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‘Merit vs quota’ debate has disadvantaged SC, ST, OBCs. Time to expose the ‘meritwalas’

Raju Kendre - August 2, 2023

Examining the nepotistic practices of the ‘meritorious’, we see how their self-centred strategies have undermined the genuine merit of India's diverse castes and tribes.

Our take on Sisiodia’s arrest, SC probe on Adani and India’s falling GDP — in 50 words

ThePrint Team - March 5, 2023

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Identifying SCs among Dalit Muslims, Christians challenging. Lack of data biggest roadblock

Abusaleh Shariff - November 14, 2022

The government’s announcement to identify SC/ST roots among Muslims is a ploy to divide and woo deprived Muslims so that they vote in favour of the BJP.

What do Indian teens think about reservation? Don’t ignore private jobs, foreign univ rush

Priyanshu Kumar Jha - September 28, 2022

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Channi in Punjab to Gond in UP — An English nursery rhyme explains their sudden elevation

Rama Lakshmi - October 1, 2021

Congress and BJP are bread-crumbing India’s oppressed communities, one political post at a time. But do those chairs have power?

India needs SC-ST sub-quota. And the Supreme Court just removed one key roadblock

Yogendra Yadav - September 9, 2020

It took the Supreme Court 10 years to say that an unjust order on sub-quotas needed a rethink. And then another six years for a Justice Arun Mishra-led bench to say the court may have been wrong.

Data shows Dalit MPs battle parties, voters and prejudice even in reserved seats

Rukmini S - September 30, 2019

The Chitradurga MP’s experience exemplifies how upper castes respond to Dalit politicians, even in 2019.

Supreme Court wants CBI to share status of probe against Mulayam Singh Yadav & his sons

PTI - March 25, 2019

The top court's bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta directed CBI to file its response in two weeks.

Diversity deficit in IIMs, IITs — just 23 STs and 157 SCs in 9,640 faculty posts

Kritika Sharma - February 13, 2019

Together SCs, STs and OBCs make up just 9% of total faculty in IITs and 6% in IIMs. Some of the institutes have no SC or ST faculty.

SC issues notice to CBI on Sajjan Kumar’s appeal in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

PTI - January 14, 2019

The former Congress leader was convicted and sentenced for the death of five Sikhs and the burning down of a gurudwara in Delhi.

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