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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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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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: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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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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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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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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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings
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Badminton, Thomas Cup 2024: India finish second in Group C following loss to Indonesia
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Fitness watch: Project launched in England to study causes of ACL injuries in women’s football