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Why India Today Shouldn't Forget the Legacy of Ambedkar
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMembers of All India PSB SC/ST Employees Welfare Council, pay tribute to a statue of social reformer...
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination
NextShark via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeattle has become the first city in the world outside of South Asia to implement a ban on caste as...
How Seattle Became the First American City to Ban Caste Discrimination
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeople celebrate the passing of an ordinance to add caste to Seattle's anti-discrimination laws in...
FEATURE-Caste in India: Hip hop fights for Dalit rights
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe hip-hop artist Arivu was in his final year of engineering college when it hit home that he was a Dalit — one of the "untouchables" in India’s deeply entrenched caste system. "My parents ...
Respected teacher, author Kamal Verma dies
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMar. 8—Kamal D. Verma, 91, a longtime professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and critically acclaimed scholar of South Asian literature, passed away peacefully Sunday ...
What California's Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the...
A Dalit author says a popular Amazon Prime drama used her story without credit. The series’ creators...
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA character in an episode of the popular Amazon Prime drama bears several similarities to Yashica...
This Is What a Radical Plastic Ban Looks Like
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Zangrilli Andrea—Getty Images As dawn breaks out over New Delhi, 15-year-old Alamgir Munna picks up his thela (cart) and heads out for work,...
The Artist Behind the New MLK Jr. Sculpture Has a Message for Its Critics
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Something as radical as a monument to love in a society that celebrates hate is going to and must...
Op-Ed: As a Hindu, I can't stay silent about injustices in India — committed in the name of our...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIndia's democracy is turning 75. But Prime Minister Modi's government has waged a political war...