Please sign the petition here. ~ Date: 19/04/2022 Place: Hyderabad To, Sri Koppula Eshwar The Hon’ble Minister of Scheduled Castes Development, Government of Telangana, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500063 Email – eshwarkoppula@gmail.com Twitter – @Koppulaeshwar1, Phone: 9949588444 Subject: Kindly direct all the Tahsildars in the state to issue Scheduled Castes converted to Buddhism …
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Land Redistribution and the marginalized in Uttar Pradesh: An interview with Prof. Vivek Kumar
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Beyond Dalitness: Start Annihilating Caste and Claiming Humanness
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A reply to Mr Katju
Archana Sigh & Arvind Mr Markandey Katju in an article for FirstPost worried about the cause of Scheduled Castes, saying reservations are psychological crutches for them and the caste system is perpetuated by reservations. He wrote this article in reply to the article of Kailash Jeengar, Asst Professor of Law, Campus Law Centre, Delhi …
Economic criteria in reservation: An invitation to counter-revolution
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Issues with 10% Upper Caste Reservation: “Politics of Presence” or “Electoral Strategy”?
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Dalit Assertion through Conversion to Buddhism
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