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‘If something bothers you, make a film about it’
https://youtu.be/etB9DbuhAio Trailer of the film ‘Vrutti’ The Marathi feature film Vrutti (Human Nature) made its debut at the International Film…
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Upper caste domination in higher education
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru The data obtained by the non-profit organisation Egalitarians under the Right to Information Act (RTI)…
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‘Every person who professes to be a Hindu must be eligible for being a priest’: A nitpicking
Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur (Photo courtesy: Ojas Suryawanshi) Section 24 of Annihilation of Caste (AoC) has come into discussion with the recent…
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Phoolan Devi: The radical fighter against caste and patriarchy
Phoolan Devi “How can people like you—backward caste people—think you’re better than us? One day I’m going to teach you…
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Nikita Sonavane on Vimuktas, policing and casteism
Nikita Sonavane During the colonial period, the British introduced the Criminal Tribes Act in India in 1871, which criminalised several…
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Abuse faced by Vandana Katariya exposes casteism in sports
The family of Vandana Katariya, Forward player in the women’s hockey team, faced casteist abuse soon after the women’s team…
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Bombay Catholics and the question of caste
I dedicate this article to Sharad Patil, who remains a guide for reinterpreting non-Vedic knowledge in India. At the onset…
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IIT Madras professor resigns alleging caste discrimination
Vipin P. Veetil Vipin Pudiyath Veetil, an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of…
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BAPS temple in New Jersey: How caste determines the value of skilled work
A prototype of temple design made by Sompura Brahmins and executed by Dalit and Adivasi stone carvers (Courtesy: @TempleCarvers) The…
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Death is becoming cheaper: Some questions on India’s detention centres
The SC/ST/OBC hostel in Karnataka’s Sondekoppa village that has been converted into a detention centre for ‘illegal immigrants’ (Courtesy: The…
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