The October 30th Judgment of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court is being challenged by both the parties involved in the case, in the Supreme Court. Lot of things have been said and political parties are positioning themselves accordingly. Whatever be the result in the Supreme Court, a few things need to be examined and explained.

Does free market drive social change? By rewarding talent and hard work, does it help bring down social barriers? More pertinently, has the unshackling of the Indian economy helped the country's untouchables, or Dalits, to forge ahead?

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KANPUR: On a day when the country was busy burning the effigies of demon king, the villagers of nondescript Pukhrayan village in Ramabai Nagar had gathered to worship Ravana and to embrace Buddhism on the occasion of Dussehra or Vijaya Dashmi on Sunday.

"Open support in the battle to eliminate discrimination of Indian society towards the "untouchables" and the outcasts: this is the demand being made by India's Christians to U.S. President Barak Obama, in anticipation for his trip to India, set for November 5-8.

Muslims get less representation in Parliament and state Assemblies because the seats where minority population is in the range of 20 to 30 per cent are reserved, a former member of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has claimed.

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This important question of law referred to larger Bench of Supreme Court

Is a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe in a State entitled or not to benefits or concessions allowed to SC/ST candidates in employment in another State? The Supreme Court on Thursday referred this question to a larger Bench.

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Bhubaneswar :Two well-known Oriya child film artists Sunday joined hands with an NGO in Orissa to fight for the rights of the children in the state, an official said here.Akanksha Kabi (12) and Nikita Mishra (11) who played roles in nearly a dozen of Oriya movies and serials were declared as goodwill ambassadors by the People's Cultural Centre (PECUC) in a special function organised to launch for campaign to protect the rights of the children.