A sudden funding freeze leaves dozens of marginalised students in limbo, exposing deepening cracks in the government’s commitment to educational justice
Dalit group offers ‘zakat’ to help underprivileged during Ramzan
The Bharatiya Dalit Zakat Foundation will not only be donating a part of their earnings to migrants, but also work on the empowerment of women by providing vocational training
Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on His 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11
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Tribals urge Odisha CM to pass resolution against CAA-NPR-NRC
Jharkhand gov’t passes resolution against NPR-NRC
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Ustad Bismillah Khan, 1916–2006. In the Ustad’s shehnai lies the note of reason
Dalits, OBCs forced to bury their deceased by the roadside
Caste-based discrimination coupled with usurping of land by corporates and upper castes are stealing the dignity of the dead in the community
Adivasi scholar and activist Abhay Xaxa passes away
37-year-old died while conducting a workshop in Jalpaigudi
Denying Forest Dwellers Rights, Gauhati HC orders removal of Adivasi “encroachers”
Denying forest dwellers rights in the Chariduar Reserved Forest, the Guwahati HC has directed the evacuation of “encroachers
I refuse, I reject and I resist! (a poem by Abhay Xaxa)
A day after the shocking news of the death of research scholar and activist, Abhay Xaxa, we bring you his poem
Challenges to Bahujan mission today: Kanshiram’s 87th birth anniversary
On Kanshiram's 87th birth anniversary, March 15, 2020, the author asks if the BSP, founded by him, has the vision to rise above the narrow personal interests of its leadership?
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