A recent Supreme Court ruling has brought attention to how deeply embedded the debate over caste reservation is in India’s socio-political fabric. Discussions regarding the merits and drawbacks of the ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

A few days ago, I was talking with a friend of mine about how some Indian people only have one name, their first name. They dropped their last name as a protest against the caste system, because a ...

(RNS) — As more institutions adopt policies against caste discrimination, disagreements about caste's prevalence among those in the Hindu diaspora are stronger than ever. (RNS) — Nearly a decade ago, ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Distinguished Indian sociologist and public intellectual Dipankar Gupta, formerly a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, speaks to The Daily Star about the historical evolution of caste, the ...

Shortly after Democratic lawmakers in California this fall passed the first state ban on discrimination by caste, a prominent Indian American party fundraiser says, he confronted Gov. Gavin Newsom ...