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Considering the campaigning that happened during the election phases, the Opposition focussed on the issue of caste and was able to instil fear among the Schedule Caste (SC) people that the Constitution of India would be changed (meaning the reservation would be scrapped) by the government if they get re-elected.
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According to the data submitted by the Karnataka Backward Classes Welfare Department, all castes and communities within the Muslim religion have been enlisted as socially and educationally backward classes under Category IIB in the State List of Backward Classes.
After raising slogans like "Brahmin-Baniyawaadh Murdabaad" by some students in campus, Ashoka University has reacted to the controversy.
After week-long protests by a section of Ashoka University’s students demanding a caste census on campus and an anti-discrimination cell, a video of raising slogans "Brahmin-Baniyawaad Murdabaad" is going viral on social media.
An old video of actor Vijay Sethupathi advising voters went viral on the internet ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Sant Gadge Baba had no formal education and never came into contact with western ideas and values but used to support radical ideas. He comes from Maharashtra, which has a rich tradition of Bhakti movement.
"Origin" raised concerns about the portrayal and intention of Woke Hollywood and them targeting caste as a global problem.
Karpoori Thakur, known affectionately as 'Jan Nayak' (people's leader), is the 49th recipient of Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award
Deputy Chief Minister DKS has publicly disclosed his endorsement of a petition urging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to reject the upcoming caste census, marking a clear divide within the Congress in Karnataka.
In a fresh attack on Congress, its ally I.N.D.I.A. ally, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused it of being a "cunning" party, accused it of "betraying" him, and urged the people to not vote for its leaders in the upcoming elections.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government accusing it of “deliberately” showing an inflated population of Muslims and Yadavs in the state's caste survey.
PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended Dussehra celebrations at DDA ground in Delhi’s Dwarka where he spoke of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, taking a dig at INDIA bloc's casteism card and much more.
Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections, the Kamal Nath-led Congress released the party manifesto on Tuesday.
Congress Working Committee’s Monday decision to conduct a nationwide caste census and introduce a bill to remove a cap of 50 percent on the reservation reminds one of Rajiv Gandhi’s speech on September 6, 1990.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pushed for a caste census in Madhya Pradesh during a public rally in the poll-bound state's Shahdol on Tuesday, terming it an 'X-ray' of truth about minority communities.
Caste is always seen as a vote bank and this vote bank is captured by few politicians.
If this rationale is applied, caste census proves to be a necessity in view of the caste diversity. However, consideration of various other factors too is important.
The issue of caste-census has once again come on the agenda with political parties and social organizations pressing their stands
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released findings of its much-awaited caste survey months on Monday ahead of the 2024 parliamentary election.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said his government has no plans to conduct a “caste census” in the state as demanded by the Opposition parties.
Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor criticized the caste census in Bihar undertaken by the Nitish Kumar-led government. His comments came after Patna High Court, on Tuesday, dismissed all petitions challenging the conduct of a caste census in Bihar.
The Supreme Court disposed of a petition filed by the Bihar government challenging the Patna High Court order putting an interim stay on the caste-based census in the state.
A group of men belonging to the SC/ST community staged a "nude" protest in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Tuesday demanding action against people who got government jobs using fake caste certificates.
The Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) emphasised the issues that Hindus confront in the United States, including increased religious violence, Hinduphobia, caste restrictions, and academic prejudice.
A 22-year-old woman, who eloped and got married a year ago, was shot dead allegedly by a family member in Alipur Aterna village here, with police suspecting it to be a case of honor killing.
Assam Police on Tuesday (Jun 27) detained protestors in Karimganj who were staging a demonstration against the proposed delimitation draft by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Tuesday issued a notice to food delivery service provider Zomato over a controversial ad that showed actor Aditya Lakhia, who played the Dalit character Kachra in the film “Lagaan”, as items made of recycled waste.
SB 403, sponsored by Senator Aisha Wahab, passed through the Senate with a vote of 34-1. This landmark bill comes just weeks after the California Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed SB403 in April.
Adding to Mamata Banerjee, Abhijeet Banerjee said “The trees, roads, and soil don't have a caste. Allah and God are not bad"
The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against two Cisco engineers, while still keeping alive its litigation against the Silicon Valley tech giant.
On the special occasion of his birth anniversary, we bring you some lesser-known facts by the social reformer to know him-
As Elon Musk's Twitter labels BBC as 'government-funded media', the British broadcaster has objected to this new development.
On 21st February 2023, the Seattle City Council passed the resolution establishing caste as the protected category under its non-discrimination policy. The resolution was moved by Kshama Sawant, an Indian-American socialist, which was passed by six to one vote. A city council is a municipal body having the power to pass laws along with administrative powers.
As we move ahead with our series on Wokeism, we arrive at an important juncture where the course of the series would be a mix of western centric and India centric topics. In this part we are going to look at the concept of caste being mixed in the American framework of Black/White racial politics and also the attempt to project African Americans and Dalits to be the victims of a same kind.
Many activists lined up outside City Hall early on February 21 to face the chilly weather and strong winds so they could address the council before the vote. Nonetheless, the council limited audience participation during the meeting.
The Critical Race Theory (CRT) says that all the systems in the U.S. are inherently racist. That is to say that the Whites in the U.S. enjoy privilege in almost everything from education, and laws (civil and criminal including the Constitution, the highest statute of the nation) to literature, arts, media, corporates, etc. meaning that every aspect and system of the American life promote racism.
Swami Vivekanand, the great soul, spiritual master, philosopher, and youth icon, wanted youths to focus on Dharma (righteous duty) rather than animalistic life and leave the world with a strong positive impression on society, nation, and environment.
“For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even better. The further away we go, the more they deserve respect. This is a kind of inverted, patronizing respect that puts everyone at a distance.” Slavoj Žižek a self-declared Marxist philosopher talked about Multiculturalism.
Multiculturalism! A bit of a mouthful if we’re being honest. A word tossed by western politicians to a great extent. Politicians from the right of the center to the extreme left cherish it and the extreme right admonishes it. The Hindu community in the west is a part of this larger multiculturalism process.
The formation of the state-level 'Intercaste/Interfaith Marriage - Family Coordination Committee' and then dropping the intercaste marriages out of it today, again brought the marriage system into focus.
The committee was formed to study and gather information on only interfaith marriages
Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been a divisive political issue in the USA. In the previous article, we discussed what CRT is and how it can and does impact the Hindus in the West in general but specifically in the USA. In this article, we will discuss which political leaders support or oppose the said CRT. This analysis can give us a fair idea of which political parties, at least largely if not entirely, support or opposes the CRT.
The previous article discussed the Critical Caste Theory (CCT). In this one, we will discuss the father of that theory, ie. the Critical Race Theory (CRT). As this series is about the Political conundrum and options for the Hindus in the West, it is important to understand the vocabulary being used in the West for the Western society and how that new social order, at least in some areas, can affect Hindus living there.
Anti-Brahmins slogans on several walls of the campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru (JNU) campus were reported on Thursday threatening the Brahmins of the campus. The university authorities issued a statement condemning the incident and blaming 'unknown elements' behind the defacement of the campus. An inquiry into the incident has been ordered.
Now, why should we Indians and Hindus care about this? After all, it is an argument and fight primarily between Whites and Blacks. Well, it doesn't stop at the CRT. There is another thing now, which is the Critical Caste Theory (CCT). Now as we can see this most definitely concerns us.
Namaskar, the new series 'INSIGHT' is an attempt to present the central thought of a thought-provoking book. "Missionaries In India Continuities, Changes, Dilemmas", a book by Shri Arun Shourie compels readers to contemplate various points put forth.
In the age of technology and innovation where India is also showing its prowess with space missions like Mangalyaan & Chandrayaan, the headlines of Indian newspapers continue to plague with news of its citizens meeting their death in the dark holes of sewer lines and septic tanks. National Commission for Safai Karamcharis states, one person has died every 5 days while cleaning sewer lines since Jan 2017. If we speak about Delhi alone, statistics reveal that 612 people have lost their lives since 1993. This
The way Hinduism is described and explained is nothing less than atrocious and totally disrespectful.