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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/whose-side-are-you-on-aiisca-slams-union-minister-ramdas-athawale-over-stand-on-iit-bombay-director-in-sahils-death-case</loc>
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<image:caption>AIISCA says, Athawale could have asked the Education Ministry and the competent authorities for temporary suspension of Kedare and Dulla until an impartial inquiry is complete and fixing of institutional accountability.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-03T09:30:00.000+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sahil Wakode Death: AIISCA Accuses Athawale of Shielding IIT Bombay Director, Asks “Whose Side Are You On?”</news:title>
<news:keywords>IIT Bombay Sahil Wakode death case, caste discrimination in IITs, Ramdas Athawale,  All India Independent Scheduled Castes Association (AIISCA)</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/the-missing-data-on-caste-in-indias-private-sector-what-we-cannot-measure-we-cannot-fix</loc>
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<image:caption>On 14 August 2026, the Centre notified the questions for the 2027 Census, and for the first time in independent India the household schedule will ask for caste beyond the SC and ST categories, with enumeration due in February 2027.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-02T15:10:29.365+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The Missing Data on Caste in India's Private Sector: What We Cannot Measure, We Cannot Fix</news:title>
<news:keywords>Census 2027 caste enumeration, caste discrimination in India's private sector, inclusion in Indian companies</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/dalit-youth-files-police-complaint-against-iit-patna-registrar-banae-writes-to-education-ministry-demanding-suspension</loc>
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<image:caption>IIT Patna received several complaints from faculty members and rights activists over alleged comments by Thakur on social media platforms.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The complaint has been given to the SC/ST police station, Patna.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-02T13:03:42.784+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Dalit Youth Files Police Complaint Against IIT Patna Registrar; BANAE Writes to Education Ministry Demanding Suspension</news:title>
<news:keywords>IIT Patna Registrar posts, Anti reservation post, Dalit community, Awalendra Kumar Thakur</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/private-sector-reservation-and-affordable-home-ownership-an-ambedkarite-economic-agenda-for-maharashtra</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-01T12:12:00.000+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Private-Sector Reservation and Affordable Home Ownership: An Ambedkarite Economic Agenda for Maharashtra</news:title>
<news:keywords>Private-Sector Reservation, caste hierarchy</news:keywords>
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