Caste Discrimination

Is Seattle’s ban on caste discrimination 'Hinduphobic, racist'?

The Seattle City Council’s vote to outlaw caste discrimination has created divisions among the South Asian diaspora in the US. While it has been hailed by many Dalit activists, a section of Hindus have called it a ‘tool’ used by ‘anti-Hindus to discriminate against Hindus in America’

Jalore student death: Yet to ascertain if caste-based discrimination led to death of Dalit boy in Jalore, says RSCPCR

Indra Kumar Meghwal, a third-standard student of Saraswati Vidhay Mandir in Surana village, was beaten up by his teacher Chail Singh on 20 July allegedly for touching a drinking water pot and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Ahmedabad on 14 August

Myth of ummah’s equality: How Indian Muslims were looked down upon by those who converted them

Indian Muslims should stop seeking their lineage to foreign Muslims who ruled in India. The latter, ironically, never owned them

If sacked Dalit cook is not reinstated we will approach court, vows Uttarakhand SC/ST commission

Uttarakhand commission for scheduled castes chairman Mukesh Kumar said he has also asked the administration to identify people involved in the row for 'spoiling the traditional social fabric of Uttarakhand'

Uttarakhand: Dalit cook sacked after upper caste students boycott meals she made; CM orders probe

A Dalit woman has been sacked after her appointment as the cook in a government school in Uttarakhand’s Champawat district triggered a boycott of mid-day meals by upper caste students

Kerala temple lifts centuries old ban that denied entry to Dalits

The scheduled caste people in the locality are not ready to openly challenge the discriminatory practices as some fear that it will 'provoke' the deity, others fear the local residents

Sekhar Kammula on Love Story: Tried to represent caste discrimination in the way I can

Love Story director Sekhar Kammula discusses the men in his stories, working with Sai Pallavi and Naga Chaitanya, and not going the Vetrimaaran way while addressing caste discrimination.

2020, year of the pandemic: Denied land allotted to her, a differently-abled woman from Sivaganga ostracised

For Rajalakshmi, a woman with a locomotor disability, being forced to leave her rented house in the middle of the lockdown was only the latest chapter in a long story of stigmatisation

How the Savarna construction of reservation vs merit binary has stalled progress of Dalits across sectors

Creating economic resources and social unification for the oppressed sections of society will help in flattening the brahmanical hegemonic theory of caste and merit.

Lockdown Caste Atrocities: Online campaign addresses violence against Dalits in the pandemic through art and dialogue

The campaign aims to share 'stories of pain, plight and struggle of Dalits' that need visibility and solidarity both at the national and international levels, since Dalit rights need to be addressed as human rights