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India celebrates Ambedkar's 135th birth anniversary

India's caste system remains entrenched, with legal reforms stalling and regressive laws reinforcing caste hierarchies.

India's Film Censorship Is Getting More Political - and a New Data Leak Reveals Just How Deep It Runs

India's film censor board demanded edits and even replacing "caste" with "varna" in subtitles, delaying certification of a film critiquing the caste system.

fromwww.dw.com

9 months ago

India: Did temple officials cover up mass murders of women? DW 07/25/2025

"I am filing this complaint with an extremely heavy heart and to recover from an insurmountable sense of guilt ... I can no longer bear the burden of memories of the murders I witnessed..."

Social justice

fromwww.dw.com

9 months ago

In India, caste still defines who cleans cities DW 07/22/2025

77% of India's sewer workers are from the Dalit community, indicating pervasive caste discrimination in sanitation services.

SF politics

fromwww.npr.org

1 year ago

India will include caste details in its next census

India's next census will include caste details, influencing socio-economic and political dynamics.