Caste System

Why Muslim rulers and ulema didn’t confront the caste issue

Muslim rulers and ulema couldn’t have confronted the caste inequality since Islam as a religion of equality is as much a new narrative as it being a religion of peace. Historically it’s been about supremacy and conquest

Past and prejudice: Manusmriti is neither anti-Dalit, nor pro-Brahmin

The Manusmriti is an apt example of how a sacred text is demonised, and through it the entire Sanatana Dharma has been put in the dock

Time to end caste system and fix Duryodhan’s thigh of Indian civilisation

Hindu social and spiritual leaders need to come together to convince people against the caste system

Psychiatrists, psychologists working with survivors of caste and gender-based trauma need to be trained for it, say human rights activists

Therapy modules taught in universities are informed by feminism and are queer-affirmative but they do not actively recognise caste-based pride and shame.

Hathras gang-rape incident: Valmikis protest not limited to seeking justice for victim, they want caste system to go away

A striking feature of the current Valmiki protests about the Hathras caste crime is that both the image of Ambedkar and sloganeering deployed by the Ambedkarite/Anti-caste protestors are largely missing.

Gunjan Veda on her book The Museum of Broken Tea Cups, and why Dalit artists' contributions to culture go unrecognised

You cannot invisibilise someone if you recognise their contribution. And as a society, we have always sought to invisibilise Dalits, says author Gunjan Veda

Richa Chadha illustrates how pervasive caste system in India is with matrimonial ad in newspaper

Richa Chadha wrote in a tweet that she was unaware of her caste privilege till after she graduated from college

Reservations are psychological crutches for Scheduled Castes, have only perpetuated caste system instead of destroying it

Scheduled Castes must realise that they cannot succeed in their struggle for social amelioration if they are isolated, writes former justice Markandey Katju.

Jyotirao Phule birth anniversary: Tributes pour in for social reformer and champion of women rights

The Congress posted about Phule’s "visionary efforts" and his "tenacity to fight" against all forms of oppression.

Coronavirus outbreak has foregrounded India's inequalities; country must re-examine social order when pandemic abates

In transmission, the coronavirus seems to follow principles of equality, but in so doing exposes with absolute clarity the distinctions between privilege and the lack thereof