Meira Kumar Elected First Woman Speaker in India's Parliament

Meira Kumar has been elected the first female Speaker in India's parliament. Her nomination is momentous for women in India as well as for those of the Dalit class, historically known as the "untouchables" and the lowest level in India's traditional caste system. "Kumar, 64,...

Inter-Caste Marriages in Nepal Face Violence and Intimidation

February 12, 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal: A shocking new report from the Jagaran Media Center (JMC) in Nepal finds that Nepalis who marry outside their caste risk social exclusion and even violence, particularly from...

India: 6 get death penalty for killing low caste family

Despite having been outlawed for more than half a century in India, the Hindu complex social system that divides people into hundreds of groups defined by livelihood, class and ethnicity still produces horrid...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Hinduism Is Fascism

"Modern Hinduism is fascism and racism. It is the origin of what we would call modern Fascism. Based on a religious caste system that is Aryan in origin, it divides up the world into three castes, warriors, priests, merchants, and in a slave class; the Dalit's or...

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