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Caste-Based Place Names Persist Despite Official Scrutiny
Tamil Nadu election officials asked for reports on caste place names in voter lists. This shows slow progress in removing caste labels from localities.
#TamilNaduCasteNames, #ElectionRolls, #SocialJustice, #CasteDiscrimination, #Coimbatore
https://newsletter.tf/tamil-nadu-caste-place-names-election-rolls/
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Tamil Nadu election officials are being asked to report on the continued use of caste-based place names in electoral rolls. This highlights a slow change in removing these old caste labels.
#TamilNaduCasteNames, #ElectionRolls, #SocialJustice, #CasteDiscrimination, #Coimbatore
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Caste discrimination complaints in Indian higher education institutions have risen, with Kerala cases highlighting gaps in campus grievance redressal mechanisms and institutional accountability. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/caste-discrimination-kerala-higher-education-cases-w9g0nrnh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CasteDiscrimination #HigherEducation #Kerala #UGC #StudentRights
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Caste discrimination complaints in Indian higher education institutions have risen, with Kerala cases highlighting gaps in campus grievance redressal mechanisms and institutional accountability. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/caste-discrimination-kerala-higher-education-cases-w9g0nrnh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CasteDiscrimination #HigherEducation #Kerala #UGC #StudentRights
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Caste discrimination complaints in Indian higher education institutions have risen, with Kerala cases highlighting gaps in campus grievance redressal mechanisms and institutional accountability. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/caste-discrimination-kerala-higher-education-cases-w9g0nrnh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CasteDiscrimination #HigherEducation #Kerala #UGC #StudentRights
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Caste discrimination complaints in Indian higher education institutions have risen, with Kerala cases highlighting gaps in campus grievance redressal mechanisms and institutional accountability. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/caste-discrimination-kerala-higher-education-cases-w9g0nrnh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CasteDiscrimination #HigherEducation #Kerala #UGC #StudentRights
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
An idea that creates an exclusive group that does not allow others entry should not be given space at educational institutions, writes Apoorvanand.
#delhi #DelhiUniversity #brahminism #IndianUniversities #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahmins #caste #education #CasteSystem #india
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IITs Defy Quota, Deny Seats to SC, ST & OBC at Faculty & PhD Level: RTI Data
Let’s take a look at what the data from the RTI response indicates about SC/ST/OBC representation across IITs.
#IITs #CasteDiscrimination #reservations #SCST #dalits #adivasis #education #casteism #caste #india
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Banaras Hindu University researches Manusmriti ‘applicability’
Banaras Hindu University is researching the continuing “applicability” of the Manusmriti, which codified what became the caste system and gave women the status of family property, with government funds earmarked for worldclass academic projects.
#UttarPradesh #BHU #manusmiriti #education #brahminism #casteism #CasteSystem #sexism #misogyny #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #hindutva #BJPStates #india
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‘Freedom fighters were not necessarily caste equality champions’: Writer Manoj Mitta
An interview with Manoj Mitta, author of ‘Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India’.
#interview #ManojMitta #caste #FreedomStruggle #FreedomMovement #casteism #congress #MKGandhi #BRAmbedkar #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #IntercasteMarriage #history #histodon #books #bookstodon #india
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UGC's Committee to Probe Caste Discrimination on Campuses Offers No Solutions
Members of the committee have no track record of tackling discrimination – but do have a closeness to the BJP. Their affidavit in the Supreme Court does not respond to the many issues raised in Abeda Tadvi and Radhika Vemula’s petition.
#UGC #CasteDiscrimination #education #CasteViolence #RohithVemula #PayalTadvi #dalits #adivasis #casteism #RSS #ABVP #BJP #india
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Colonial and casteist ideas still shape criminalisation and policing in India
The disproportionate policing and incarceration of Denotified Tribes and other caste-oppressed communities must be understood as a result of colonial and Brahminical power, writes Nikita Sonawane.
#dalits #adivasis #casteism #CasteistPolicies #DenotifiedTribes #CriminalTribesAct #brahminism #policing #law #CasteDiscrimination #india
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India needs a caste census – and Southasia does too
Demands for a caste census are shaking up politics and prompting a fresh reckoning with historical injustices in India. Everywhere that caste is endemic, overdue caste counts have the power to do the same. Anil Verghese and Naval Kishore Kumar write.
#CasteCensus #CasteSystem #CasteDiscrimination #bihar #dalits #hindutva #BJP #india
https://www.himalmag.com/caste-census-india-hindutva-dalit-south-asia/
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on PIL Filed By The Wire Reporter on Caste-Based Prison Rules
Prison manuals in India continue to retain unconstitutional caste-based labour rules. The Wire's series on prisons, which was the basis of the PIL filed in the apex court, has won awards both in India and abroad.
#SupremeCourt #IndianPrisons #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #caste #TheWire #IndependentMedia #CasteSystem #india
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Temples closed following entry of Dalit youth at Gollarahatti in Tarikere
Residents says temples will remain closed until rituals of ‘purification’ are held; locals say this is an age-old practice.
#karnataka #tarikere #dalits #TempleEntry #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianTemples #RuralIndia #india
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Temples closed following entry of Dalit youth at Gollarahatti in Tarikere
Residents says temples will remain closed until rituals of ‘purification’ are held; locals say this is an age-old practice.
#karnataka #tarikere #dalits #TempleEntry #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianTemples #RuralIndia #india
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Temples closed following entry of Dalit youth at Gollarahatti in Tarikere
Residents says temples will remain closed until rituals of ‘purification’ are held; locals say this is an age-old practice.
#karnataka #tarikere #dalits #TempleEntry #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianTemples #RuralIndia #india
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Temples closed following entry of Dalit youth at Gollarahatti in Tarikere
Residents says temples will remain closed until rituals of ‘purification’ are held; locals say this is an age-old practice.
#karnataka #tarikere #dalits #TempleEntry #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianTemples #RuralIndia #india
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Temples closed following entry of Dalit youth at Gollarahatti in Tarikere
Residents says temples will remain closed until rituals of ‘purification’ are held; locals say this is an age-old practice.
#karnataka #tarikere #dalits #TempleEntry #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianTemples #RuralIndia #india
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Rajasthan: Over 56,000 caste crimes in 5 years, a shrinking conviction rate, ‘shoddy’ final reports
Conviction rate in SC/ST atrocities cases fell from 27% in 2020 to 22% in 2022.
#rajasthan #CasteViolence #CasteCrimes #dalits #adivasis #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #caste #congress #india
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Mohan Bhagwat May Quote Ambedkar, But RSS Is Polar Opposite of His Ideology
It is ironic that despite core contradictions in ideologies, RSS leaders make a show of paying respect to Ambedkar for electoral gains, writes Ram Punyani.
#BRAmbedkar #RSS #MohanBhagwat #dalits #CasteDiscrimination #hindutva #fascism #elections #history #histodon #india
https://thewire.in/history/mohan-bhagwat-ambedkar-rss-polar-opposite-ideology
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This book examines how the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate on caste influenced theories on the public sphere
An excerpt from ‘India, Habermas and the Normative Structure of Public Sphere’, by Muzaffar Ali.
#BookExcerpt #MuzaffarAli #BRAmbedkar #MKGandhi #ambedkar #caste #dalits #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #hinduism #CasteSystem #HumanRights #history #histodon #books #bookstodon #india
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Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
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Unmasking Hinduphobia in the US
Nationalist efforts have traveled far from the Indian mainland from which they originated, extending their influence into diasporic communities. This trend can be discerned through the emergence of a term that has become increasingly recognizable in the United States — “Hinduphobia.” Muskaan Arshad writes. (H/T: hindutvawatch.org)
#UnitedStates #hindutva #HinduNationalism #BJP #RSS #VHP #islamophobia #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #IndianDiaspora #india
https://harvardpolitics.com/unmasking-hinduphobia-in-the-us/
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California governor vetoes caste discrimination bill, calls it 'unnecessary'
Activists in the state are dealt a blow as Gavin Newsom says the state’s laws already offer civil rights protections.
#california #GavinNewsom #CasteDiscrimination #SB403 #dalits #adivasis #casteism #untouchability #brahminism #hinduism #hindutva #india
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59% General Category students agree with or are neutral to casteist remarks: 2019-20 IIT-Delhi survey
One of the disturbing findings of the survey shows that one in two “general category” respondents admitted to making casteist comments intentionally or unintentionally. Of them, nearly 15% admitted to having intentionally passed casteist comments.
#IITDelhi #casteism #HateSpeech #CasteDiscrimination #IITs #caste #dalits #adivasis #education #reservations #vegetarianism #brahminism #india
https://thewire.in/rights/iit-delhi-survey-glimpse-hostility-caste-discrimination
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Saving the World Like a Savarna
Savarnas can pose as extremely radical and culturally progressive and then, with the flip of a metaphorical switch, slip back into their privileged family lives without the slightest existential friction. This switching is possible because Savarna social lives are largely public-facing performances, writes Prof. Ravikant Kisana.
https://theswaddle.com/saving-the-world-like-a-savarna/
#caste #savarnas #UpperCastes #brahminism #LiberalBrahmins #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #communalism #brahmins #india
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New Report Reveals Stark Disparities in India's Labour Market Based on Caste, Gender, and Religion
The largest earnings gap is based on gender, with women reporting earnings at only 40% of those of men in self-employment, followed by 64% of men in casual wage jobs, and 76% of men in regular wage jobs.
#labour #PayGap #inequality #labor #gender #religion #caste #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #communalism #marginalisation #india
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In Gujarat, villagers won’t buy ration from Dalit’s shop, collector transfers all cards to nearby village
Patan Collector Arvind Vijayan said that the order was passed following internal inquiry and opposition from the villagers.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/kanosan-villagers-ration-card-dalit-shop-8949446/
#gujarat #patan #dalits #thakors #PDS #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #caste #casteism #RuralIndia #india
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Do Dalit lives matter less than Muslims’?
We have been conditioned into accepting the violence against the Scheduled Castes as inevitable. This method of rationalisation is now slowly being extended to the attacks against Muslims.
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/do-dalit-lives-matter-less-than-muslims-23308371
#dalits #CasteDiscrimination #CasteViolence #caste #ScheduledTribes #adivasis #muslims #BRAmbedkar #ambedkar #JawaharlalNehru #nehru #hindutva #RuralIndia #SanatanaDharma #SanatanDharma #india
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SC woman cook row: Kanimozhi, Collector have breakfast with children
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday visited the Usilampatti panchayat union primary school near here, where children were reportedly prevented by their parents from having the food prepared by a woman belonging to Scheduled Caste, and had breakfast with the students.
#TamilNadu #madurai #dalits #DalitCooks #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #schools #education #DMK #kanimozhi #RuralIndia #india
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Indian-Americans Urge California To Veto Anti-Caste Discrimination Bill
If signed into law by Governor Newsom, California would become the first State in the United States and the first jurisdiction outside India to outlaw discrimination based on caste.
#california #sacramento #CaliforniaStateAssembly #sb403 #AishaWahab #IndianAmericans #IndianDiaspora #law #CasteDiscrimination #UnitedStates #caste #casteism #hindus #india
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Sanatan Dharma: An Ideology or the Entire Hindu Community?
Even V.D. Savarkar, the most influential ideologue of Hindutva, hardly conflated ‘sanatan dharma’ with the entire Hindu community, unlike the BJP's position on the current controversy over the term.
https://thewire.in/history/sanatan-dharma-an-ideology-or-the-entire-hindu-community
#SanatanaDharma #hindutva #SanatanDharma #BJP #savarkar #HinduMahasabha #caste #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #hinduism #india
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IIT-Delhi withdraws caste discrimination survey hours after circulation
Several students said that the survey had insensitive and irrelevant questions. One question asked respondents to rate how often they witnessed a particular type of caste discrimination. It offered “never” as one of the choices and “so common that I don’t even bother” as another.
#delhi #IITDelhi #IITs #CasteDiscrimination #reservations #IITSuicides #dalits #india
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Tamil Nadu: Two Dalit men die while cleaning sewage tank
The contractor who hired them has been arrested for not providing safety gear.
https://scroll.in/latest/1055681/tamil-nadu-two-dalit-men-die-while-cleaning-sewage-tank
#TamilNadu #chennai #ManualScavenging #dalits #labour #OCF #ManualScavengingAct #SCSTAct #caste #CasteViolence #HumanRights #CasteDiscrimination #india
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I started using Sanatana Dharma to stop Sangh Parivar groups from twisting my words as an attack on Hindu beliefs: Thirumavalavan
While Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s recent comments about “eradicating Sanatana Dharma” have snowballed into a political controversy, it was VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan who had enshrined Sanatana Dharma in the lexicon of Tamil Nadu’s political discourse over the past five years.
#TamilNadu #TholThirumavalavan #VCK #SanatanaDharma #brahminism #UdayanidhiStalin #DMK #hinduism #BRAmbedkar #EVRPeriyar #ambedkar #periyar #RSS #BJP #hindutva #CasteDiscrimination #caste #HinduScriptures #SanatanaDharmaRow #india
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Tamil Nadu students refuse to eat breakfast prepared by Dalit cook, District Collector intervenes
Karur district collector Prabhushankar visited the Panchayat Union Primary School and warned the parents for practicing caste discrimination.
#TamilNadu #karur #TNBreakfastScheme #dalits #arunthathiyars #BCs #MBCs #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #schools #education #india
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The Politics over California’s Anti-Caste Bill
Anxiety amongst upper-caste diaspora that their narrative about a benign Indian culture would be undone lies at the heart of the opposition to California’s bill to ban caste discrimination.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/politics-over-californias-anti-caste-bill
#california #CaliforniaStateAssembly #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #AishaWahab #democrats #IndianDiaspora #UnitedStates #law #SocialJustice #india
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Gladstone Scion to Apologise for Slavery: Can Indian Upper Castes Too Look Within?
That Western capitalism had its first roots in the expropriation of slave labour is of course by now an established fact of history. Mr Gladstone’s conscientious lead is admirable, one that many others could emulate – even in the former colonies. Badri Raina writes.
https://thewire.in/rights/gladstone-scion-apologise-slavery-indian-upper-castes-look-within
#slavery #SlaveTrade #WilliamGladstone #caste #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #UpperCastes #india
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Read: Manoj Mitta on Why Caste-Based Violence Continues With Impunity in India
Discussing his latest book with Sravasti Dasgupta, Manoj Mitta says that whenever there is an instance of mass violence, one arm or another of the Indian state has betrayed caste prejudice.
https://thewire.in/caste/manoj-mitta-caste-based-violence-impunity-interview
#interview #ManojMitta #caste #dalits #CasteViolence #CasteDiscrimination #HumanRights #law #inequality #marginalisation #constitution #india #books #bookstodon #histodon #history
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California Assembly passes bill to ban caste discrimination
The bill will now be sent to the state Senate and then for the governor’s assent.
https://scroll.in/latest/1055046/us-california-assembly-passes-bill-to-ban-caste-discrimination
#CaliforniaAssembly #CasteDiscrimination #law #caste #sb403 #AishaWahab #DemocraticParty #UnitedStates #IndianDiaspora #casteism #hindutva #COHNA #india
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The Long Struggle of India’s Sanitation Workers
For centuries, the caste system has forced Dalit laborers to handle human waste in deadly conditions. Now they are rising up.https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/08/24/the-long-struggle-of-indias-sanitation-workers/
#ManualScavenging #SanitationWorkers #dalits #caste #CasteDiscrimination #CasteViolence #untouchability #inequality #HumanRights #labour #india #LongRead
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Watch: 'Violence Against Dalits in Post-Independent India Not Seen in Gandhi or Ambedkar's Lifetime'
Manoj Mitta speaks to The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta to unpack these legal battles to provide a wider lens to understand why caste based inequality endures and caste-based violence continues with impunity, despite the Constitutional guarantee of equality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfgUZsBzQuU
#interview #ManojMitta #caste #dalits #CasteViolence #CasteDiscrimination #HumanRights #law #inequality #marginalisation #constitution #india #books #bookstodon #histodon #history
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Dalits' Struggle To Enter Temples Exposes Deep-Rooted Caste Conflicts In Tamil Nadu
The caste strife in Tamil Nadu’s Alampallam village echoes a larger clash over temple entry, exposing the shortcomings of the Dravidian parties in addressing the deeply-entrenched caste conflicts.
#TamilNadu #thanjavur #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #caste #casteism #vellalars #vanniyars #RuralIndia #HumanRights #india
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Dalits' Struggle To Enter Temples Exposes Deep-Rooted Caste Conflicts In Tamil Nadu
The caste strife in Tamil Nadu’s Alampallam village echoes a larger clash over temple entry, exposing the shortcomings of the Dravidian parties in addressing the deeply-entrenched caste conflicts.
#TamilNadu #thanjavur #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #caste #casteism #vellalars #vanniyars #RuralIndia #HumanRights #india
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Dalits' Struggle To Enter Temples Exposes Deep-Rooted Caste Conflicts In Tamil Nadu
The caste strife in Tamil Nadu’s Alampallam village echoes a larger clash over temple entry, exposing the shortcomings of the Dravidian parties in addressing the deeply-entrenched caste conflicts.
#TamilNadu #thanjavur #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #caste #casteism #vellalars #vanniyars #RuralIndia #HumanRights #india
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Dalits' Struggle To Enter Temples Exposes Deep-Rooted Caste Conflicts In Tamil Nadu
The caste strife in Tamil Nadu’s Alampallam village echoes a larger clash over temple entry, exposing the shortcomings of the Dravidian parties in addressing the deeply-entrenched caste conflicts.
#TamilNadu #thanjavur #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #caste #casteism #vellalars #vanniyars #RuralIndia #HumanRights #india
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Dalits' Struggle To Enter Temples Exposes Deep-Rooted Caste Conflicts In Tamil Nadu
The caste strife in Tamil Nadu’s Alampallam village echoes a larger clash over temple entry, exposing the shortcomings of the Dravidian parties in addressing the deeply-entrenched caste conflicts.
#TamilNadu #thanjavur #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #caste #casteism #vellalars #vanniyars #RuralIndia #HumanRights #india
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'Dalits kept as cleaners': Brahmins dominate Sulabh toilets' top managerial positions
The founder of Sulabh International, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, is said to have brought 'revolution' to the toilet system in India by introducing the concept of 'paid toilet' system. However, Sulabh International actually became the biggest beneficiary of the hypocrisy of a society which refuses to pay honourably to a community which is enslaved. Community people continue to work as manual scavengers.
https://www.counterview.net/2023/08/dalits-kept-as-cleaners-brahmins.html
#ManualScavenging #sanitation #dalits #HumanRights #CasteDiscrimination #SulabhInternational #CasteViolence #caste #labour #inequality #untouchability #brahminism #india
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Caste’s Role in Shaping Water Access Is Missing From Indian Environmental Discourse
Even as environmentalists and researchers wax eloquent about water access being a fundamental human right, they neglect the fact that caste is the single most important barrier to the actual realisation of this fundamental right.
#water #caste #dalits #adivasis #untouchability #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahminism #HumanRights #environment #india
https://thewire.in/caste/caste-water-access-missing-india-environmental-discourse