A caste census may not transform the course of electoral politics. But bringing caste contradictions to the fore could give the social justice parties a strategy to woo lower castes that have drifted…
A decade after the law to end manual scavenging, thousands of workers continue to clean waste with little protection. The narrow framing of the law contributes to this state of affairs.
Anxiety amongst upper-caste diaspora that their narrative about a benign Indian culture would be undone lies at the heart of the opposition to California’s bill to ban caste discrimination.
Gandhi’s thinking on caste must be frameworked within his opposition to capitalist modernity and its destructive effects on the peasant. His ambivalences on caste owe to his efforts to integrate his…
'Caste Pride' foregrounds the wide geography of legislative reform from before Independence with reference to caste, and points to the central role played by Dalit legislators in this…
Despite Tamil Nadu’s history of anti-caste movements, continued reports on the denial of temple entry to Dalits indicate that the space has to come under greater legal and public scrutiny. The state…
Bihar's caste census can offer new insights into the endurance of caste's links with occupation and economic status. Conducted properly, it has the potential to empower residents and deepen…
Virginity tests in judicial trials are premised on gendered and casteist ideas about women. The Supreme Court’s ban on such tests should be followed up with changes in medical education and social…
‘The facts you are aware of are based on the echo chambers in which judges who are mainly from privileged castes/communities interact with each other. They are also based on the defensive silence of…
A memoir that 'dwells on the determination, grit and creativity of ordinary people who come together in a battle waged on multiple sites, in public and private spaces: courts, mandal and…
