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Showing posts with label Caste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caste. Show all posts
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Woman beheaded with sword for going to work, hurting 'Rajput pride' in Rajasthan: Regressive practices, atrocities on women in India

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In a shocking incident, a man beheaded his daughter-in-law for defying 'Rajput traditions'. The woman--Uma Rajput, was hacked t...

Woman beheaded with sword for going to work, hurting 'Rajput pride' in Rajasthan: Regressive practices in India

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In a shocking incident, a man beheaded his daughter-in-law for defying 'Rajput traditions'. The woman--Uma Rajput, was hacked t...
Monday, March 05, 2018

Social evils in India: Caste discrimination form of apartheid, rampant in Indian society

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Caste is the fundamental identity in India, at times, even stronger than religion. Every day, there are incidents of casteist violence...
Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Lack of surnames, less casteism among Indian Muslims in South India compared to North

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The difference is so striking--so few surnames when I see any list of students in schools in Deccan. Going through any school's an...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Truth of Casteism: People claim they are anti-caste but marry within their caste, this is casteism too

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Caste plays a vital role in a person's life in India. In a way, it like religion or gender, though some might disagree. You may c...
Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Casteist campaign: Dainik Bhaskar faces flak for targeting Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati in its hoardings in poll-bound UP

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Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar is facing criticism for its promotional campaign. Just when UP elections are round the corner, it has come up...
Monday, June 06, 2016

Why Yadavas are vilified, made villain so easily: Snatched power in North India, hence media sees 'Jungle Raj' in Yadav ruled UP Bihar

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Why Yadavas are made villains so easily and why it is so common to talk about Yadav-raj or use words like Yadav-gardi? Aren't there...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Will BJP decision to give reservation to Upper Castes in Gujarat help the party or will it boomerang?

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Gujarat government has decided to provide 10% reservation to Upper Castes in the State. An ordinance is being brought to this effect. I...
Monday, April 04, 2016

Media indifference towards Delta Meghwal's murder: Criminal silence over Dalit girl's rape, killing in Rajasthan

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A teenaged girl was found dead in suspicious circumstances in a college in Rajasthan. Subsequently, it was found that she had been ra...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Historic struggle of students in Hyderabad Central University: HCU students targeted for taking on establishment, resisting Saffron takeover

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The students of Hyderabad Central University (HCU) have been a thorn in the flesh of the current dispensation. The HRD ministry, the Se...
Monday, March 07, 2016

Caste discrimination lead to religious conversion in Pakistan: Dalit Hindu converts to Sikhism to escape oppression, says BBC report

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Shocking it may seem but caste discrimination exists among Hindus in Pakistan. The extent is such that people are forced to covert ...
Saturday, October 03, 2015

Facade of liberalism, tolerance falls off: Isn't Indian society intolerant, violent and more discriminatory than other countries?

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It is very common to say, that India is the nation of non-violence. Indians take pride in the fact that 'we taught non-violence...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Religion as a factor in Indian elections: Muslim, Sikh, Christian majority seats and constituencies that elect Upper Caste Hindu candidates

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With elections round the corner, newspapers have again focused on factors like caste, community and religion, which do affect the choice ...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

Urdu school children protest Dalit woman cook

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Just a few days back I had written about the casteism among Indian Muslims. Now comes this news from a Government Urdu school in Bihar ...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Caste composition of India: Percentage of different groups including Upper Castes, SCs & STs in the country

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What's the caste composition of India? The recent controversy over reservation has once again opened the lid off India's caste cauld...