SC slams Haryana government for dubbing Dalit killing ‘not a murder’
The Supreme Court today slammed Haryana government for refusing to accept that the killing of an old Dalit man and his physically-challenged daughter at a village in Rohtak district by a dominant...
View ArticleNo need for police case against Arundhati Roy for her remarks: Gandhi forum
Kerala Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi has disapproved the police move to register a case against Arundhati Roy for her remarks against Gandhi, but has asked the writer to introspect on what she had said. The...
View ArticleThe real threat to Hinduism is patriarchy, not ‘Love’ or ‘Sex Jihad’
Love Jihad is a red herring when the real threat is patriarchy and patriarchal attitudes. Conversions are an issue for Hindus, but these need different handling The post The real threat to Hinduism is...
View ArticleBrahminism and bigotry: Decoding the NCAER data on untouchability
An NCAER survey talks of a high level of untouchability among Indians - with one in four admitting to such attitudes. But there is more to it that just this. The data need a more nuanced reading to...
View ArticleRise above casteism, PM Modi tells Bihar ahead of assembly polls
Reaching out to the voters of Bihar ahead of the assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the people of the state to rise above caste considerations and support the most virtuous. The...
View ArticleManjhi review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui is genius, but watching this film is an...
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the saving grace in Manjhi - The Mountain Man, a film that is so comprehensively artificial that you'll forget Dashrath Manjhi was a real man. The post Manjhi review: Nawazuddin...
View ArticleCaging of Ambedkar statues in Tamil Nadu points out something much darker and...
The threat of desecration of statues of BR Ambedkar in Tamil Nadu is so high that authorities had to place these statues in a cage. The post Caging of Ambedkar statues in Tamil Nadu points out...
View ArticleCaste violence: Two Dalit children burnt alive in Faridabad revenge killing,...
Upper caste Rajputs allegedly set fire to the home of a Dalit family in Sunpedh, a village in Faridabad near Delhi, in the early hours of Tuesday, killing both the sleeping children inside aged 2 years...
View ArticleDalits feeling insecure under BJP govt: Mayawati in the wake of Haryana caste...
Terming the attack on a Dalit family in Faridabad as most unfortunate, BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday threatened to take to the streets. The post Dalits feeling insecure under BJP govt: Mayawati...
View ArticleLiterary body condemns assault on Dalit writer
A literary body comprising leading writers Nayantara Sahgal, K Satchidanandan and Romila Thapar among others on Friday strongly condemned the attack on Dalit writer-activist Huchangi Prasad for his...
View ArticleCaste assertion, clashes in Tamil Nadu forcing Dravidian parties to...
The problem is that he hails from a village called Gopalasamudram, about 25 kilometres from the bustling Tirunelveli town in southern Tamil Nadu. The post Caste assertion, clashes in Tamil Nadu forcing...
View ArticleNot campus politics, but Hyderabad University administration’s apathy is the...
Students like Rohith Vemula are expected to become science writers and better minds, but no one decries the suspension that barred his entry from the library and all public spaces The post Not campus...
View ArticleBengaluru shame: In Gandhi’s India, black eye for black eye, kaala for kaala,...
It didn't matter to the attackers that the woman was in no way connected to the driver. Or that she was a Tanzanian, which is a separate country, some 2,100 kilometres from Sudan — the motherland of...
View ArticleTamil Nadu: Dalit man hacked to death in full public view for marrying Thevar...
A newly-wed couple was beaten up by goons in full public view in Udumalpet, Tirupur, on Sunday, after which the culprits then hacked the Dalit man to death. The post Tamil Nadu: Dalit man hacked to...
View ArticleSwathi murder case: Here are the ‘lessons’ girls should learn from this tragedy
We found this interesting article from a matrimonial website — Chennai Sai Sankara Matrimonials — soaked in overwhelming wisdom on 'lessons we should learn from the tragic episode of Swathi'. The post...
View ArticleSeparate Vidarbha state should be formed at the earliest, says Ramdas Athawale
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale today reiterated his demand for separate Vidarbha state and said two new states should also be carved out of Uttar Pradesh. The post Separate Vidarbha state should be...
View ArticleSupreme Court terming seeking votes based on religion illegal, a positive...
The CPI on Monday welcomed Supreme Court holding that appeal for vote on ground of religion amounts to "corrupt practice", but said the issue of caste and language needs to be addressed "carefully"....
View ArticleSupreme Court’s verdict on religion, caste, race will affect BJP less than...
Contrary to popular belief, Monday's landmark Supreme Court judgement deeming vote-seeking in the name of religion, caste, race and community or language illegal may affect the Bharatiya Janata Party...
View Article