other backward classes

Dinchengfa Boruah comes from OBC background in Assam. She has a caste certificate, but took a decision not to use it for her civil services exam. This is her story.

As the elected representative of Jaisingpura panchayat, Ranjana Kaamdar feels that better access to government schemes and jobs will enable Rajnat families to end their dependence on prostitution to keep their homes running. And she plans to make that happen.

Protests by the jat community in Haryana, demanding Other Backward Classes status have intensified and four districts in the state are under curfew. In such severe conditions, this is how a Gurudwara is helping people restore their faith in humanity.