The temple entry movement encompasses a series of struggles initiated in the 1920s and 1930s to win the right to use the paths adjoining the temple and to enter the…
The debate between Gandhi vs Ambedkar covers the biggest questions surrounding caste in India today: What is caste? How should untouchability be ended? Who should speak for Dalits? Both men…
Caste in Mauritius (and in other places where Indian indentured workers settled) changed in different ways after the workers left India. Historians describe how a ranking of castes survived, along…
Some studies indicate that individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) tend to have worse mental health and experience depression and anxiety to a greater degree, though the studies differ in…
Dalit land rights are one of the most contentious aspects of the law. According to government data, Dalits control a disproportionate share of the land. There are also a substantial…
Dalit Christians are Dalits that convert to Christianity (The Wire, “Explainer: What the Law Says on ‘Scheduled Caste’ Status of Christians and Muslims”). As they no longer retain their religion,…
Caste is recognized officially by the state of Pakistan only for non-Muslim communities, which the state calls Scheduled Castes. Organizations for Dalits say that those communities face discrimination as non-Muslims…
In 1963, the Caste System was made illegal in Nepal, and 48 years later a specific law was made against caste-based discrimination and untouchability. However, Dalit organizations and researchers say…
Caste and education intersect in multiple ways in India. Data suggest that Scheduled Caste (SC) students have a lower literacy rate than the national average. SC students, on multiple counts,…
This is a case currently before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, pitting six Indian employees against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS Lawsuit), a Hindu…