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US Court upholds Seattle ban on caste-based discrimination; rejecting claims of infringement on “Hindu religious practice”
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
Unveiling hidden divides: caste, gender and the myth of Indian growth
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.
California governor has put concerns of ‘privileged’ diaspora castes over civil rights
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.”
Caste, the cancer afflicting Sanatan Dharma
“I consider the four divisions alone to be fundamental,...
Intolerance on the Rise: Unveiling Disturbing Trends in India
Communal forces employ new tactics as hate speech and violence against religious minorities soar
UP: Dalit man allegedly maimed, his pregnant wife beaten by Caste Hindus in Etah
The woman has claimed that the police initially refused to lodge complaint and only after a lawyer was called, did the FIR get filed
Dalit History Month: A compilation of must read books about Dalit oppression, marginalisation and their resistance
CJP Team -
A curated list of some of the best books to understand the struggles and hardships faced by the Dalit community since time immemorial, and their revolutions that shaped the history of India
Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri
First Published on: 11 Apr 2016 On his 189th Birth...
‘Old Wine in New bottle’: Bhagwat on Caste
“I (god) am in all beings. Whatever be the...
A New Shudra Movement Arrives in North India
We must redefine the Shudra category as a dignified, productive force with a role in the political, social, economic and educational fields.
K’taka HC says downtrodden still unable to do business like “upper caste”
The Court refused to quash a complaint against a man who threatened, harassed and used catiest slurs to intimidate the victim.