Malaiyaha Tamils’ long march to equality in Sri Lanka
Retracing the journey that first brought them to the country 200 years ago, Malaiyaha Tamils reflect on their history and struggle as one of Sri Lanka’s most marginalised communities.
Court Orders FIR Against MLA Bal Mukundacharya in Assault Case: Accused of Spitting and Kicking Dalit's Chest
Mukundacharya had won the Hawa Mahal seat by defeating Congress candidate RR Tiwari by a thin margin of 974 votes. He went around his constituency shutting down shops selling non-vegetarian food a day after being elected and later apologised for his actions after people complained about him to the National Human Rights Commission.
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Over 13,000 SC, ST, OBC students dropped out of central varsities, IITs, IIMs in 5 years: Minister
The government has taken various steps like fee reduction, establishment of more institutes, scholarship, priority access to national level scholarships to aid the students with poor financial backgrounds to pursue their education.
On all fours in ‘rat holes’, the heroes of Silkyara scrape by on the margins
Rat-hole mining is banned in India as a dangerous practice; showered by praise, a 12-member team of rat-hole miners ask for human dignity, a house, a road, fair wages, and an assurance that such a collapse will never be repeated.
Dalit youth in TN’s Tiruppur abducted, beaten up for ‘disrespecting’ caste Hindu man
Pratap, the Dalit youth, who was assaulted by caste Hindu men, said he has been receiving threatening calls on his mobile ever since he filed a police complaint against his attackers.
CJI Chandrachud's Diversified Supreme Court Has Only 14 Brahmin Judges Out Of 34: Senior Advocate Comments Sarcastically, Writes To Law Minister Saying Collegium Should "Practice Diversity"
Senior Advocate S. Basavaraj of the Karnataka High Court has written to the Union Law Minister complaining about the lack of diversity among judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. "DYC's Diversified Supreme Court has only 14 Brahmin Judges out of 34 Judges", said the Senior Advocate sarcastically in a message on social media.
Why Kamal Nath’s Hindutva lite might dent Congress in this Madhya Pradesh region
Even Congress leaders worry that his public religiosity is turning OBCs against the party in Chhatarpur district, home to the temple of Bageshwar Dham.
Tamil Nadu: 46-year-old Dalit cook attacked by MBCs, hospitalised
People of both SC and MBC communities reside in Arunachalapuram village. Some months ago, the SC residents attempted to install a party flag and this irked the MBC residents.
Bhima Koregaon: NIA court directs prison authorities to provide Sagar Gorkhe treatment
An application was filed by Sagar Gorkhe, praying the court to direct urgent and necessary treatment for his mental and physical health. According to the application, the prison authorities have deprived Gorkhe of medicines and treatment for his psychiatric conditions.
Bihar Caste Survey Shows Every Third Family Poor: Nitish Announces Rs 2 Lakh Aid, Wants 75% Reservation
The chief minister announced a one-time benefit of Rs 2 lakh to the 94 lakh families that earn less than Rs 6,000 a month. He also declared plans to increase reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs to 65%, which the Supreme Court has capped at 50%.
The very instant the #SocialSecurityAct was passed in 1935, American conservatives (in both parties) began lobbying to destroy it. After all, a reserve army of forelock-tugging plebs and family retainers won't voluntarily assemble themselves - they need to be goaded into it by the threat of slowly starving to death in their dotage.
The problem of wealth in America is that it is establishing permanent dynasties which are incompatible with social mobility. In other words, we have created a new hereditary aristocracy - and its corollary, a new hereditary peasantry:
Manual scavenging: The unending pain of India's sewer workers
Manual scavenging is banned in India but the practice is still commonplace, with people forced into it because of rigid caste rules and the lack of other livelihood options. Successive federal governments, including the current one, have missed several deadlines to declare India free of manual scavenging, most recently in August this year.
In Yogi’s Gorakhpur, an Ambedkarite Outfit Speaking for Land Rights Faces State Crackdown
The Ambedkar Jan Morcha views the arrests in Gorakhpur as an attempt by the government to tarnish its image and weaken their movement for land rights for Dalits.
Although Scheduled Tribe communities are 20 per cent of the population here, their lives are not safe. The state records the highest number of atrocities against them, and it’s only rising.
'Completely Eradicate Manual Scavenging' : Supreme Court Directs Union & States; Increases Compensation For Sewer Deaths To Rs 30 Lakh
Expressing grave anguish at the continuance of this abhorrent practice in India, the Supreme Court directed that the compensation in cases of sewer deaths must be increased to Rs.30 lakhs. In cases of permanent disablement arising from sewer operations, the Court directed the increase of compensation to Rupees 20 lakhs and for other forms of disablement, the compensation must be not less than Rs 10 lakhs.