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BJP Eyeing Rare Coalition In Bihar To Vanquish In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Sunday attend programmes to mark the birth anniversary of the great Maurya emperor Ashoka.

01 April 2023

Artwork by Sunil Abhiman Awachar

From Attacks On ‘Quota Students’ To Lower Marks, How Caste Determines One’s Campus Life

The experiences of Dalit, Adivasi, and Other Backward Classes (OBC) students and professors across the country highlight how upper caste friends and colleagues make them feel worthless.

22 March 2023

Police action during a protest over Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's death by suicide

Caste In Campus: From Rohith Vemula To Darshan Solanki, Caste Discrimination Linked To Student Suicides

Despite constitutional and legal assurances of equality, caste-based discrimination remains a social reality and educational campuses are not immune to it.

21 March 2023

Christianity Before The Europeans Arrived

Amend Constitution To Include Scheduled Caste Converts To Christianity Into SC Category: AP Minister Tells Centre

Referring to the recent resolution adopted in the Legislative Assembly in this regard, the state Minister for Social Welfare observed that the converts continue to retain their disabilities, including untouchability,...

29 March 2023

Disfiguration of Image by Prabhakar Kamble

Exploring Educational Apartheid In N Sukumar's 'Caste Discrimination And Exclusion In Indian Universities'

In his book ‘Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection’, Dr N Sukumar traces the prevalent caste-based discrimination and abuse that student from marginalised face.

21 March 2023

Caste discrimination remains an issue on campuses despite constitutional and legal safeguards

Caste On Campus: Have Higher Educational Spaces Become Death Traps For Dalit Students?

Despite various judgments upholding the legitimacy of reservations, academic institutions have not fully complied with this constitutional obligation, indicating a failure on the part of the state not only to fulfil a...

20 March 2023

A clock imprinted with BR Ambedkar's portrait.

'What Are Your Rank And Surname?' Educational Institutions Continue To 'Whitewash' Caste Politics

For many, Darshan Solanki’s suicide was a poignant case of the kind of prejudice that has been normalised to the extent of casual criticism and routine jokes. An APPSC member says that it was not simply an incident of...

22 March 2023

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IIT Bombay Suicide: Committee Rules Out Caste Angle, Blames Deteriorating Performance

Solanki's family told reporters that in January when he visited home, he informed them of the discrimination he was facing from his friends as he belonged to the scheduled caste.

06 March 2023

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04 March 2023
Ambedkar's Children: Annihilating Caste In Western Academia

Ambedkar's Children: Annihilating Caste In Western Academia

Claiming their rights, reclaiming identities, occupying spaces, and taking charge of their own leadership, Outlook speaks with three Dalit scholars studying...


22 February 2023
Ava Duvernay's 'Caste' Adds Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti

Ava Duvernay's 'Caste' Adds Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti

Actors Finn Wittrock and Victoria Pedretti have joined the cast of filmmaker Ava DuVernay's next feature film "Caste".


18 February 2023
IIT Mumbai Forms Panel For

IIT Mumbai Forms Panel For "Parallel" Investigation Of Student Death

The director of the institute said that they give strong warnings against any discrimination during new students’ formal orientation and also sensitise all...


16 February 2023
'Elite Institutions Are Not Devoid Of Caste': Social Rights Activist On Recent Death Of Dalit Student At IIT Bombay

'Elite Institutions Are Not Devoid Of Caste': Social Rights Activist On Recent Death Of Dalit Student At IIT Bombay

Social rights groups and Dalit activists claim that educational institutions fail to create any suitable support mechanisms despite attempts to bring caste...


14 February 2023
Valentine's Day: A Many Splendoured Thing Called Love

Valentine's Day: A Many Splendoured Thing Called Love

What does love mean in 2023? It perhaps depends on who is asked. Love is colour-blind, they say. Yet, seen through a prism, it has many hues.


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12 February 2023
Caste Is My Biggest Political Rival: Kamal Haasan

Caste Is My Biggest Political Rival: Kamal Haasan

"My biggest rival, my political rival is caste, I am saying this since I was 21 Years old and I still say it, my opinion has never changed." "God is the...


11 February 2023
The Caste Cauldron: For Universities To Be Equalisers, Schools Must Be Where It Has To Begin

The Caste Cauldron: For Universities To Be Equalisers, Schools Must Be Where It Has To Begin

Primary and secondary education in India is nowhere close to being free from class and caste bias. As long as that primal inequality persists, universities...


22 January 2023
Portions Of Ramcharitmanas Insult Large Section Of Society On Basis Of Caste: SP Leader

Portions Of Ramcharitmanas Insult Large Section Of Society On Basis Of Caste: SP Leader

According to Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, certain portions of the Ramcharitmanas insult large sections of society and should be "banned".


22 January 2023
Akhilesh Lauds Nitish On Initiating The Caste Census

Akhilesh Lauds Nitish On Initiating The Caste Census

In a statement issued on Sunday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav praised the caste census initiated by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying the...


17 January 2023
NCERT Releases New Draft On Inclusion Of Trans Children, Vouches For Gender Neutral Uniform, Remains Silent On Queerness

NCERT Releases New Draft On Inclusion Of Trans Children, Vouches For Gender Neutral Uniform, Remains Silent On Queerness

The NCERT's training manual titled "Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap" was previously dropped after complaints from...


03 January 2023
Art Is Beyond Religion Or Caste, Says Kerala CM At Inauguration Of Cultural Event

Art Is Beyond Religion Or Caste, Says Kerala CM At Inauguration Of Cultural Event

Vijayan also said that the government was duty-bound to ensure social security of children and a major step in that direction was the massive statewide...


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27 December 2022
Karnataka CM Bommai Meets Nadda, Shah; Discusses Issues Related To Reservation, Cabinet Expansion

Karnataka CM Bommai Meets Nadda, Shah; Discusses Issues Related To Reservation, Cabinet Expansion

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday met BJP president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah


05 December 2022
Bhagavad Gita Inspires People To Do Selfless Work: Adityanath

Bhagavad Gita Inspires People To Do Selfless Work: Adityanath

According to Yogi Adityanath, the Bhagavad Gita inspires people to be selfless.


04 December 2022
In Gujarat’s Banaskantha Caste Loyalities Hold More Weight

In Gujarat’s Banaskantha Caste Loyalities Hold More Weight

Gujarat Assembly Election: The politics of Banaskantha revolves around three OBC castes – Thakors, Chaudharys, and Maldharis - and leaders need to hold sway...


24 October 2022
UP: Dalit Man Thrashed, Tonsured For 'Stealing' Toilet Seat In Bahraich, Local BJP Leader Among Three Arrested

UP: Dalit Man Thrashed, Tonsured For 'Stealing' Toilet Seat In Bahraich, Local BJP Leader Among Three Arrested

The police in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh reported on Sunday that three men allegedly tied a 30-year-old Dalit to an electric pole, thrashed him,...


20 October 2022
BJP To Give 1200 Tickets To Pasmanda Muslims In UP Municipal Elections: Reports

BJP To Give 1200 Tickets To Pasmanda Muslims In UP Municipal Elections: Reports

Pasmanda is a Persian word that means 'the ones left behind'. It is used to refer to the backward community within the Muslim population.


18 October 2022
Politics Of Appropriation: Why Ambedkar's Legacy Matters

Politics Of Appropriation: Why Ambedkar's Legacy Matters

The BJP and RSS' invocation of Ambedkarite symbolism is backed by concerted intellectual efforts to represent BR Ambedkar as the protector of the Hindutva...


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