Located 350 km from Mumbai, Soundala has resolved to keep caste ‘only on paper’, has banned slurs, backed widow remarriage & instituted a 2-hour no-mobile window for students.
Valentin Hénault came to India in 2023 to work on a documentary project about caste discrimination and was arrested by Gorakhpur police. He's now published a book about it titled 'I Had an Indian Dream: In the Hell of Gorakhpur Prison'.
BA student alleges he and friends were beaten up and abused by PhD students and others on campus on 26 Jan. ‘You people live in the hostel for free, we pay and feed you.’
Regulations exclude ragging, presume only certain castes can discriminate, petitioners argued. Bench suggests setting up expert committee of sociologists the rules.
In September 2025, the Supreme Court directed the UGC to tighten anti-discrimination rules, including policies on ragging and caste bias in higher educational institutions.
Some BJP leaders demand rollback of UGC rules to combat caste discrimination on campuses. Upper caste students say rules are one-sided & could lead to 'reverse bias' against them.
The one thing that keeps the relentless beauty of trans people alive is their community. But for lawmakers, kinship is ‘deception’, ‘allurement’, and ‘undue influence’.
Aluminum prices, already rising before the conflict, have gained further as traders and buyers focus on the potential for tighter markets and shrinking global inventories.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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