Nepali Dalit News Today

Despite living thousands of miles away from countries like India and Nepal where the system of hereditary social hierarchy is deeply ingrained, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians say they still can’t escape it.

To ensure justice for the victims, we must create a neutral force of Dalits that cannot be swayed by politics.

A bill to ban caste discrimination in California brings a global conflict to the Legislature. While many South Asian groups support the measure, some say it could backfire.

A bill to ban caste discrimination in California brings a global conflict to the Legislature. While many South Asian groups support the measure, some say it could backfire.

Due to the absence of a solid political force lobbying for the rights of the Dalits, the Dalit population has been organising under civil societies mostly aided by some cultural and social organisations.

On paper, the change was subtle -- the word "caste" appearing in parentheses after the term "race and ethnicity."

A recent move by California State University in the United States to institute protections against caste discrimination has sparked a backlash from academics of Indian origin, who say the move in itself is discriminatory. A debate has broken out on Twitter among opposing camps. Over 80 faculty members have written to university trustees saying the policy unfairly targets a minority...

Cal State is the largest university system to ban discrimination based on caste.

opinion Theyve left South Asia, but they cant escape the discrimination and division of its caste system Posted WedWednesday 10 updated TueTuesday 9 MarMarch 2021 at 4:29am It took the re-emergence of a movement fighting for the rights of those in the lowest caste for me to question my own role in the system. ( Share Print text only I replied that I didnt know. But as Jasbeer Mustafa, an academic from Western Sydney University, told me: "If you dont know your caste, its most likely youre upper...