Justice InterruptedAlmost 84% of Cases Filed by SC/ST Women, Children Are Pending in Court: Govt Panel Attacks on oppressed-caste women and children have increased by 15% over the last three years, the panel noted. By Saumya Kalia
Censoring HistoryKarnataka Govt Scraps Textbook Chapter After Brahmin Board Says it ‘Hurts Religious Sentiments’ The sections described how Jainism and Buddhism flourished in the Vedic period because of the inaccessibility of Brahmin rituals. By Satviki Sanjay
Numbers Do Not LieIITs Receive More Applications From Marginalized Communities Than Previously Disclosed, New Analysis Finds The acceptance rate, however, still remains skewed in favor of general category students, with SC, ST, and OBC slots often going unfilled. By Aditi Murti
Right To ChooseInter‑Caste Marriages Could Help Ease Communal Tensions, Supreme Court Says Consent of the family, community, or clan is not necessary for two consenting adults to get married, SC adds. By Devrupa Rakshit
Heirarchy of Self-PreservationElite Housing Complexes Are Increasingly Policing, Segregating Domestic Workers Amid the Pandemic The pandemic could be an opportunity to rethink class divides, but so far it's only making them wider. By Aishwarya Chandran
Gatekeeping The SpotlightHow Tollywood’s Two ‘Rival’ Castes Work Together to Maintain Political, Industry Power The rivalry of the Kammas and Kapus is mostly for show. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Movements Within MovementsFor Women at the Farmers’ Protests in Delhi, the Farming Laws Aren’t the Only Issue Even as women unite to protest the three controversial farming laws, they struggle for leadership and land ownership, and against casteism. By Riddhi Dastidar
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