The Historic Vaikom Satyagraha
A two part article on the historic Vaikom Satyagraha, how it all began, what happened during the course of the movement, and its fallout.
Caste and the Hathras Case – 2 Articles
Juxtaposing the Hathras, Khairlanji and Bilkis Bano cases against the 2012 Nirbhaya case shows that the thinking of the judiciary often depends on the social status of the victim. Also: “The Valmiki Family in Hathras Defied Caste Order. Their Dead Daughter Paid the Price.”
Let Me Make an Admission: I’m Privileged, Therefore I Am
The benefits that accrue from the accident of my birth in an upper caste household are emotional, psychological, social, and economic.
Omnipresent Caste
Sociologists have long believed that urbanisation could signal the end of the caste system. B.R. Ambedkar encouraged people from marginalised castes to migrate to urban areas. Unfortunately, however, cities have their own way of perpetuating these inequalities.
Caste | Indian Politics | Print Edition | USA
Seattle Bans Caste-Based Discrimination
Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian Americans.
‘Institutional Murder’: IIT-Bombay Dalit Student Victim of Anti-Reservationist Bias
National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Gujarat, in a statement, has called the recent suicide of Darshan Solanki, a Dalit student of IIT, Bombay, as another “institutional murder” resulting from “crass caste discrimination” prevailing in India’s elite educational institutes.
Bhagwat’s New Spin on Caste Will Not Stem the Rebellion Against Texts That Insult the Shudras
The RSS/BJP intellectuals tell us today that texts like Ramcharitmanas are mirrors of our civilisation. Then where do the Shudras, Dalits, Adivasis and women exist, except for occasional humiliation?
Calling the Constitution of India Present-Day Manusmriti Is an Unconscionable Vulgarisation
The Constitution is a radical and transformative document. At its heart lie the values of liberty, justice, equality and fraternity. The same cannot be said of the Manusmriti.
I am Among the Dalits Who Were Never the Same Since Rohith Vemula’s Letter
Rohith Vemula passed away on 17 January, 2016. Seven years later, Yashica Dutt writes on the impact of his words. Also: Rohit Vemula’s letter of 17 January 2016.
EWS Quota: Was Economic Condition Ever the Foundational Principle for Reservation in India?
Since the first reservation implemented by the Maharaja of Kolhapur to the days of independence, quota in education and public services has been a mechanism to alleviate social degradation, not poverty.