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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
Dalit MP shunned away from Gollarahatti last week receives grand welcome: Karnataka
On September 16, Chitradurga MP A Narayanaswamy was stopped...
Dalit youth set ablaze in horrific caste crime, contradictory versions of incident surface: UP
Abhishank Pal dreamt of being a police officer one...
Caste Slur by BJP State Minister against Vaddars threatens to snowball: Karnataka
The BJP minister has angered a hard working community...
Notice to UGC, Govt on Caste prejudice: SC
Mothers of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula petition the...
TN woman’s No Caste, No Religion struggle ‘follows’ ideals of Marx, Ambedkar, Periyar
In these days of rising communal tensions, a courageous...
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Economic distress cause for political distress; Modi ‘needs’ new diversion: Conversion
Some years ago late J Jayalailthaa, then chief minister...
‘Home’ as a site of oppression: Paul Chirakkarode’s ‘Pulayathara’
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One more death of a Dalit-Adivasi in the Niyamgiri Region: Odisha
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