Lower-Caste Politician A Lofty Symbol in India. July 18, 2008. By Emily Wax. GADDOPUR, India -- On a muggy monsoon-drenched afternoon, Shakuntala, a rail-thin girl with bloodshot eyes, cooled her ...

Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin, while making the announcement, said there will not be discrimination of any kind, including gender ...

Blue Star (2024), a Tamil sports drama film directed by S Jayakumar, is a cinematic exploration of caste and cricket, with a spatial attention to caste struggles in northern Tamil Nadu. The film ...

Caste discrimination happens in the U.S., too. Activist and artist Thenmozhi Soundararajan discusses her book and her experience in California.

In this episode, we speak to Parthasarathi Muthukkaruppan about the everyday aspects of caste violence and cultural modes of opposing subordination. Ambedkar in 2021, Episode 3: Probing Caste Violence ...

Therefore, while the symbolic acts of ritual elevation and inclusion may be morally important, they are inadequate because they are incapable of addressing the structural nature of caste ...

Many people, however, feel that displaying cast or sub-caste names on vehicles is not only illegal but also a regressive trend that, according to them, reinforces the caste system.

Like many women in this village of Dalits -- the lowest caste in India’s social pecking order -- Shakuntala, 16, lives a meager existence. Her opportunities in life, beyond domestic servitude, are ...