According to the study, which sought to analyse the perception of police along state and community lines, the rich and well-to-do were twice as likely as the poor to have sought police help or contacted them.
The Punjab CM has also had to deal with Congressmen annoyed at being ignored during cabinet expansion, and unhappiness over shrinking Dalit representation.
A survey by NGO Common Cause and Lokniti shows Adivasis are most afraid of being framed for Maoist activities, while Dalits are afraid of being falsely accused of petty thefts.
The existence of films like Rajinikanth’s latest Kaala suggests that the world’s largest film industry could stand to gain from films which talk about caste.
Are Dalits of Raghopur and West Bengal not Dalits? Only when Dalits are attacked in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, there is mass outrage among urban intellectuals.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Caste system is both a historical truth and a modern reality no matter how much we defend our position that ‘India has changed for the better’. Dalits have always been at the bottom of the Hindu caste system and despite laws to protect them; they still face widespread discrimination in India. The basic tenets promised in the preamble of our constitution are not available to all despite the fact that we are a democratic republic. The instances of oppression of Dalits can be witnessed in every sphere of life, be it in social circumference, in educational institutions, in the jobs, or even on the political front.
Caste system is both a historical truth and a modern reality no matter how much we defend our position that ‘India has changed for the better’. Dalits have always been at the bottom of the Hindu caste system and despite laws to protect them; they still face widespread discrimination in India. The basic tenets promised in the preamble of our constitution are not available to all despite the fact that we are a democratic republic. The instances of oppression of Dalits can be witnessed in every sphere of life, be it in social circumference, in educational institutions, in the jobs, or even on the political front.