#Caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
#Discrimination
A four-point strategy to battle caste on campus
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/caste-discrimination-at-iit-bombay-urgent-measures-needed-to-avoid-suicides-and-promote-equality-says-former-ugc-chairman-101680527756149.html
#Untouchability
#Discrimination
A four-point strategy to battle caste on campus
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/caste-discrimination-at-iit-bombay-urgent-measures-needed-to-avoid-suicides-and-promote-equality-says-former-ugc-chairman-101680527756149.html
Hindustan Times
A four-point strategy to battle caste on campus
The Protection of Civil Rights Act and the SC/ST Act don’t adequately cover discrimination in educational institutions
#Untouchability
#Discrimination
Undoing Erasure: Why Preserving Dalit History Matters
* In India, Dalit communities, which consist of over 20 crore people(25% of population)-Census 2011
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/undoing-erasure-why-preserving-dalit-history-matters-news-279454
#Discrimination
Undoing Erasure: Why Preserving Dalit History Matters
* In India, Dalit communities, which consist of over 20 crore people(25% of population)-Census 2011
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/undoing-erasure-why-preserving-dalit-history-matters-news-279454
https://www.outlookindia.com/
Undoing Erasure: Why Preserving Dalit History Matters
In India, Dalit communities, which consist of over 20 crore people as per the 2011 Census, have not only faced oppression but also erasure from the pages of history. It's time to undo that.
#Caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
#Dalit_issues
Karnataka Murder: Water Continues To Be A Marker Of Caste In India
* crimes or atrocities committed against Scheduled Castes (SCs) increased by 1.2% - NCRB
https://feminisminindia.com/2023/05/22/water-caste-atrocities-two-dalit-persons-in-karnataka-killed/
#Untouchability
#Dalit_issues
Karnataka Murder: Water Continues To Be A Marker Of Caste In India
* crimes or atrocities committed against Scheduled Castes (SCs) increased by 1.2% - NCRB
https://feminisminindia.com/2023/05/22/water-caste-atrocities-two-dalit-persons-in-karnataka-killed/
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The Karnataka Murder: Water Continues To Be A Marker Of Caste In India
The denial of access to water is what Babasaheb thought to be inhuman as he explains that the relationship of people with nature is necessarily mediated through caste, as seen in the recent incident in Bengaluru where two Dalit men were murdered for drinking…
#Caste_system_in_India
#Dalit_issues
#Untouchability
Elusive Justice to Dalits in the ‘Land of Social Justice’
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/23/commentary/elusive-justice-dalits-%E2%80%98land-social-justice%E2%80%99.html
#Dalit_issues
#Untouchability
Elusive Justice to Dalits in the ‘Land of Social Justice’
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/23/commentary/elusive-justice-dalits-%E2%80%98land-social-justice%E2%80%99.html
Economic and Political Weekly
Elusive Justice to Dalits in the ‘Land of Social Justice’
The recent inhuman incident of mixing human faeces in the overhead tank supplying water to Dalit colony in Vengaivayal village in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu reflects the perpetuating violence
#Caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
#urbanisation
India’s invisibilisation of donkey labour is rooted in the caste system
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/urbanisation/india-s-invisibilisation-of-donkey-labour-is-rooted-in-the-caste-system-90110
#Untouchability
#urbanisation
India’s invisibilisation of donkey labour is rooted in the caste system
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/urbanisation/india-s-invisibilisation-of-donkey-labour-is-rooted-in-the-caste-system-90110
DownToEarth
India’s invisibilisation of donkey labour is rooted in the caste system
Donkeys are an integral part of livelihood of many marginalised sections; though donkeys play an important role in building cities, they are mostly absent from elite urban narratives
#caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
Caste Ideology as the Basis of Humiliation
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/28/editorials/caste-ideology-basis-humiliation.html
#Untouchability
Caste Ideology as the Basis of Humiliation
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/28/editorials/caste-ideology-basis-humiliation.html
Economic and Political Weekly
Caste Ideology as the Basis of Humiliation
The atrocity in Madhya Pradesh against a tribal man shows the utter depravity of caste humiliation.
#gender_inequality
#purity_pollution
#Untouchability
How menstrual segregation thrives in urban households
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-menstrual-segregation-thrives-urban-households-180908
#purity_pollution
#Untouchability
How menstrual segregation thrives in urban households
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-menstrual-segregation-thrives-urban-households-180908
The News Minute
How menstrual segregation thrives in urban households
This is the second article in TNM’s two-part series exploring how menstrual segregation is practiced in rural and urban spaces in India, even today. You may read the first article here. A 22-year-woman who was brought up in urban Chennai recalls how she was…
#Politics_and_society
#Caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
#Social_reforms
The History And Evolution Of Dalit Politics In Kerala
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/the-history-and-evolution-of-dalit-politics-in-kerala--magazine-309768
#Caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
#Social_reforms
The History And Evolution Of Dalit Politics In Kerala
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/the-history-and-evolution-of-dalit-politics-in-kerala--magazine-309768
Outlook India
The History And Evolution Of Dalit Politics In Kerala
Kerala’s political standpoints have always been influenced by Dalit interventions throughout history
#Caste_system_in_India
#Untouchability
Untouchability Surpasses The Economic Progress Of Dalits
Case study: Discrimination faced by Dalits in Thanjavur(TN)
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/untouchability-surpasses-the-economic-progress-of-dalits-in-tamil-nadu-news-311533
#Untouchability
Untouchability Surpasses The Economic Progress Of Dalits
Case study: Discrimination faced by Dalits in Thanjavur(TN)
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/untouchability-surpasses-the-economic-progress-of-dalits-in-tamil-nadu-news-311533
https://www.outlookindia.com/
Untouchability Surpasses The Economic Progress Of Dalits In Tamil Nadu
From tea shops to modern homes, caste divisions persist and are heightened by the economic progress achieved by Dalits. Amidst the contrasting landscape of traditional huts and modern homes, the village of Kilamangalam in Thanjavur District becomes a microcosm…
#bondage
#Untouchability
#Labour_and_society
#Caste_system_in_India
Manual Scavenging Lingers With Increasing Number Of Deaths And Decreasing Budget Allocations
https://feminisminindia.com/2023/11/01/manual-scavenging-lingers-with-increasing-number-of-deaths-and-decreasing-budget-allocations/
#Untouchability
#Labour_and_society
#Caste_system_in_India
Manual Scavenging Lingers With Increasing Number Of Deaths And Decreasing Budget Allocations
https://feminisminindia.com/2023/11/01/manual-scavenging-lingers-with-increasing-number-of-deaths-and-decreasing-budget-allocations/
Feminism in India
Manual Scavenging Lingers With Increasing Number Of Deaths And Decreasing Budget Allocations
Governments continue to be the biggest violators even in light of the SC's directive to convene and debate ways to stop manual scavenging
#Untouchability
#inequality_exclusion
#minorities
Water Inequality in India: Marginalized Communities Continue to Suffer
https://en.themooknayak.com/society/water-inequality-in-india-marginalized-communities-continue-to-suffer
#inequality_exclusion
#minorities
Water Inequality in India: Marginalized Communities Continue to Suffer
https://en.themooknayak.com/society/water-inequality-in-india-marginalized-communities-continue-to-suffer
The Mooknayak English - Voice Of The Voiceless
Water Inequality in India: Marginalized Communities Continue to Suffer
New Delhi- Almost 100 years ago around 3,000 Dalits, or "untouchables", dared to drink from a public water tank in Mahad, Maharashtra, that was forbidden to the
#untouchability
#caste_system_in_India
Untouchability Continues To Plague India's Dalits
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/untouchability-continues-to-plague-indias-dalits
#caste_system_in_India
Untouchability Continues To Plague India's Dalits
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/untouchability-continues-to-plague-indias-dalits
Outlook India
Untouchability Continues To Plague India's Dalits
Despite being illegal, despite the years of independence and progress India has made,
the practice of untouchability continues to plague the country’s Dalit citizens
the practice of untouchability continues to plague the country’s Dalit citizens
#labour_and_society
#untouchability
#caste_system_in_India
India’s battle against manual scavenging — why the fight to end it requires more than policy reform
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/a-cse-forum-discussed-indias-battle-against-manual-scavenging-why-the-fight-to-end-it-requires-more-than-policy-reform
#untouchability
#caste_system_in_India
India’s battle against manual scavenging — why the fight to end it requires more than policy reform
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/a-cse-forum-discussed-indias-battle-against-manual-scavenging-why-the-fight-to-end-it-requires-more-than-policy-reform
Down To Earth
A CSE forum discussed India’s battle against manual scavenging — why the fight to end it requires more than policy reform
Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Policy and Practice Forum recently hosted a significant discussion on manual scavenging, where
#work_and_economic_life
#untouchability
#poverty_deprivation
The invisible lives of sanitation workers who clean Mumbai’s drains to keep it from drowning
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/the-invisible-lives-of-sanitation-workers-who-clean-mumbais-drains-to-keep-it-from-drowning/article68573742.ece
#untouchability
#poverty_deprivation
The invisible lives of sanitation workers who clean Mumbai’s drains to keep it from drowning
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/the-invisible-lives-of-sanitation-workers-who-clean-mumbais-drains-to-keep-it-from-drowning/article68573742.ece
The Hindu
The invisible lives of sanitation workers who clean Mumbai’s drains to keep it from drowning
Shankara Colony in Mumbai houses seasonal sanitation workers facing hazardous conditions, highlighting the ongoing issue of manual scavenging.