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The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) issued notice to the Union Government and thirteen State Governments on a Public Interest Litigation which highlighted the issue of caste-based segregation...

India News: The Supreme Court on Wednesday vowed to eradicate caste-based discrimination of inmates inside jails and issued notices to 13 states and the Union gov

The one area that poses a problem, particularly for the LGBTQ+ community, are public toilets. Traditionally, public toilets were divided based on the binary concept of gender.

In an in-depth article on caste in Indian prisons, ‘From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System‘, Shantha had highlighted how prison manuals in various Indian states are still governed by the caste system.

Despite endorsement by key education campaigns like Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan (SMSA) towards more inclusive education models, in practice, the responsibility of teaching CWDs falls upon special educators.

The Wires Sukanya Shantha Wins ACJ Social Impact Award for Story on Caste in Indian Prisons The 2020 ACJ Award for Investigative Journalism went to Arshu John and Prabhjit Singh of Caravan magazine. Sukanya Shantha. New Delhi: Sukanya Shantha, a reporter at The Wire, has won the Asian College of Journalism’s 2020 K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism for her in-depth article on caste in Indian prisons, ‘From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs t...