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Challenging the Special Marriage Act, 1954

In News Recently, the Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA). About the petition The petition challenged the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the SMA under which couples seek refuge for inter-faith and inter-caste marriages.  The writ petition has called these provisions violative of the right to […]

Pasmanda Community

In the recently concluded BJP national executive conclave in Hyderabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a special mention for the Pasmanda community and their social upliftment. Who are the Pasmanda Muslims? Description-  A Persian word, ‘Pasmanda’, means the ‘ones left behind’, and is used to describe depressed classes among the Muslims, while underlining their deliberate […]

Mental health of LGBTQIA++ communities in India.

In Context  Recently ,The need was felt to reflect momentarily on the state of mental health of LGBTQIA++ communities in India. State of mental health of LGBTQIA++ communities in India. Despite the reading down of Section 377, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) judgement as also successive progressive movements, India’s class, caste and regionally diverse […]

Meiteis

In Context A demand for granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Meiteis has found no takers among the political parties in poll-bound Manipur. The Meiteis are the dominant community in 40 of the 60 Assembly seats straddling the Imphal and Jiribam Valleys.  A majority follow Hinduism while more than 8% are Muslims, locally known […]

Bhandari Community

In News  Recently, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Amit Palekar from Bhandari Community as AAP’s Chief Minister candidate in the upcoming Goa assembly polls 2022. Who are the Bhandari’s? It is Goa’s largest caste group constituting a significant percentage of its Hindu population. The Bhandari community’s traditional occupation was toddy-tapping and distilling, farm tilling and […]

Chakmas and Hajongs

In News  Recently, The Committee for Citizenship Rights of Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh (CCRCHAP) stated that Chakmas and Hajongs will not cooperate with any census being taken on them.  The Chakmas and Hajongs The Chakmas and Hajongs, originally residents of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of former East Pakistan, had to flee when their […]

Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation

In News “Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation”, a Pew Center report on religious attitudes in India stated that Indians value religious freedom, not integration. About It is a major survey of religion across India. It is conducted by Pew Research Center. It is based on nearly 30,000 face-to-face interviews of adults conducted in 17 […]