India has begun the world’s largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political ...

What if all systems of oppression follow the same blueprint? Director Ava DuVernay explores this question in her 2023 film ...

The Supreme Court recently ruled that only Dalit Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists are eligible for protections accorded to SCs under the Indian Constitution. The judgment overlooks the 'undesirable' ...

The shift from pre-colonial village education to the colonial English education system in India created both losses and new ...

Brahmins and Ashraafs not only set the rules for social climbing but also imposed rigid categories on the masses through ...

Filmmaker Somnath Waghmare discusses his documentary ‘Gail and Bharat’, which explores the life of Gail Omvedt—an American-born scholar who dedicated her life to India's anti-caste movement. The film ...

I didn’t see it as ‘art’ initially; it was just my reality. My father was a blacksmith for Tata Steel Coal Limited, and the soot, iron, and heavy manual labour were the backdrop of my childhood. The ...

Soundala’s move has been recognized as a people’s initiative for social change. Although the caste system is still a strong social phenomenon in many corners of Indian society, Soundala’s statement is ...

The misspelled sign at the now-shuttered Quality "Learing" Center in downtown Minneapolis, which was at the center of Minnesota's massive fraud scandal. LP Media for NY Post Americans want to help ...

PBS NEWSHOUR: New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join William Brangham to discuss the year in politics, including President Trump's return to the White ...

David Brooks’ call for disrupting the caste system (“Reforms need to overcome the new segregation” Las Vegas Sun, Aug. 22) will be even more difficult after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Caste shapes every aspect of Indian culture and culture. As Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan writes in The Trauma of Caste, this “system of exclusion…ranks people at birth affects over ...