‘More than class, caste divide makes things complicated in India’
23 Feb 2023 7:12 AM GMTMumbai: ‘Class’ showrunner Ashim Ahluwalia says the ‘Netflix’ show, an adaptation of popular Spanish series ‘Elite’, gave him a chance to explore the...
Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti join Ava DuVernay's 'Caste'
22 Feb 2023 7:33 AM GMTLos Angeles: Actors Finn Wittrock and Victoria Pedretti have joined the cast of filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s next feature film ‘Caste’. Based on author...
56 Govt Schools With Caste Tag Renamed By Punjab Govt
30 Dec 2022 2:06 PM GMTChandigarh: Fifty-six government schools with caste tag have been renamed by the Punjab government, weeks after School Education Minister Harjot Singh...
Ambedkar as a prophet
28 Jun 2012 5:11 PM GMTEver since I characterised Ambedkar as a prophet, in the context of the lampooning cartoon on him in the XI class NCERT text book, there has been an...
SC/ST aspirants slam DU
9 Jun 2012 8:29 AM GMTProspective students belonging to Scheduled Caste [SC] and Scheduled Tribes [ST] are facing problems while submitting admission forms at the Delhi...
Whipping a dalit in a text book also
24 May 2012 12:15 PM GMTMany intellectuals of India are making the cartoon in a text book of NCERT an issue of pedagogy and teaching political science through cartoons as a...
Mirchpur dalits killings: HC rejects bail pleas
16 May 2012 7:55 AM GMTThe Delhi High Court denied bail to three persons, convicted along with 12 others in the 2010 Mirchpur Dalits killings case on Tuesday. A bench of...
Twisted notions and strange biases
10 May 2012 11:42 PM GMTWhy is this ongoing bias against students from the Northeast and also those from the Kashmir valley? Why do we treat them as the ‘other’? Why are...
Eat, pray and shove the debate
7 May 2012 2:45 AM GMTThe Hindutva attack on the Beef Festival in Osmania University on 15 April generated a national and international debate on the very cultural...
