Being born in India means inheriting a place in an ancient social system which will dominate much of your life, from where you can live to who you can marry. Now, the government wants to know more ...

In parallel with Apple announcing that "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" is on the Apple Books store, the company has also announced that author Isabel Wilkerson's interview with Oprah Winfrey ...

Journalist Manoj Mitta’s book Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India is a distinguished account not only because it inspires debate and discussion about one of the most crucial and ...

Occupational mobility has widened the gap between Brahmins and Dalits rather than narrowing it, a new analysis of socioeconomic data from Uttar Pradesh reveals. It finds that there is only marginal ...

It was some time after the murder of George Floyd, after the emotional journey of making the 2019 limited series “When They See Us,” after the national reckoning that came with Black Lives Matter, ...

Grief is complicated, says filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma; 13th). "It is its own life journey that most of us will experience, unfortunately, and you know it has sorrowful moments, but there is also ...

Scholar-activist Debi Chatterjee traces her shift from apartheid studies to anti-caste politics, Dalit feminism, and Bengali ...

Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump apparently thinks that the U.S. government should be a caste system, rather than a democracy — but that doesn’t mean he can explain how a caste system ...

As a political row erupts over Prime Minister Modi’s allegations against Congress’ promises in its manifesto, Lok Sabha Speaker and BJP candidate from Kota parliamentary seat Om Birla said the ...

Congress alleges govt is pushing the caste census into “cold storage”, a charge gaining traction after recent special ...

University of Delhi has rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim that interviews are used to remove candidates on the basis of caste, saying that the university's admission process does not rely ...