#untouchability — Public Fediverse posts
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How a seventy-year-old Presidential Order still shapes Dalit life after conversion
Even after embracing new faiths, Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims continue to face caste-based exclusion. Yet a 1950 Presidential Order blocks them from constitutional protection.
by Khalil ur Rehaman
The Leaflet
December 6, 2025
#Asia #India #untouchability #dalits #caste #CasteSystem #Hinduism #Christianity #Islam -
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
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Despite Untouchability, Contractual Service, Paltry Remuneration — Why Bihar’s Mehtars Scavenge Human Excreta for a Living
Despite financial constraints, the community has promising aspirational youth who are countering the notion that individuals from marginalized castes lack the desire for education.
#bihar #ManualScavenging #dalits #mehtars #untouchability #CasteViolence #labour #education #caste #india
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Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia by Divya Cherian (2023): A Review by Alfisha Sabri
Set in the kingdom of 18th-century Marwar, Cherian’s study traces the rise of the financial and social capital of the mercantile class consisting of the Vaishyas and the Jains.
#BookReview #DivyaCherian #caste #untouchability #dalits #IndianMuslims #history #histodon #bookstodon #books #india
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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
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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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Tamil Nadu: Police arrest two women in Dharmapuri for practicing untouchability
The accused belonging to Kongu Vellalar community have been booked under the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act.
#TamilNadu #dharmapuri #dalits #paraiyars #KonguVellalars #untouchability #casteism #caste #SCSTAct #HumanRights #india
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Tamil Nadu: Study says caste pride reigns in schools, identifies casteist teachers
The Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front submitted a study highlighting the prevalence of caste violence and discrimination in schools to the state government, seeking action in one month’s time.
#TamilNadu #casteism #education #schools #CasteViolence #TNUEF #dalits #adivasis #untouchability #HumanRights #RuralIndia #caste #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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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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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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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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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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Meet the trio who will soon become TN's first women temple priests
Ranjitha, Ramya, and Krishnaveni are thrilled at the prospect of becoming the first women priests in Tamil Nadu but are also aware of the long and arduous journey that lies ahead of them.
#TamilNadu #TNGovt #HRCE #temples #WomenPriests #caste #equality #WomensRights #dalits #brahminism #untouchability #CasteDiscrimimation #DMK #hinduism #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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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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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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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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How Indians Are Endangering The Health of Their Domestic Workers: New Study
A new report by non profit Jagori paints a grim picture of the way Indians treat their 50 million domestic workers—a quarter of those surveyed said they were prohibited from using the same utensils as their employers; 18% had no access to food or water at their workplace and 13% didn’t get leave when they fell sick. The report highlights the health impact of their hazardous workplaces i.e. the Indian home. Many other countries in the region do far more than India does for domestic workers.
#DomesticWorkers #labour #labor #caste #untouchability #SexualAbuse #gender #HumanRights #WomensRights #health #hygiene #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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Brutal attack on two Dalit teens exposes caste fanaticism among school kids in TN
The brutal attack on Chinnadurai and his sister shook the conscience of the state and the public; it has left the residents of Perundheru scarred.
#TamilNadu #tirunelveli #nanguneri #dalits #paraiyar #CasteViolence #thevar #maravar #HumanRights #caste #casteism #untouchability #education #children #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
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Dalit man’s finger chopped off in Gujarat after his nephew touches cricket ball
Two of the seven accused persons, all upper caste men, have been arrested.
#gujarat #patan #dalits #rajputs #untouchability #CasteViolence #casteism #caste #india
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Deal struck, Dalits can now enter temple in Villupuram village
About three peace meetings were earlier held after the SC members said the caste Hindus prevented them entry and assaulted three SC members of the village during a festival held on April 7.
#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #CasteHindus #brahminism #caste #casteism #india
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How to honour the legacy of Savitribai Phule today
Nearly 200 years after Savitribai, along with her husband Jotirao Phule, began the first school for girls in India, the issue of inaccessibility for students from marginalised groups, especially in higher education, remains as relevant as ever.
#SavitribaiPhule #JotiraoPhule #SocialJustice #WomensRights #education #dalits #HumanRights #history #caste #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #untouchability #india
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/savitribai-phule-legacy-honour-8570151/
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100 years on, remembering Vaikom Satyagraha as an anti-caste civil rights movement
The Satyagraha was a fight for access to the roads surrounding the Vaikom Mahadeva temple for people of all castes, who were otherwise forced to use roundabout paths to reach their destinations.
#kerala #vaikom #VaikomSatyagraha #history #ezhavas #pulaiyas #dalits #NarayanaGuru #periyar #EVR #MKgandhi #AntiCasteMovement #CivilRights #untouchability #nairs #brahmins #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #india