Fighting Discrimination
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After week-long protests, Ashoka University to set up Equal Opportunity Cell
A group of students at the institute demanded that a caste census be conducted annually on campus.
Scroll Staff
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How BR Ambedkar has become a global icon in the fight against injustice
The mobilisations by Dalit Ambedkarite diaspora in the West have received support from other socially marginalised communities and minority groups.
Sumeet Mhaskar
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‘Shocked at silence of PM’: 13 Opposition leaders issue joint statement against communal violence
The leaders alleged that Narendra Modi’s silence is testimony to the fact that ‘private armed mobs enjoy the luxury of official patronage’.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Very low voter turnout in six districts of eastern Nagaland amid shutdown over statehood demand
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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Fear, deception and intimidation pillars of Modi government, writes Sonia Gandhi
The Congress chief accused the government of pitting Indians against each other on the basis of ‘dress, food, faith, festival and language’.
Scroll Staff
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‘Art should have no religion’: Kerala minister urges temple to allow ‘non-Hindu’ dancers to perform
The Koodalmanikayam Temple has barred Bharatanatyam exponent Mansiya VP and dancer Soumya Sukumaran from participating in a 10-day festival.
Scroll Staff
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Three dancers withdraw from Kerala temple festival after it bars ‘non-Hindu’ Bharatanatyam artist
‘I cannot perform dance on that stage by writing ‘Hindu’ to my art,’ one of them wrote on Facebook.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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‘Non-Hindu’ Bharatanatyam dancer stopped from performing in Kerala temple
Around 800 artists are slated to perform at a 10-day festival at the Koodalmanikyam Temple and they have all only been allowed if they identify as Hindu.
Scroll Staff
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Bahrain authorities shut Indian restaurant for allegedly denying entry to woman wearing veil
The alleged incident took place at the Lanterns restaurant, located in the Adliya area of the country’s capital Manama.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Delhi hotel denies room to Kashmiri man, cites fake police directive
Oyo Rooms said that it took the hotel off its platform and that its ‘rooms and hearts are open for everyone’.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Kashmiri tenant accuses landlady of calling her terrorist, trespassing, theft; police register case
The Delhi Commission For Women has issued a notice to the police and sought an action taken report along with a copy of the FIR by October 19.
Scroll Staff
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Don’t trust the false advertising. Liberal British universities are still endemically racist
Through in-depth interviews with academics, I discovered troubling stories of racism.
Katy Sian, The Conversation
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‘How could you have been raped?’: New study on how India’s transgender people face bias from doctors
A new study uncovers reasons for discrimination against transgender patients by the medical community.
Ankur Paliwal
The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game