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 ...

Ever since I witnessed my mother’s murder at the hands of the land mafia in India, I knew my life would never be the same. That devastating moment filled me with sorrow — but also purpose. I vowed to ...

This episode was originally published on June 12, 2024 as “The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation.” Four dalit women in grayscale, over an orange colorized background. Their bare chests ...

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat stated that eradicating caste discrimination requires first removing caste from people's minds. He ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (second from left) inaugurates the caste-based census in his ancestral village of Bakhtiarpur in Bihar, India, April 15, 2023. Credit: Wikipedia/Information and ...