Weaving A FarceTell Me More: Talking Inequality in Sustainable Fashion Aesthetics With Meher Varma "Do people even know what ‘sustainability’ translates to in Hindi, or any other regional language?" By Aditi Murti
Justice DelayedCBI Releases Long List of U.P. Police Failures in Hathras Gang Rape Case The agency's findings support the public outrage over what is widely perceived as a cover-up. By Aditi Murti
Indian Institutes of PrivilegeIITs Ask to Be Exempt From Reservation for Faculty Hiring, Face Backlash From Student Groups A panel of IIT directors made the request because the institutes are “of national importance and are involved in research.” By Aditi Murti
Corridors of PowerOppressor‑Caste Solidarity Drives Culture of Silence Around Rapes of Dalit Girls in Haryana: Report Khap panchayats, the police, and politicians are complicit in keeping Dalit survivors of abuse silent and afraid, finds a new report. By Rajvi Desai
Room For MoreCentre Directs Government Universities to Fill Vacant, Reserved SC/ST/OBC Posts Ninety-seven percent of OBC professorship reservations across 40 central universities were vacant as of August 2020. By Aditi Murti
Not Her Job AloneOnly 26% of Indian Men Do Any Kind of Housework, Finds National Survey "The stronger the patriarchal norms of gender division in households in a region are, the less likely it will be that men share in household chores — even when they have the time." By Devrupa Rakshit
Love Is PoliticalTell Me More: Talking Caste and Marriage With Jyotsna Siddarth, Founder of Project Anti‑Caste Love "If a Brahmin family says 'caste no bar,' they're not looking for someone from a lower caste community. They could probably go a sub-caste lower or within the sub-caste." By Aditi Murti
Intersections of ViolenceThe Dalit Caste Identity of Hathras Victim Is Vital to Recognizing Her Rape as a Casteist Crime This is not the first time dominant castes have used sexual violence as a means to wield power over Dalit women's bodies. By Aditi Murti
Unequal EducationDissecting the NEP: How the Policy Will Only Widen the Education Gap in India Certain aspects of NEP's implementation, in relation to language and caste, will deepen the societal divides in India. By Sanaya Patel
Teri Soch Da Kasoor HaiHindutva Extremists Are Attacking Anti‑Caste Music in Punjab. The Hate Is Not New. Punjab’s musicians have a history of critiquing religious and caste hierarchies. By Akshita Nagpal
Access Over MeritA 14‑Year Old Girl’s Suicide Reveals How Lockdown Will Widen the Education Gap Among Children She committed suicide because she had no access to the technology required to attend virtual classes. By Aditi Murti
Just for ShowIndian Support for George Floyd, While We Remain Silent on Violence at Home, Is Hypocritical, Performative Wokeness "Would the average upper caste/class Indian respond with the same empathy to the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula?" By Paroma Soni
Rethinking The LawWhy India Needs a Separate Law for Honor Killings Because honor killings take place at an intersection of motives -- caste, religion, ethnicity, class -- there must be a separate law that addresses the common link between them. By Anugraha Sundaravelu
Essential ServiceSanitation Workers on the Frontlines of the Pandemic Are Overlooked, Unprotected “We are exposed to lethal bacteria and viruses on daily basis, and we need to take care of ourselves." By Varsha Torgalkar
Oppression As IllnessWe Need to Reframe Mental Health as a Social Justice Issue, Not a Personal Problem Therapy that does not address root causes of social oppression is a band-aid solution. By Shreya Ila Anasuya
Unacceptable GulfChildren from Scheduled Castes, Tribes More Likely to Die Before Age 5 It's a stark reminder that India's recent gains in children's health have not been enjoyed equally. By Liesl Goecker
Social ShameManners Don’t Encourage Good Behavior, Just Class Discrimination When we consider having manners a virtue, we exclude social classes that weren’t in on the arbitrary rule-making process. By Rajvi Desai
An Open LetterDear Jack Dorsey, Apologizing for the ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’ Poster Makes You Complicit in It Did you really just hand Twitter over to trolls? By Nadia Nooreyezdan