The Hindu Parley | Should Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians be given SC status? In a conversation moderated by Abhinay Lakshman (Abhinay Lakshman), Sukhadeo Thorat and Subhajit Naskar discuss the question.
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It is the duty of the commission to “caution the government” when its policies have the potential to affect the well-being and rights of tribal people, Harsh Chouhan, Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), told The Hindu.
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Journalism enables the society to retain its ability to think, question, critique and debate.

That's precisely what the critics of The Wire's Meta coverage did. But some of the responses to their criticism were bizarre.

As if it's some kind of sacrilege to question The Wire.

#Delhi : The final delimitation report has been approved and published by the Centre. Minor changes in population size per ward in comparison to the draft report. With this, the delimitation of municipal wards in the Capital now stands completed. The Hindu - Delhi The Hindu

Today is a dark day in Indian journalism. No other way to say it: we have been let down and our jobs made even tougher.

Exclusive: Meta Said Damaging Internal Email is ‘Fake’, URL 'Not in Use', Here's Evidence They're Wrong thewire.in/tech/meta-andy…

#Spotlight | #AAP , a party that once put very little premium on ideology, is now trying to balance its #Hindutva and #Ambedkar politics. | Nikhil M Babu and Abhinay Lakshman report

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AAP's awkward shuffle ahead of Gujarat polls straddling Ram & Amebdkar.. question is how long will they able to keep up? And do the voters care about the essential conflict between Hinduism and Ambedkarism. Abhinay Lakshman & Nikhil M Babu bring you the answers

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With the dexterity of an acrobat, #Kejriwal has been doing a tightrope walk with #Ram in one hand and #Ambedkar in the other for a while.

But the controversy created by BJP over #RajendraPalGautam wobbled the rope and it felt as if Kejriwal was having trouble on the tightrope.+

Dalit leader Rajendra Pal Gautam’s resignation from the Delhi Cabinet has revealed that AAP is walking an ideological tightrope. The party that once put very little premium on ideology is now trying to balance its Hindutva and Ambedkar politics, report Abhinay Lakshman and Nikhil M Babu

Interview | 'Deeksha (conversion to Buddhism) will go on until and unless India becomes a casteless and classless society based on equality. And I will take part in these conversion events in my personal capacity,' says #RajendraPalGautam . Nikhil M Babu
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“This is not a routine reworking of the Act to remove archaic provisions; the entire process has remained discreet and a report on the reworked provisions is being drafted,” a source said. The Hindu The Hindu - Delhi
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Leaders of six communities in #Assam , which are agitating for #ScheduledTribe status in their State, have stressed the need to stay united in their fight. They have cautioned that they are being pitted against each other. | Abhinay Lakshman reports
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Meta first claimed the Instagram report The Wire published was fabricated. When we ran Andy Stone's email to disprove that, they claim the email is fabricated!

The Wire stands by both stories—which are based on information from sources we know and trust within Meta. 1/

I wanted to set the record straight about two stories run this week by The Wire with untrue claims about Meta’s content moderation operations and processes. tl;dr these stories are fabrications. (1/6)

The commission set up to look into Scheduled Caste status should not unevenly consider their opposition, should consider evidence, data and constitutional validity, says V.J. George. | Abhinay Lakshman reports.
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I profile Shashi Tharoor here from his childhood of being a 'scrawny asthmatic' boy who devoured all books that came his way to a politician weathering many controversies while remaining an incurable optimist.

I hope you enjoy reading it 👇
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Three-member Commission for Inquiry set up by the government to look into giving #SC status to Dalits who have converted to any religion other than Sikhism or Buddhism. | Abhinay Lakshman reports

All Public Sector Banks in #India have now been instructed to run a special drive from October 2 to December 31, in a bid to fill up the backlog in the recruitment to positions reserved for members of SCs.
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