The US states of Colorado and Michigan recently declared 14 April as Dr BR Ambedkar Equity Day. Days before that, Canada's British Columbia province also declared April as Dalit History Month.

Chetan Bhagat is a bestselling author and a popular newspaper columnist. Less than three decades ago only the finest, most cultured, highly educated people in India spoke English. If you were one of ...

What is "caste privilege," and what does it mean for South Asians in the United States? The state of California filed a lawsuit, this summer, alleging caste discrimination in an all-Indian team of ...

Nepal was declared caste-based discrimination-free 16 years ago on 4 June 2006, but Dalits continue to face gruesome discrimination and they are deprived of basic facilities. Post 2006 popular ...

A few years ago, two of us, newly-arrived academics in a small town in Sweden, went to a supermarket on the university campus. We spotted a South Asian man, talking to his child in Hindi. The man ...

As the processes of globalisation strikes deeper roots in India, girls are proving to be quicker learners than boys. doweshowbellyad=0; A study suggests that girls are proving to be quicker learners ...

In the middle of the Bihar elections, and numerous discussions around Digital India, I have to wonder if India is on the road to creating yet another caste—that of digital high priests who wield ...

Besides Khushwant Singh, it is hard to think of another acclaimed English-language novelist from the Punjab region, unless we count writers from Pakistan. Lately, some writers from the state have been ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government has given its nod to conduct a caste census in the upcoming national enumeration. With this decision, citizens will be counted not just by ...

Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is about who gets a share of government benefits and who doesn't. The country's next national census, scheduled for 2027, will - ...