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In Knee Jerk Reaction to Maratha Quota Verdict, Maha Govt Scraps Reservation in Promotion
arun Posted On May 14, 2021


Mumbai: In an apparent attempt to assuage the Marathas after the Supreme Court last week struck down the law granting reservation to the community, the Maharashtra government has trained its focus on depriving the most marginalised communities of their rights. […]


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Promises to Dalits ‘unfulfilled’, Cong MLAs get into a huddle
arun Posted On May 12, 2021


Chandigarh, Close on the heels of some ministers and party MLAs holding meetings to exert pressure on the Chief Minister to fulfil the poll promises, Congress Dalit and OBC MLAs, including two Dalit ministers, today met to discuss the inordinate […]


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UNDERSTANDING THE ELECTORAL VERDICT 2021
arun Posted On May 9, 2021


“Mamata’s return is neither an empowerment of Muslims nor of Dalits. It is the retention of Bhadralok monopoly over Bengal politics. Is it not an irony that a state with over 24% of Dalits, 27% Muslims, 6 Adivasis. It is […]


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Caste on the campus: An interview with filmmaker Somnath Waghmare
arun Posted On May 4, 2021


The latest example of casteism on campus is the viral videos from IIT Kharagpur. Sowmya Rajendran An educational institution should ideally be a place that nurtures minds, particularly those of the young who spend their formative years on campus. But […]


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Govt to provide free food grains to poor under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana in May, June: Officials
arun Posted On April 24, 2021


5-kg free food grains per person per month for 80 crore people for two months The government will provide free food grains to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana in May and June, officials said on […]


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Why are national, global issues a domain of only a Gupta, Sharma, Jha or Mishra?
arun Posted On April 21, 2021


Every year various magazines, online portals and newspapers bring out a list of ‘powerful’ people for our consumption. These are brought out on particular occasions after being “judged’ by a few “selected” or “knowledgeable” people who go through the work […]


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Why not Dalit CM: Congress MP to Akalis
arun Posted On April 17, 2021


Chandigarh,  Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari today advised SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal to desist from indulging in politics of identity. He was responding to a statement by the former Deputy Chief Minister that if the Akalis came […]


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BJP has married Mandal with Kamandal in Bengal, posing a dilemma for scholars
arun Posted On April 16, 2021


In caste politics, both the unit of mobilisation and opposition are caste categories, like Jatavs versus Yadavs. In Bengal, the target is a religious category – Muslims. By AYAN GUHA The 2021 assembly election in West Bengal appears to mark […]


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Casteism  / COURT  / DALIT  / Lower Caste  / NATIONAL  / OBC / SC / ST  / RESERVATION  / Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe  / Tribals
Why are we still asking the wrong question about reservation?
arun Posted On April 5, 2021


Representation of marginalised sections in public services remains poor. Why then are questions raised on quotas for them? Written by Pradeep Narayanan On March 19, the Supreme Court asked: “For how many generations would reservations in jobs and education continue?” […]


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Sangh has various strategies to make Dalits part of grand Hindutva identity Badri Narayan, social historian says
arun Posted On March 29, 2021


Noted social historian Badri Narayan has written extensively on Dalits and saffron politics. In his latest book, Republic of Hindutva, he explains how the RSS is constantly reinventing itself to spread its worldview. Sunday Times talks to him about its […]


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