Topic: Casteism in India
‘Discrimination a part of Hindu Dharma,’ Tamil Dalit families who embraced Islam say
Post the tragic incident in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, where a caste-wall collapsed on December 2 last year and led to the death of 17 Dalits, 430 Dalits have embraced Islam on January 24 and around 1000 people announced that they were to convert to Islam in recent weeks.
Global award for project that secured land for Karnataka’s tribal people
A trans-formative initiative supporting the Koraga people and nine other tribal communities in the state of Karnataka to access land for the first time has today been named a Gold Award Winner in this year’s World Habitat Awards.
Redefining space and resisting caste in university spaces – In conversation with N Sukumar
Delhi University professor N Sukumar spoke to Raniya Zulaikha, student at Ramjas College, Delhi University about the caste, Ambedkarite politics, education policies and university spaces.
Harvard Professor Ajantha Subramanian talks on IITs and social life of caste
Through in-depth study of the elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)—widely seen as symbols of national promise— Harvard University professor and anthropologist Ajantha Subramanian, reveals the continued workings of upper-caste privilege within the most modern institutions
Parliamentarians and activists demand UN deceleration on elimination of Casteism
The first Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD), was convened on 20th September in New York, which took place concurrently...
Kerala: Court rules Kevin Joseph death was ‘honour killing’
Honor killings are familiar in northern states of India and had been unheard of in Kerala.
