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 ...

Written and directed by the exceptionally talented Ava DuVernay, the film — a masterful adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” — unflinchingly ...

In its ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ to the US Congress, the Department of State found India wanting in more than a dozen significant human rights issues. These issues include ...

Neeraj Bunkar does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

(JTA) — Early in the new drama “Origin,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black author Isabel Wilkerson (played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) calls her cousin from Berlin to share that, as part of her research ...

Even though Dalit self-assertion has come a long way since the 1980s, Dalit voices remain subdued in mainstream Indian media and fiction. India’s upper-caste elite are exclusive producers, promoters, ...

Caste consciousness permeates our cultural practices. It’s rooted in our individual and social make-up to the extent that now it is an integral part of our individual and collective life. Anything ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If one were looking for an example of a well-meaning idea gone horribly awry, it would be hard to pick a better ...