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Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
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FIRs against Naveen Jindal Nupur Sharma, senior journalist Saba Naqvi not spared: Delhi police
The FIR is against several individuals cutting across faiths, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IFSO) KPS Malhotra said
Constructed-selective past: Divisive Politics: Mosques and Shivlings
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Who’s Who in BJP’s List of Hate Offenders, 38 in all, 27 elected officials
India’s most dominant party, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a long overdue exercise, has used ‘IT experts’ to track hate offenders in its midst
Betul fort Goa, re-visiting Shivaji’s role in Goa
Historical documents will be brought from Portugal, says the chief minister
Spate of arrests in Orissa’s Dhinkia, protesting activists held
Supporters of the anti-Jindal protests condemned police attempts to keep local leaders from meeting families
Temple vandalised in Doda leading to protests, students to study online until situation improves: J & K
Protests broke out in different parts of the erstwhile state over the destruction of the place of worhip, police lodge FIR
The interplay of caste and faith
While faith often overshadows special marriages, experts talk about how caste and religion both influence this social institution
“Google wilfully ill-equipped to deal caste discrimination”
Google’s senior manager Tanuja Gupta gives her account on the organising and cancelling of Dalit activist,Thenmozhi Soundararajan’s talk
The long march of Hindutva in Karnataka
If Karnataka is today outdoing any state in its march towards a rigidly hegemonist rashtra, its roots can be found in historic Brahmanical counter-revolutions...
Google cancels caste-based talk with Dalit activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan!
The latest incident reinforces the growing spread of casteism and the fight back by the progressive Indian diaspora
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