Caste

Thirty years on, justice remains elusive for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana

A chapter in a major 30-year review of the PoA Act argues that institutional failures, rather than legislative gaps, remain the biggest obstacle to justice

Icons and Ideology of Religious Nationalism

Indian nationalism, which was at the root of freedom...

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’

Translated by Catherine ThankammaPulayathara by Paul Chirakkarode (1939-2008) explains...

One more death of a Dalit-Adivasi in the Niyamgiri Region: Odisha

Three days ago, in a tragic, and yet another...

Enforcing Discrimination one Colour at a time: TN

Systems will continue says the Minister in response to...

Abuse & Discrimination Blacken India’s Institutes of ‘Higher Learning’

Caste discrimination continues to blot the environs of prestigious...

Laughing all the way

Cartoons on Ambedkar have generated enough debate on the...

The Cunning of Caste

With Independence Day right around the corner, the Indian Cultural...

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Though sewer deaths have crossed the 100 mark this year, government is silent: SKA

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