Caste

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From India‘s Forgotten Feminist,  Savitribai Phule to life partner Jyotiba

Mahatma Gandhi on Caste: the Varna-Ashrama System

To Gandhi, the rigid ‘varna’ system and the social...

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story...

Manual Scavenging still on: How Swachh is GOI’s conscience?

On October 2, 2014, the Government of India launched the...

‘Check Aadhaar card to keep out Non-Hindus’: Bajrang Dal to Garba organisers

Asked Garba and Dandiya organisers in Hyderabad to make...

SC/ST Act dilution row: Apex court allows review of previous judgement

In a shot in the arm for rights of...

Not just open Defecation, Dalit Girl Child was molested too, says Father: MP Murder

Father of Roshni, 15 brutally beaten to death on...

Tall claims of India’s ‘great civilisation’ are humbug

Past and present, India cannot lay claim to ‘greatness’...

Justified? Caste slur ‘ONLY’ if made in public, in front of a public witness an offense: Bombay HC

Section 18 of the anti-atrocities law prohibits grant of...

Two Dalit Kids Beaten to Death for Defecating in Open: MP

Two Dalit children, aged 10 and 12, were beaten...

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