Last month, Oprah Winfrey declared Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson one of her most important Book Club selections ever and announced several related tie-ins with Apple ...

Caste isn’t just a South Asian issue. It shapes who speaks, who listens, and who is heard in academic and development spaces worldwide. In this episode of Between the Lines, we explore how caste ...

You get a podcast! You get a podcast! Everybody gets a podcast! Oprah Winfrey has taken her popular book club virtual: The talk show host is bringing “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel ...

Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” is one of the year’s most highly anticipated books, coming a decade after her widely acclaimed account of the Great Migration, “The Warmth of ...

Caste doesn’t just decide where you live or who you marry. It decides what you eat and who you eat with. In 'Come Eat With Me', Indian artist Sri Vamsi Matta turns a communal meal into an act of ...

In this episode of Rethinking South Asian Philosophy, host Bhanuraj Kashyap examines what enlightenment means, and how caste and the social self shape the worlds we move through. Across South Asia, ...

The Union cabinet has announced that the next population Census will also include questions on caste. This is a sharp departure from the ruling BJP’s long-standing opposition to a caste census. How do ...

How India’s former “untouchables” are finding freedom. Guruammal, 26, was a member of India’s despised Dalits (formerly known as untouchables). As such, she possessed fewer rights than almost anyone ...

[MUSIC PLAYING] - (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway? I’m Kara Swisher and you’re listening to Sway. Last week, the Capitol was a crime scene. Now it feels hopeful. As President Joe ...

Church leaders believe Hindu nationalism will outweigh the Dalit leader’s lower-caste loyalties. Ram Nath Kovind, India’s new president who took office today, represents an unusual case of a ...

Sam Cornelius is from India, and works in the U.S. tech sector. Sometimes when he meets another Indian at his company, they ask him questions that seem innocent enough on the surface, like, "Where is ...

Caste isn’t just a South Asian issue, it shapes who speaks, who listens, and who is heard in academic and development spaces worldwide. In this episode of Between the Lines, we explore how caste ...