Indian campuses are witnessing unusual caste flare-ups, highlighted by the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad. The Hindu examines how caste fault lines are muddying higher education, and the government’s ill-crafted budget cuts and erratic decision-making are adding to the grievances of a generation.
 | >Part 1: Shackled by budget cuts for education sectorRecent budget cuts in education sector have put universities under financial stress. > Read More... |
>Part 2: Grim shadow of caste over educational institutions in TNThe prejudice against Dalits continues in various forms right from schools in Tamil Nadu. > Read More... | |
| >Part 3: Dalit activism is now a reality across campuses in IndiaThe student outfits see ABVP as adversary, but they do not toe the line of the Left either. > Read More... |
>Part 4: ‘Delaying scholarship for Dalits is also discrimination’The future of SC, ST students is uncertain as the government does not release the financial aid in time. > Read More... | |
| >Part 5: Discrimination at every stepMarginalised communities are subjected to discrimination in admission, academic evaluation > Read More... |
>Part 6: At AIIMS, integration begins at the start itself‘There is no question of allowing any form of isolation based on caste/religion’. > Read More... | |
