No remedy is too small or trivial for the caste system

Studying the cognitive impact of discrimination suffered by minorities can provide inputs in policymaking to help minorities process their …

Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO

Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report

Cull the caste

The fight against the caste system must be about control over natural resources, not professions of marginalised groups

Polls in view, Cabinet approves 10% job quota for ‘economically weaker’ upper castes

The move is being seen as a step to consolidate the upper caste votes before the country goes for Lok Sabha polls in a few months from now

How caste is marring mid-day meals

Discrimination against the Dalits is still pervasive in our society, and this is seriously marring the potential of the Mid Day meal scheme

क्यों है पानी पर जातियों का पहरा?

ऐसे गांव की कहानी जहां दलितों ने तालाब में नहाने का हक आंदोलन से हासिल किया

What India should look like in 2100

A new anthology touches upon most facets of Indian society, but leaves the reader feeling like the proverbial blind man who describes an elephant …

The untouchables: COVID-19 lockdown and the migrants

Social-distancing on the one hand and slipping back to age-old social discrimination on the other hand can break backs 

Let's take a less bigoted view of history

With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …

Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?

The Bihar govt refuses to identify manual scavengers; the latter continue to face abuse and death threats