Issue
Caste and social justice in India: reservation, Dalit and Adivasi rights, discrimination and the evidence on what has and has not changed.
Social Justice
Reservation redistributes a limited number of seats; it cannot by itself build good schools, hospitals, and institutions. The durable lever is strengthening the foundations so fewer people need a quota for a fair chance.
Social Justice
India is not alone. A fair comparative look at affirmative action in the United States, Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, and Northern Ireland, and what their mixed record teaches India.
Social Justice
Should reservation be based on caste, income, or both? The case for and against economic criteria, the EWS verdict, and what a defensible hybrid could look like.
Social Justice
The strongest evidence-based critique of reservation is not that it helps too many, but that benefits concentrate among the better-off within eligible groups. The Rohini Commission found about 97 percent of OBC benefits reaching 25 percent of castes.
Social Justice
A fair scorecard of India's reservation policy from the data: what it achieved on representation and mobility, where it fell short, and why Tamil Nadu shows reservation works best paired with investment.
Health
India's nursing workforce is overwhelmingly Dalit, overwhelmingly female, and almost entirely invisible in public recognition. Savita Hira Bodhi represents the hundreds of thousands of Dalit nurses who staff the hardest posts in India's health system - and who the system has systematically undervalued for generations.
Social Justice
Periyar led the Dravidian Movement against Brahminical dominance and for caste abolition, shaping Tamil Nadu's politics. His legacy is still debated.
Environment
The 1984 Bhopal gas disaster killed thousands and injured hundreds of thousands. Forty years on, accountability remains incomplete and contamination persists.
Social Justice
India has not counted its OBC population since 1931. The Mandal Commission estimated OBCs at 52% of the population using colonial-era data. Bihar's 2023 caste survey found OBCs at 63% of its population. A national caste census would cost roughly Rs 6,000-8,000 crore. The cost of not counting is measured in misdirected welfare spending and policies built on century-old guesswork.
Social Justice
Europe's LGBTQ+ legal reforms over 40 years offer India a working template. This article maps each milestone and the statutory gaps India would need to close.
Social Justice
Nepal registered its first same-sex marriage in November 2023. India's Supreme Court declined to create marriage equality the same month. Eight countries, one region, wildly different legal realities. A country-by-country comparison of LGBTQ+ rights across South Asia, and what India can specifically learn from Nepal's judiciary-led path.
Social Justice
India struck down Section 377 in 2018 via its Supreme Court. The Philippines has never passed a national anti-discrimination law despite 73% public support. Two Asian democracies, wildly different LGBT trajectories, and what that gap reveals about courts versus legislatures in driving social rights reform.
Social Justice
Holi erases visible markers of caste for a few hours. This article explains how the festival's ritual inversion briefly suspends social hierarchy.
Social Justice
Canadian PM Mark Carney visited New Delhi to reset ties that froze in 2023. This article explains how we got here and what it means for Canada's large Indian diaspora.
Education
The UGC equity rules 2026 mandate every Indian college to form Equity Committees with SC/ST/OBC/women/disabled representation. Supporters call it overdue justice. Critics call it bureaucratic overreach. Here is what students, faculty, and the data actually say about caste discrimination on Indian campuses.
Social Justice
In Bangalore, nobody asks your caste on a date. In a Haryana village, it determines who you can marry. A ground report on how economics, not tradition, shapes who India loves.
Social Justice
Is caste really the root problem in modern India, or is it poverty, lack of education, and political exploitation? In cities, nobody asks your caste. With money and education, barriers dissolve. This opinion piece argues that India's caste narrative is sustained by politicians who profit from division and a media that amplifies victimhood over solutions.
Social Justice
Honor killings in India cluster in economically backward regions, not the most traditional ones. When families have jobs and education, honor violence disappears.
Social Justice
Only 5.8% of Indian marriages cross caste lines. But in urban, educated, economically secure families, the rate soars. The real barrier to inter-caste marriage isn't tradition alone, it's economics.
Social Justice
India's reservation system explained: history from the Poona Pact to the EWS quota, current SC/ST/OBC percentages, key data on representation gaps, and the strongest arguments for and against affirmative action.
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