Seattle City Council outlawed caste-based discrimination this week, a centuries-old form of social stratification with roots in South Asia, following years of activist organizing and similar bans at ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

The labour of Northeastern workers is indispensable to urban service infrastructures, yet their identity remains subject to everyday interrogation. This dissonance reflects a deeper social pattern in ...

Historically, Indian mainstream theatre has exclusively been a ‘gated community’ where dominant caste perspectives dictate ...

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 ...

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the state will enact a Rohith Vemula Bill aimed at preventing ...

To help combat caste-based discrimination, the Indian government saves spots at the best Indian universities for lower-caste students, who often take that opportunity and turn it into a tech job in ...

The California State University announced it has added caste as a protected category in its systemwide anti-discrimination policy, a hard-fought policy deeply meaningful to Dalit students of South ...

LUCKNOW: CM Yogi Adityanath on Thursday attended a closed-door coordination meeting of the RSS in Ghaziabad, amid intensified ...

In 2005, Living Smile Vidya, an Indian theatre artist who identifies as a transgender woman, was living in a commune for transgender persons in Pune, Maharashtra. There, she was once asked if she eats ...

In a new twist to the horrific incident of alleged caste violence in Nanguneri town, it has emerged that two of the accused ...