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  1. 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
  2. Fifty-one JNU students were detained and 14 arrested by the Delhi Police on February 26 over a students’ protest march to the Ministry of Education, demanding implementation of the recently stayed UGC guidelines for the prevention of caste discrimination in higher education institutions, alongside condemning the casteist remarks made by JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit in a podcast interview.

    #JNU #casteism #fascism #India #education #freeJNU14

    groundxero.in/2026/03/05/photo

  3. "The root cause for sanitation #workers continuing to #suffer even in this twenty-first century is #society’s inherent #casteism and its conscious or unconscious acceptance that sanitation workers are only suited for such menial #jobs. #Caste-based #recruitment is still practised in the modern contract-based manual scavenging #industry."

    maktoobmedia.com/features/crim

  4. "The root cause for sanitation #workers continuing to #suffer even in this twenty-first century is #society’s inherent #casteism and its conscious or unconscious acceptance that sanitation workers are only suited for such menial #jobs. #Caste-based #recruitment is still practised in the modern contract-based manual scavenging #industry."

    maktoobmedia.com/features/crim

  5. Anatomy of a "Chapri": Exploring the Decontextualization of Casteist Slurs on Social Media

    youtube.com/watch?v=DGvpM0BWkt

    Invidious mirror: yewtu.be/watch?v=DGvpM0BWktg

    #Casteism #Caste

  6. Anatomy of a "Chapri": Exploring the Decontextualization of Casteist Slurs on Social Media

    youtube.com/watch?v=DGvpM0BWkt

    Invidious mirror: yewtu.be/watch?v=DGvpM0BWktg

    #Casteism #Caste

  7. CW: #casteism #india

    How does others eating meat affect the piousness of these so called vegetarians?

    Do non-vegetarians ask for participation in meat based celebrations from vegetarians for camaraderie?

    #casteism #india

    RE:
    https://mastodon.social/users/beastoftraal/statuses/113292246539774817

  8. CW: #casteism #india

    How does others eating meat affect the piousness of these so called vegetarians?

    Do non-vegetarians ask for participation in meat based celebrations from vegetarians for camaraderie?

    #casteism #india

    RE:
    https://mastodon.social/users/beastoftraal/statuses/113292246539774817

  9. So here's a topic that's been on my mind recently...

    A prominent professor in my area made a viral post about how he'd finally reached a position of job security where he wouldn't have to worry about retaliatory discrimination to the point where he felt comfortable to reveal his caste:

    https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~meel/opinions/caste.html
    (he shared it publicly on CACM, so I don't think it's problematic for me to link it here)

    for me, what kinda messes me up about this, is that from what I can piece together, I'm ostensibly in the same group? OBC? and the thing is, like I have no fucking clue about this weird shitty system at all -- heck I had refused to even ask what my own might be, until a few years ago following some choice wikipedia-ing of some terms my grandmother was using.

    it kinda fucks me up to know that I might be discriminated on by this weird shitty system that I don't know anything about (not on speaking terms with my family anymore, but from what I can piece together it kinda makes sense that they didn't ever mention or bring up caste growing up).

    I've had some indians (privileged singaporean indians mind you) tell me it's not a big thing, but like hearing experiences like above, or from ppl I spoke to in india, it feels like this classification really hangs over them and has real consequences.

    I don't feel uncomfortable revealing my own, but tbh it feels a little like stolen valour? I've been privileged of growing up in the UK and I guess a rare positive of being one of the only non-white kids growing up is that it's never been a concern or something that even came up for me. so it doesn't hold a big stigma to me, which seems like really big privilege. I don't even feel comfortable owning the classification as the professor did above, because like I didn't grow up with a large enough indian community to the point that I could even have ever been discriminated on such grounds, so do I even count?

    what worries me is hearing how caste discrimination is being perpetuated by non-resident indians? idk by nature of my upbringing, I am fundamentally not indian, my culture is western, I see the world mostly the way you'd expect a white brit to see it, that is where I call my home. It's kinda weird realising that not everyone who might have shared similar upbringing might not be as distanced from the caste system as I am -- to me it's some weird bigoted shitty outdated system as superficial and arbitrary as something like horoscopes (albeit magnitudes more bigoted and dangerous) -- it's hard enough growing up as a minority, it's kinda fucked to realise that this means I've gotta be on guard against other diaspora bcs they might be carrying this around and happy to perpetuate it.

    it really just messes my mind up thinking about how I might be discriminated upon on this system that I have no idea about, but am somehow going to be placed upon without my choice.


    #casteism #racism #intersectionality #academia

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  11. 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

    theindiaforum.in/caste/renamin

  12. 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

    theindiaforum.in/caste/renamin

  13. French Director Jailed After Attending Dalit March, Was Unable to Leave India Even After Bail: Report

    'We slept on the floor, with so little space that it was impossible to turn around at night. The entire floor space was occupied by bodies,' French daily Le Monde quoted Valentin Hénault as saying while speaking about his jail term.

    #UttarPradesh #gorakhpur #dalits #ValentinHenault #activism #HumanRights #cinema #BJPStates #caste #casteism #india #france

    thewire.in/media/french-direct

  14. French Director Jailed After Attending Dalit March, Was Unable to Leave India Even After Bail: Report

    'We slept on the floor, with so little space that it was impossible to turn around at night. The entire floor space was occupied by bodies,' French daily Le Monde quoted Valentin Hénault as saying while speaking about his jail term.

    #UttarPradesh #gorakhpur #dalits #ValentinHenault #activism #HumanRights #cinema #BJPStates #caste #casteism #india #france

    thewire.in/media/french-direct

  15. Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

    My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity, writes Manisha Mondal.

    #casteism #dalits #DatingApps #reservations #EWS #caste #india

    theprint.in/opinion/pov/being-

  16. Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

    My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity, writes Manisha Mondal.

    #casteism #dalits #DatingApps #reservations #EWS #caste #india

    theprint.in/opinion/pov/being-

  17. The secondhand sellers market is going brahminical batshit
    #Casteism

  18. The secondhand sellers market is going brahminical batshit
    #Casteism

  19. 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

    scroll.in/article/1067884/why-

  20. 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

    scroll.in/article/1067884/why-

  21. Malayalam superstar Mammootty becomes target of hate campaign by Sangh parivar sympathisers

    In a lengthy interview with an online Malayalam news portal, Sharshad alleged that Mammootty was supposed to work on another script by Ratheena but things took a rapid turn in launching the Puzhu project.

    #cinema #mammootty #MalayalamCinema #puzhu #ratheena #SharshadBaniyandy #casteism #brahminism #hindutva #InterfaithLove #kerala #HindutvaTrolls #india

    telegraphindia.com/india/malay

  22. Malayalam superstar Mammootty becomes target of hate campaign by Sangh parivar sympathisers

    In a lengthy interview with an online Malayalam news portal, Sharshad alleged that Mammootty was supposed to work on another script by Ratheena but things took a rapid turn in launching the Puzhu project.

    #cinema #mammootty #MalayalamCinema #puzhu #ratheena #SharshadBaniyandy #casteism #brahminism #hindutva #InterfaithLove #kerala #HindutvaTrolls #india

    telegraphindia.com/india/malay

  23. This 27-Year-Old From Tripura Is Fighting Hate On The Internet With AI

    Aindriya Barua built a bot that tech giants should have - it can detect hate comments, hate codes, hate with context and remove it from platforms, not just for the users.

    #tripura #AI #HateSpeech #casteism #communalism #hindutva #queerphobia #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HindutvaTrolls #ShhorAI #AindriyaBarua #meta #instagram #reddit #SocialMedia #HinduMobs #BigTech #india

    boomlive.in/decode/this-27-yea

  24. This 27-Year-Old From Tripura Is Fighting Hate On The Internet With AI

    Aindriya Barua built a bot that tech giants should have - it can detect hate comments, hate codes, hate with context and remove it from platforms, not just for the users.

    #tripura #AI #HateSpeech #casteism #communalism #hindutva #queerphobia #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HindutvaTrolls #ShhorAI #AindriyaBarua #meta #instagram #reddit #SocialMedia #HinduMobs #BigTech #india

    boomlive.in/decode/this-27-yea

  25. From ‘strong support’ to ‘let’s debate it’: The shifting stance of RSS on reservations

    The discourses around reservations, a cornerstone of affirmative action, by the RSS are skillfully manoeuvred so that it does not impact the Hindutva cause of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

    #RSS #BJP #reservations #communalism #casteism #hindutva #CasteSystem #brahminism #islamophobia #IndianMuslims #vegetarianism #india

    thenewsminute.com/caste/from-s

  26. From ‘strong support’ to ‘let’s debate it’: The shifting stance of RSS on reservations

    The discourses around reservations, a cornerstone of affirmative action, by the RSS are skillfully manoeuvred so that it does not impact the Hindutva cause of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

    #RSS #BJP #reservations #communalism #casteism #hindutva #CasteSystem #brahminism #islamophobia #IndianMuslims #vegetarianism #india

    thenewsminute.com/caste/from-s

  27. Marked by Insight and Foresight:
    K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the State

    The 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

    theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/

  28. Marked by Insight and Foresight:
    K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the State

    The 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

    theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/

  29. 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

    thenewsminute.com/news/the-ide

  30. 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

    thenewsminute.com/news/the-ide

  31. Media attention, particularly by the News Minute which broke the story, has forced the Telangana police to state that they will 'reinvestigate the case'. Both the students union and Rohith's family has protested the brazen police lies.
    #Casteism #DalitRights
    thenewsminute.com/news/telanga

  32. Media attention, particularly by the News Minute which broke the story, has forced the Telangana police to state that they will 'reinvestigate the case'. Both the students union and Rohith's family has protested the brazen police lies.
    #Casteism #DalitRights
    thenewsminute.com/news/telanga

  33. The Telangana police filed a closure report in court claiming that Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and killed himself out of fear of discovery. This is such an obscene lie that it deserves international attention. #Casteism #DalitRights

    thenewsminute.com/news/telanga

  34. The Telangana police filed a closure report in court claiming that Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and killed himself out of fear of discovery. This is such an obscene lie that it deserves international attention. #Casteism #DalitRights

    thenewsminute.com/news/telanga

  35. ‘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

    thenewsminute.com/news/state-s

  36. ‘I was just doing my job’: Journalist threatened for reporting on Piyush Goyal

    Neha Purav, a reporter with a Marathi newspaper, reported that union minister and BJP’s Mumbai North candidate Piyush Goyal had covered his nose with a handkerchief while passing a koliwada, a village of the Koli fisherfolk community, on his campaign trail in Mumbai.

    #maharashtra #mumbai #LokSabhaElection2024 #PiyushGoyal #BJP #NehaPurav #navakal #PressFreedom #casteism #ElectionCampaign2024 #india

    newslaundry.com/2024/05/01/i-w