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The Vemula report shows remarkable ignorance about how caste operates in institutional settings.

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White supremacy and caste-based supremacy are two sides of the same coin, Dalit writer Yashica Dutt shows in this excerpt from her new book.

For decades, writers from India’s ‘lowest’ caste say their voices have been muted. Independent publishers are seeking a new chapter in representation.

A twirled moustache, riding a horse, playing DJ music – anything can potentially trigger a caste clash. In a Gujarat village where a youngster was assaulted allegedly for “wearing sunglasses and good clothes”, villagers sense a change, a silent pushback

What you as a reader are going to witness below is an intimate conversation between two brothers coming from a Dalit family about the show, Come Eat With Me, and its politics.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar stressed that caste needs to be invoked as a political weapon to fight against the overwhelming reticence about it. He will remain relevant in any society where caste divisions, discrimination and violence exist.

If we are to regain a democratic future, we need to do everything in our power to stem that rot in the hearts of our children.

The impact of reservations for the Scheduled Castes as village heads (pradhans) is examined on school and governance outcomes. In general, SC reservation is not associated with improved outcomes. The impact differs spatially, based on past history of landlord or non-landlord control under British colonial rule. In historically landlord areas with greater presence of dominant