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Maharashtra’s Descent into Hate: Six incidents reported in January 2025 highlight Maharashtra’s rising communal and caste-based violence

A surge in hate crimes and divisive rhetoric under the new government reveals a growing threat to Maharashtra’s secular and pluralistic identity, with minorities and marginalised communities bearing the brunt of the assault

OBCs and their due in reservations in medical courses

The Health Ministry as well as the Supreme Court have been apprised of the matter, with the NCBC seeking response from the Ministry within 2 weeks

Junagadh couple allegedly killed in caste-based murder amid national lockdown

The police said that the woman’s family members were being seen as suspects

Remembering Balbir Singh Sr

Was this Indian hockey idol denied his due allegedly for being a Sikh?

Eid Eve Thoughts: The Zakat of Digital Gadgets

An Interview with C.T. Abdurahim

Call it ‘physical distancing’, not ‘social distancing’: Petition in SC

The petition states that use of social distancing tends to promote untouchability

How the Muslim community is being ostracised and marginalised amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

Muslims all over India are being targeted, attacked and even boycotted, rendering them increasingly vulnerable

Whither Article 15?

Article 15 of The Constitution Of India 1949 prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. But in practice… 

Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on His 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11

First Published on: January 13, 2016 Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on...

Disease distancing, not social distancing during Covid-19

Prof. Kancha Ilaiah raises concerns about casteism and untouchability amidst social distancing measures

Dalits, OBCs forced to bury their deceased by the roadside

Caste-based discrimination coupled with usurping of land by corporates and upper castes are stealing the dignity of the dead in the community

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