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TopicCasteism

Topic: Casteism

Two journalists spent a decade in Rajasthan. What they found about caste, feudalism & RSS

Born out of years of extensive field reporting, Deep Mukherjee and Tabeenah Anjum's book 'Dynasties to Democracy' captures the unprinted stories that newspaper word limits could not accommodate.

Cockroach Janta Party Dalit founder Abhijeet Dipke faces caste attacks on X

A person on X said, ‘So the self-proclaimed Gen Z leader is against merit’.

‘What’s your caste?’—Ankit Baiyanpuria shares experience in Haryana akhadas

Social media erupts after desi fitness guru, Ankit Baiyanpuria, revealed he was bullied and injured for his caste rather than his wrestling skills.

The burden of being a successful Dalit

I have often felt that success for a Dalit person comes with a strange moral demand: be proof without being inconvenient. That is an impossible assignment.

Jyotiba Phule gave a blueprint for Viksit Bharat

Jyotiba Phule went beyond parochial constructs to empower the masses to reclaim their sovereignty by seeking and rejecting slavery. This discourse was later taken up by BR Ambedkar.

Site of Ambedkar’s 1927 satyagraha, Chavdar Tale fell into neglect over time. It’s now coming back to life

With centenary year of Mahad satyagraha approaching, Maharashtra govt—after proposals by the nagar parishad over last five years—has green-lit a Rs 55 cr rejuvenation plan.

Casteism didn’t disappear in Indian cities. It just learned English

Urban India isn’t post-casteism; it’s post-confession. It wants the benefits of hierarchy without the embarrassment of admitting to it.

How neo-casteists set up a symphony orchestra to make UGC equity guidelines fail

In the Indian education system, neo-casteism encompasses many forms of caste-based profiling, manipulation of nomenclature, political rigmaroles, and fearmongering.

What people keep missing in the images of a fat, Dalit, independent photojournalist

We live in a society that freely promotes a certain kind of beauty standard and shames fat women as ‘undesirable’.

Goa is silent on caste. It’s invisible, and not in English

In Bahishkrut Gomantak, Dadu Mandrekar shows a Goa that exists far away from the dive bars, heritage tours, and laid back beach shacks.

On Camera

‘Toxic’ is living up to its name. ‘Ladies & Ladies’ teaser fails women

For possibly the first time ever, I will be switching sides in the never-ending tug-of-war between filmmakers and the CBFC. 'Toxic' needs a long, hard pass through the editing room.

Will govt slash petrol, diesel prices just yet? What Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said

Puri says govt will now focus on expanding India’s energy storage capacity but it should not be viewed only through lens of underground strategic petroleum reserves (SPRs).

Rollout of Gen Bipin Rawat’s Integrated Battle Groups begins with China-focused 17 Mountain Strike Corps

IBGs made their debut under a trial in 2019 and are meant to enable the Army to launch quick offensive ops in 204 hours through agile self-sufficient strike formations.

Publisher ban on Sacco’s brilliant Muzaffarnagar riot comic is a cynical joke on India’s freedoms

Sacco’s ‘reporting’ is incredibly granular but there are areas where he can be faulted. Don’t let this undermine where his true focus is, in showing how local disputes led to riots.