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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination

In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals

Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on His 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11

First Published on: January 13, 2016 Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on...

Disease distancing, not social distancing during Covid-19

Prof. Kancha Ilaiah raises concerns about casteism and untouchability amidst social distancing measures

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

Dalits attacked by 300 men in UP village, 13 upper-caste men arrested

More than 300 men from the Thakur community attacked villagers with sticks and hammers mostly women, after a fallout during a Bhim Katha event organized by the Dalits

Demolition of caste system essential for the survival of democracy in India  

The grand parade and military might reflected at the...

A letter that should shake our world: Dalit scholar suicide triggers outrage

First Published on: January 18, 2016Rohith (right) carrying a...

How to talk about caste and casteism

A step-by-step guide for Savarnas to acknowledge and address an age-old evil, and become part of the solution

Rohith Vemula March: The Caste Turn for Student Delhites?

First published on February 23, 2016Rohith Vemula gives them...

Calling Smriti Irani’s Bluff: Twisted Truths in Parliament

First published on February 25, 2016Goebbels was an interesting...

At the Pyre of Caste Hatred: Dalit suicides and the Media

First Published on February 3, 2016  This article was written...

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