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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
NCBC observes public hearing at Hyderabad University in response of OBC students’ complaints
After receiving a detailed letter from an OBC students organisation, the NCBC conducted a meeting to listen to their issues at length.
Dalit youth thrashed in UP village, NHRC transfers CJP complaint to UPHRC
He was then arrested on false charges after his 'upper caste' assailants claimed that the Dalit boy had beaten them up. But the pictures and the caste dynamics clearly have a different story to tell
UP: Five upper-caste men accused of burning alive a Dalit man
Victim’s family claims that the five men often threatened to extort money from the Panchayat leader
Management professional captures India’s socio-political issues on camera
Aditya Panikker talks about his two viral videos that discuss detention centres and the role of racism in caste hierarchy and suggests how the privileged could do their bit to contribute to the political discourse.
65 year-old Dalit man allegedly forced to drink urine, thrashed when he refuses: UP
According to ANI, the accused, Sonu Yadav, was forcing the old man and his son to compromise and take back the police complaint lodged earlier by them
Are Brahmins and Thakurs of Uttar Pradesh above the law now?
Threats were issued on camera, and community meetings called 'Rashtriya Savarn Parishad' or national ‘upper caste’ council also held
Caste attacks on Dalits continue: Panchayat to support rape and murder accused!
Hathras caste crimes continue as so called ‘Savarn Samaj’ holds pro-accused panchayat near Dalit victim’s village
Why are rapists and ‘upper-caste’ supremacists getting bolder in UP?
Two more raped in 24 hrs; Dalit women, children targeted even after UP CM Adityanath sets up SIT after Hathras horror
Thousands pay last respects to Dalit lawyer-activist Devji Maheshwari
Funeral took place day after Minaxiben Maheshwari sat on dharna, demanding arrest of last of the accused
I will not take my husband’s body till all accused are arrested: Minaxiben Maheshwari
Dalit Lawer Devji Maheshwari, was a senior activist of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF)
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