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Beyond the ‘plum’ posting: Why the caste lens still defines bureaucratic success
Following my recent blog on former IAS bureaucrat Atanu Chakraborty’s sudden exit as non-executive chairman of HDFC Bank, a few colleagues from the Gujarat cadre — mostly those I...
The Long Road to Justice: Bhagana’s Dalit Struggle
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Though Its Ten months since the Una assault, Cow Politics still stalks Gujarat’s Dalits
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Revise Limit on Reservations Beyond 49 % argues PB Sawant, a former SC Judge
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Gujjars & 4 Other Castes, Re-included in OBC list: Rajasthan
This decision has been taken on the eve of...
Geographies of racism, fascism and intolerancein South Asia: mapping hate, recording violence
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President Mukherjee anguished over attack on Dalits in Saharanpur, promises to act
CPI(M) led delegation of Dalits handing a memorandum to...
Threat to convert to Islam helps: Barbers in Sambhal give haircuts to Dalits under police protection
Representational image. Photo Credit: Ulli Maier and Nisa MaierYesterday...
After Moradabad, Dalits from Sambhal threaten to convert to Islam
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More than 50% Dalits landless, 40% of people displaced for ‘development’ are Adivasis, says CES annual report
New Delhi: Even as the NDA government completes three...
Attacks on Dalits in UP: Valmikis say ‘farewell’ to Hinduism, threaten to convert to Islam
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