Caste

Love-Letters like no other

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

Are Assam government’s new policies regarding indigenous people and Gorkhas an eyewash?

Six indigenous communities still denied Scheduled Tribe status, 85,000 Gorkhas excluded from NRC; verbal assurances not enough

Conspicuous silence of political parties on OBC reservation issues in the North

How it is important to remember leaders like VP Singh for their commitment to creating a more equal India

How do casteism, bigotry continue to thrive in IITs?

A death allegedly by suicide, a resignation that exposes caste-based discrimination; happenings at IIT Madras are a sign of a deeper problem

Ahmedabad: Castist goons attack Dalit man for ‘sporting moustache’

An FIR was lodged against six named and four unnamed people under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Prevention of Atrocities Act

Bihar: Dalit youth humiliated, tortured outside former Panchayat leader’s house

Police warn that the main accused in the case, Abloo Singh is still absconding as of Thursday afternoon

UP: Dalit youth brutally attacked, 3 men arrested

Members of an "upper-caste" family viciously attacked a 22-year-old Dalit, severely injuring his private parts

The Hinduism I used to know

Communally charged atmosphere has become rather unnerving

Delhi court directs FIR against caste-abusive terms in DSSSB questions paper

The Selection Board in its exam held for selection of primary teachers used caste abusive terms in its question papers, two years in a row

Rajasthan Govt amends Prison rules to prohibit religion & caste-based discrimination

The High Court had observed a research paper by CHRI to note the caste/religion-based allocation of labour in jails

Inter-caste couples can now choose their children’s caste

Tamil Nadu Government stops issuing class-based community certificates to such children of ‘Inter-caste’ couples

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