Early this year, a social media page run by a privileged caste community in Bangalore uploaded posters which read: 'Free COVID-19 vaccination camp for Agarwals', among other blatantly casteist …
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Conversations You Hear When People and ‘Friends’ Find Out You’re SC
'Yes, it's easy when you are SC – to internalise all the hate you receive.'
On Being a Young Dalit Woman
'I am a scared woman, talking in hushed tones about my caste.'
What It’s Like Being Half-Dalit and Half-Brahmin
I was always aware about the visual disturbance my ‘body’ carried. I was an outcast within the Bhadralok.
‘I am Tam, But Not Brahm’: My Dalit Experience At BITS, Pilani
The system basically allowed us to pretend that caste didn’t exist, and thus locked us into our rolls as agents in the propagation of casteism.
On Realising My Inherent Casteism at an Art Collective
I saw my friends casually throwing casteist remarks but I never spoke up, fearing ostracisation.
Forget Government, Do we Even Value Constitutional Ideals in our Drawing Rooms and Classrooms?
The greatest challenge that our democracy faces today is not a particular government, but the very citizens that constitute it.