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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

Why Crime Is Rising Against India’s Lowest Castes And Tribes

In the prosperous district of Kannur in one of...

Kanhaiya Campaigns Against Discrimination & Majoritarianism, draws Sangh Ire

JNUSU president, Kanhaiya Kumar’s steadfast campaigns on students rights...

Discrimination: Soldier’s Funeral Reveals India’s Outsize, Outcaste Problem

Earlier this week, when upper-caste villagers in the western...

From Manu’s Brahminism, to Nietzsche, to Hitler: Dr. BR Ambedkar

First published on: March 28, 2016From left to right:...

Revisiting ‘Sadgati” by Satyajit Ray: Caste in Indian Cinema

Satyajit Ray Film Retrospective Image:buzzintown​Sadgati is a Hindi TV...

Why Has the Audience Gone “Wild”?

Celebrated Marathi playwright Jayant Pawar reviews Sairat, the critically acclaimed blockbuster that...

Meet the Dalit Professor Arrested For “Insulting” Ram and Modi

Are the Hindutva forces all over the country bubbling...

UoH Admin Backtracks, Revokes Suspension of Two Professors After Rare Show of Faculty Unity

Arrest Appa Rao, re-Instate Suspended Faculty: Radhika Vemula was...

Rohith Vemula a Dalit, Action under Atrocities Act Mandatory: NCSC Chairman PL Punia

Image: Business StandardImage: Scroll.inRohith Vemula and his family is...

First Students, Now Faculty: HCU Admin Continues Vengeance, Suspends Profs

Relay Hunger Strike and Protest against Suspension of professors...

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