Dhaka, June 20 (IANS) Bangladesh’s prisons have increasingly deteriorated into a deeply discriminatory state mechanism. Within this system, imprisonment for those with wealth and power translates into a “life of pampered luxury” while for ordinary, poor citizens, it amounts to a “living hell”. Although institutional operations across the country’s 72 prisons are carried out under the humane and reformist slogan ‘not a jail, but a correction centre’, the reality on the ground tells a diff…
Latest Class Discrimination News & Updates
Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) Actress Sandhya Mridul has sparked a strong conversation on class discrimination and entitled behaviour after revealing that her family’s domestic help was allegedly refused a haircut at two luxury salons.She described the incident as deeply upsetting and reflective of a larger societal problem.Taking to her social media account, the actress shared a video recounting how her mother had accompanied their domestic help for a haircut, where she faced rejection at two different…