Social Discrimination
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India’s strict lockdown pushed its Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis deeper into debt
The loss of income and livelihood forced India’s marginalised groups to take fresh loans, shows a survey.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Sadhika Tiwari, IndiaSpend.com
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Karnataka’s black magic law targets caste and gender discrimination, not Hindu religious practices
Though it comes as part of a long line of previous legislative reform efforts, it also marks a new beginning.
Varuni Bhatia
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Watch: Can a dose of obscenity and humour help counter racism? Philosopher Slavoj Žižek thinks so
The argument: telling racist jokes in a non-racist way is better than using politically correct language.
Scroll Staff
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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"We're lost between both worlds:" Sikhs and Hindus leave Afghanistan but aren't at home in India
Reports say growing discrimination and intolerance are the reasons for migration.
Scroll Staff
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Facebook bursts with tales of housing bias after Muslim woman is denied flat in Mumbai
A social-media group has become the clearing house for harrowing stories.
Mayank Jain
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How bias against Muslim flat seekers came to be entrenched in India's most cosmopolitan city
The riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 completely transformed Mumbai's character.
Smruti Koppikar
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes