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I'm Dalit. This is How My Caste Impacts My Mental Health.
My Scheduled Caste identity has been like a placard hanging around my neck, making me an easy target for ridicule and even hatred among upper-caste friends and colleagues.
I Like My Beef and I Cannot Lie
Cow meat has had a long and complicated relationship with most Dalit communities like mine even before being banned in parts of India.
Bollywood Movies Still Associate Beauty With Fair Skin, AI Study Finds
By analysing subtitles over the last 70 years, researchers also found that while Bollywood films have improved at representing religious diversity, the plot continues to be helmed by upper-caste heroes.
Interfaith Love is Vilified in India. This Couple Wants to Change That
An internet project seeks to counter rising hate against marrying someone of a different faith, caste and ethnicity.
How Caste Bias Fuelled the Gang Rape and Death of a Young Girl in India
The victim in the Hathras case belonged to the Dalit community, considered lowest in the caste hierarchy.
India’s Top Court Is Reviewing if Couples Who Elope Should Have the Right To Privacy
India has seen more than 350 honour killings in the last six years.
A Barbershop in India Is Taking on Centuries of Caste Discrimination
Members of a scheduled caste were barred from entering barbershops in a village in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A government-run salon is changing that.
Roasted Winged Termites Are My Favourite Monsoon Snack, Even If Others Might Not Find it 'Appropriate'
The popular delicacy savoured by scores of Dalits, Bahujans and Tribal people evokes disgust in those that claim to dictate the law of the land.
Kerala Is Opening ‘Safe Homes’ for Couples Facing Threats for Marrying Outside Their Caste or Religion
They will also be giving inter-caste couples fleeing from family intimidation up to Rs 75,000.
This New Drain-Cleaning Robot Will Save Indian Sewage Workers' Lives
With one manual scavenger dying every five days, this new invention provides an alternative to the harmful conditions they face.
A Community in Gujarat Has Banned Inter-Caste Marriage and Mobile Phones for Unmarried Girls
Even the local Congress MLA supports this regressive move and said that, "Since girls are easily controlled because they stay with parents, it is right to ban (mobile phone use among) girls.”
The Casteless Collective Is Breaking Caste Boundaries With Its Music
They’re singing about beef curry, sewage cleaners and reservations in a bid to “make a casteless generation”.