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Topic: Dalit Community

Dalit dating in India is a choice between dignity and loneliness

Dating apps promised to disrupt the casteist marriage market. Instead, they’ve merely translated social biases into digital language.

AI is learning caste bias in India. Who will audit it for discrimination?

The real danger is not just discrimination, but that it hides behind a facade of objectivity. A recruiter can shrug: the system rejected the candidate.

10 Dalit communities in black & white photographs—Delhi exhibition has no room for politics

Asha Thadani's photographs of Dalit communities are part of an exhibition titled ‘Broken’ at Delhi's India Habitat Centre. Those photographed are united in their 'shared trauma'.

IITs, IIMs are failing Dalit students. Work with Harvard, Johns Hopkins to counter suicides

Aniket Ambhore and Darshan Solanki aren't mere names in a statistical report. Our esteemed institutions have failed to protect them.

Dalit absence from Modi-Biden dinner a tale of missed opportunities

The failure to acknowledge and celebrate Dalit entrepreneurs’ achievements erodes trust and undermines India’s commitment to inclusivity and equality.

You think Netflix’s Class gets caste right? No, it just caters to urban woke gaze

In Netflix’s Class, stereotypes are grossly sketched in the personalities of Dalit protagonists.

Crushed into submission, Dalit identity seldom came to fore—but Valmiki changed the script

In Exploring the Margins: Caste, Class and Gender Identity, Suresh Kumar explores how Dalit writers enunciate their ‘self’— like Om Prakash Valmiki in Joothan.

Dalits live in fear in Punjab, there is no law and order: SC panel chief Vijay Sampla

Sampla cites assault on minor Dalit boy in Sangrur, murder of 2 Dalit girls in Moga, attack on BJP MLA Arun Narang to claim there is 'complete breakdown of law & order' in Punjab.

Nitish wants new Dalit faces ahead of polls after constant LJP attacks and minister’s exit

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar wants to counter the charges of neglecting Dalits, and so the party is looking for fresh Dalit faces to field in the state polls, JDU leaders say.

A Brahmin doctor’s house first revealed the ugly side of Hindu faith to me

Manoranjan Byapari writes about his life and observations as a servant to a Brahmin doctor.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.