Economic liberalisation has worsened caste differences, says Harvard professor Ajantha Subramanian

The anthropologist discusses meritocracy and caste in India, and the Cisco discrimination lawsuit in the US.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 15, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Tamil Nadu: Police arrest panchayat secretary after Dalit president forced to sit on floor

The police also arrested Sugumar, a caste Hindu, for threatening Rajeshwari Saravana Kumar at panchayat meetings.

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· Oct 11, 2020 · 08:57 am

Payal Tadvi suicide case: SC allows three accused to complete course at Mumbai college

The court asked Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal not to influence witnesses and to stay away from college and hospital as much as possible.

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· Oct 09, 2020 · 10:13 am

Job losses among SCs were three times higher than for upper castes: Economist Ashwini Deshpande

Reservations are not the answer to every social and economic problem. More needs to be done to provide safety nets to vulnerable groups.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 08, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Isabel Wilkerson’s book ‘Caste’ examines similarities between caste in India and race in America

The book is an opportunity for upper-caste Indians to learn from the recent soul-searching over racial legacies in America.

Ramya Vijaya

· Sep 05, 2020 · 08:30 am

Casteism continues to thrive among Indians abroad – through surnames

Most members of the diaspora believe they are anti-caste and progressive, and yet their caste identity remains important to them.

Amrita Ghosh

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Arun Kumar

· Aug 28, 2020 · 08:30 pm

For 70 years, Dalits have been denied freedom of religion – through a presidential order

Dalits who converted to Islam and Christianity continue to be outside the fold of affirmative action benefits. This needs to change.

Tehmina Arora

· Aug 21, 2020 · 06:30 am

UP: Dalit woman’s body removed from funeral pyre, BSP chief Mayawati demands inquiry

The body was allegedly removed by members of an upper caste

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· Jul 28, 2020 · 08:04 pm

Cisco caste discrimination case busts the myth of the South Asian diaspora as a model minority

It exposes upper-caste anxieties about the introduction of the caste question in the West.

Anupama Rao

· Jul 07, 2020 · 07:30 am

Casteist remark made privately is not an offence under SC/ST Act, says High Court

The bench reasoned that since the comments were not uttered in ‘public view’, it cannot be assumed that those were meant to humiliate the complainant.

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· Jun 01, 2020 · 11:44 am

Payal Tadvi suicide case: Maharashtra human rights panel exonerates two former faculty heads

Yi Ching Ling and SD Shirodkar were accused of not intervening to stop the casteist abuse Tadvi was allegedly facing from three of her seniors.

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· Dec 30, 2019 · 07:14 pm

Tamil Nadu: 3,000 Dalits to convert to Islam over alleged injustice after Coimbatore wall collapse

The incident had claimed the lives of 17 people on December 2.

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· Dec 26, 2019 · 11:52 am