Tag: Social Boycott

MP: Village in Ratlam gives call to ‘socially boycott’ families over love marriages

Illustrative of how a regressive rhetoric by an aggressive right wing-- read ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies-- can embolden an archaic conservatism, a village in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, has given a call for a ‘social boycott’ over love marriages. The call was reportedly given after eight couples from the village eloped and got married in the past six months

Haryana: “Upper castes” booked for social boycott of 150 Dalit families

The "upper castes" were trying to build pressure upon the Dalits to withdraw a case that was filed against one of them

Major victory for anti-caste movement in Maharashtra

"We believe caste to be superstition, it holds no...

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