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IIT Bombay Students Allege Institutional Murder In Teen Suicide Case, Cite Caste Discrimination
arun Posted On March 22, 2023


“Despite our complaints, the institute did not care to make the space inclusive and safe for dalit bahujan adivasi students. First-year students face the most harassment in terms of anti-reservation sentiments,” an APPSC tweet read. A case of caste-based discrimination […]


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‘Elite Institutions Are Not Devoid Of Caste’: Social Rights Activist On Recent Death Of Dalit Student At IIT Bombay
arun Posted On March 22, 2023


Social rights groups and Dalit activists claim that educational institutions fail to create any suitable support mechanisms despite attempts to bring caste discrimination issues on campus to their attention. Anisha Reddy One more Dalit. One more alleged death by suicide. […]


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When will the suicide of Dalit, tribal students stop?
arun Posted On March 20, 2023


Referring to the recent incident of the alleged suicide of Darshan Solanki, a Dalit student in their first year of B.Tech at IIT Bombay, the 50th Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said suicide incidents among marginalized students are on […]


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Urgent need to protect Dalit students in our educational institutes
arun Posted On March 14, 2023


Sadly, the higher we go up the education ladder, the more entrenched is the belief of the upper caste students and the faculty that the ‘reserved category students simply do not belong here’ Vrijendra On February 12, 2023, Darshan Solanki, […]


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Some thoughts on the ongoing debate around the tragic demise of Darshan Solanki
arun Posted On March 13, 2023


The recent death of the first year dalit undergraduate student, Darshan Solanki, has once again raised the question of the caste discrimination and related biases on the IITB campus. The institutions and support system that the Institute has built over […]


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Ranks of over 37% SC, ST students asked, reveals survey in IIT-Bombay
arun Posted On March 12, 2023


In the survey of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students in February 2022, in which 388 SC/ST students participated, 77 students described in detail the kinds of caste-based discrimination they faced while on campus. ABHINAY LAKSHMAN    “Even EWS (Economically Weaker […]


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Complete Falsehood: Darshan’s Kin Reject IIT Bombay’s ‘No Caste Bias’ Report
arun Posted On March 8, 2023


“I do not accept this report by the institute, this is wrong,” said Ramesh Solanki, father of Darshan Solanki, an 18-year-old student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, who died by suicide at the campus hostel premises on 12 February. […]


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Rights group says Solanki had told his sister about discrimination at IIT Bombay
arun Posted On March 5, 2023


A top rights group of the country, People’s Union for Civil Liberties on Saturday expressed extreme distress by the alleged suicide of Darshan Solanki, first generation Dalit student, of first year B. Tech, at IIT Bombay on February 12 2023. […]


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Did Caste Discrimination Lead To Darshan Solanki’s Death?
arun Posted On March 3, 2023


“I have faced casteism in my university when I was pursuing medical in a reputed college and no one did anything,” said Sakshi (name changed on request), who is a medical professional, when asked whether authorities at educational institutes help […]


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Casteism in Campus: Eklavyas must not fall victim to Dronacharyas in this era
arun Posted On February 26, 2023


The specter of Dronacharya haunts the institutions of higher education. Even 75 years after Independence, university education in India still appears to be a fiefdom of the few elite castes. Though, because of constitutional mechanism, the Dalit-Adivasi students have entered […]


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