Tag: caste
Remembering the Kandhamal massacre, Twelve Years On
This week marks twelve years since the organized attack against Christians in the Kandhamal district of Orissa.
The brunt of the attack took place over...
Reservations for Subcastes Within SC and ST: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on August 27 said that reservations may be given to specific subcastes within the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes categories by...
Justice Karnan and The Challenge He Posed to An Exclusionary Judiciary
Justice C.S Karnan recently extended his support for Prashant Bhushan, who was convicted for contempt of court by the Supreme Court. Justice Karnan described...
Sushant Singh Case and Rhea Chakraborty: A Distraction From Government’s Failure
The name ‘Rhea Chakraborty’ has become in recent times, a shorthand term to basically refer to a woman who poisons a man’s mind against...
Artist Priyanka Paul Hounded by Casteist Abuse for Critiquing ‘Hinduphobia’ Blogger
Illustrator and poet Priyanka Paul became a target for a casteist and misogynist hate campaign by right-wing trolls after she posted an Instagram story...
Balesar: 2 Dalit Men Assaulted for Entering Temple, and Entering Village
Rajasthan: A Dalit youth who went to a temple to get anointed was beaten up in Belwa Khatriya village in Balesar, Rajasthan. Ganesharam Gurda...
NEP and the Manuvadikaran of Education : Dr Anil Sadgopal
Nearly 90 percent of Dalit - Bahujan students who enroll in school for grade one are pushed out of education by the 12th standard....
29 Years to Tsunduru Dalit Massacre: Justice Yet to be Served
Today, the 6th of August marks 29 years since the cold-blooded massacre of Dalits in Tsunduru in Andhra Pradesh by a mob of Reddys...
NEP and the Dangerous Business of Online Education
The final version of the National Education Policy (NEP), approved without parliamentary discussion or public feedback, carried a last-minute addition of six pages that...
Rahi Masoom Raza´s “Aadha Gaon” is the Bharat that India has...
Adha Gaon or A Village Divided is a semi-autobiographical novel by Rahi Masoom Raza, whose village, Gangauli, is at the heart of this book....
