The Gentrified Gaze: How Bollywood Sells a Sanitized, Upper-Class Fantasy Of Poverty

The release of Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound has been greeted with critical acclaim for its “inclusive, empathetic gaze.” The ...
India West

Rutgers Rejects Adding Caste As A Separate Category In Non-Discrimination Policy

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rutgers University has decided to maintain its stance on caste discrimination, affirming its commitment to preventing such behavior on campus, but opting not to make “caste” a ...

Sadiq Khan rejects calls to exclude Hindu nationalist group from Diwali celebrations

Vishwa Hindu Parishad UK (VHP-UK), also known as the World Council of Hindus UK, are on the official committee of organisers ...

Rapes show double struggle of low-caste women in India

The victim of India's latest alleged gang rape faced the double discrimination of being born female and low caste, says her family, fearing she will get no justice in death either.
ARTE

Gaza: Hunger as a Weapon

On 22 August 2025, a state of famine was officially declared in Gaza. The United Nations, humanitarian agencies and human ...
India West

MAGA Rep. Brandon Gill Links Gujarati Gathering To ‘Caste System’

DALLAS, TX – Rep. Brandon Gill, a Republican congressman from Texas’s 26th District and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, is facing backlash over an inflammatory tweet criticizing an Indian ...
NDTV

Locked Up By 'Upper Caste' Women For Entering Home, Dalit Boy Dies By Suicide

A 12-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide by consuming poison after he was reportedly locked inside a cowshed by some so-called 'upper caste' women for entering their house at a village in ...
India TV

Shimla: Dalit boy dies by suicide after being locked in cowshed for entering upper caste home

A 12-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide after facing caste-based harassment in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla. The incident reportedly occurred in a village in the Rohru area on 16 September. The ...
Christian News Network

Christian Acquitted in Landmark Case in Uttarakhand, India

Kacheri group of Hindu temples, Dwarahat, Uttarakhand state, India. (Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The ...
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people. When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in ...
Indiatimes

Caste factor in Bihar politics – Early years (Part 2)

India’s struggle for freedom and its political journey afterwards is shaped by a variety of heritages and legacies in very complex ways and Caste has been one of the key factors among them. The ...
Hindustan Times

CM Siddaramaiah slams BJP over oppn to caste survey in Karnataka

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah criticizes BJP for opposing a caste-based survey, claiming it promotes equality, while BJP accuses the government of political motives. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah ...