Geopolitics
The Cruel Fiction: How India's Supreme Court Weaponizes Religion to Erase Caste Oppression
India's Supreme Court has upheld the absolute exclusion of Dalit converts to Islam and Christianity from Scheduled Caste status, denying them legal protections against caste discrimination. This judicial decision is a travesty of social justice, perpetuating a colonial-era legal fiction that weaponizes religion to erase the lived reality of oppression and betray the constitutional promise of equality for all who suffer the scourge of caste.
