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PATCA's central argument is that the ideology of Hindutva and Brahminism combine to form an extremist worldview. The submission states that this extremism is actively present within New South Wales, operating through diaspora networks, cultural organisations, educational programs, religious instruction, and publicly funded institutions.
Society

How Caste Discrimination Persists Within Australia's Hindu Diaspora | The Hidden Hierarchy

Caste-Oppressed, Tamil, Sikh, Muslim, and Dalit Communities Bearing Brunt of Extremist Harm, PATCA Tells NSW Inquiry
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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The ABVP smeared the university's nameplate with black ink and staged a demonstration alleging that an event at the institution was promoting separatism and cessation of Jammu and Kashmir and an insult to the Indian Army
Education

ABVP Activists Vandalise Azim Premji University Campus in Bengaluru Over Alleged 'Anti-National' Kashmir Discussion

The controversy stemmed from a programme allegedly organised by a student collective named SPARK to mark the anniversary of the Kunan Poshpora incident of February 23, 1991.​
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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The examples of the Hathras case, the Unnao rape case, and that of Bilkis Bano speak to how the criminalisation of grief enforces a lived reality for women in India, particularly for those coming from lower caste and minority groups, and how this reality relentlessly exposes whose lives are protected and whose are abandoned.
Discussion

Criminalising Grief: Gendered Mourning and the Silencing of Dissent in India

Public mourning after sexual violence, caste-based violence, and communal riots has repeatedly been met with surveillance, police brutality, and criminal charges, revealing how grief, particularly whe ...
By
Kanishka Chaturvedi
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Dalit News

Pandit described the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations as "totally unnecessary" and "irrational".
Bombay High Court has ruled that a child's caste identity must reflect their lived social reality, not just lineage. The bench held that administrative records exist to reflect reality, not to fossilize a false identity.
Shubham Kumar has accused DCDRC President, and a member of subjecting him to caste-based humiliation, public abuse, criminal intimidation including death threats, and deliberately obstructing justice in his pending consumer case.
Representatives of various Dalit organisations met the victim and his family to take details of the incident.
The Allahabad HC said marriage does not change a person’s caste.
Caste discrimination against Dalit women in anganwadi and similar roles of mid day meal maker, is not isolated but a recurring issue across India, often leading to boycotts, harassment, transfers, or closures.
This ruling strengthens the application of the SC/ST (PoA) Act in cases where civil suits based on allegedly forged documents are used to harass Scheduled Caste members.
Set against the backdrop of a Dalit murder in the remote village of Barodia Nonagir in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, the book spans 16 chapters.
Kanchan Bai, a Dalit Anganwadi worker sacrificed her life to save 20 children. When a swarm of bees attacked, she covered the kids with a tarpaulin and stood as a human shield.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued an official notice to the Secretary, Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), and the Director of IIM Bangalore, directing them to submit a factual response to a representation filed by Nagsen Sonare, National President of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Association of Engineers (BANAE), on or before February 16.
From the Shadows to the Stars marked not only a remembrance of Rohith Vemula but also created a historic opening for anti-caste spaces in New York, which will hopefully lead to greater mainstream visibility for the Dalit community in the city and increased awareness around caste, within and beyond South Asian spaces.
A criminal case, FIR No. 0467/2024, registered on December 2024 at the Mico Layout Police Station, Bengaluru, names eight accused including IIM Bangalore Director Dr. Rishikesh T. Krishnan and 7 Professors Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Dr. Sainesh G, Dr. Srinivas Prakhya, Dr. Chetan Subramanian, Dr. Ashish Mishra, Dr. Srilatha Jonnalagedda and Dr. Rahul De.
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