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Dalits, Muslims stage protests in Karnataka against reservation rejig plan

The BJP decided to meddle with the reservation policy to win over voters ahead of the May 10 Assembly election.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Perspective

Hathras rape-murder case: A doomed investigation to begin with

The victim’s family has decided to approach the Allahabad High Court for justice.
Ismat Ara

In Erewhon’s court: Of deprivation, past and present

The sixth judge says reservation must be phased out but by phasing out the need for it.
Sriram Panchu

Remembering to forget

The grand narrative of Partition has left out many social classes, such as the untouchable groups.
Srajit M. Kumar

More stories from Social Justice

Ashwini K.P.

‘Ambedkar’s views on gender ignored’: Ashwini K.P.

In conversation with the first Asian UNHRC Special Rapporteur on racism.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
A Revenue Department official seals the shop after the shopkeeper refused to sell sweets to Dalit children.

Dalit discrimination case: TN police bars accused from entering village

The case involved a shopkeeper refusing to sell sweets to a group of Dalit children.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Tribal farmers going to the forest to cultivate “podu” (a shifting agricultural practice) lands, in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana, on November 24, 2021.

2006: Forest Rights Act

The main objective is to recognise the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities.
TEAM FRONTLINE
Workers at an MGNREGA site near Ajmer in May 2020. 

2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced

It is credited with enabling a second term for Manmohan Singh’s government in 2009.
TEAM FRONTLINE
Justice P.N. Bhagawati.

1979: The first PIL petition

The introduction of PIL jurisprudence was nothing short of a revolution.
TEAM FRONTLINE
Kesavananda Bharati.

1973: Kesavananda Bharati case

Bharati’s petition led to the judgment which set forth the “basic structure doctrine”.
TEAM FRONTLINE
The Advaitha medical store in Huzurabad started by Kummari Saralanga Manga and her husband Satish.

Transforming Dalit lives

The Telangana government’s Dalit Bandhu scheme envisions the financial empowerment of Dalit families and hopes to nurture a spirit of entrepreneurship
Ravi Sharma
V. Vignesh, who died in police custody in Chennai.

Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil Nadu

The custodial death of a Dalit youth in Chennai again sparks outrage and highlights the urgent need to humanise the police force.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
At a protest seeking implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in medical courses under the All India Quota, in Tiruchi on August 17, 2020.

Milestone in social justice: Supreme Court verdict upholds OBC reservation in all-India medical seats quota

The Supreme Court’s historic verdict upholding OBC reservation in the all India quota of medical seats is a major achievement in the history of social
K. Veeramani
JUNE 1970: A.N. Sattanathan handing over the report of the First Tamil Nadu Backward Classes Commission to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

Reservations in Tamil Nadu: Then and now

The reservation policy of the colonial state helped only the upper strata of non-Brahmins in Tamil Nadu. Their dominance in the organs of the state an
K.A. Manikumar
A promotional poster of “Jai Bhim”.

Casteists vs artists: Controversy surrounds Tamil film "Jai Bhim"

“Jai Bhim”, a gripping Tamil film portraying a tribal woman’s fight for justice, is in the eye of a storm after coming under attack by casteist and ri
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Members of the Madiga Meesalati Horata Samiti launch a “postcard campaign” demanding the implementation of the Justice A.J. Sadashiva Commission report, in Mandya on January 7.

Politics in Dalit quota

Although the A.J. Sadashiva Commission, in its report submitted in 2012, has recommended internal reservation within the 15 per cent Dalit quota in Ka
VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED
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