For an issue that flew under the radar for many decades, this is a watershed moment in several ways. The bench said caste-based assignments of labour, such as assigning menial tasks like cleaning and sweeping to marginalised castes while reserving cooking for higher castes, is a violation of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution, which ensures equality and prohibits …
Be it learning or teaching, the Muslim community is lagging behind all communities, including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in higher education. At a time when the enrolment of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in higher education improved by 4.2%, 11.9% and 4%, respectively, compared with 2019-20, the Muslim community’s enrolment declined by 8%, numbering around …
How do we imagine our way out of the stranglehold of the caste system? Read alongside Manoj Mitta’s incredible book Caste Pride that is based on two centuries of legislative and judicial records around caste; we realise how the criminal judicial system has often acted in antipathy against Dalits. They have to shut down anyone who would bring it forward.” …
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