Topic: Casteism in India
Findings of Thorat Committee ‘were not taken seriously’: Sukhadeo Thorat while remembering Payal Tadvi
Two and half years before, in May 2019, Payal Tadvi, the first gynaecologist and first female student of Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Tadvi Bhil, a tribal Muslim community, took her life due to castist harassment from her senior colleagues who belong to upper caste communities.
Harassed by upper-caste Hindus, Dalit student kills himself in Rajasthan
Pradeep Meghwal, a Dalit student at a constituent college of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), allegedly ended his life by jumping in front of a moving train after facing constant casteist abuse from upper-caste Hindu classmates.
Dalit children in UP govt school told to keep mid-day meal plates apart
The headmistress of a school in Uttar Pradesh's Manipuri district was suspended on Friday following reports of separate utensils for Dalit students during mid-day meals.
Karnataka: Dalit family fined Rs 23000 after 2-year-old enters temple
In the latest episode of caste-based violence in the country, a Dalit couple was fined Rs 23,000 after their 2-year-old son entered a Hanuman temple at Miyapura village near Hanumasagar in the Koppal district of Karnataka.
Casteism remarks: Upper-caste professor files counter case against Dalit student
Somnath Sow, a Dalit student of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in West Bengal has alleged that a professor from upper-caste Hindu community refused to interact with him and called him "impure."
Kerala: Dalit family of a child sexual abuse survivor faces social boycott from CPIM
"An unwritten social boycott existed against us. People stopped talking to us. Nobody is visiting my home. In tea shops, grocery shops wherever I go, I feel boycotted," says Unnikrishnan, father of a POCSO offence survivor, who hails from Kattoor village in Kerala’s Thrissur district.
