#casteism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #casteism, aggregated by home.social.
-
Despite being informed about the patient’s condition, the protesters did not allow the bus to proceed. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-hartal-nithin-raj-action-council-leader-remanded-over-blocking-cancer-patient-qhvre3yx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KeralaHartal #JusticeForNithinRaj #Kerala #casteism #remand
-
The Stupid Brahmin and His Even Stupider Janeu
“The moment I realized that it is only the Brahmin male who wears the janeu and not the Brahmin female, I understood that all castes are lower castes.”
#Brahmin #CasteSystem #CasteSystemInIndia #Casteism #Dvija #Janeu #ScaredThread #TwiceBorn #Upanayanam -
Renaming Caste, Retaining Privilege
Attempts to 'invisibilise' caste through definitional alterations – whether in terms of an organic community or of a cultural community – are enmeshed in long-range socioeconomic transformations. Ankur Barua and Vishal Ananthakumar write.
#caste #casteism #HinduPhilosophies #advaita #AdiShankara #vivekananda #HinduScriptures #manusmriti #AryaSamaj #BRAmbedkar #brahmins #TamilBrahmins #brahminism #class #untouchability #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/renaming-caste-retaining-privilege
-
Renaming Caste, Retaining Privilege
Attempts to 'invisibilise' caste through definitional alterations – whether in terms of an organic community or of a cultural community – are enmeshed in long-range socioeconomic transformations. Ankur Barua and Vishal Ananthakumar write.
#caste #casteism #HinduPhilosophies #advaita #AdiShankara #vivekananda #HinduScriptures #manusmriti #AryaSamaj #BRAmbedkar #brahmins #TamilBrahmins #brahminism #class #untouchability #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/renaming-caste-retaining-privilege
-
Dalit Labourer, Family Brutally Assaulted for Refusing Forced Labour in UP Village
The police have responded promptly by registering an FIR and arresting four individuals involved in the attack.
#UttarPradesh #gonda #dalits #CasteViolence #labour #RuralIndia #casteism #caste #india
-
Dalit Labourer, Family Brutally Assaulted for Refusing Forced Labour in UP Village
The police have responded promptly by registering an FIR and arresting four individuals involved in the attack.
#UttarPradesh #gonda #dalits #CasteViolence #labour #RuralIndia #casteism #caste #india
-
Marked by Insight and Foresight:
K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the StateThe writings between the 1980 and 2003 of K. Balagopal, the scholar and democratic rights activist who died too early, emphasised caste’s role in fuelling fascism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #congress #fascism #reservations #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/marked-insight-and-foresight
-
Marked by Insight and Foresight:
K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the StateThe writings between the 1980 and 2003 of K. Balagopal, the scholar and democratic rights activist who died too early, emphasised caste’s role in fuelling fascism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #congress #fascism #reservations #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/marked-insight-and-foresight
-
The identity theft of Rohith Vemula’s Dalitness
The punitive logic of a casteist society that duly punished and expelled Rohith Vemula from his hostel and excommunicated him from the university while he was alive, has not spared him in his death, writes Ankit Kawade.
#RohithVemula #RadhikaVemula #CasteViolence #dalits #DalitIdentity #RSS #BJP #ABVP #casteism #HCU #hyderabad #telangana #india
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/the-identity-theft-of-rohith-vemulas-dalitness
-
The identity theft of Rohith Vemula’s Dalitness
The punitive logic of a casteist society that duly punished and expelled Rohith Vemula from his hostel and excommunicated him from the university while he was alive, has not spared him in his death, writes Ankit Kawade.
#RohithVemula #RadhikaVemula #CasteViolence #dalits #DalitIdentity #RSS #BJP #ABVP #casteism #HCU #hyderabad #telangana #india
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/the-identity-theft-of-rohith-vemulas-dalitness
-
‘State-sanctioned casteism’: Madras HC on continuation of manual scavenging
The court, in an important move, widened the definition of the word ‘sewer’ under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, to include storm water drains.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #casteism #SKA #india
-
‘State-sanctioned casteism’: Madras HC on continuation of manual scavenging
The court, in an important move, widened the definition of the word ‘sewer’ under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, to include storm water drains.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #casteism #SKA #india
-
Chennai caste killing: After husband’s murder, wife dies by suicide
22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.
#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #dalits #paraiyars #yadavas #CasteViolence #suicide #caste #casteism #india
-
Chennai caste killing: After husband’s murder, wife dies by suicide
22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.
#TamilNadu #chennai #CasteKilling #dalits #paraiyars #yadavas #CasteViolence #suicide #caste #casteism #india
-
TN: Caste violence makes this village’s Dalit residents demand separate polling booth
On April 8, 2023, three Dalit residents were allegedly attacked by Vanniyars, a dominant caste group, after the trio tried to enter the Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple in Melpathi of Villupuram.
#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #vanniyars #CasteViolence #TempleEntry #untouchability #caste #casteism #elections2024 #india
-
TN: Caste violence makes this village’s Dalit residents demand separate polling booth
On April 8, 2023, three Dalit residents were allegedly attacked by Vanniyars, a dominant caste group, after the trio tried to enter the Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple in Melpathi of Villupuram.
#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #vanniyars #CasteViolence #TempleEntry #untouchability #caste #casteism #elections2024 #india
-
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
In hierarchical societies, reformers challenge the status quo with provocative and uncivil speech. Accusing them of hate speech is ill-intentioned. Karthick Ram Manoharan writes.
#periyar #brahmins #PeriyarEVR #brahminism #casteism #SocialJustice #TMKrishna #MalcolmX #india
-
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
In hierarchical societies, reformers challenge the status quo with provocative and uncivil speech. Accusing them of hate speech is ill-intentioned. Karthick Ram Manoharan writes.
#periyar #brahmins #PeriyarEVR #brahminism #casteism #SocialJustice #TMKrishna #MalcolmX #india
-
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
-
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
-
Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’
Praveen was murdered by his brother-in-law and four other men.
#TamilNadu #chennai #HonourKilling #IntercasteMarriage #IntercasteLove #CasteViolence #paraiyars #dalits #yadavas #OBCs #caste #casteism #india
-
Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’
Praveen was murdered by his brother-in-law and four other men.
#TamilNadu #chennai #HonourKilling #IntercasteMarriage #IntercasteLove #CasteViolence #paraiyars #dalits #yadavas #OBCs #caste #casteism #india
-
Badaga community members refuse to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the Nilgiris
Hundreds of people from Badaga-dominated Ebbanad staged a protest, preventing the bus from reaching Koranur and Bikkapathy Mund.
#TamilNadu #nilgiris #badagas #casteism #dalits #adivasis #OBCs #PublicTransport #india
-
Badaga community members refuse to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the Nilgiris
Hundreds of people from Badaga-dominated Ebbanad staged a protest, preventing the bus from reaching Koranur and Bikkapathy Mund.
#TamilNadu #nilgiris #badagas #casteism #dalits #adivasis #OBCs #PublicTransport #india
-
Hyderabad: HMDA official seeks action against Bajrang Dal members for attack on church
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority official filed a complaint on February 14, a day after the Dalit Christian church was attacked by a mob of 200 Bajrang Dal members from various dominant castes.
#telangana #hyderabad #CommunalViolence #BajrangDal #HMDA #CasteViolence #casteism #IndianChristians #VHP #HinduMobs #caste #dalits #DalitChristians #india
-
Hyderabad: HMDA official seeks action against Bajrang Dal members for attack on church
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority official filed a complaint on February 14, a day after the Dalit Christian church was attacked by a mob of 200 Bajrang Dal members from various dominant castes.
#telangana #hyderabad #CommunalViolence #BajrangDal #HMDA #CasteViolence #casteism #IndianChristians #VHP #HinduMobs #caste #dalits #DalitChristians #india
-
Review: K. Balagopal’s 'Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State'
Incisive essays on caste, communalism and rise of state authoritarianism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #fascism #reservations #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
-
Review: K. Balagopal’s 'Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State'
Incisive essays on caste, communalism and rise of state authoritarianism in India.
#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #fascism #reservations #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
-
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
-
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
-
Tribal Body Files Police Complaint Against Anchor Sudhir Chaudhary's On-Air Remarks
Chaudhary made these comments after Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.
#SudhirChaudhary #HemantSoren #AajTak #HateSpeech #SCSTAct #adivasis #media #television #hindutva #jharkhand #AadivasiSena #casteism #india
https://thewire.in/media/sudhir-chaudhary-tribal-hemant-soren
-
Tribal Body Files Police Complaint Against Anchor Sudhir Chaudhary's On-Air Remarks
Chaudhary made these comments after Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.
#SudhirChaudhary #HemantSoren #AajTak #HateSpeech #SCSTAct #adivasis #media #television #hindutva #jharkhand #AadivasiSena #casteism #india
https://thewire.in/media/sudhir-chaudhary-tribal-hemant-soren
-
'Manual scavenging not allowed in Karnataka': CM Siddaramaiah warns of strict action
CM Siddaramaiah warned of strict legal action if anyone is found engaging any individual in manual scavenging, while saying there should be no manual scavengers in the state.
#ManualScavenging #karnataka #siddaramaiah #caste #dalits #CasteViolence #casteism #india
-
'Manual scavenging not allowed in Karnataka': CM Siddaramaiah warns of strict action
CM Siddaramaiah warned of strict legal action if anyone is found engaging any individual in manual scavenging, while saying there should be no manual scavengers in the state.
#ManualScavenging #karnataka #siddaramaiah #caste #dalits #CasteViolence #casteism #india
-
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
-
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
-
Dalit teen beaten, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Karnataka for WhatsApp post about deity
Members of a Hindutva group accused the 17-year-old of insulting deities Ram and Hanuman.
#karnataka #bidar #CasteViolence #RamTemple #dalits #casteism #hindutva #RamTempleInauguration #india
-
Dalit teen beaten, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Karnataka for WhatsApp post about deity
Members of a Hindutva group accused the 17-year-old of insulting deities Ram and Hanuman.
#karnataka #bidar #CasteViolence #RamTemple #dalits #casteism #hindutva #RamTempleInauguration #india
-
Caste discrimination is legal in Australia, home to more than 1 million South Asians. Some deny it even exists
Despite living in Australia, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians from India, Nepal and elsewhere say the system of hereditary social hierarchy persists.
#CasteDiscrimination #australia #caste #casteism #nepal #india #IndianDiaspora #hindus #CACD #brahminism #kshatriyas #dalits
-
Caste discrimination is legal in Australia, home to more than 1 million South Asians. Some deny it even exists
Despite living in Australia, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians from India, Nepal and elsewhere say the system of hereditary social hierarchy persists.
#CasteDiscrimination #australia #caste #casteism #nepal #india #IndianDiaspora #hindus #CACD #brahminism #kshatriyas #dalits
-
Caste discrimination is legal in Australia, home to more than 1 million South Asians. Some deny it even exists
Despite living in Australia, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians from India, Nepal and elsewhere say the system of hereditary social hierarchy persists.
#CasteDiscrimination #australia #caste #casteism #nepal #india #IndianDiaspora #hindus #CACD #brahminism #kshatriyas #dalits
-
Caste discrimination is legal in Australia, home to more than 1 million South Asians. Some deny it even exists
Despite living in Australia, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians from India, Nepal and elsewhere say the system of hereditary social hierarchy persists.
#CasteDiscrimination #australia #caste #casteism #nepal #india #IndianDiaspora #hindus #CACD #brahminism #kshatriyas #dalits
-
Caste discrimination is legal in Australia, home to more than 1 million South Asians. Some deny it even exists
Despite living in Australia, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians from India, Nepal and elsewhere say the system of hereditary social hierarchy persists.
#CasteDiscrimination #australia #caste #casteism #nepal #india #IndianDiaspora #hindus #CACD #brahminism #kshatriyas #dalits
-
'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
-
'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
-
'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
-
'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
-
'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
-
Tamil Nadu: 60 Dalits End Pre-Independence Era Practice, Walk Street Wearing Slippers
The community members walked the ‘Kambala Naicken Street’ in Rajavur village of Tiruppur district donning footwear for the first time in living memory, breaking an unwritten discriminatory practice imposed by upper castes.
#TamilNadu #tiruppur #CasteViolence #dalits #arunthathiyars #HumanRights #casteism #caste #india
-
Tamil Nadu: 60 Dalits End Pre-Independence Era Practice, Walk Street Wearing Slippers
The community members walked the ‘Kambala Naicken Street’ in Rajavur village of Tiruppur district donning footwear for the first time in living memory, breaking an unwritten discriminatory practice imposed by upper castes.
#TamilNadu #tiruppur #CasteViolence #dalits #arunthathiyars #HumanRights #casteism #caste #india