Tag: Casteism
Why the farmers’ protest is led by Sikhs of Punjab
The Khalistan movement in the 1980s may have limited support for Punjab’s Sikhs in the battle with the Indira Gandhi govt. But in Modi govt's farm laws, they have a worthy cause.
Chances of an inter-caste marriage go up if groom’s mother is educated, study
The rate of inter-caste marriages in India, as recently as 2011, was merely 5.82% and there has been no upward trend over the past four decades.
To understand UP’s U-turn from Bahujans to Brahmins, last 3 elections are key
The ongoing clamour in Uttar Pradesh to become the voice of the Brahmins shows the diminishing returns of focusing solely on Bahujan politics.
TikTok made rural India into DIY Eklavyas
Chinese apps like TikTok adored every rejected ‘unequal’ Indian. The mainstream elite and privileged people can cry anti-national all they want.
Black lives mattered to Phule and Ambedkar. They had seen caste discrimination in India
The credit of drawing parallels between racial and caste discrimination goes to Jotirao Phule who compared conditions of Blacks in the US and Dalits in India.
Mid-life crisis is real and Devdutt Pattanaik’s Twitter timeline proves it
Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik is the reason why you should never scroll through your hero’s Twitter page.
Who is Dindigul Sreenivasan? Tamil Nadu minister who asked tribal boy to remove footwear
ADMK mouthpiece justifies Dindigul Sreenivasan’s act of getting a tribal boy to unbuckle his sandals. He has done this earlier also.
Dalit journalist accuses BBC Hindi of discrimination, says was let go due to caste
Journalist Meena Kotwal says she was 'caricatured' in office to give the impression that she didn't deserve the job. BBC denies charges.
Abuses Ambedkar Caravan founder faces every day: Clean my toilet, you belong to gutter
Even known public figures go after Dalit activists to get their account suspended, and their followers want us to be ‘nailed and hanged’.
‘You don’t look Dalit’ and other things ‘upper castes’ must stop saying to Dalits immediately
Even if you have one Dalit friend or claim to clean your own toilet, here’s a guide to casteist comments that need to end.