Caste

I’ve been willfully blind too long. And mostly still am. But listing caste as one of the many things to be mended in our society is unfair. Caste is the original sin of Indian society, and it needs to be annihilated. Anything less is brushing it under the carpet. So…

And resources. — In this resource bank article, I am again working with references aiming to provide a comprehensive starter to learning about the Dalit Panthers. Contents: About Dalit Panthers - Who were the Dalit Panthers - Parts from the Manifesto of the Dalit Panthers - Exploratory Resources On Dalit Panthers’ Dissolution - The Dissolution…

Had been to one seminar recently and a young boy while talking surprisingly mentioned that Dalits are Buddhists, and they are not Hindus… Buddha is perceived to be assertion of Dalit Voice in Modern Day India. Many Young Indians perceive that majority of the SC/ST population is Buddhist and as…

Caste Census has not been carried out in Independent India from 1931 onwards. Although reservation policies required recording of the SC/ST Population in various censuses till 2011, however there are no reliable estimates of OBC population. In this background, there are many speculations on the percentages of SC/ST/OBC and even…

Introduction “They were a family of Anglophiles. Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away” (Roy 51). In The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy builds her characters, surroundings, and their ties, with precision. Her…

Does the title sound like a romantic story? Yes, you are correct. But, unfortunately, it’s a tragic love story between the majority of us and a two-thousand-year-old system. In my last article, “I am a casteist and Are you?”, I expressed my opinion on why this system exists in the…

Homicide — Intentional murder has been a common violent method in India which doesn’t make much to the media headlines. Although it devastates the grieving families but the society moves on from it very quickly. However, when the act of homicide involves the question of religion and has the potential…

This article was originally published on Youth Ki Awaaz on May 5, 2022, here. It has been written by Disha Devadas. DHM thanks Youth Ki Awaaz and Disha Devadas for republishing permissions. Almost half of India’s population are migrants, meaning that about 600 million Indians live in a place other…