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In Bihar and beyond, caste has moved on. The caste 'experts' have not

November 21, 2025 4:31 pm

Bihar verdict calls for a new matrix to examine the role of caste in politics. That matrix must not read rural and urban in binaries, and should factor in the impact of migration, technology, social media and the aspirational new generation of youths, for whom, more often than not, Champaran is about Champaran handi meat rather than Gandhi’s satyagraha

Banning caste rallies won't create a casteless society

September 23, 2025 3:33 pm

The ideal of a casteless society is noble. But we cannot legislate caste away by merely banning its symbols; we must dismantle the structures of inequity that give it power

A look at caste through Sanskritisation, politics, and identity

August 01, 2025 12:55 pm

Caste identity in our times is not framed within the broader framework of the caste-system but around the newer aspirational economic and political landscapes, such as caste associations and caste-based political alliances.

Dynasty and division: The crisis in Dalit politics in Maharashtra

August 01, 2025 3:42 pm

As hereditary leadership and ideological contradictions reshape mobilisation, Ambedkar’s legacy is under strain

Caste, dynasty and state capital: Three factors that have shaped Andhra Pradesh politics

June 03, 2025 6:10 pm

With the spread of Western education during the colonial period, the educated Brahmin community took the lead in creating awareness about the importance of nationalism and the Telugu regional identity

Manoj Kumar Jha writes: My invisible knapsack of privilege

October 23, 2024 10:36 am

I am painfully aware that it requires unpacking. Dismantling entrenched hierarchies is a moral imperative

Sanjay Srivastava writes: Why we must talk about caste

September 07, 2024 9:48 am

Not talking it only entrenches the existing distribution of cultural and economic wealth

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How UP caste dynamics explain BJP’s ministerial picks from the state

June 15, 2024 10:17 am

With the votes of Pasis and Kurmis shifting towards the INDIA alliance in several seats, the BJP has tried to make up to these communities by giving them representation in the Union Council of Ministers.

India should be grateful for a leader like Mayawati

March 17, 2024 6:33 pm

She cannot be equated with any north Indian leader, except Narendra Modi. Yet, she is more experienced than him

Family members of Darshan Solanki, who allegedly died by suicide at IIT Mumbai due to caste discrimination, hold a candle light vigil in Gujarat's Maninagar. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)

What Tavleen Singh doesn't get: Reservation is the oxygen for my uphill journey

December 15, 2023 1:20 pm

Reservation is a tool that enables access to those for whom it has been long denied. Until caste discrimination persists, there is no question of withdrawing caste-based affirmative action