-Newslaundry.com Channels like Aaj Tak and ABP suggested the role of ‘Bangladeshi or Rohingya Muslims’ in the communal violence on April 16. “Modi, may you live long,” said Afsana, beating her chest and gritting her teeth. “You have now turned us into Bangladeshis.” Afsana, a vegetable vendor, is angry and disappointed. Decades ago, her parents migrated to Delhi from Kolkata, settling in Sunder Nagri in Northeast Delhi, hoping to make a living. They...
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Caste inequalities within socio-religious groups: Evidence from Uttar Pradesh -Srinivas Goli and Chhavi Tiwari
-IdeasForIndia.in The Mandal Commission and Sachar Committee reports, among others, have indicated the existence of caste inequalities within the four major caste groups. However, data on this subject remain limited. Using data from a novel 2014-2015 survey conducted in Uttar Pradesh, this article shows that within-group inequalities among upper castes are significantly less, relative to the within-group inequalities observed among both Hindu and Muslim OBCs and Dalits. Broadly, four social groups –...
More »Orissa HC Chief Justice Says India's Laws Discriminate Against the Poor
-TheWire.in “There are many barriers to accessing justice that a marginalised person faces. The laws and processes are mystifying even for an educated literate person." New Delhi: The chief justice of the Orissa high court, Justice S. Muralidhar, said on Thursday that India’s laws are designed in a way that discriminates against the poor. The justice system, he argued, works unequally for the rich and the poor. “There are many barriers to accessing...
More »After beef ban, halal boycott will push farmers to brink: Experts -Donna Eva
-The New Indian Express She said that a majority of farmers are labour class and are usually nomadic, landless or smallholding farmers. BENGALURU: If halal meat is boycotted, as is being demanded by Hindu organisations, it will lead to similar consequences as the ban on cow slaughter did. It will impact the livelihoods of farmers severely, warned experts.Dr Sylvia Karpagam, a public health researcher who recently released a report on the effects...
More »TMC Leaders Concede Rampurhat Incident Has Put Party on the Backfoot -Rabindra Nath Sinha
-Newsclick.in Perhaps for the first time, TMC leaders concede in private discussions that after Bogtui the party finds itself on the backfoot and the carnage has been proving hugely embarrassing for the party chief and chief minister. Kolkata: Perhaps for the first time in the 11 year-regime of Trinamool Congress, a section of Imams who function under the banner of Bengal Imams Association and Welfare Trust (BIA) have targeted TMC supremo and...
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