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  • Sub-categorisation verdict helps BJP’s agenda and endangers Dalit future

    Sub-categorisation verdict helps BJP’s agenda and endangers Dalit future

    Anand Teltumbde
    · Aug 18, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • US Supreme Court’s limiting perception of racism led to affirmative action being overturned

    US Supreme Court’s limiting perception of racism led to affirmative action being overturned

    Kenneth L Shropshire, The Conversation
    · Jun 30, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • US universities are beginning to recognise the ugly truth of the caste system

    US universities are beginning to recognise the ugly truth of the caste system

    Manavi Kapur, qz.com
    · Nov 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm
  • Why caste census data is critical for states that want to extend reservations

    Why caste census data is critical for states that want to extend reservations

    Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
    · Aug 26, 2021 · 07:30 pm
  • In charts: India’s newsrooms are dominated by the upper castes – and that reflects what media covers

    In charts: India’s newsrooms are dominated by the upper castes – and that reflects what media covers

    Nithya Subramanian
    · Aug 03, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • Poll gimmick or important reform? Readers debate upper-caste reservation

    Poll gimmick or important reform? Readers debate upper-caste reservation

    Scroll
    · Jan 20, 2019 · 10:30 pm
  • At the heart of Bangladesh’s anti-quota protests are government’s broken promises on job creation

    At the heart of Bangladesh’s anti-quota protests are government’s broken promises on job creation

    Ikhtisad Ahmed
    · Apr 14, 2018 · 10:30 am
  • Readers’ comments: The solution is to end reservations, not increase them

    Readers’ comments: The solution is to end reservations, not increase them

    Scroll
    · Nov 10, 2017 · 10:30 pm
  • Why sub-categorisation of OBCs will prompt their leaders to hit out at the upper castes

    Why sub-categorisation of OBCs will prompt their leaders to hit out at the upper castes

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Sep 01, 2017 · 08:00 am