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After "Brahmin Genes" Post, Bengaluru CEO's "Unapologetic" Follow-Ups
A two-word post on social media by the chief executive of a content marketing company has snowballed into a massive battle of narratives, three days after Anuradha Tiwari posted a photo of herself with the caption, "Brahmin genes."
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Declare Caste System Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking directions to declare the caste system unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition On Calling Caste System Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition On Calling Caste System Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional.
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"What Some Pandits Say On Basis Of Shaastras Is A Lie": RSS Chief
Whatever the name, ability and honour of a person, everybody is the same and there are no differences, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday.
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What Ex-Speaker Meira Kumar Said On Caste System: "Everyone Asks Me..."
Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit school boy in Rajasthan after being beaten up by a teacher, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the "illness" of caste system.
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Stones Thrown At Dalit Groom For Riding Horse In Wedding: Gujarat Cops
The wedding procession of a Dalit man was taken out under police protection in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Sunday after some so called upper caste people objected to the groom sitting on a horse and threw stones, an official said.
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Student Erases Mention Of His Caste From School Record In Maharashtra
Mumbai: A 12-year-old student from Marathwada region has become talk of his village for ‘erasing’ the mention of his caste from the school attendance record. Rohan Bhosle, a seventh standard student of the Zila Parishad school at Pargaon village in Ashti tehsil of Beed district, deleted the mention of his caste from the school attendance sheet ...
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Who Is Savitribai Phule? 19th Century Pioneer Still Inspires Many
Hailed as the country's first woman teacher, Savitribai Phule was also a social worker and a poet. Born on January 3, 1831, 2017 marks her 186th birth year. Savitribai Phule is credited with laying the foundation of education opportunities for women in India and played a major role in improving women's rights in the country during the British Raj. ...
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'Kicked In My Stomach': Pregnant Dalit Woman Beaten For Not Picking Cow Carcass
A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said.
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The New 140-Character War On India's Caste System
Much like the "Black Twitter" movement in the United States, Dalits with popular Twitter handles are now routinely flexing their muscles on the microblogging site, acting as community watchdogs and highlighting issues of bias, brutality and bigotry that they say India's predominantly upper-caste media tends to ignore.
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Dalit Man, Refused Water, Dug His Own Well, Says ‘All Are Welcome’
Bapurao Tajne looks down at his hands, tired with blisters, with discernible pride. For 40 days, in heat that refused to move south of 40 degrees, he spent his days raising his axe to the sun, and then bringing it down. Six hours a day, over and over, the same steady motion, sweat flowing across his body. And then he found it. 15 feet below the par...
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Need To Eradicate Reservation For Affluent Sections, Says RSS
In a veiled reference to the recent Jat agitation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has disapproved of reservation demands by the "affluent" sections and favoured a study to ascertain whether the deserving backward classes are actually getting the quota benefits.
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In heat wave, Dalit beaten to death for using water pump
Police in north India said Wednesday they were hunting for a village strongman accused of beating to death an "untouchable" neighbour who broke strict caste-based rules by using a local hand pump.
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No 'Aarakshan' preview for Scheduled Castes: Jha
Prakash Jha is not ready to organize a special screening of Aarakshan for the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
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After "Brahmin Genes" Post, Bengaluru CEO's "Unapologetic" Follow-Ups
A two-word post on social media by the chief executive of a content marketing company has snowballed into a massive battle of narratives, three days after Anuradha Tiwari posted a photo of herself with the caption, "Brahmin genes."
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Declare Caste System Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking directions to declare the caste system unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition On Calling Caste System Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition On Calling Caste System Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional.
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"What Some Pandits Say On Basis Of Shaastras Is A Lie": RSS Chief
Whatever the name, ability and honour of a person, everybody is the same and there are no differences, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday.
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What Ex-Speaker Meira Kumar Said On Caste System: "Everyone Asks Me..."
Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit school boy in Rajasthan after being beaten up by a teacher, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the "illness" of caste system.
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Stones Thrown At Dalit Groom For Riding Horse In Wedding: Gujarat Cops
The wedding procession of a Dalit man was taken out under police protection in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Sunday after some so called upper caste people objected to the groom sitting on a horse and threw stones, an official said.
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Student Erases Mention Of His Caste From School Record In Maharashtra
Mumbai: A 12-year-old student from Marathwada region has become talk of his village for ‘erasing’ the mention of his caste from the school attendance record. Rohan Bhosle, a seventh standard student of the Zila Parishad school at Pargaon village in Ashti tehsil of Beed district, deleted the mention of his caste from the school attendance sheet ...
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Who Is Savitribai Phule? 19th Century Pioneer Still Inspires Many
Hailed as the country's first woman teacher, Savitribai Phule was also a social worker and a poet. Born on January 3, 1831, 2017 marks her 186th birth year. Savitribai Phule is credited with laying the foundation of education opportunities for women in India and played a major role in improving women's rights in the country during the British Raj. ...
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'Kicked In My Stomach': Pregnant Dalit Woman Beaten For Not Picking Cow Carcass
A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said.
-
The New 140-Character War On India's Caste System
Much like the "Black Twitter" movement in the United States, Dalits with popular Twitter handles are now routinely flexing their muscles on the microblogging site, acting as community watchdogs and highlighting issues of bias, brutality and bigotry that they say India's predominantly upper-caste media tends to ignore.
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Dalit Man, Refused Water, Dug His Own Well, Says ‘All Are Welcome’
Bapurao Tajne looks down at his hands, tired with blisters, with discernible pride. For 40 days, in heat that refused to move south of 40 degrees, he spent his days raising his axe to the sun, and then bringing it down. Six hours a day, over and over, the same steady motion, sweat flowing across his body. And then he found it. 15 feet below the par...
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Need To Eradicate Reservation For Affluent Sections, Says RSS
In a veiled reference to the recent Jat agitation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS has disapproved of reservation demands by the "affluent" sections and favoured a study to ascertain whether the deserving backward classes are actually getting the quota benefits.
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In heat wave, Dalit beaten to death for using water pump
Police in north India said Wednesday they were hunting for a village strongman accused of beating to death an "untouchable" neighbour who broke strict caste-based rules by using a local hand pump.
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No 'Aarakshan' preview for Scheduled Castes: Jha
Prakash Jha is not ready to organize a special screening of Aarakshan for the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
