A California state agency is recognizing the quiet spread of India’s ancient caste discrimination into America’s Fortune 500 professional workplaces. “The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a federal lawsuit today under Title VII of the Civil […]
Dalits are an ignored voice ‘I can’t breathe’, George Floyd said while pleading for his life in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Minutes after the homicide of George Floyd, hashtags like #Alllives matter, #blacklives matter flooded the social media accounts of all […]
AGRA: Constable Jitendra Pal Singh (26), one of the eight policemen killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur+ on Friday, hailed from Mathura’s Barari village and was the lone bread earner in his family. He was the eldest among […]
Rajkot: After a salon owner refused to cut his hair, a Kutch villager on Thursday lodged an FIR with Adesar police alleging that the refusal stems from him being a lower caste. While the incident took place in March, an […]
BY ARJUN BAOKAR, Recently, the death of George Floyd in the US sparked protests against systemic racism, under the slogan #BlackLivesMatter. People all over the world banded together to protest against racism, carrying a message: equality under the law cannot exist […]
Jind: A local journalist of Narwana town of Jind district was booked for criminal defamation and under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the complaint of former MLA and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Pirthi Singh Numberdar. […]
In May, Haati Chai, a jewelry company based in Los Angeles, did what many American brands have done over the last few months: use social media to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement that has sparked protests against […]
Over the last few months, we have seen some prime examples of stupidity when it comes to novel coronavirus infections. From those who think themselves invincible, to the people who don’t believe the virus is real — there are many […]
Barnala, A team of the Punjab State SC Commission, led by its member Raj Kumar Hans, today visited Pakhon Kalan, where five Dalits youths had been sitting atop a water tank since June 24, demanding the cancellation of auction of […]
By Ankur Dang The bullet that took 26-year-old Breonna Taylor’s life this year in Kentucky, USA was probably no different than a bullet fired three months later on June 6, some 7,600 miles away in the hot and humid town […]
