Topic: Casteism in India
Complaint filed against Vir Das over casteist remarks about Mayawati
Bhim Army general secretary Kanishk Singh has filed a complaint against comedian Vir Das for his casteist comments about Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati during one of his performances.
Survived many suicidal stages due to CPI(M)’s casteism: Kerala Dalit research scholar
Deepa P. Mohanan, a Dalit research scholar at Kerala’s Mahatma Gandhi University has been alleging that she was facing caste discrimination from her Ph.D. Guide Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal, university authorities, and ruling CPIM leaders for the last 10 years.
CM Stalin meets tribal woman after she raised voice against casteism
Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday visited Ashwini, a Narikuravar woman who had raised the issue of discrimination after her community was prevented from having Annadhanam (concept of temples offering free food for the poor) along with others at a temple in Mamallapuram, 50 km from Chennai, about two weeks ago.
Gujarat: Dalit family attacked for visiting temple
A Dalit family in a village near Gandhidham town of Gujarat’s Kutch district, was attacked by around 20 Hindu men for visiting a temple on Tuesday, 26, October.
Yuvraj Singh arrested over casteist remark, released on bail
Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh was arrested by Haryana police on Sunday and released on bail in a casteist remarks case in compliance with a High Court order.
I was made to stand for 4 hours with hands folded during mahapanchayat: Dalit woman whose son married Gujjar woman
"I was made to stand for four hours with my hands folded during the mahapanchayat and threatened that my child would be killed if he returned to the village," Bala Devi, the Dalit woman told a fact-finding team of the National Confederation of Human Rights Orgnisations (NCHRO).
