In the latest issue of Outlook, we explore the social and political fallout of the recent Supreme Court decision to permit sub-categorisation within SC-ST communities while offering reservation benefits
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The caste census is generating heated debate, but even its most ardent proponents are not able to articulate a plan about how to use the resulting data
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The recent SC ruling on sub-classification within the SC and ST categories temporarily lifted the hopes of tribal communities in Jharkhand
While the NDA allies and social justice party leaders like Chirag Paswan and Ramdas Athawale have opposed the Supreme Court decision allowing sub-categorisation among SC-STs, the Opposition parties including the Congress have maintained a strategic silence.
Hindu nationalists demand the denial of reservations to Christian and Muslim tribals even as they pursue their own 'reconversion' drive
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This issue of Outlook is our attempt at a ‘Herstorical’ approach, where we have tried to listen again to stories of rapes as an act of remembrance and to bring to the surface again what has been submerged
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Public outburst of anger over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata has left the Mamata Banerjee government puzzled, worried
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After the initial uproar over the many rapes during the violence between Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur, investigations now seem to have hit the snooze button.
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At least five tribal girls in Sidhi district in MP were raped by a 30-year-old man, who used a voice-changing app to pose as a woman college professor offering them scholarships
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In May, a nine-year-old girl was raped in a village in Latehar district of Jharkhand, the state which is currently placed third in the country for rapes of minor girls
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Despite global outrage at the gang rape and murder of two minors in Badaun, UP in May 2014, nine years later the case has not reached trial stage. The family continue to live in fear in the same village, awaiting justice
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Can the police demand that a victim submit their complaint in writing? Can they refuse to register a crime because it occurred outside their jurisdiction?
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On November 27, 1973, Aruna Shanbaug, a staff nurse at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai, was brutally attacked by a male sweeper, Sohanlal Valmiki. He raped and sodomised her, while strangling her with a dog chain
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In 1991, 40 Kashmiri women alleged that Army officers raped them. The case remains pending
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From a mother who can't forget her daughter's injuries to a neighbour who keeps a victim's memory alive, the demand for justice for in Bihar continues
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The case from Sikar, Rajasthan shows how calls for punishment of perpetrators don’t always mean empathy for the victim
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Survivors of marital rape face twin hurdles: a lack of legal framework to deal with these cases and the social stigma that comes with reporting them
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How do the residents of Sheikhpur Gudha, Phoolan Devi’s village in Uttar Pradesh, remember her: as a survivor, a rebel, a leader?
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On March 14, 2006, Latabai and her son, six, were paraded naked in a village in Solapur. Less than six months later, four members of a Dalit family were paraded naked; mother & daughter were allegedly gang-raped
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UP has the highest rate of crimes against women, and the district of Unnao has seen some of the State’s most gruesome cases
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The 2012 Delhi gang rape is reflective of a systematic failure to cleanse the societal malaise
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Muhammad Iqbal Shah’s 14-year-old cousin was gang-raped and murdered at Handwara town, Kupwara, in 2007. The family is still trudging along the long road to justice
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From a legal perspective, justice appears to have been served in the 2017 Gudiya rape and murder case at Kotkhai, Himachal Pradesh. But several questions persist
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The lawyer of Bilkis Bano on the woman who fought for justice after losing 14 members of her family and suffering the extreme trauma of gang rape
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The Hema Committee Report, which exposed systemic misogyny in the Malayalam film industry, sprang from the poignant Women in Cinema Collective, where women fight for women
Kavitha Lankesh's documentary on Gauri Lankesh is both deeply personal and starkly political.
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Kavitha Lankesh's documentary on Gauri Lankesh is both deeply personal and starkly political.
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As Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency has to fight an uphill battle to get certified—the MP who is used to the ruling party’s favour finds herself on the opposing side for the first time
Post-2014, Bollywood’s political films have been a bit too enamoured by the Emergency and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. However, the trauma from these events is being used to funnel ideology
Emergency, which was scheduled to hit the screens on September 6, 2024, has been postponed due to controversies. The new release date is yet to be announced.
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Malayalam actors Mukesh and Edavela Babu, who were accused of alleged sexual assault by a former actor, were granted anticipatory bail by a Kerala court on Thursday night.
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Kangana Ranaut's Emergency landed into controversy after Sikh organisations accused the makers of misrepresenting the community and twisting historical facts.
Maharaja has been adulated as well as critiqued for being a rape-revenge thriller. But a closer look reveals much more.
The series critically misreads the macro mode in storytelling
Hindi cinema has a long-standing history of legitimising and perpetuating rape culture
The RG Kar rape case startled the nation with its gruesome details. Then the victim’s identity and picture leaked on the social media, and the ‘content’ around it took a life of its own…
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From Ranjith, Siddique, Mukesh, to Jayasurya, names of prominent Malayalam celebs popped up after the Hema Committee report was released.
Ritabhari Chakraborty requested her fellow actresses to stand against the 'monsters' and call out the 'predators' of the Bengali film industry.
The film adaptation of the novel It Ends With Us dilutes a complex narrative of breaking the cycle of abuse, disrespecting the original story and leaving the fans disappointed.
The three-part documentary series, streaming on Amazon Prime, is so star-struck and devoid of intellectual curiosity that it ends up doing a disservice to Salim-Javed.
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