Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims have lower life expectancy than higher-caste Hindus, study reveals
Difference among Dalits, Adivasis and higher-caste Hindus is comparable to the Black-White gap in the US
No end to discrimination against Punjab’s Dalit women labourers, says study
A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment
No remedy is too small or trivial for the caste system
Studying the cognitive impact of discrimination suffered by minorities can provide inputs in policymaking to help minorities process their …
Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian
His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been built around it
Will President Murmu protect tribal and women’s interests? Only time will tell
If the already prevalent impression of a PM being authoritarian increases and gains wider currency, a tribal woman as President may come across …
How COVID-19 protocols can propagate social discrimination in India
COVID-19-induced social-distancing norms can medicalise the process of maintaining purity
Punjab's marginalised communities struggle for their right to cultivate common lands
People from the scheduled caste have once protested against big landlords who have taken control of fertile common lands and they are all set to …
Caste is not unique to India and South Asia. A development in Spain shows how
As Spain agrees to reach a state pact against anti-gypsyism, activists urge a united front for groups discriminated on the basis of work and …
Dalits, adivasis to protest in Gandhinagar for land rights
The Gujarat government is planning to give 45 lakh hectare of cultivable wasteland to corporates for farming while ignoring the landless Dalits …
Indira, Manmohan, Modi: Why all see civil society with suspicion
The arrests of activists and rights campaigners is set to further dip the relationship between government and the civil society
DTE Exclusive: ‘Shamlat’ lands hold key to Dalit empowerment; alleviation of rural poverty in Punjab
Dalits, who form 31.94% of Punjab’s population, own just 3.5% of the state’s land
What India should look like in 2100
A new anthology touches upon most facets of Indian society, but leaves the reader feeling like the proverbial blind man who describes an elephant …
Origin: This outstanding portrayal of India’s caste system is hugely important to Dalit people like me
Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, it depicts marginalisation as a thread that connects race, class, caste and gender
India’s ‘untouchable’ women face discrimination even in schemes meant to help them
Origins of India’s caste system go back thousands of year
‘Affirmative action policies are under threat’
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on restlessness among dalit youth
Dalits and Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh allege digital land records fudged; no longer landowners
Records show influential locals now owners; no action from administration yet
Farmers, Dalits, ex-servicemen call for ‘Jail Bharo’ and ‘BJP Quit India’ movements
All of them launch a protest today to make their demands heard
