Topic: Caste
Some want to call Hathras an ‘honour killing case’ — they forgot it’s an upper-caste practice
When was the last time you heard of Dalits killing their daughters for eloping with upper-caste men? ‘Honour killing’ is not really a Dalit trend.
Congress listened, Yogi doesn’t — Why Hathras isn’t the same as Delhi 2012 gangrape case
Cremating the body at midnight, besieging family of Dalit victim, allowing displays of Thakur supremacy are all Hathras hallmarks.
Dalit women often face sexual violence because of, yes, their caste
You will never, ever hear of a Dalit man raping an upper-caste woman. That alone tells you of the power dynamic of caste-based sexual violence.
Raw caste data collected in 2011 given to social justice ministry, govt tells Rajya Sabha
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 data, excluding caste data, has been published.
Kolkata professor says NIA trying to harass him, no connection with Bhima Koregaon case
IISER-Kolkata professor Partho Sarathi Ray said he has never visited the Bhima Koregaon memorial in Pune. The NIA has asked Ray to appear at its Mumbai office on 10 September.
Oprah Winfrey sent a book on caste to 100 US CEOs but Indians still won’t talk about it
Isabel Wilkerson’s book ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’ is creating a storm everywhere but India. And it finally studies caste as a problem, not a system.
India’s democracy crumbling? Constitution shows how to create democracy in unlikely settings
Ashutosh Varshney, in his reading of Madhav Khosla’s new book, writes how India is a democracy by design and the Constitution its teacher.
How ‘Vikas Purush’ Nitish Kumar favoured fellow Kurmis in Bihar administration and politics
Kurmis make up just 2% of Bihar’s population, but members of the caste wield a lot of influence on Nitish Kumar’s administration and in his JD(U).
Indian voters are ready to go beyond caste, some politicians are not
The era of overt caste politics is over, but Congress leader Jitin Prasada still thinks it’s 1989.
Bristol brought down slave trader’s statue. This is what India should do with Manu statue
The year 2020 will not tolerate White-washing or Manu-splaining of history. It’s time to remove Manu statue from the premises of Rajasthan High Court.
How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.