Groundxero | News Report August, 19th, 2021 On 16 August, 2021, Dr. Neelam, a Schedule Caste (Dalit) professor, in the Hindi department at Delhi University’s Lakshmibai College, was slapped publicly in front of her colleague by Dr. Ranjeet Kaur — the teacher-in-charge — for not signing on the minutes of a meeting. Dr. […]
One of the self-aggrandizing popular discourse among the elite Bengali bhadralok is that Bengal is ‘casteless’ and ‘exceptional’ compared to other states regarding the caste question. It is not quite civil enough to bring up the talk about caste issues in the polite urban conversation in a tea shop or coffee house which is deemed […]
In his book Karmayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks of manual scavenging as a ‘spiritual experience’. He gives this sermon even while manual scavenging is banned by law in India. At least one person dies every day while cleaning sewers and septic tanks. Besides risk to human health and life the occupation employing thousands of […]