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    Sub-categorisation verdict helps BJP’s agenda and endangers Dalit future

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    · Aug 18, 2024 · 09:00 am
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    US Supreme Court’s limiting perception of racism led to affirmative action being overturned

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    · Jun 30, 2023 · 09:30 pm
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    US universities are beginning to recognise the ugly truth of the caste system

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    · Nov 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm
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    In charts: India’s newsrooms are dominated by the upper castes – and that reflects what media covers

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    At the heart of Bangladesh’s anti-quota protests are government’s broken promises on job creation

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  • Readers’ comments: The solution is to end reservations, not increase them

    Readers’ comments: The solution is to end reservations, not increase them

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    · Nov 10, 2017 · 10:30 pm
  • Why sub-categorisation of OBCs will prompt their leaders to hit out at the upper castes

    Why sub-categorisation of OBCs will prompt their leaders to hit out at the upper castes

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    · Sep 01, 2017 · 08:00 am