international casteismUN Grants Consultative Status to Dalit Rights Group After 15 Years A Dalit rights group's status marks longest time an NGO's application for consultative status was blocked at the UN ECOSOC. By Amlan Sarkar
Casteism in FoodDalit Woman Cook Fired for ‘Wrongful Appointment’ After Students Refused to Eat Her Food Parents of the upper caste children alleged the woman was chosen as the cook by overlooking a more deserving candidate, a Brahmin. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
A Hopeful VictoryWhy Deepa Mohanan Represents a Landmark Victory Against Institutional Casteism The Ph.D. scholar ended her hunger strike after the casteist professor she raised her voice against at Mahatma Gandhi University was removed. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Justice InterruptedAlmost 84% of Cases Filed by SC/ST Women, Children Are Pending in Court: Govt Panel Attacks on oppressed-caste women and children have increased by 15% over the last three years, the panel noted. By Saumya Kalia
Will It Matter?Evidence in Bhima Koregaon Case Was Planted on Activists’ Computers, Report Finds 16 activists and lawyers have been imprisoned since 2017 based on this digital evidence. By Rajvi Desai