According to the parents, the teachers allegedly forced the girls to remove their uniforms to give them to two others students who turned up for school photographs in plain …
Tag: caste discrimination
Decolonisation or Brahminisation: What’s the Thrust Behind Karnataka’s NEP Position Papers?
This position paper on 'Knowledge of India' aggressively canvasses the agenda to re-assert Brahmanical ethos, intellectual currents and social order as the only "authentic" Indian knowledge system.
How the Ramnamis of Chhattisgarh Protest Against Caste Discrimination With Body Tattoos
The community's 'Ram Ram' tattoos are a brilliant idea directed at the inhuman edifice of caste discrimination. They declare spiritual intent and also chart the path for social change.
Konaseema? Kiski Seema? On the National Stature of Ambedkar
No matter how deeply intellectual and globally influential Ambedkar is, the upper-caste mindset would never miss an opportunity to reduce Ambedkar as a mere representative of the Dalit struggle.
Citing Covid Burden, NCERT Drops Mentions of Caste Discrimination From Sociology Textbook
These deletions from the Class XII textbook are among the series of other prominent removals and revisions – including the 2002 Gujarat riots, Emergency, Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision of building …
Intolerance
A poem on how in contrast to lactose and gluten intolerance, the cure for the social malady lies within us.
The Voice of a Party Worker
'I am assigned all the jobs that are dirty, for which I am incentivised with debauchery.'
The Color of My Blood
The poet writes about caste discrimination.
Book Review: Gloves and Gumboots Don’t Help, Manual Scavenging Has to Go
Years after publication, Bhasha Singh's 'Unseen' remains the go-to account for a look into how pervasive and cruel this casteist practice is in India.
The Necessity of Addressing Caste Discrimination and Atrocities as Collective Trauma
Methods of transitional justice, such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up in South Africa after apartheid ended, can help address collective trauma and restore the psychological health …