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The perversions of caste
History
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The struggle to publish BR Ambedkar’s writing
Religion
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Essay
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Caste
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Caste and the delusion of “merit” in Indian higher education
Namit Arora
Caste
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Essay
Race, caste and what it will take to make Dalit lives matter
Suraj Yengde
Culture
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Books
Caste in contemporary Muslim autobiographies
Shireen Azam
Politics
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Essay
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s tribulations over caste
Dinesh Narayanan
Politics
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Reportage
Why the army's colonial and exploitative sahayak system must go
Sagar
Caste
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Essay
The casteist and racist origins of the Indian Army’s recruitment policies
Sabyasachi Dasgupta
Conflict
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Essay
In battles between insurgents and paramilitary groups, the killers and the killed are often from the same marginalised groups
Akash Poyam
Caste
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Essay
The fight for beef as a democratic right
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Caste
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Essay
Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Politics
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Profile
Inside Mayawati’s battle for Uttar Pradesh
Neha Dixit
Politics
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Reportage
The defiant politics of Rohith Vemula and the Ambedkar Students Association
Praveen Donthi
Caste
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Profile
Jitan Ram Manjhi and the politics of caste
Priyanka Dubey
Caste
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Reportage
The suicide of a Dalit student at India’s top medical college reveals an institution bitterly divided over caste and reservations.
Mehboob Jeelani