Simply Put: Modern Indian Fable

The importance (and baggage) of ghee

The social standing of ghee is heavier than the health one

India’s ‘untouchable’ women face discrimination even in schemes meant to help them

Origins of India’s caste system go back thousands of year

Origin: This outstanding portrayal of India’s caste system is hugely important to Dalit people like me

Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, it depicts marginalisation as a thread that connects race, class, caste and gender

Overcoming digital divide key to achieving Digital India goal

Those with gender, caste and class privileges enjoy enhanced access to technology & internet, contributing to their progress

In a corner of Bangladesh, manual scavenging is impacting a treatment plant’s sustainability

Manual scavenging is still the mainstay of faecal sludge management in Lalmonirhat near the Indian border; the town’s FSTP is not able to …

This young Odisha widow’s only crimes are poverty and finding love outside her caste

Remati did not get social sanction for her marriage while her husband was alive; now, she has no voter or Aadhaar Card and thus cannot access food,…

No remedy is too small or trivial for the caste system

Studying the cognitive impact of discrimination suffered by minorities can provide inputs in policymaking to help minorities process their …

Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO

Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report

Cull the caste

The fight against the caste system must be about control over natural resources, not professions of marginalised groups

Polls in view, Cabinet approves 10% job quota for ‘economically weaker’ upper castes

The move is being seen as a step to consolidate the upper caste votes before the country goes for Lok Sabha polls in a few months from now

How caste is marring mid-day meals

Discrimination against the Dalits is still pervasive in our society, and this is seriously marring the potential of the Mid Day meal scheme

Barely a contrast: Yet another Gandhi hagiography

‘Walking from Dandi: In Search of Vikas’ uncritically romanticises and mythologises the historical figure 

How ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra got caught in India’s caste cauldron

A number of caste groups have tried to claim Neeraj Chopra as their own ever since he won the gold medal at Tokyo; the cancer of caste is alive …

How COVID-19 protocols can propagate social discrimination in India

COVID-19-induced social-distancing norms can medicalise the process of maintaining purity

What India should look like in 2100

A new anthology touches upon most facets of Indian society, but leaves the reader feeling like the proverbial blind man who describes an elephant …

The untouchables: COVID-19 lockdown and the migrants

Social-distancing on the one hand and slipping back to age-old social discrimination on the other hand can break backs 

Let's take a less bigoted view of history

With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …

Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?

The Bihar govt refuses to identify manual scavengers; the latter continue to face abuse and death threats