SUPPORTING CASTE - Last week in this space, we told you about how some large law firms are forcing attorneys back to the office for more days each week, having regained leverage over their talent.

Benjamin Akande, dean of the School of Business and Technology at Webster University, will host David Steward, chairman/founder of World Wide Technology, on Wednesday, April 4 in the Sunnen Lounge ...

When law firms adopted remote work after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders praised employees for the productivity they exhibited from home, without the oversight and accountability that ...

In October 2024, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), India’s largest sanitation project to make the country “open defecation-free,” turned ten. The project constructed over 100 million toilets and launched ...

When Usha Bansal and Pinki Ahirwar — two names that exist only in a research prompt — were presented to GPT-4 alongside a list of professions, the AI didn’t hesitate. “Scientist, dentist, and ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

Despite caste-based discrimination being outlawed by Article 15 of the Indian constitution, caste continues to play a pervasive and insidious role in today’s society. Anthropologist Louis Dumont ...

Ballari/Koppal/Bagalkot: When Huligemma went to school for the first time, the teacher asked her father’s name. She did not have any idea. Whispers followed her down the corridor — “sule maklu”, ...

Kumud Mishra opened up about choosing scripts, working with Anshuman, rejecting caste and patriarchy, and his acting approach ...