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.
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.
Actors Finn Wittrock and Victoria Pedretti have joined the cast of filmmaker Ava DuVernay's next feature film "Caste".
Despite constitutional and legal assurances of equality, caste-based discrimination remains a social reality and educational campuses are not immune to it.
Claiming their rights, reclaiming identities, occupying spaces, and taking charge of their own leadership, Outlook speaks with three Dalit scholars studying abroad, who shared how caste operates in the western educational...
The director of the institute said that they give strong warnings against any discrimination during new students’ formal orientation and also sensitise all students to not seek proxy information such as ranks in entrance...
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...
Social rights groups and Dalit activists claim that educational institutions fail to create any suitable support mechanisms despite attempts to bring caste discrimination issues on campus to their attention.
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...
Modi said he was fortunate that members of his caste had not come to him for any sort of work even though one among them has been longest serving Chief...
Gujarat: PM Narendra Modi said the people of Gujarat reposed trust in him for the last two decades, due to which the state emerged as one of the prominent...
Next to the list of constable names, was another list that revealed their caste.
As part of its latest cover on 'The Many Ramayanas', Outlook asked people across India who Ram is and what the Ramayana means to them. What we found is a rich...
