It is often remarked by the privileged castes that they do not practise casteism. That caste is something only Dalits practise and propagate by using reservation and State benefits. This kind of ...

Approximately 50 people gathered in the Vandenberg Room at the Michigan League Saturday to discuss the ongoing role Hinduism plays in casteism both in India and abroad. The event, “Dismantling ...

Mina Anand is a Bangalore-based lawyer and author. This is the 21st Century. One would think that the evils of caste, creed, race would be relics of the past. Yet – oppression, racism, exploitation – ...

Map the “invisible lines” in your house. Who uses which plate? Who sits on the floor? If the space is segregated, the mind will be too Many urban families believe they live in a casteless world. This ...

Alleging casteist insults at work, a trainee pilot with IndiGo has accused three senior officials of telling him that he was "not fit to fly a plane" and "must stitch shoes" instead. The 35-year-old, ...

I finally finished reading Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, published in 2020. I’d started it twice before, but it was so intensely disturbing and thought-provoking that I ...

Peddi has all the hallmarks of a feel-good sports film. What doesn’t feel good, however, is the Dalit-hook that critics have ...

Saroj served in the Indian Army as a technical officer for 23 years and opted for premature retirement in 1991. Operational service includes 1971 India-Pakistan war in high altitude sector and two ...

Casteism and regionalism are evils that need to be incinerated for the promotion of the good force of patriotism, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a speech on Dasara in the national capital.

NEW DELHI: Stating that the right to live with dignity includes not being “tied down by casteism”, the Delhi High Court has directed the CBSE to comply with the request of two siblings belonging to ...