Browsing: Scheduled Caste

While holding back its total Lok Sabha and Assembly seats at 14 and 126 respectively the Election Commission (EC) on…

The Union government has appointed Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, the former Chief Justice of India, headed a three-person Commission of Inquiry to determine whether Dalits who have converted to religions other than Sikhism and Buddhism should be granted SC status. Two years have been set as the deadline for the Commission’s report. Let’s trace the history of how Scheduled Caste eventually came to include Dalit Muslims and Christians.

Deepa Mohanan’s claim of campus caste harassment, which led to a 10-day hunger strike at a Kerala university, is just…

On June 16, Santosh Kumar was allegedly assaulted by BJP leader and his henchmen. Now, the alleged assault is the…