Dalit

The Dalit subcategorisation debate distracts from the monopoly of caste Hindus over India’s political economy
Caste / Commentary
The Dalit subcategorisation debate distracts from the monopoly of caste Hindus over India’s political economy
Sagar
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Caste / Books
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Ashik Kahina
Politics / Essay The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s tribulations over caste Dinesh Narayanan
Caste / Excerpt How Jutts led an attack on the Dalits of Jhaloor to “teach them a lesson” in October 2016 Amandeep Sandhu
Caste / News Why the DDA may not have a legitimate claim on a part of Tughlaqabad’s Ravidas temple land Sagar
Literature / Interview I had to say I didn’t know my caste as if I was upper caste: Yashica Dutt on coming out as Dalit Bhumika Popli
Caste / News English newspapers are worse than Hindi on representing Dalit, Adivasi writers: Oxfam India report The Caravan
Literature / Books Why Yashica Dutt’s book is an eye-opening contribution to Dalit literature Sujatha Gidla
Politics / Interview Hindutva has done more for upper-caste politics than what was thought possible: Satish Deshpande Ajaz Ashraf
Caste / Commentary What Hindi keeps hidden Sagar
Communities / Photo Essay How relief evaded rural parts of Puri for at least ten days after Cyclone Fani Krishanu Nagar
Caste / Interview Give us a statue of Ambedkar, not Gandhi: Ghana university professor Ọbádélé Kambon Sagar
Caste / Essay Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Health / News Churu Drug Trials: Four months on, Dalit victims report severe damage to health and caste-based harassment Neha Dixit
Crime / Interview The Caravan publishes report of police-appointed committee, headed by Dhende, that finds Hindutva outfits “pre-planned” the Bhima Koregaon violence Tusha Mittal
Government and Policy / Interview If you raise questions, you are anti-government, anti-national: Adivasi-rights activist Stan Swamy on the Bhima-Koregaon crackdown Chitrangada Choudhury
Film / Commentary How Pa Ranjith’s Kaala changes the way we imagine the city Pranav Kuttaiah
Politics / Commentary The dilution of the SC/ST Act reignites Dalit anger against the BJP and RSS Praveen Donthi
Religion / Books The political Hinduism of Shashi Tharoor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Round Up A Selection of Short Reads from 2017 The Caravan
Caste / News After an STF Raid, A Musahar Village is Burnt, Allegedly by Yadavs; IG Claims the Villagers Set Their Own Houses on Fire Because They are "Mahadalits" Sagar
Caste / Books What the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Anger Against Vishnu Wagh’s “Sudirsukta” Reveals About Caste And Culture In Goa Kaustubh Naik
Caste / Commentary “We Are Hindus, So How Can We Clean It?”: How Caste Prejudices Promote Open Defecation in Rural India Diane Coffey
Caste / News How A Maratha-Majority Village in Maharashtra Witnessed Mob Violence Against a Dalit Woman But Did Not Identify Its Participants Sukanya Shantha
Politics / Commentary The historical figure both the BJP and the BSP tried to claim during the Uttar Pradesh election Arnav Das Sharma
Politics / Profile Inside Mayawati’s battle for Uttar Pradesh Neha Dixit
Communities / News In Vemulaghat, a Struggle Against Telangana’s Oppressive Land-Acquisition Efforts Has Been Ongoing For Over 200 Days Rahul Maganti
Caste / Books Looking for the Adivasi and Dalit presence in Indian children’s literature Deepa D
Caste / Interview “Now it is such that we won’t vote for the BJP”: An Interview with Prakash Ambedkar Sagar
Religion / Reportage How the state nurtures the gau rakshaks of Haryana Ishan Marvel
Politics / Reportage Asaduddin Owaisi’s ambition to unite India’s fractured Muslim electorate Neyaz Farooquee
Labour / Reportage Sanitation Workers in Wadapally Are Being Denied Work Rahul M