This episode was originally published on June 12, 2024 as “The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation.” .” Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving ...

Dalits must not venture into identity politics as it does more harm than good to the campaign for social justice and equality ...

She tells her story in Coming Out As Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System, which was published in India in 2019 (and won a literary award). The book has now been released for the ...

Without the enforcement of laws, there isn’t change. The Indian caste system, a system where people are ranked based on their social class, was outlawed in 1950, but the hierarchy still exists ...

Yashica Dutt, author of “Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India’s Caste System,” reads an excerpt to an audience at Northwestern University in Evanston on May 1. Dutt also spoke at ...

Trailer for Origin. Origin and caste Using extreme close-ups, DuVernay shows Wilkerson’s inner turmoil as she learns more about India’s caste system.

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated.

Clearly, the caste system is still a major problem in India that cannot be brushed aside. Despite being abolished over 70 years ago, the lasting impact on everyone, especially the Dalits, is extremely ...

Dalit transgender persons are often recruited only at the bottom ranking positions in NGOs, Smiley pointed out, while upper-caste individuals control how these spaces function.

The California State University announced it has added caste as a protected category in its systemwide anti-discrimination policy, a hard-fought policy deeply meaningful to Dalit students of South ...

She tells her story in Coming Out As Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System, which was published in India in 2019 (and won a literary award).