Caste

May 07, 2021

After SC order, can Pinarayi govt continue forward class reservation in Kerala?

The Nadar Christians have been included in the existing separate three per cent reservation for backward classes, and hence it won’t change the reservation percentile.

December 30, 2020
Displaying caste identity: First vehicle gets fined in UP

The PMO had taken cognizance of the matter after a Maharashtra-based teacher named Harshal Prabhu wrote a letter opposing this culture.
October 09, 2020
Hathras opens up scope of mass movement against caste, class oppression: CPM's AR Sindhu | Watch interview

Sindhu, who was part of a Left delegation that visited the remote village in Uttar Pradesh recently, firmly believes that the Hathras incident was a brutal assertion of casteist and feudalist powers.
October 05, 2020
Dancer RLV Ramakrishnan, who attempted suicide for alleged caste discrimination, recovering

Ramakrishnan, 42, who is the younger brother of late film actor Kalabhavan Mani, attempted suicide following alleged discrimination by the office-bearers of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademy.
October 04, 2020
Rape and violence: Films must feature role of patriarchy and caste

The entertainment industry has often been under fire for doing much damage to the dignity of women through their stereotypes of women and normalising of sexual violence by adhering to old school value system.
August 24, 2020
Column | When toddy helped topple caste and class structure in Kerala

In the 18th and 19th centuries, toddy helped loosen the tight caste restrictions in northern Kerala and showed that a post-caste society was indeed a possibility in a future India.
December 15, 2019
The 'untouchable Brahmin' and India's freedom struggle

T R Krishnaswamy Iyer's selfless service to India’s downtrodden played a part in Kerala partially breaking the shackles of the caste system.

Caste

After SC order, can Pinarayi govt continue forward class reservation in Kerala?

Displaying caste identity: First vehicle gets fined in UP

Hathras opens up scope of mass movement against caste, class oppression: CPM's AR Sindhu | Watch interview

Dancer RLV Ramakrishnan, who attempted suicide for alleged caste discrimination, recovering

Rape and violence: Films must feature role of patriarchy and caste

Column | When toddy helped topple caste and class structure in Kerala

The 'untouchable Brahmin' and India's freedom struggle

Bombay HC didn't refer to Tolstoy's War and Peace, but another book

Caste-based discrimination led to Kumar’s suicide: Wife tells SC/ST panel

UGC received over 70 cases of caste discrimination in 2017-18