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Thirty years on, justice remains elusive for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana

A chapter in a major 30-year review of the PoA Act argues that institutional failures, rather than legislative gaps, remain the biggest obstacle to justice

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...

‘Convenient racism’, says Irfan Pathan, pointing to discrimination based on faith and colour

One of the biggest names in contemporary Indian cricket bravely called this ‘convenient racism’, perhaps the only celebrity to do so in recent times

Dalit men assaulted, paraded with footwear around their neck in Uttar Pradesh

There has been no media outrage on the incident and no culprits have been caught yet

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit teen allegedly shot by upper caste men for praying at village temple

The incident took place in Domkheda village, Amroha district, 400 kms northwest of Lucknow

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?

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