Articles with tag: Discrimination

The Cruel Expulsions

Mutaal Mooquin Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 19

Reaction to â€œTwenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabadâ€

An Untouchable Apology

Bhaskar Dasgupta Dec 20, 2006 interacts: 260

The untouchables of Hinduism are a wretched lot. While it is not at the level of genocide, it is an institutionalised social discrimination over a very long period of time.

The Dance of the Damned

Farzana Versey Sep 7, 2005 interacts: 190

'We Dalits are like animals. The moment we are born we are on our own. There is no support system. We are constantly made aware that we are apart.'

Caste and the City

Shivam Vij Dec 6, 2004 interacts: 171

Caste discrimination operates via exclusivism. We won’t live with you, we won’t eat with you, and we won’t socialize with you. So it should not be surprising that such marginalisation extends to the job market.

Mute Goat Dilemma

Mehreen Ali Oct 1, 2004 interacts: 33

Perhaps there will come a day when I will step out of my door without bracing myself against another wolf-whistle or cheap comment or body-piercing gaze following me at every step towards my destination.

September 12

Ashwin Gandbhir May 27, 2004 interacts: 8

you toss my brothers in the water– sink or float? now tell me– what separates the sheep from the goats?

Being a Girl...

Saroop Gul Sep 24, 2003 interacts: 35

In our society gender seems to be a sky high barricade on the road to ambition.

Barriers: A Review

Ras Siddiqui Sep 13, 2003 interacts: 8

It is about five individuals (four from the Abbas family and Roger) who are trying to deal either directly or indirectly with the fallout of 9-11

Bombs and Beards

Muhammad Farhan Sep 2, 2003 interacts: 24

It traverses my face like a helmet strap, as if trying to keep my lower jaw from falling. What started as an urge to make something different out of myself has now maintained a debilitating and deceptive permanency, making others believe what I am not