4. The appellants Sweety Kumari, a candidate of Scheduled Caste (SC) category and Vikramaditya Mishra, unreserved category candidate, appeared in 30th Bihar Judicial Service Competitive Examination (hereinafter referred to as "30th Examination") conducted for selection of Civil Judge (Junior Division)...
CKB:My mother used to sew. My father was a tailor and an ice-cream man. We come from the tailoring caste in India. Women usually knit and crochet outstandingly well, really clever and very fast. My work incorporates the female activities of making, of sewing and of embroidering. My mot...
Which was the legendary belief as the lost continent between India, Madagascar and Australia?Kumari Kandamrefers to a lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization, located south of present-day India in the Indian Ocean. Alternative name and spellings include Kumarikkandam and Kumari Nadu. Kuma...
Footnote 47 So we need to recognise the class, caste, and gender bias in our choices of teaching. What we teach, what we don’t teach is a political choice. Again, it is about restructuring legal education (and not just CLE) in a way that we recognise class, caste, and gender ...
(in times past) was invited to suggest potential candidates. Candidates for the Rāj Kumārī are selected from the Newar Śākya caste (which claims links to the family of the historical Buddha) of silver and goldsmiths. Candidates must be in excellent health, never have shed blood or been...
After she took over the leadership of the BSP, Mayawati embarked on a political strategy that involved co-opting upper-caste Brahmans—this despite having earlier identified the upper castes as the reason for the misery of the lower castes. In 2004 she had chosen Satish Chandra Mishra, a Brah...
In Tamil Nadu, as in the rest of the country, the caste system is strong, even though discrimination has been banned by the constitution of India. Members of Scheduled Castes (an official category embracing those groups that traditionally occupy low positions within the caste system) account for...