Constructively criticising the Constitution is imperative at a time when its survival is threatened by the Hindutva project.

From lynchings and social boycotts to a historic caste census decision, 2025 showed that caste continues to shape violence, ...

The Art of Living founder has put caste reconciliation on his public agenda. He organised the "Truth and Reconciliation" ...

Anand Teltumbde’s deeply researched book challenges the popular belief that a caste census will advance justice, arguing instead that enumeration can entrench caste consciousness and shrink the ...

Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of fellow immigrants. So when coworkers at a South Asian restaurant in Davis refused to room with ...

"Votebank" politics Figuring out which party can win in Uttar Pradesh depends on complex caste equations and what political strategists call “votebank” politics. Or, as the saying goes: It’s not how ...

California may become the first state in the nation to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard people of South Asian descent say is necessary to protect them from discrimination in housing, education and ...

At 97, economist Nilakantha Rath says a caste census is crucial to expose inequality, planning failures, and class bias in ...

One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she "otherwise loved very much" — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City ...

With the state now aligned with the national ruling party, the demand is shifting from ‘protection of culture’ to ‘proportion ...

Politics in UP is also driven by caste matrices. The BJP deftly managed this in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, retaining the advantage in the 2017 and 2022 assembly polls, albeit with minor cracks ...