The essays in the book remind the reader that castelessness myths represent particularly insidious caste politics by ...

Anthropologist Carola E. Lorea traces Matua struggles over displacement, citizenship and caste as electoral politics reshapes ...

Identity and caste are common currency denominations in Uttar Pradesh—for the privileged as much as for caste-emancipatory politics. The government has now issued a directive that outlaws a central ...

The BJP, however, believes that reports of the collapse of its backward caste coalition are premature. BJP spokesperson ...

"The problem is with Mr Rahul Gandhi. Even if you have to be a doctor, this kind of argument comes into it without knowing ...

More often, Islam’s egalitarian principles are invoked by Muslims to avoid deeper engagement with the question of caste ...

Madras High Court said Tamil Nadu's evolving electorate offers a historic opportunity to eradicate caste discrimination ...

JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief editor of LeftWord Books, and ...

The controversy surrounding Ram Charan’s latest film Peddi began with criticism over its portrayal of women, particularly the ...

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...

Abhijit Dipke, Boston-based 24-year-old Dalit founder of Cockroach Janta Party, is reshaping youth politics around education ...