Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Sunday attend programmes to mark the birth anniversary of the great Maurya emperor Ashoka.
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.
Despite constitutional and legal assurances of equality, caste-based discrimination remains a social reality and educational campuses are not immune to it.
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,...
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.
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...
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...
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.
Claiming their rights, reclaiming identities, occupying spaces, and taking charge of their own leadership, Outlook speaks with three Dalit scholars studying...
Actors Finn Wittrock and Victoria Pedretti have joined the cast of filmmaker Ava DuVernay's next feature film "Caste".
The director of the institute said that they give strong warnings against any discrimination during new students’ formal orientation and also sensitise all...
Social rights groups and Dalit activists claim that educational institutions fail to create any suitable support mechanisms despite attempts to bring caste...
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.
"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...
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...
According to Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, certain portions of the Ramcharitmanas insult large sections of society and should be "banned".
In a statement issued on Sunday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav praised the caste census initiated by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying the...
The NCERT's training manual titled "Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap" was previously dropped after complaints from...
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...
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday met BJP president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah
According to Yogi Adityanath, the Bhagavad Gita inspires people to be selfless.
Gujarat Assembly Election: The politics of Banaskantha revolves around three OBC castes – Thakors, Chaudharys, and Maldharis - and leaders need to hold sway...
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,...
Pasmanda is a Persian word that means 'the ones left behind'. It is used to refer to the backward community within the Muslim population.
The BJP and RSS' invocation of Ambedkarite symbolism is backed by concerted intellectual efforts to represent BR Ambedkar as the protector of the Hindutva...
