Topic: Caste

Harshad, a Malayalam scriptwriter, is best known for his two feature films Unda (2019) and Puzhu (2022). Puzhu (meaning worm) is a 2022 Malayalam flick jointly written by Harshad, Sharfu, and Suhas and directed by debutante Ratheena, with actor legend Mammootty as Kuttan, Parvathy Thiruvothu as Bharathi, Appunni Sasi as Kuttappan aka KP and Vasudev Sajeesh as Kichu in the lead roles.

Ambedkar Association of North America has strongly condemned Google's “reprehensible action” last week, of canceling a pre-approved, scheduled talk on caste based discrimination by Dalit activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan of Equality Labs to Google's employees to mark the Dalit History Month.

When I was born, my mother didn't hold me in her hands. Because she was worried about giving birth to a female child. But Islam teaches that those who give birth to two female children and grow them with utmost love and care will be promised heaven.

Two people Shahbuddin and Nawas were arrested in connection with the murder of a Dalit youth Vijaya Kamble who was in love with a Muslim girl in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district.

Look at what you are being made to do. You are forced to wear saffron scarves and asked to march into universities. I was born a Hindu woman, and I have never seen a saffron scarf in my home in all these years. My own father was a full-time RSS Pracharak who quit the organisation because of its Manuvadi caste-supremacy, because of its hatred of minorities, and because of its hatred of regional languages. I write to you because I have seen before my eyes that even the most brainwashed Sanghi person has the opportunity to leave the hatred behind. You can become a new person, you can become a better individual. You can say no to the politics of hate. 

Alastair Bonnett, Newcastle University Racism is being called out across the world – and not just in the usual places. The word “racism” has been...