Isabel Wilkerson Caste (2020, formally titled Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents), is the book that defined caste for many Americans. This book uses the US racial order and India’s…
What is the caste system? Learn how varna and jati work, where SC, ST & OBC fit, what Ambedkar argued, why caste is now debated in the West. How does…
Every year on 25 December, Manusmriti Dahan Din returns, along with the claim that the burning was a colonial ploy. Let’s review the evidence. Manusmriti Dahan Din is observed on…
Ambedkar Castes in India is not a book. It’s a paper he read at age 25, and it’s one of the sharpest short accounts of how caste works. Here is…
What is the earliest origin of caste in India is a contentious question. It is relatively easy to verify the British created it. There are accounts of caste by foreign…
Here’s a fun fact that ruins both sides of the Peshwa caste debate 👇 One detail is contested. The system is not. A 1968 peer-reviewed paper found the Maratha state…
Battle of Bhima Koregaon, explained with sources. What really happened in 1818, who fought, and why the "traitor" myth falls apart. Here's a fun fact that ruins everyone's argument 👇…
Every January 1, thousands gather at a pillar near Pune. Every January 1, someone online calls dalits and mahar caste traitors. That's the fight this article settles. Not with outrage…
Shudras denied education before the British? A viral Substack post says that's pure propaganda. Here's the fun part: her own sources say the opposite. 👇 Dr. Neha Das published "Were…
What is separate electorate, and why is it back on your feed? 👇 In April, Chandrashekhar Azad, MP from Nagina, asked the Lok Sabha for separate electorates for Dalits. Then…