Topic: caste discrimination
“You can’t study Sanskrit like a Brahmin”: PhD withheld by Hindutva-affiliated dean, says Dalit PhD scholar from Kerala University
Vipin Vijayan, a PhD scholar at Kerala University, has levelled serious allegations against Dr. C. N. Vijayakumari, Dean of the Sanskrit Department, accusing her, whom he claims has affiliations with the RSS-BJP, of caste discrimination and abuse of authority after his PhD degree was withheld.
“Go and stitch slippers”: Three IndiGo officials booked for caste-based harassment of trainee pilot
An FIR has been registered against three IndiGo Airlines officials after a colleague accused them of caste-based harassment and humiliation at the company’s corporate...
Kerala bank employee who faced caste discrimination transferred to Gujarat as ‘punishment’
A Kerala man who complained of caste-based discrimination at his workplace has been transferred to Gujarat in what he calls a "punishment transfer."
Dalit Catholics fight for equality within Church
Soosaimanickam Brito (39), from Trichy, still remembers the humiliation of standing outside his own church, forbidden from entering the festival grounds. “They won’t even...
Gujarat: Dalit man denied housing in Ahmedabad society, files FIR over caste discrimination
A Dalit man from Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Wednesday filed an FIR alleging that he was not allowed to purchase a house and was allegedly...
Youth beaten for questioning discrimination against lower-caste ritual in Kerala’s Thrissur
A 33-year-old youth was allegedly assaulted by temple committee members at the Punnoor Kavu bhagavathi temple in Punnayurkulam, Thrissur, for questioning the ban on the entry of "Karinkali," a traditional lower-caste ritual art form.
