Casting A ShadowIn ‘Ajeeb Daastaans,’ Caste Compels People To Lead Secretive, Manipulative Lives The characters navigate their life choices using lies and deceit to survive a world set up against them. By Hannah Stephen
How Power Structures FunctionIIT Kharagpur Professor Filmed Using Casteist Slurs Once Published a Study on Social Inclusion The incident shows that scholarship on the struggles of the marginalized does not always translate into allyship. By Aditi Murti
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
Deflecting BiasCaste Surnames Should Not Be Revealed in Civil Services Interview, Government Report Says The report also recommended the private sector implement reservations for SC and ST communities. By Satviki Sanjay
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
State-Sanctioned CasteismKarnataka Plans to Pay Low‑Income Brahmin Women to Marry Within Their Caste Framed as economic empowerment initiatives, the schemes just happen to ensure the 'purity' of the upper-caste gene pool. By Satviki Sanjay
India Dissents 2020India Dissents: How People Resisted Prejudice, Patriarchy at Home in 2020 "Choosing inter-caste marriage is a way of dissent." By The Swaddle Team
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
Cleaning UpThe Centre Announced a Plan to Eliminate Manual Scavenging by 2021; Will It Work? If the new policies ignore caste, then manual scavenging will continue to wreak havoc on Dalit lives, experts say. By Rajvi Desai
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
Bite MeKalu, Moti, Gawar: Why We Should Stop Using Derogatory Terms Couched As Affection Cricketer Darren Sammy remembers being called 'kalu' by his Indian counterparts, who have since assured him it came from a "place of love." By Rajvi Desai