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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

Opinion: Brahmanical elite are looting the marginalised with 13-point roster

The department wise roaster system in universities is nothing...

Jobs, Caste, Farm Suicides, Crime, Nutrition: Some Subjects On Which Government Is Withholding Data

Mumbai: A range of government reports and statistics usually...

Rohtak: Cow vigilantes beat up Muslim dairy worker, police chain him instead of treating his wounds

The police have constituted a special investigation team (SIT)...

A Community Poster that Speaks for Peace: Bombay 1992-1993

Do Hindustani  This first appeared in September 2001 ‘Hum Saab Ek...

The Untold Story of Harappa in the words of Kanch Ilaiah

In this poem, activist and scholar Kancha Ilaiah traces...

My birth is my fatal accident, remembering Rohith Vemula’s last letter

His letter is a searing reminder of how little...

“From Shadows to the Stars”: A Tribute to Rohith Vemula

Rohith Vemula, a young Dalit scholar at the Hyderabad...

Opinion: Shouldn’t a commission like Mandal ascertain the need for 10% upper caste poor quota?

The current politics of reservation need to be converted...

How Brahminical Hindutva co-opted Bahujan history to emerge on top

Is the idea of Hinduism or the content, beliefs,...

Vast Income Inequalities Within Castes: Study. Top 10% Among Forward Castes Own 60% Wealth

Bengaluru: Although India’s upper caste households earned nearly 47%...

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