For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

India’s constitutional vision of reservations was never meant to become a permanent battlefield between communities. It was designed as a bridge - a temporary corrective mechanism to ensure ...

Mahatma Gandhi has insisted that social renewal must begin with reforming caste structures. His words have argued that ...

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

Indian society rests on a graded hierarchy called caste, which Dr BR Ambedkar described as “an ascending scale of reverence ...

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 ...

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 ...

Radhika Vemula & Abeda Tadvi channelled the grief of losing their children to caste discrimination by filing a PIL.