Caste Discrimination
-
Why this Dalit Christian is angry that India awards Scheduled Caste status on the basis of faith
A Dalit Christian unsuccessfully challenged the new commission formed to look into giving Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Muslims.
Umang Poddar
-
Karni Sena demands demolition of Bhima Koregaon memorial, ban on annual celebration
The battle of Bhima Koregaon in 1818 pertains to victory of Dalit Mahars over Brahmin Peshwa-ruled Maratha empire who were known for caste segregation.
Scroll Staff
-
SC/STs not being given chances to rise to senior roles in PSUs, says Parliamentary panel
The committee sought to know the number of SC/ST candidates who gave interviews for senior level positions and the reason they were not selected.
Scroll Staff
Trending
-
Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
-
India’s cough syrup testing regime has a deadly blind spot
-
Adani bonds hit distressed levels after group calls off share sale
-
Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
-
What is a ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ loan and should you take it? Personal finance analysts weigh in
-
JNU asks all centres to install cameras after walls in campus were defaced with anti-Brahmin slogans
The management has issued a six-point advisory to prevent any mischievous incidents on the premises.
Scroll Staff
-
JNU walls defaced with anti-Brahmin slogans
The university’s School of International Studies, where the graffiti were painted, will conduct an inquiry into the incident.
Scroll Staff
-
Make burial grounds common for all communities, Madras High Court urges Tamil Nadu government
The court was hearing a dispute over burying bodies in a village in Salem district.
Scroll Staff
Video
-
‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
-
Caught on CCTV: Man steals gorilla statue kept outside a shop
-
Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
-
Watch: Students climb gate to enter exam centre because they were late
-
Watch: Bystander, police officer rescue driver moments before crashed car bursts into flames
-
Karnataka: Villagers ‘purify’ tank after Dalit woman drinks water from it, FIR filed
Members of the upper caste Lingayat community drained the tank and put cow urine in it to ‘purify’.
Scroll Staff
-
‘Untouchability absent in Christianity, Islam’: Centre opposes SC status for Dalit converts
In an affidavit before the Supreme Court, the Centre sought to differentiate between conversion of Dalits to Buddhism and conversion to Islam and Christianity.
Scroll Staff
-
Why RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call for caste system to be discarded has been met with scepticism
It is difficult to view his statement as anything beyond a safety valve to let out the growing pressure of Dalit disenchantment with the Hindutva project.
Vivek Deshpande
The Reel
-
Bowing out in style: Soumitra Chatterjee’s late-career gems ‘Bela Seshe’ and ‘Mayurakshi’
-
‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
-
‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
-
Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
-
Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
-
Tamil Nadu: Shopkeeper, village head arrested for barring Dalit children from buying candy
The shopkeeper said it was decided in a village meeting not to sell anything to persons from the Scheduled Community.
Scroll Staff
-
Government college principal in Mumbai booked for allegedly making casteist remarks about students
Urmila Paralikar also allegedly commented about the appearance of the students.
Scroll Staff
-
Child labour, caste and poverty are closely linked in India, says UN report
Dalit women in South Asia face severe discrimination, due to which they are ‘denied choices and freedoms in all spheres of life’, the report said.
Scroll Staff
The Field
-
Cricket: Andrew Strauss – ‘IPL will become world's biggest domestic sporting event’
-
Watch: U19 champions Shafali Verma and Co take a lap of honour in Ahmedabad during IND vs NZ match
-
IND vs NZ: Hardik Pandya – ‘Shubman Gill is technically so sound that batting is very easy for him’
-
Watch: Despite fractured forearm, Hanuma Vihari bats left-handed in Ranji Trophy quarterfinal
-
La Liga: Barcelona secure win over Real Betis to extend lead at the top to eight points