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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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