Tag: Caste

Anand Teltumbde rightly argues for structural changes in the post-Ambedkar anti-caste movements while rising above the present-day “devotional cult”.

Seattle’s ban on caste-based discrimination was recently affirmed by a constitutional US court in an order of March 8, giving a huge push forward against caste based discrimination; Court rejected as flimsy the Plaintiff’s arguments of whether the ban against caste discrimination was an “infringement of Hindu religious practice” or :discriminatory” in any way

The advisory issued by the ECI asserts that any act in violation would result in severe consequences

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A December 26 post on X by controversial chief minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, openly glorifying the “heroic” characteristics of the “Kshatriya” (dominant, “warrior-ruling” caste) and demeaning the Shudra (toiling, artisan sections of society) saying their duty is to "serve" Brahmins, Kshatriyas Vaishyas has generated outrage and controversy

Existing data examining the status of women and marginalised castes in the economy points to a disturbing reality, which contradicts, deeply, the notion of India as a rising, globally charged economy.

When Sen. Strom Thurmond and other Southern Democrats set out to defeat the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s, they argued that there was no need to take any measures to counter racism in the United States, since, in Thurmond’s words, “there are already ample laws on the statute books.”

“I consider the four divisions alone to be fundamental,...

Communal forces employ new tactics as hate speech and violence against religious minorities soar