The caste cauldron is heating up politics once again in Karnataka, with the two dominant castes — Lingayats and Vokkaliggas — expressing serious reservations about the caste survey ahead of its consideration by the cabinet on Thursday.
For those unfamiliar, Shikhar Pahariya comes from a prominent political background. He is the grandson of former Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
The fifth pillar of caste, according to Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” is the division of labour based on one’s place in the hierarchy.
More than one marriage will not be allowed in Uttarakhand once Pushkar Singh Dhami implements Uniform Civil Code(UCC) in Janayary, 2025. Laws of monogamy will be strictly adhered to by the government as UCC is likely to be implemented before January 14.
The fourth among the 17 sustainable development goals prescribed by the United Nations for the period 2015- 2030 is Quality Education.
The incident hyped after some people belonging to a certain community were running a shop near the school and refused to sell snacks to children from the Scheduled Castes.
Merit is a misnomer in a society that builds institutions by favouring some groups while discriminating against others.
While taking the necessary precautions to avoid misinterpretation, society must certainly move in various ways towards the objective of a casteless society.
Perhaps the best antidote to this despair is to study the examples and lives of those who have fought against the odds and succeeded.
More generally, why are so many who consider themselves ‘secular’ and ‘liberal’ wilfully silent about caste and class privilege? I do not take for granted the few voices that speak out over the weaponisation of religion against Christian, Hindu and minoritarian Muslim sects.
