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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
Uttar Pradesh’s alleged ‘Brahmin victimhood’ fuels saviour complex in Opposition parties
Not surprisingly, Samajwadi Party, Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, have all spoke up for the plight of Brahmins, who are now demanding ‘weapons’ to ‘protect themselves
Combat caste-based discrimination: IAAAC to US tech CEOs
Indian-American anti-caste group urges companies to include as a factor in training about diversity and inclusion
Thakurs deny Dalit woman cremation, police initiate probe
The woman’s body was forced to be taken off the pyre as members of Thakur community objected
Nat woman denied cremation at ‘upper’ caste funeral ground in UP
Family was forced to remove the body from the pyre, and local officials appeared to support caste-based segregation “to maintain peace and tranquility”
ISKCON’s sanitised version of the caste system does not foster progress of the lower castes
Even while saying that the caste system is based on psycho-physical properties, it propagates the caste system which must be abolished by the roots
Karnataka’s Brahmins can get caste and income certificates, avail 10 percent EWS benefits
Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board had been set up before 2018 Assembly elections, by JD(S)-Congress govt
Mahatma Gandhi, Race and Caste
It is important to distinguish between Gandhi's formative years and when he became a truly enlightened and inspiring leader
Outlawed caste-based militia Ranvir Sena issues death threats over social media in Bihar!
The organization had been banned by the Bihar government in 1995 and has allegedly carried out the killings of over 400 Dalits from 1995 to 1999
SC/ST Commission in UP headless for over 7 months
The state Commission has over 7,000 pending applications and no Chairman to look into them
UP Police book FIR against senior journalist, under multiple sections including SC/ST act
Image Courtesy:scroll.inA First Information Report (FIR) has been filed...
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