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Sunday book pick: Ari Gautier’s ‘The Thinnai’ is a rambunctious novel about Pondicherry’s ‘natives’
For instance, Lourdes, the Creole housemaid of the narrator’s family, is rejected many times over not only for her mixed-race identity but also for the mishmash language she speaks. Her caste is ...
The Indian Express12d
The ‘invisible’ thread that connects Pondicherry and Vietnam: An interview with Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir
When Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir visited Pondicherry in 2019, her plan was to dig into the creole culture present in the city that ... They included businessmen, jewellers, and bakers. In fact a ...
The Hindu22d
Don’t mention caste names in temple invitation, orders Madras High Court
The Bench went on to write: “The practice of listing specific caste names in the temple invitation solely on the basis of financial contributions is unwarranted, especially when the exclusion of ...
Investopedia12d
Caste System: Meaning, Impact, and Contemporary Perspectives
Dallas Stribley / Getty Images A caste system segregates people into fixed social groups based on discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. People are placed into fixed social groups in ...
The Hindu19d
The caste calculus in Bihar’s Cabinet expansion
Of the rest, Vijay Kumar Mandal is from the extremely backward class (EBC) community, Raj Kumar Singh is a Rajput and Jibesh Kumar is a Bhumihar, both upper caste communities. “Since political ...
Eater19d
How a Former Child Actor Brought the Soul of New Orleans Creole Cooking to LA
Matthew Kang is the Lead Editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, and has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los Angeles since 2008. He hosted a YouTube show ...
Salon26d
Trump’s America without DEI? A return to the racial caste system
Those demands must also frame the struggle in the clear language that Donald Trump’s attempts to reconstitute the racial caste system are wrong. One of the Civil Rights Movement’s most ...
Eater26d
The Best Creole and Cajun Restaurants in Los Angeles
Creole and Cajun food is some of the nation’s most coveted and it’s easy to see why. The mere mention of jambalaya, gumbo, fried okra, etouffee, or the gloriously messy seafood boil is a ...
Mises Institute12d
A Caste of Characters: Net Taxpayers versus Net Tax Consumers
As the DOGE revelations continue to emerge—revealing everything from the hilarious to the outrageous projects that Americans have been forced to fund—we should not be surprised by the shrieking of the ...
Indiatimes25d
BJP's Delhi Cabinet Lineup: Six ministers to balance caste equations
The new cabinet aims to balance caste representation with leaders from various communities, including Jaat, Sikh, Punjabi, Dalit, and Purvanchali. The oath-taking ceremony will include prominent BJP ...
NDTV12d
Caste Discrimination
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said there is a need to create a society where no one will feel discriminated against on the basis of their gender, caste or religion.