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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

The blind eye

Illustration: Amili SetalvadQuestioning our ways of perceptionThe continuing debate...

Lapses and lacunae

Decades after the Atrocities Act 1989 and the Rules...

Caste Crimes

 Over half a century after the Indian Constitution outlawed...

Oh Gujarat!

Illustration: Amili SetalvadOn the caste front, too?A detailed and...

Your highness?

In Andhra, the story gets no better  Descent...

Death sentence for Dalit labourers

An Action Committee to save the lives of five...

Dalit schoolboys demand their rights

Dear Friends, The Congress government headed by YS Rajasekhara Reddy...

Who’s Rashtra Is it Anyway?

Courtesy: Hindustan Times   THE FLAG-BEARERS of Hindutva, in their task...

Dalits: Still doing the savarna’s dirty job?

  Image for representation purpose only The semi-secularism of the secularist...

Secularism Under Siege

  Kamal Mitra ChenoyThe all-out assault on secularism is not merely...

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