Caste Discrimination

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Pasmandas and the Dalit Movement

The Pasmanda movement sees solidarity amongst the backward and ‘untouchable’ castes across all religions as an antidote to communal polarisation.
▶26-Jun-2023
Arshad Amanullah

The Myth of the Meritorious Doctor

Reservations are — wrongly — blamed for encouraging mediocrity in the medical profession. The historical record shows that the floundering foundations of the profession were laid by doctors who came…
▶02-Dec-2021
Kiran Kumbhar

For A Bahujan Economics

Bahujan students face hostility in universities but they cannot give up. They must fight to assert their identity, reject being called “non-meritorious” and master their subjects. One scholar…
▶10-Dec-2019
Aditi Priya

Structural Violence of Casteism

In West Bengal, the symbolic violence of caste is more intense than physical violence. A university teacher describes the everyday exclusionary experiences of adivasis in education spaces and the…
▶26-Sep-2019
Maroona Murmu